Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is a rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus … Read Full Bio ↴Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is a rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus (vocals, guitar), Joanna Bolme (bass, vocals), Mike Clark (keyboards) and Jake Morris (drums). The band has released seven albums: "Stephen Malkmus" (2001), "Pig Lib" (2003), "Face the Truth" (2005), "Real Emotional Trash" (2008), "Mirror Traffic" (2011), "Wig Out at Jagbags" (2014) and "Sparkle Hard" (2018). Malkmus was the lead singer and primary songwriter for Pavement.

The Jicks formed in 2000 in Portland, Oregon, United States, almost immediately after Pavement's 1999 "hiatus" began. The group's first record - which had a working title of Swedish Reggae - was simply called Stephen Malkmus. It was released by Matador Records on February 13th, 2001. At least a few of the songs were proposed Pavement songs before the group disbanded.

The group made their official live debut at New York's Bowery Ballroom only a few weeks before their first record was released. Around this time, Pavement's auxiliary percussionist Bob Nastanovich began acting as The Jicks' manager.

Pig Lib was the name of the band's second record, which was released in 2003. The songs had a much looser yet darker feel, and the band sounds more comfortable playing with one another. Malkmus has since expressed regret in some of the decisions he made with putting certain songs on this record. The album received decent reviews, gaining 3/5 stars from Allmusic and an 8.0/10 from Pitchfork Media.

For the first several years of The Jicks' existence, no Pavement songs were ever played live. Then on May 23, 2003, spontaneously and without notice, the band opened the evening's show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with "Summer Babe" from Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted album. What followed was a complete set of Pavement tracks in the chronological order that the band originally released them, playing roughly two-three songs per album. This concert has been dubbed by fans as The Milwaukee Show.

Notably, The Jicks opened up for Radiohead on the band's North American tour in support of their album, Hail to the Thief.

Face the Truth, credited only to Malkmus, came in 2005 to ecstatic reviews, many of them claiming a return to Wowee Zowee-type form. Most of the album was recorded by Stephen alone in his basement, although each member of the Jicks play on at least one song on the record. The band toured only a small amount behind this record, partially due to the fact that Malkmus had a new child.

On October 2nd, 2006, it was reported by Pitchfork that Janet Weiss, drummer of Quasi and the defunct Sleater-Kinney, had officially joined the band, replacing founding drummer John Moen, who left to be the drummer for The Decemberists.

On March 4th, 2008, their latest album "Real Emotional Trash" was released.

In 2011, shortly after recording their fifth album, it was announced that Janet Weiss had left the band. She was replaced by Jake Morris, formerly of Joggers.

On August 23, 2011, the album "Mirror Traffic" was officially released to generally positive reviews.
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Black Book Offer your trust to a friend Who is not what he…
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Elmo Delmo Looking to call your dare And look you up on the…
fall away Fall away, fall away Try to know you, try to show…
Forever 28 I can see the mystery Of you and me Will never quite…
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Freeze the Saints We meet again Riding our divisible bodies Feel no shame Luck…
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Gardênia I kinda like the way you dot your J's with giant…
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Hopscotch Willie Hopscotch Willie swore he was framed He was a mark not…
I've Hardly Been Rationalized confusion, memento morial You're turning ugly i…
It Kills What you gonna do? I don't know, my friend But I'm open…
J Smoov I can′t afford to want you Still I can't avoid your…
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Jo Jo's Jacket (And in a funny way, the shaving of my, uh,…
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Long Hard Book I can't see you through these wandering eyes I'm a one-trick…
Loud Cloud Crowd From eternal grey Fantastic times await So let them rake in…
Malediction So long Good bye to the nervous apprehension I certainly won…
Mama Mama's in the kitchen with onions Daddy's in the back with…
No More Shoes Came from the top of the deck Warm and direct No more…
No One Is I can't contain the motion Get it out of my mind I…
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One Percent of One I can't contain the motion Get it out of my mind I…
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Pencil Rot There's a villain in my head And he's giving me shocks Save…
Phantasies Wake up early and come rocket to Alaska We put our…
Pink India There once was an empire chase Known as a great, great…
Post-Paint Boy Revelation artistry So fed up with hypocrisy There isn't a l…
Ramp of Death Before we were on our way Up the ramp of death I…
Real Emotional Trash We're taking out the wine We're taking out the wine It's t…
Senator The toxins American made Weapons-class gray sludge for migra…
Share The Red Getting on the floor Everything and more A fabulous start Th…
Spazz Would you like to pet my rifle? Summer camp is such…
Stick Figures In Love If you want mine you better take all the lies…
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Tigers I caught you streaking in your Birkenstocks A scary thought …
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Troubbble Sad enough I frequently find There's no proof of halos Strap…
Tune Grief One, two, three, four The kind of things you say Your own…
Us I wish we could get our act together Make some sense…
Vague Space Do you want to know where it stands right now? Do…
Vanessa From Queens There's aggression in the air this morning Got your ballerin…
Water and a Seat I thought you'd go And what you say will never keep…
We Can't Help You There's no common goal There's no moral action There's the m…
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