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Sept. 7, 1948: Where the Rubber Is the Road
September 7th, 2010 |
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Virgin Mobile FreeFest: Pavement, LCD, M.I.A.
July 20th, 2010 |
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SEPTEMBER 25 AT MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION IN COLUMBIA, MD
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Breaking from traditional festivals, the Virgin Mobile FreeFest unveiled its lineup for the award-winning
festival, selecting relevant, important and eclectic headliners to represent this year’s free show. This morning, Sir
Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, announced the lineup on Virgin Mobile Live, the company’s new
Internet music stream available on Virgin
The lineup: M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, T.I., Ludacris, Joan Jett, Thievery Corporation, Matt & Kim,
Jimmy Eat World, The Temper Trap, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic
Zeros and Yeasayer.
Dance Forest: Chromeo, Sleigh Bells, Die Antwoord, Modeselektor and Neon Indian.
Virgin Mobile FreeFest will be held Saturday, Sept. 25, at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. Tickets to the
2010 Virgin Mobile FreeFest will be available to the public on www.ticketfly.com at 10 a.m. EDT on Saturday, July 24. Virgin Mobile
customers and previous Virgin Mobile Festival ticket holders from the past four years will be invited via text and e-
mail to a private “free-sale” (much like a pre-sale, except free) to be held Friday, July 23.
In addition to two main stages, a dance forest filled with inspired music, and a special second line march from stage
to stage with Trombone
Shorty, the festival also brings attention and support to homeless youth shelters
across the country. This year, The RE*Generation, Virgin Mobile’s charitable initiative to end youth homelessness, is
encouraging fans to make a $5 donation and in return receive a 2010 Virgin Mobile FreeFest mix produced by
Rusko. The download will
mash up select bands in the lineup to create a unique 20-minute mix. The DJ
mix will be available for pre-order on Friday during the pre-sale with every $5 donated to youth homelessness.
For more details on the ticketing, including options for donating money to youth homelessness, and to sign up the
news alerts and updates, check out www.virginmobilefreefest.com
Matador At 21: Tickets On Sale Friday
July 7th, 2010 |
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PAVEMENT, SONIC YOUTH, GUIDED BY VOICES, AND MORE
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Tickets for Matador’s 21st anniversary shows taking place October 1-3 at The Palms
in Las Vegas will go on sale this Friday, July at 9 am,
PST. The lineup includes Pavement, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, and more.
From the Matador Website:
Tickets/Pricing: An initial quantity will be on sale Friday for $199.00. After the $199.00 tickets sell
out, the
price increases to $225. A Ticketfly.com link will be posted on this site on Thursday, July 8. Starting Friday, you’ll
have the opportunity to reserve standard rooms at the Palms for the discounted rate of $99 per night (the full 3
nights of the festival, only). The rooms feature two double bed and occupancy of up to 4 persons is allowed. The
above rate is only available when purchasing tickets thru us. If you are interested in upgrading to a larger room or a
suite you will be able to do so after purchasing the standard room. TICKETS FOR THE 3 NIGHTS + ROOMS are being
sold jointly — we’re not selling tickets to the shows separately at this time, nor are we selling tickets for individual
nights.
(ADDENDUM): Just to clear up any confusion, if, for example, you’re buying 4 tickets to the shows, the $99
per night
hotel fee can cover up to 4 people. $297 over 3 nights divided by 4 is hopefully not an crazy amount to charge for
rooms in a world class resort).
VIP tickets: A limited number of VIP packages will be available at $399.00 — details about what you’ll
get for the
$399 are forthcoming. You’ll have the ability to upgrade from the regular tickets, assuming the VIP tickets aren’t
sold out.
For more information go to Matador at 21.
Matador At 21: Pavement, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices
June 30th, 2010 |
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CELEBRATE YOUR 21ST BIRTHDAY THE RIGHT WAY
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Matador Records sure know how to throw a 21st birthday party. Over the course of three days on October 1-3 at
the
Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, fans will be treated to a celebration of 21 years at Matador Records, featuring
an absolutely bulletproof lineup of Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, The New Pornographers, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Girls, Fucked Up, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,
Shearwater, Chavez, Cold Cave, Kurt Vile, Guitar Wolf,
Harlem, and Superchunk.
