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Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition

In 1997, these slacker romantics slowed things down and serenaded their fans, delivering an album short on noise and long on artfully dissonant ballads. Stephen Malkmus worked softy sentimentality even into his funniest lines, rhyming "quasar in the mist" with "kaiser has a cyst" ("Stereo"). With a...

2008 RS: 4.5of 5 Stars

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain : L.A.'s Desert Origins

2004

Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe

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Mixing cacophony and elegant pop, Pavement was arguably the most popular and influential "lo-fi" indie-rock band of the '90s. By the time of its breakup in 2000, the group had worked with big-name producers and traded detuned guitars and sci-fi sound effects for low-key sophistication. Pavement began in late 1988/early 1989, when primary songwriter Stephen Malkmus and longtime friend Scott Kannber...

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