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Thursday, September 17, 2009

News Additional Details on the Pavement Reunion

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:39 AM

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"And that shall be the last we speak of it."

Nope. Tonry was wrong. We are still speaking about the day Pavement announced their reunion: the most important day in indie rock since the Pixies got back together to record "Bam Thwok" for the Shrek 2 soundtrack.

Here's the official press release from the band's camp:

After years of speculation, 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.

I am fine with it not being a "permanent reunion," but I at least want some "additional jaunts." No one needs new records, box sets, or any of that, but for the band just to perform a one-off show in a city they are not from (Ibold being the exception) just seems odd. Also, I guess Pavement was the "most important American band of the Nineties" because only a band from that era follow that line with the self-deprecating "moderate commercial success" comment.

 

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For what it's worth, I read that press release differently than you. Specifically, they say the band is "reuniting for dates around the world in 2010" and refer to it as "a tour." THis tour is a one-time affair, I think, not "a prelude to additional jaunts [ed. more tours] and/or a permanent reunion." So I expect we'll see more shows announced over the coming months.

And, as a Pavement nerd, I will remind you that the band did have some roots in New York, as I recall. Didn't Malkmus and one of the other band members (West?) meet working as security guards at the Whitney Museum? And I think Crooked Rain was recorded there, too, but could be wrong.

Still, I plan on sitting this reunion out.
Posted by Cary Clarke on September 17, 2009 at 1:52 PM · Report

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