Guided by Voices will
reunite at the festival to play their first show since 2004. The performance will feature the “classic 1993-1996″
lineup of vocalist Robert Pollard, guitarists Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell, bassist
Dan Toohey, and drummer Kevin Fennell.
Pavement to Reunite WithOriginal Drummer Gary Young
June 11th, 2010 |
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THE RETURN OF GARY YOUNG
Seventeen years after being fired from the band due to drug and alcohol abuse, and
(allegedly) threatening lead
singer Stephen
Malkmus
with a gun, original Pavement drummer Gary Young will be appearing with the band
for their
homecoming show on June 24 at the Bob Hope Theater in Stockton, CA, according to Matador’s blog. The reunion is
believed to be a one off
appearance.
Here is Young performing with the band at England’s Reading Festival in 1992:
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Oslo’s Øya Festival: M.I.A. Pavement, Stooges, The xx, LCD
May 1st, 2010 |
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OSLO’S ØYA FESTIVAL 2010 LINEUP TO INCLUDE M.I.A., PAVEMENT, IGGY & THE STOOGES
THE XX, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, AIR, RAEKWON, ROBYN & MORE!
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Øya Festival
August 10-14, 2010
Middelalderparkern, Oslo
http://www.oyafestivalen.com
Phone: +47 815 33 133
For ticket sales visit: www.billettservice.no
Headliners include: M.I.A.,
Pavement, Iggy and The Stooges, The xx, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Raekwon, Robyn, and more
More Performers: Miike
Snow, Major
Lazer, Big Boi,
Panda Bear, Q-Tip, Sleigh Bells, Surfer Blood, La Roux, Marina and The Diamonds,
Against Me!, Baroness, Converge, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Fool’s Gold, Serena Maneesh, Fucked Up, The Gaslight Anthem, Girls,
LindstrØm & Christabelle, Local Natives, Jonsi (of Sigur
Ros), tUnE-YarDs,
Casiokids, Tony Allen, Paul Weller, Trash Talk and more TBA
Plus Norwegian acts: Altaar, Motorpsycho, The Cumshots, CCTV, Lidolido, Navigators, John Olav Nilsen, Og
Gjengen, Obliteration, Djerv, Susanne Sundfør, Purified in Blood, The Megaphonic Thrift, Blood Command,
Kråkesølv, Pow Pow, Lucy Swann, and Mhoo.
The latest wave of announcements for Øya Festival 2010 suggest this year’s lineup is going to be the most arresting and eclectic yet.
Full lineup and event details at www.oyafestivalen.com
5 DAY FESTIVAL PASS: 1940, – NOK + TAX. SINGLE DAY TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE
Pavement Add Tour Dates Check Vids/Blog of First Show!
March 2nd, 2010 |
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Pavement Announce Additional Headlining Dates
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Pavement has revealed the first additions to their September U.S. headline itinerary since last year’s initial announcement of their reunion tour. At that point, four shows at New York City’s Central Park SummerStage sold out over one weekend.
The following six shows will be part of the reunion tour’s climactic conclusion at home in the U.S.
09/09/10 Thu 1st Bank Center (Formerly The Odeum) Broomfield, CO
09/11/10 Sat Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO
09/12/10 Sun Roy Wilkins Auditorium St. Paul, MN
09/17/10 Fri Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA
09/18/10 Sat Agganis Arena Boston, MA
09/21/10 Tue Central Park SummerStage New York, NY
09/22/10 Wed Central Park SummerStage New York, NY
09/23/10 Thu Central Park SummerStage New York, NY
09/24/10 Fri Central Park SummerStage New York, NY
09/26/10 Sun The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
Complete Pavement tour dates available here.
