Stephen Malkmus

Our February 2020 playlist includes songs by Pop Smoke, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Van Etten, Grimes, Vampire Weekend, The Strokes, Bad Bunny, The Radio Dept, Perfume Genius, Waxahatchee, Jason Isbell, Pictish Trail, Gouge Away, Caribou, and more.

Stephen Malkmus’ “stoner feel” new album Traditional Techniques is out next week. The “Shadowbanned” video also stars Kurt Vile, Jason Schwartzman, Conor Oberst, and more.

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Our January 2020 playlist includes songs by CocoRosie, Hayley Williams, Thundercat, Destroyer, The 1975, Real Estate, Meek Mill, US Girls, Austra, Higher Power, Four Tet, Porridge Radio, Stephen Malkmus & more.

Stephen Malkmus just announced a new solo album that features his old pal, Chavez frontman and Soldiers of Fortune collaborator Matt Sweeney, and now here they both are on “Jerome,” the new single by Endless Boogie…

Malkmus’ new “folkie” LP Traditional Techniques is out in March and you can get tickets early for the NYC stop on the tour with the BrooklynVegan presale that runs from noon Wednesday through 10 PM Thursday.

”We’re messing with these kind of boomery, ’60s tropes – all acoustic guitars, almost all dudes with moustaches.” – Malkmus on the new album ’Traditional Techniques.’

Plus: Frances Quinlan, Rebecca Gates and more paying tribute to Berman.

This week in Bill’s Indie Basement: his favorite albums of the last decade, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

William Tyler, who played in the mid-’90s lineup of Silver Jews, hosted a tribute to the late David Berman in Nashville over Thanksgiving weekend, and he’ll be part of another one at Portland Bunk Bar on January 4, which would’ve been Berman’s 53rd birthday…