Pavement is an American indie rock band that formed in Stockton, CA, in 198… Read Full Bio ↴Pavement is an American indie rock band that formed in Stockton, CA, in 1989. For most of the period to 1999, the band consisted of Stephen Malkmus (vocals, guitar), Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg (guitar, vocals), Mark Ibold (bass), Steve West (drums) and Bob Nastanovich (percussion, vocals). During that period, and since, they have frequently been described as one of the most influential bands to emerge from the American underground of the '90s. While their split in 1999 was reportedly rather acrimonious, they undertook a well-received reunion tour during 2010.
Pavement formed in Stockton, California, in 1989 as a studio project of guitarists and vocalists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, known originally only as "S.M." and "Spiral Stairs", respectively. Their debut EPs were extremely lo-fi releases titled Slay Tracks (1933-1969), Demolition Plot J-7, and Perfect Sound Forever. They were recorded at Louder Than You Think, the home studio of infamous Stockton local and former hippie Gary Young. The eccentric and aging hipster also provided drums. Upon first hearing the duo's songs, Young was quoted as saying, "this Malkmus idiot is a complete songwriting genius".
Pavement's most obvious influence during this time was English rock band The Fall, although Kannberg stated in a 1992 interview that he preferred The Replacements to The Fall. The Fall's primary member, Mark E. Smith, would often angrily claim through the years that Pavement was a "rip-off" of his band and that they didn't "have an original idea in their heads". However, some of the other members of The Fall actually enjoyed Pavement.
Around 1992 Pavement became a full-time band, with the addition of bassist Mark Ibold - who had been one of the band's first fans - and extra percussionist Bob Nastanovich (a fellow museum security guard along with Malkmus and David Berman, of Silver Jews) to help Young keep time. Their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, was released commercially in 1992 after being circulated among critics and tastemakers for nearly a year, and became an instant indie classic. Though the percussive influence of The Fall was still pervasive (as was that of English post punks, Swell Maps), many of the songs also exhibited a strong sense of melody. The following year, the band released the EP, Watery, Domestic, which represented a balance between their earlier and later styles.
Gary Young's departure and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
The tour for Slanted & Enchanted gave Gary Young a chance to showcase his bizarre live behavior. He would act out by giving away cabbage and mashed potatoes to fans at the door of the venue, doing handstands, running around the venue and stage while the rest of the band was playing and drunkenly falling off his drum stool. His bizarre drug- and alcohol-fueled personality had grated on the rest of the band through several years of touring and recording and they could no longer take it. At the end of the tour, Young left Pavement. The final straw came when Young allegedly pulled a gun on Malkmus. (Malkmus later stated that this was not true: while Young had bought a gun, he never pulled it on Malkmus). The group soon after had a meeting in a hotel room in Copenhagen during which Malkmus, Kannberg and Ibold remained silent while Nastanovich (Young's best friend at the time) argued with the drummer and informed him that his antics were unnecessary. According to the band, Gary Young quit and was replaced by Steve West.
With an improved recording quality and more original songwriting, they released Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain in 1994. The record was far more indebted to the classic rock tradition than their more obscure debut. The single, "Cut Your Hair" was the band's closest brush with the mainstream, and briefly enjoyed airplay on alternative rock radio and MTV.
Another single, "Range Life", was infamous chiefly for lyrics that criticized alt-rock superstars The Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots. Malkmus has insisted over the years that the line is meant to be light-hearted and timely, sung from the point of view of the aging hippie character in the song - later live versions of the track had the singer substituting Spice Girls, The Counting Crows, or countless others for "Stone Temple Pilots". Billy Corgan, leader of The Smashing Pumpkins, threatened to drop his band from the 1994 Lollapalooza Festival if Pavement was allowed to play. The Smashing Pumpkins were headlining Lollapalooza that year. Corgan and Malkmus would trade barbs through the press for several years after.