Last night at Town Hall in Auckland, NZ, Pavement played their first show in over 10 years. The band busted out a 25-song set that began with “In the Mouth a Desert,” from 1992′s full-length debut, Slanted and Enchanted and went on to include “Grounded,” “Cut Your Hair,” “Gold Soundz,” “Shady Lane,” “Rattled by the Rush,” “Range Life,” “Stereo,” and “Spit on a Stranger” amongst others.
Following the show, guitarist Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg hit up his blog where he reported: “We were seriously nervous! The show was great. The fans were unreal. Whew… all those Pavement anxiety dreams can now go away!”
There are a bunch of YouTube videos posted here. We’ve pulled a few for your enjoyment:
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Julian Casablancas: Tour Dates
February 23rd, 2010 |
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Julian Casablancas Adds Spring Dates to World Tour
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Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) will continue his world tour this spring in support of his solo debut Phrazes for the Young (Cult Records/RCA, Rough Trade in the U.K.).
Casablancas recently performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On April 18, he will join fellow world-renowned musicians, including Gorillaz, Phoenix and Pavement at the 2010 Coachella Music and Arts Festival.
Tour Dates:
03/26/10 Fri Center Stage Atlanta, GA
03/27/10 Sat The Fillmore Charlotte, NC
03/28/10 Sun Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
03/30/10 Tue Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ
04/01/10 Thu Le National Montreal, QC
04/02/10 Fri Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON
04/03/10 Sat House Of Blues Cleveland, OH
04/05/10 Mon St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
04/06/10 Tue The Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
04/13/10 Tue House Of Blues Dallas, TX
04/18/10 Sun Coachella Music Festival (Empire Polo Grounds) Indio, CA
(Additional tour dates to come)
For more on Julian Casablancas see our exclusive review here.
Sasquatch! Lineup: Pavement, MMJ, Ween, MGMT
February 16th, 2010 |
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SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL LINEUP FEATURES:
PAVEMENT, MASSIVE ATTACK, MY MORNING JACKET, WEEN, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, MGMT AND MORE
MAY 29-31 (MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND) AT THE GORGE
The 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival will proudly feature the recently reunited Pavement, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Kid Cudi, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Band of Horses and many others. With “The Office’s” Craig Robinson and “The Daily Show’s” Rob Riggle, this year’s Sasquatch! Festival also presents the best in up-and-coming comedic acts. Please see below for the complete festival lineup and ticket information.
Sasquatch! returns to The Gorge in Quincy, WA May 29-31 (Memorial Day Weekend) following early sellouts and rave reviews the past several years. Festival tickets are available at sasquatchfestival.com and Ticketmaster.com. Known for its bucolic location as well as its programming zeitgeist, the Sasquatch! Festival marks its ninth year at The Gorge, a concert venue built in the Columbia River Gorge and offering spectacular views of the river canyon. Tickets go on sale Saturday February 20 at 10 a.m. PST.
2010 SASQUATCH! FESTIVAL LINEUP:
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My Morning Jacket
Massive Attack
Pavement
Ween
Vampire Weekend
MGMT
Band of Horses
The National
LCD Soundsystem
Tegan & Sara
Broken Social Scene
Passion Pit
Deadmau5
She & Him
Public Enemy
Nada Surf
The New Pornographers
The Hold Steady
The xx
Dirty Projectors
OK Go
Drive-By Truckers
Kid Cudi
The Long Winters
Minus the Bear
The Mountain Goats
Quasi
Camera Obscura
Fruit Bats
Brother Ali
Midlake
Dr. Dog
Caribou
Simian Mobile Disco
City & Colour
No Age
The Temper Trap
Vetiver
Miike Snow
Portugal. The Man
Telekinesis
Mayer Hawthorne
Why?
Girls
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Wale
The Lonely Forest
Japandroids
Boys Noize
Yacht
Freelance Whales
Laura Marling
Patrick Watson
Past Lives
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Low Anthem
The Very Best
Phantogram
Neon Indian
Nurses
The Tallest Man on Earth
Fresh Espresso
Mumford & Sons
Jets Overhead
tUnE-YarDs
Shabazz Palaces
Fool’s Gold
Morning Teleportation
Z-Trip
Dam-Funk
Hudson Mohawke
The Middle East
Local Natives
Avi Buffalo
Booka Shade
A-Trak
Yes Giantess
Craig Robinson
Rob Riggle
Garfunkel & Oates
Luke Burbank
…and more to come!
