Pig Lib, Stephen Malkmus' last solo outing, is a great record. It feels like a genuine musical achievement; as if SM has learned to tease his songwriting flair through more than the gutsy guitar performances epitomised byPavement. Yup, that pig was well ...more
The A.V. Club
Years after Pavement became, however grudgingly, a cultural touchstone, Stephen Malkmus has made it clear that he's playing a lower-stakes game. For his first solo move in 2001, he printed up T-shirts reading "Who the fuck is Stephen Malkmus?"a ...more
Virgin.net
It would be so wonderful to announce that this album, the latest from ex-Pavement man Stephen Malkmus, is incredible. It would be brilliant to talk about the witty, incisive lyrics, the sparse college-rock guitars, the wilful humour, the great, dazzling ...more
Entertainment Weekly
Stephen Malkmus, the brainiac guitar maestro who fronted '90s indie rockers Pavement, usually lets his songs shrug their way under listeners' skin. But Face the Truth , his third and most ambitious solo album, has a couple of (casually) immediate ...more
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