Wowee Zowee and Brighten the Corners
Pavement's next album was the eclectic, inscrutable Wowee Zowee (1995). In eighteen tracks, the band covered a wide range of styles including punk, country and balladry, and largely dispensed with conventional song structures. The album was not widely admired at the time of release but is now generally embraced by fans. On the Slow Century DVD, Malkmus attributed his odd choice of singles to his pot smoking, stating that "I was smoking a lot of grass back then but to me they sounded like hits." Although Malkmus has said in recent interviews that the album is the last "classic Pavement record", Kannberg has voiced regrets about Wowee Zowee. "We made some mistakes on that record... we were kind of pressured into putting out a record a little faster than we were ready to. I mean, I'm totally into the record. It's just if we had another six months to think about it, it would've been much different." During the tour for the album, Nastonovich stated on the Slow Century DVD, the band would often not work out a setlist before shows, opting for drug and alcohol fueled jams over hit singles.
Wowee Zowee was followed up by the EP, Pacific Trim, which was recorded with only Malkmus and drummers Nastanovich and Steve West. Their studio time was originally reserved for a Silver Jews recording, but frontman David Berman walked out in frustration and the trio decided not to waste prepaid recording time.
1997's Brighten the Corners, a shorter, mellower and more focused record than the previous album, was produced by Mitch Easter. In style it resembled Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and contained two of the band's best known singles in "Stereo" and "Shady Lane". It was the only Pavement album to include a lyric sheet. The album sold better than its predecessors, but Pavement remained a cult band. It was at about this time that the band started to fragment, with its members focusing more on other musical projects or on raising families.
Terror Twilight and breakup
In 1999, the band released its final album, Terror Twilight. Bob Nastanovich came up with the title, and has revealed the meaning of it in several interviews: "Twilight Terror is the short span between sunset and dusk; this is considered the most dangerous time in traffic, because half of the people switch on the headlights, and the other half doesn't. It's when most accidents happen." During an interview on the Slow Century documentary DVD, he said that the band was having trouble coming up with names for the record until he put forth Terror Twilight. One of the final contenders was Farewell Horizontal (also the name of a 1989 science fiction novel by K.W. Jeter), and Nastanovich said, "There was no way I was going to be on the Farewell Horizontal tour for the next year."
Malkmus wrote the entirety of the record, and the recording of the music only featured minor contributions from the rest of the band. The music on the record is by far the gentlest and most emotionally direct in the band's discography, though the oddball Captain Beefheart homage "Platform Blues" is a nod to their more obscure roots. Its comparatively pristine production was helmed by Nigel Godrich, best known for his work with Radiohead and Beck.
The group released one last EP, titled Major Leagues. It features three Malkmus songs, two original Spiral Stairs songs and two covers: "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen and "The Classical" by The Fall. Stephen Malkmus sings on both of the cover songs.
After completing a world tour in London in 1999, the band announced that they were going on hiatus, which eventually revealed itself as an unofficial break-up. Nastanovich later said that it was a somewhat civil dissolution. "There was too much exhaustion for heavy emotion."
Slow Century and Perfect Sound Forever
In 2002, Slow Century, a documentary by Lance Bangs coupled with all of the band's music videos, was released as a 2 DVD set. Included was extensive footage, both professionally shot and taped by fans on camcorders, from the band's earliest shows in 1989 forward. The three final songs from the band's last show ever ("Stop Breathin'", "Conduit for Sale" and "Here") are presented at the end of the documentary. Also on the DVD is a hidden easter egg clip from the same show, wherein Malkmus apparently jokingly talks about how the handcuffs attached to his microphone stand "represent what it's like being in a band all these years." A bonus disc with a complete concert in Seattle, Washington, from the early part of the Terror Twilight tour was included on the second disc, as well as several songs from their second to last show.
2004 saw the publication of "Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement", a biography on the band written by Rob Jovanovic. Most reviews of the book rated it poorly, saying that it contained much of the same information as the Slow Century DVD and expanded very little on it.
Post-Pavement projects
* Stephen Malkmus has gone on to enjoy success as a solo artist combining his intricate guitar playing with a progressive rock influence. He has released four albums, Stephen Malkmus (2001), Pig Lib (2003), Face the Truth (2005), and Real Emotional Trash (2008) each garnering mainly warm reviews from critics and fans alike. Malkmus' new group has been known to treat audiences to Pavement songs every once in a while (On May 24, 2003, while touring in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his new band The Jicks, Malkmus opened the show by saying, "This is off our first record". The band then proceeded to play an evening's worth of Pavement songs. This show has been dubbed by fans as The Milwaukee Show). He is a revolving member of the group Silver Jews, led by David Berman.