For more on Sasquatch! check out 2009 review here.
Pitchfork Music Fest: Pavement Modest Mouse, LCD, St. Vincent
February 5th, 2010 |
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PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PAVEMENT, MODEST MOUSE
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, ST. VINCENT, RAEKWON, CASS MCCOMBS AND MORE TO PERFORM AT 2010 FESTIVAL
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As previously reported, the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival will be held at Chicago’s Union Park on July 16-18. This year’s festival welcomes the highly anticipated return of legendary band Pavement as they make one of their first appearances since reuniting! Pavement will perform on Sunday night. Friday features indie rock, chart-topping mainstays Modest Mouse, while Saturday and Sunday sees performances by LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Here We Go Magic, St. Vincent, Lightning Bolt, Cass McCombs and Sleigh Bells. Stay tuned, as more bands will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tickets are on sale today (Friday February 5) at 12 p.m. CST at www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com. Single-day tickets can be purchased for $40 and three-day passes for $90. This year, Friday will feature more bands, providing festival-goers with a longer day of music. There will be no two-day passes for sale. Purchase your tickets early, as three-day passes are sure to sell out quickly!
The 2010 Pitchfork Festival Lineup so far:
Friday
Modest Mouse
Saturday
LCD Soundsystem
Raekwon
Sunday
Pavement
St. Vincent
Lightning Bolt
Cass McCombs
Here We Go Magic
Sleigh Bells
For more on Pitchfork Music Festival see our 2009 coverage here.
Coachella: Jay-Z, Pavement, Yorke Vultures, Muse, MGMT, Claypool
January 20th, 2010 |
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COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2010 LINEUP
JAY-Z, MUSE AND GORILLAZ HEADLINE 3-DAY FESTIVAL WITH MORE THAN 130 ACTS
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 AT 10:00 AM
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The 11th COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL will feature a mix of artists ranging from Pavement, Thom Yorke???? (ed note: that is how they are billing it), Vampire Weekend, Them Crooked Vultures, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Tiësto, Faith No More, Deadmau5, David Guetta, MGMT and Public Image Limited. Set for Friday, April 16, Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 at the beautiful Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA – the same grounds where COACHELLA debuted in 1999 – the COACHELLA 2010 lineup will feature more than 130 acts.
This year’s COACHELLA will feature a variety of options to make the concert experience an enjoyable one. In addition to expanded camping options – including car, RV and traditional tent camping – COACHELLA will allow, for the first time, in-and-out privileges for all attendees. Festival goers will once again have the ability to purchase 3-day festival tickets and various onsite camping options via an easy layaway payment plan.
For those looking to streamline the weekend’s experience, COACHELLA has teamed with Valley Music Travel to provide exclusive travel packages, local hotel shuttle transportation and private home rentals with VIP COACHELLA access. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.valleymusictravel.com/coachella.php.
FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ’s, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.
Tickets for COACHELLA go on sale Friday, January 22 at 10:00 a.m. at all Ticketmaster locations and www.coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges. More details on layaway, camping options and up-to-the minute information, can be found at www.coachella.com. COACHELLA 2010 sponsors include Heineken and PlayStation.
For more on Coachella check out our 2009 review here.
Pavement to Headline Sasquatch!
November 9th, 2009 |
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Pavement to Headline Sasquatch! 2010
News has just surfaced that Pavement will headline the 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival over Memorial Day Weekend (May 29-31) at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Washington. As of now, Pavement is the only band announced. Complete lineup will be revealed on February 16.
For coverage of the 2009 Sasquatch! fest, see JamBase’s review here.
