Friday, March 28, 2014

ThisSmallPlanet Review & Videos: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks live, Slim's, San Francisco, March 27, 2014



 Great show! Stephen and the band in fine form....

Anyone who knows anything about indie rock already knows that Malkmus is one of the finest psychedelic guitarists around. The local rag The Bay Guardian did an article this week highlighting his clever lyrics and craftsman-like songwriting skills.

Perhaps most importantly, great music and great musicians teach us things. Stephen Malkmus has taught us two very valuable lessons. With Pavement, he taught us that 20 year olds could be smart, and with The Jicks, he taught us that 40 year olds could be cool.

He has been fortunate enough to find (...or insightful enough to pick) some great players in both bands who could not only keep up with him but support him, challenge him, and partner with him in making some of the most sophisticated indie pop and rock ever made.



The encore was awesome, No One Is, then a spirited cover of Pavement's Stereo, followed by an excellent cover of Roxy Music's Mother of Pearl and a cool twisted version of Us.


7 comments:

  1. Terrific - a setlist with the tunings!

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    1. Yeah, pretty cool, huh? It was for the Guitar Tech...

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  2. What was the song they played right after Mother of Pearl (the final encore)?

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    1. "Us" from Pig Lib with a more hard-rock intro, a guitar solo from the Chantay's "Pipeline", some Pigpen-esque Dead organ, then some kind of "St. Stephen" Dead choogle then some weird slide guitar (using the mic), then this kind of This Heat-in-a-round acappella weirdness.

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    2. A strange take on "Us"

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