* Scott Kannberg went on to form a musical group named Preston School of Industry, not to be confused with the Ione, California reform school nor the Pavement tune of the same name. They have released two albums with Matador Records, All this Sounds Gas (2001), and Monsoon (2004). The latter album boasts studio contributions from members of The Minus 5 and Wilco. Preston School of Industry has remained apparently inactive since the end of their September 2004 Australian tour.
*Mark Ibold has been reported to be working behind the bar at a restaurant called Great Jones Cafe in New York, New York. In early 2005, rumors began to spread on the internet that he had a new group called Cam'Ron's Foreskin. In the summer of 2006, Ibold joined Sonic Youth as their touring bass player for their Rather Ripped tour. He became a full time member of Sonic Youth and contributed to/co-wrote (as Sonic Youth albums are group efforts) on the new album The Eternal.
* Steve West lives in Lexington, Virginia. He has two children and works as a stonemason. He has released 3 albums as Marble Valley.
* Bob Nastanovich has a home in Louisville, Kentucky and produces a website called "Lonely on the Rail" which combines his passions for horse racing and writing. He tour managed for The Jicks during their first tour. Since then, Nastanovich has been a jockey agent for Greta Kuntzweiler. When asked if he was in contact with his former band members, he said, "West - yes, Malkmus - yes, Ibold - rarely, Kannberg - never". He accompanied Malkmus on drums for two songs during a solo acoustic set at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.
* Gary Young has continued recording bands at his Stockton studio. He also has a new group, Gary Young's Hospital, with which he records and plays concerts. Young also invented the Universal Microphone Shock Mount, "an innovative approach to keeping your microphones isolated from stand vibrations."
Reunion
There is frequent speculation about the possibility of a Pavement reunion. In a 2006 Pitchfork interview, Scott Kannberg discussed the possibility of a reunion for the band's 20th anniversary in 2009. In a 2008 Entertainment Weekly article, Kannberg echoed the possibility of a 2009 reunion, and mentioned Matador Records' 20th anniversary. Mark Ibold was amiable to the idea; Malkmus, however, stated: "something small in 10 years like the Zeppelin thing sounds good to me."
On September 16, 2009 it was confirmed that Pavement will reunite for a show at Central Park's SummerStage on September 21, 2010.
Official statements by the band, label, venue and promoter were released on September 17, 2009 confirming the reunion. The announcement included one concert in Central Park and the promise of a tour, but said that the reunion may only be a one-off event. It said, "Please be advised this tour is not a prelude to additional jaunts and/or a permanent reunion. The band held rehearsal at Audio Cinema in Portland, Oregon. The band performed several shows throughout 2010.
There is another band with the same name:
2) Pavement was a British reggae-soul-ska band active in the late-60s. They released their eponymous album in 1969.
Pavement formed in Stockton, California, in 1989 as a studio project of guitarists and vocalists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, known originally only as "S.M." and "Spiral Stairs", respectively. Their debut EPs were extremely lo-fi releases titled Slay Tracks (1933-1969), Demolition Plot J-7, and Perfect Sound Forever. They were recorded at Louder Than You Think, the home studio of infamous Stockton local and former hippie Gary Young. The eccentric and aging hipster also provided drums. Upon first hearing the duo's songs, Young was quoted as saying, "this Malkmus idiot is a complete songwriting genius".
Pavement's most obvious influence during this time was English rock band The Fall, although Kannberg stated in a 1992 interview that he preferred The Replacements to The Fall. The Fall's primary member, Mark E. Smith, would often angrily claim through the years that Pavement was a "rip-off" of his band and that they didn't "have an original idea in their heads". However, some of the other members of The Fall actually enjoyed Pavement.