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Pavement To Curate All TomorrowÂ’s Parties
October 7th, 2009 |
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Pavement To Curate All Tomorrow’s Parties
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Legendary indie rock heroes Pavement are back. Last month they made the year-in-advance announcment of four shows at New York City’s Central Park which sold out immediately, and now they are set to curate All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, England May 14-16, 2010. Tickets for the event go on sale this Friday, October 9 at www.atpfestival.com.
Pavement Reunion Confirmed! Tix for 9/21/10 pre-sale tomm
September 17th, 2009 |
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Pavement Reunion Tour Confirmed for 2010
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Yesterday we told you about the rumors of a Pavement reunion, today we are confirming it!
After years of speculation, one of – if not the – most important American band of the Nineties is returning to the stage with the lineup of Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West reuniting for dates around the world in 2010. Please be advised this tour is not a prelude to additional jaunts and/or a permanent reunion.
Described in their own Wikipedia entry as having experienced “moderate commercial success,” Pavement’s catalog for the Matador, Domino, Drag City and Treble Kicker imprints has come to define in the eyes of many the blueprint for independent rock over the past generation. An evidentiary compilation release is planned to coincide with the touring sometime in 2010.
The first show announced is a New York performance on September 21, 2010 at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. A pre-sale begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, September 18, 2009 (tomorrow). The password for the pre-sale is ZOWEE and the ticketing link is www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004330A3C355DD. The general on-sale is slated for 10:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, September 25, 2009. Please note that tickets will be available without surcharges from the Nokia Theatre box office in Times Square and from Earwax at 218 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.
Please visit http://www.crookedrain.com for details on this on-sale as well as all Pavement news as it develops.
Pavement Reunion Fall 2010?
September 16th, 2009 |
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Pavement To Reunite Fall 2010?
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According to multiple sources, it appears that legendary indie rock heroes Pavement will reunite! While details are shady at the moment, both Pitchfork.com and Brooklynvegan.com (amongst others) are reporting that Pavement is set to play at least one (maybe up to four) shows at New York’s Central Park SummerStage at the end of September 2010. Clearly this is a long ways off and we’ll be sure to keep you posted on developments over the next year! Talk is already starting to spread about Coachella, All Tomorrow’s Parties and more, we’ll keep you posted.
Pavement played their final concert at London’s Brixton Academy on November 20, 1999.
A certain age
July 24th, 2009 |
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The heat has brought out a new plague of mad, show-off, kamikaze-style boy cyclists. I have never been all that keen on cyclists, ever since the dog was mown down and I was nearly sliced in two on the pavement, but compared with this new lot, the old-style cycle maniac is Fotherington-Thomas.
The latest sort tend to come out on warm evenings and have a new type of bike – minimalist, no gears, no lights. Bare-chested, or with shirts billowing in the wind, they swirl and wheelie about, across red lights, the wrong way up one-way streets, along pavements – no bells, no helmets, no fluorescent jackets. None of that cissy stuff, just top-speed, miss-death-by-half-a-whisker freestyle riding.
“They’re all boys, aren’t they?” says my friend Olga breezily, “That’s what they do. Give them any sort of vehicle and they’ll try and kill themselves in it.” She rather admires them, because she’s a cyclist herself. I had a terrific row with her in the car last week, me driving along in the dark, a whirling mass of shadowy boy cyclists weaving and zipping round the cars and hovering in blind spots, while Olga applauded them and admitted shooting red lights, nipping up one-way streets and along pavements herself.
“I’ve got every right to do it,” said she saucily. “There are no proper cycle lanes and those one way systems are terrifying. You all drive much too fast. The only safe place for cyclists is on the pavement.”
I had a shout, but Olga didn’t give a stuff. Last week a crazed motorist cut her up, called her a lesbian, and drove on to the pavement, trying to kill her. And Fielding had to jump off his bike and hurl himself into a hedge just before a mad motorist crushed his bike to pulp, on purpose.
There’s no arguing with Olga and Fielding. To them, it’s clear cut: cyclists green and good, motorists bad. They know they’re right. But I know I’m right. This is another war with no solution in sight. Let’s hope there aren’t too many casualties.
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