Around 1992 Pavement became a full-time band, with the addition of bassist Mark Ibold - who had been one of the band's first fans - and extra percussionist Bob Nastanovich (a fellow museum security guard along with Malkmus and David Berman, of Silver Jews) to help Young keep time. Their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, was released commercially in 1992 after being circulated among critics and tastemakers for nearly a year, and became an instant indie classic. Though the percussive influence of The Fall was still pervasive (as was that of English post punks, Swell Maps), many of the songs also exhibited a strong sense of melody. The following year, the band released the EP, Watery, Domestic, which represented a balance between their earlier and later styles.
Gary Young's departure and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
The tour for Slanted & Enchanted gave Gary Young a chance to showcase his bizarre live behavior. He would act out by giving away cabbage and mashed potatoes to fans at the door of the venue, doing handstands, running around the venue and stage while the rest of the band was playing and drunkenly falling off his drum stool. His bizarre drug- and alcohol-fueled personality had grated on the rest of the band through several years of touring and recording and they could no longer take it. At the end of the tour, Young left Pavement. The final straw came when Young allegedly pulled a gun on Malkmus. (Malkmus later stated that this was not true: while Young had bought a gun, he never pulled it on Malkmus). The group soon after had a meeting in a hotel room in Copenhagen during which Malkmus, Kannberg and Ibold remained silent while Nastanovich (Young's best friend at the time) argued with the drummer and informed him that his antics were unnecessary. According to the band, Gary Young quit and was replaced by Steve West.
With an improved recording quality and more original songwriting, they released Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain in 1994. The record was far more indebted to the classic rock tradition than their more obscure debut. The single, "Cut Your Hair" was the band's closest brush with the mainstream, and briefly enjoyed airplay on alternative rock radio and MTV.
Another single, "Range Life", was infamous chiefly for lyrics that criticized alt-rock superstars The Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots. Malkmus has insisted over the years that the line is meant to be light-hearted and timely, sung from the point of view of the aging hippie character in the song - later live versions of the track had the singer substituting Spice Girls, The Counting Crows, or countless others for "Stone Temple Pilots". Billy Corgan, leader of The Smashing Pumpkins, threatened to drop his band from the 1994 Lollapalooza Festival if Pavement was allowed to play. The Smashing Pumpkins were headlining Lollapalooza that year. Corgan and Malkmus would trade barbs through the press for several years after.
Wowee Zowee and Brighten the Corners
Pavement's next album was the eclectic, inscrutable Wowee Zowee (1995). In eighteen tracks, the band covered a wide range of styles including punk, country and balladry, and largely dispensed with conventional song structures. The album was not widely admired at the time of release but is now generally embraced by fans. On the Slow Century DVD, Malkmus attributed his odd choice of singles to his pot smoking, stating that "I was smoking a lot of grass back then but to me they sounded like hits." Although Malkmus has said in recent interviews that the album is the last "classic Pavement record", Kannberg has voiced regrets about Wowee Zowee. "We made some mistakes on that record... we were kind of pressured into putting out a record a little faster than we were ready to. I mean, I'm totally into the record. It's just if we had another six months to think about it, it would've been much different." During the tour for the album, Nastonovich stated on the Slow Century DVD, the band would often not work out a setlist before shows, opting for drug and alcohol fueled jams over hit singles.
Wowee Zowee was followed up by the EP, Pacific Trim, which was recorded with only Malkmus and drummers Nastanovich and Steve West. Their studio time was originally reserved for a Silver Jews recording, but frontman David Berman walked out in frustration and the trio decided not to waste prepaid recording time.
1997's Brighten the Corners, a shorter, mellower and more focused record than the previous album, was produced by Mitch Easter. In style it resembled Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and contained two of the band's best known singles in "Stereo" and "Shady Lane". It was the only Pavement album to include a lyric sheet. The album sold better than its predecessors, but Pavement remained a cult band. It was at about this time that the band started to fragment, with its members focusing more on other musical projects or on raising families.
Terror Twilight and breakup
In 1999, the band released its final album, Terror Twilight. Bob Nastanovich came up with the title, and has revealed the meaning of it in several interviews: "Twilight Terror is the short span between sunset and dusk; this is considered the most dangerous time in traffic, because half of the people switch on the headlights, and the other half doesn't. It's when most accidents happen." During an interview on the Slow Century documentary DVD, he said that the band was having trouble coming up with names for the record until he put forth Terror Twilight. One of the final contenders was Farewell Horizontal (also the name of a 1989 science fiction novel by K.W. Jeter), and Nastanovich said, "There was no way I was going to be on the Farewell Horizontal tour for the next year."
Malkmus wrote the entirety of the record, and the recording of the music only featured minor contributions from the rest of the band. The music on the record is by far the gentlest and most emotionally direct in the band's discography, though the oddball Captain Beefheart homage "Platform Blues" is a nod to their more obscure roots. Its comparatively pristine production was helmed by Nigel Godrich, best known for his work with Radiohead and Beck.
The group released one last EP, titled Major Leagues. It features three Malkmus songs, two original Spiral Stairs songs and two covers: "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen and "The Classical" by The Fall. Stephen Malkmus sings on both of the cover songs.
After completing a world tour in London in 1999, the band announced that they were going on hiatus, which eventually revealed itself as an unofficial break-up. Nastanovich later said that it was a somewhat civil dissolution. "There was too much exhaustion for heavy emotion."
Slow Century and Perfect Sound Forever
In 2002, Slow Century, a documentary by Lance Bangs coupled with all of the band's music videos, was released as a 2 DVD set. Included was extensive footage, both professionally shot and taped by fans on camcorders, from the band's earliest shows in 1989 forward. The three final songs from the band's last show ever ("Stop Breathin'", "Conduit for Sale" and "Here") are presented at the end of the documentary. Also on the DVD is a hidden easter egg clip from the same show, wherein Malkmus apparently jokingly talks about how the handcuffs attached to his microphone stand "represent what it's like being in a band all these years." A bonus disc with a complete concert in Seattle, Washington, from the early part of the Terror Twilight tour was included on the second disc, as well as several songs from their second to last show.
2004 saw the publication of "Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement", a biography on the band written by Rob Jovanovic. Most reviews of the book rated it poorly, saying that it contained much of the same information as the Slow Century DVD and expanded very little on it.
Post-Pavement projects
* Stephen Malkmus has gone on to enjoy success as a solo artist combining his intricate guitar playing with a progressive rock influence. He has released four albums, Stephen Malkmus (2001), Pig Lib (2003), Face the Truth (2005), and Real Emotional Trash (2008) each garnering mainly warm reviews from critics and fans alike. Malkmus' new group has been known to treat audiences to Pavement songs every once in a while (On May 24, 2003, while touring in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his new band The Jicks, Malkmus opened the show by saying, "This is off our first record". The band then proceeded to play an evening's worth of Pavement songs. This show has been dubbed by fans as The Milwaukee Show). He is a revolving member of the group Silver Jews, led by David Berman.
* Scott Kannberg went on to form a musical group named Preston School of Industry, not to be confused with the Ione, California reform school nor the Pavement tune of the same name. They have released two albums with Matador Records, All this Sounds Gas (2001), and Monsoon (2004). The latter album boasts studio contributions from members of The Minus 5 and Wilco. Preston School of Industry has remained apparently inactive since the end of their September 2004 Australian tour.
*Mark Ibold has been reported to be working behind the bar at a restaurant called Great Jones Cafe in New York, New York. In early 2005, rumors began to spread on the internet that he had a new group called Cam'Ron's Foreskin. In the summer of 2006, Ibold joined Sonic Youth as their touring bass player for their Rather Ripped tour. He became a full time member of Sonic Youth and contributed to/co-wrote (as Sonic Youth albums are group efforts) on the new album The Eternal.
* Steve West lives in Lexington, Virginia. He has two children and works as a stonemason. He has released 3 albums as Marble Valley.
* Bob Nastanovich has a home in Louisville, Kentucky and produces a website called "Lonely on the Rail" which combines his passions for horse racing and writing. He tour managed for The Jicks during their first tour. Since then, Nastanovich has been a jockey agent for Greta Kuntzweiler. When asked if he was in contact with his former band members, he said, "West - yes, Malkmus - yes, Ibold - rarely, Kannberg - never". He accompanied Malkmus on drums for two songs during a solo acoustic set at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.
* Gary Young has continued recording bands at his Stockton studio. He also has a new group, Gary Young's Hospital, with which he records and plays concerts. Young also invented the Universal Microphone Shock Mount, "an innovative approach to keeping your microphones isolated from stand vibrations."
Reunion
There is frequent speculation about the possibility of a Pavement reunion. In a 2006 Pitchfork interview, Scott Kannberg discussed the possibility of a reunion for the band's 20th anniversary in 2009. In a 2008 Entertainment Weekly article, Kannberg echoed the possibility of a 2009 reunion, and mentioned Matador Records' 20th anniversary. Mark Ibold was amiable to the idea; Malkmus, however, stated: "something small in 10 years like the Zeppelin thing sounds good to me."
On September 16, 2009 it was confirmed that Pavement will reunite for a show at Central Park's SummerStage on September 21, 2010.
Official statements by the band, label, venue and promoter were released on September 17, 2009 confirming the reunion. The announcement included one concert in Central Park and the promise of a tour, but said that the reunion may only be a one-off event. It said, "Please be advised this tour is not a prelude to additional jaunts and/or a permanent reunion. The band held rehearsal at Audio Cinema in Portland, Oregon. The band performed several shows throughout 2010.
There is another band with the same name:
2) Pavement was a British reggae-soul-ska band active in the late-60s. They released their eponymous album in 1969.
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...And Carrot Rope I want to say: It's…
02. Gold Soundz Go back to those gold sounds And keep my advent to…
2 States Two states We want two states North and South Two, two state…
5 − 4 = Unity Five minus four equals unity Five minus four equals unity Ye…
5-4 Vocal It's the shouting, it's the shouting it's the Dutchman, it'…
5-4=Unity Five minus four equals unity Five minus four equals unity Ye…
All My Friends Everybody's goin out tonight And everybody's hangin out t…
And My Radio My Radio It doesn't work It's been shot up The wires are …
And Then Capistrano swallow, answer to Your inner voice and please re…
Angel Carver Blues/ Mellow Jazz Docent When they fall in They fall in from the roof They…
Ann Don't Cry The damage has been done, I am not having fun…
At & T Maybe someone's going to save me, my heart is made…
Baptiss Blacktick I'm just waiting waiting for the baptist That sad suck-off l…
Baptist Blacktick Baptiss Blacktick I`m just waiting waiting for the baptist …
Be the Hook Oh, well We're gonna play this one How 'bout that? That's ri…
Best Friend's Arm And if you can't think of anything Then you gonna drink…
Best Friends Arm ? ? ? liar (I can see, I can see, I…
Best Friends Arm And if you can't think of anything Then you gonna drink…
Billie La, la, la, la, la, la, la, etc. Billie and my…
Birds In The Majic Industry Epileptic seizure in the back Of a red Capri and you're…
Black Out Sunday drive past your own hall of fame It's closed on…
Black Walls I've been to the desert on a horse with no…
Blue Hawaiian A welcome to my friends: This house is a home and…
Box Elder Wasn't the question you asked me It wasn't the answer I…
Brink of the Clouds Bring on the clouds Why you why you why you why…
Brinx Job It's so funny We went down to the store We got the…
Camera In the corporate land In the offices of double-digit floors …
Carrot Rope I want to say: It's…
Cherry Area Hey, you need an A for effort But I give you…
Chesley's Little Wrists I'm bogged, I'm bogged down I am bogged down I'm bogged …
Circa 1762 Met her when I was a drum cadet Sold her the skins off…
Circa 1762 (Peel Session) Met her when I was a drum cadet Sold her the skins off…
Conduit for Sale I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm t…
Conduit For Sale - Live I'm tryin', I'm tryin'... Imagine if you will Herr Proctor, …
Conduit for Sale! I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm tryin' I'm t…
Cream of Gold So much for destiny, A pin prick on my knee, The frost…
Cut Your Hair (Stop it) (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-…
Date w/ IKEA The actress is always breaking things The things you made an…
Debris Slide Maybe she is Maybe she's not Maybe we's We's hack cough …
Decouvert De Soleil Parts in french: Autre musique, la basse haut. Le passager …
Easily Fooled Hey, do you need a reason Is there a separate season F…
Ed Ames This is a song about lonely edward franklin ames, out…
Elevate Me Later Well, you greet the tokens and stamps Beneath the fake oil…
Embassy Row Old intuition, on your dock we're fishin' Come on now, give…
Extradition The expedition had fifty recodes Forty roses and neglect Mak…
False Skorpion Don't you disrespect me, woman I'm an animal with teeth An…
Fame Throwa Fame throwa pass out the gold, the diamond Watch, the…
Father to a Sister of Thought Rotten device, I'll say it twice I'm too much, I'm too…
Feed Them to the Lions Every building same height Every street a straight line Team…
Fight This Generation Woke up to people so tall to you I can't so…
Fillmore Jive Hey lady, what do you need? Do you think you'd like…
Fin Open call for prison architects Send me your blueprints ASAP…
Flux %3D Rad Child, don't you know I don't want to let you go Child,…
Folk Jam If you enjoy the company Of a descending family tree Well…
Forklift Chinese spectate riding forklift, Mother says "no" Can't I f…
From Now On From now on I make haste To carry my skin Into the arm Must…
Frontwards I am the only one Searching for you And if I get…
Frontwards - Live I am the only one searchin' for you And if I…
Gangsters & Pranksters Donnybrook between two gangsters And a bunch of merry prank…
Give It a Day Aych ay see two (half a canyon too) Increase Mather…
Gold Sounds Go back to those gold sounds And keep my advent to…
Grave Architecture Come on in Grave architecture Grave architecture Walk th…
Greenlander On an icy island north In the woods beside the church We…
Grounded Doctor's leaving for the holiday season Got crystal ice pick…
Half a Canyon Ah shit, baby Canyon bro', your life is worked in Dream…
Hands Off the Bayou Run, run to the east confession trash We don't need your…
Harnes Your Hopes Harness your hopes On just one person Because you know a har…
Haunt You Down I got a leaf And a spleef Light that spleef God bless tha…
Heaven Is a Truck Heaven is a truck It got stuck on the breeze Asked the…
Here I always dressed for success But success it never comes And …
Here (Peel Session) I was dressed for success, but success it never comes And…
Here - Live i was dressed for success but success it never comes and i'm…
Hit the Plane Down I'm up on a hill top where I Keep you in…
Home Fight for felicity for me. You know I cannot do it…
I Love Perth Everyone is carrying on in this house Afraid to live there I…
In the Mouth a Desert Can you treat it like an oil well When it's…
Infinite Spark Open call for prison architects Send me all blueprints a.s.a…
It's a Hectic World I'm feeling dark and I'm looking for my head (hey) I…
Jackals I've got one holy life to live I've got one holy…
Jackals False Grails: The Lon I've got one holy life to live I've got one holy…
Jackals False Grails: The Lonesome Era I've got one holy life to live I've got one holy…
Kennel District Hold on tight she wears the seek It's got more stars…
Kentucky Cocktail Thought i could walk Through any door. Any door left unloc…
Kentucky Cocktail (Peel Session) Thought i could walk Through any door. Any door left unlocke…
Killing Moon Under blue moon I saw you So soon you'll take me Up…
Lions Every building same height Every street a straight line Team…
Loretta How can I make my body shed for you? How…
Love is Lies Well I'm going out, I'm gonna find myself a girl Find myse…
Major League Lip on, on watery clay, Relationships hey hey hey You kis…
Major Leagues Lip balm on watery clay Relationships hey hey hey You kiss l…
Major Leagues (Demo) Lip balm on watery clay Relationships, hey hey hey You kiss …
Maybe Maybe what i was was a pissing johnson and what she was…
Mellow Jazz Docent When they fall in They fall in from the roof They…
Mercy Snack: The Laundromat I'm jonesin' for a mercy snack I'm regular I'm treble…
Mercy: The Laundromat I'm jonesin' for a mercy snack I'm regular I'm treble kicked…
Motion Suggests I traced my family lines It ends up where the Window-passing…
Mussle Rock Blue stones are cast again Feeling like I′m one of them…
My First Mine Started in the old south I brought it to the new…
My Radio My Radio It doesn't work It's been shot up The wires are …
Nail Clinic Call, response, syncopate the prose Fuck the highs because I…
Newark Wilder Lane driver The forces against you, the rain I know everybod…
No Life Singed Her Take me down from the ridge where The summer ends, we'll…
No More Kings Rockin', rollin' splishin', splashin' Over the horizon, what…
No Tan Lines Deviances anticipated Triple-X or at least R-rated San Trope…
Nothing Ever Happens The party too soon Never be a winner if you′re not…
Oddity There you go all day There you go all night Your love…
Old to Begin Embrace the senile genius Watch him reinvent the wheel I don…
Our Singer I've been waitin' Anticipatin' Sun comes up The skies won't …
Painted Soldiers That's all you're singing now? Woohoo hoo, woohoo hoo, wooh…
Passat Dream You know you've got it all wrong There's no other…
Perfect Depth Slow-Mo Got his hand stuck in the kitchen sink It was his…
Perfume-V Fun for an hour when the he's gone- Can one…
Perfume-V - Live fun for an hour til the hour's gone can one trick…
Perfume‐V Fun for an hour when the he's gone- Can one…
Platform Blues One, two, three, four. Cardiac kid, kinda like it, Kinda l…
Price Yeah! Just cause I'm fakin' Doesn't mean I'm wrong Cause I bought …
Pueblo One trial down in Spanos County Ladies always turn up to…
Radio My Radio It doesn't work It's been shot up The wires are bur…
Raft Well, you mesmerize me Stop criticizing me You know, I'm so…
Rain Ammunition (Peel Session) Rain ammunition The foreign prey Winter is rapt And it's a c…
Range Life After the glow, the scene, the stage The sad talk becomes…
Rattled by la Rush Oh, that I Could bend my tongue outwards Leave your lungs…
Recorder Grot My space is... ready to be taken by the sweat up high with…
Roll With the Wind Roll With The Wind Many are the men who get lost…
Rooftop Gambler Bad Brains drop, They rip you like a Sunday paper. Glass cle…
Saganaw Greaayayayayt, great seekers of violence go away. Oh greaaya…
Same Way of Saying Plugs without a socket There's no moon without a rocket Hol…
Secret Knowledge of Backroads So you wanted it Price the sword The ancient craft I'm so…
Secret Knowledge of Backroads (Peel Session) So you wanted it Price the sword The ancient craft I'm so bo…
Serpentine Pad Frequently called numbers Snoring when you slumber Everyone …
Shady Lane Blind date with the chancer We had oysters and dry lancers A…
Shady Lane / J vs. S Blind date with the chancer, we had oysters and dry…
Shady Lane/J Vs. S Blind date with the chancer We had oysters and dry lancers A…
She Believes I told her lies deceitfully And she believed, She believed …
Shoot the Singer Someone took in these pants Somebody painted over paint Pain…
Silence Kid Silent kid no one to remind you You got no heels,…
Silence Kit You said things I wouldn't say Straight to my face, boy You…
Slowly Typed Mary, you smell different Get up early in the bed For you…
So Stark I've been waitin' here for oh so long I've been waitin'…
Soiled Little Filly In a bucket top of the hill Overlooking out of time…
Speak See Remember Speak, see, remember The crimes it took to get you through D…
Spit on a Stranger However you feel, Whatever it takes, Whenever it's real, Wha…
Spizzle Trunk I sneezed corn flakes down to my nose He's got a…
Stare Blind date with a chancer, we had oysters and dry…
Starlings of the Slipstream I heard what you said The leaders are dead They're robbing…
Stereo Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk The infrastructure …
Stop Breathin Got struck by the first volley Of the war in the…
Stop Breathing Got struck by the first volley Of the war in the…
Stop Breathin’ Got struck by the first volley Of the war in the…
Strings of Nashville Don't be a toy on the back of a magazine,…
Stub Your Toe Now that it's over What will you do? After all the fun…
Summer Babe Ice, baby I saw your girlfriend and she was Eating her finge…
Summer Babe (Winter Version) ICE BABY I SAW YOUR GIRLFRIEND SHE'S EATING HER FINGERS LIKE…
Summer Babe - Winter Version Ice baby I saw your girlfriend and she was Eating her finger…
Texas Never Whisper Here we go She's on a hidden tableau Just a 2-for-1 And the…
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