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New Song: “Juliefuckingette” + Resched TourDates

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Sep 15, 2020

Stephen Presents “Juliefuckingette,” B-Side from Traditional Techniques

Announces Rescheduled North American Tour

Stephen presents “Juliefuckingette,” an A-side-worthy B-side off of the “rich, dynamic, and pleasantly warm” (New Yorker) Traditional Techniques, his album released earlier this year on Matador. Additionally, he announces a rescheduled North American tour. As with Traditional Techniques, “Juliefuckingette” is new phase folk music for new phase folks. Malkmus’ wry lyricism unwinds over his 12-string acoustic guitar: “Abolish the fanfiction set // I don’t wanna clean up the logorrhea mess // It’s the last brand standing // You know you wanna kill it but you can’t kill that quite yet.”

Listen to Stephen Malkmus’ “Juliefuckingette”

Stephen Malkmus Tour Dates:

Tue. March 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe (Tickets here)

Wed. March 3 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall (Tickets here)

Thu. March 4 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall (Tickets here)

Fri. March 5 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners (Tickets here)

Sat. March 6 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom (Tickets here)

Sun. March 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West (Tickets here)

Tue. March 9 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel (Tickets here)

Wed. March 10 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle (Tickets here)

Thu. March 11 – Richmond, VA @ The National (Tickets here)

Fri. March 12 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat (Tickets here)

Sat. March 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer (Tickets here)

Sun. March 14 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall (Tickets here)

Tue. March 16 – Boston, MA @ Royale (Tickets here)

Wed. March 17 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground (Tickets here)

Thu. March 18 – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral (Tickets here)

Fri. March 19 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall (Tickets here)

Sat. March 20 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom (Tickets here)

Sun. March 21 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre (Tickets here)

Fri. April 9 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre (Tickets here)

Sat. April 10 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room (Tickets here)

Sun. April 11 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater (Tickets here)

Mon. April 12 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom (Tickets here)

Tue. April 13 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater (Tickets here)

Wed. April 14 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk (Tickets here)

Fri. April 16 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace (Tickets here)

Sat. April 17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom (Tickets here)

Sun. April 18 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up (Tickets here)

Mon. April 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey (Tickets here)

Tue. April 20 – San Francisco, CA @ The FIllmore (Tickets here)

Thu. April 22 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom (Tickets here)

Fri. April 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial (Tickets here)

Sat. April 24 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox (Tickets here)

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YO. New Webstore Open

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on May 27, 2020

Today we open a brand spankin’ new Stephen Malkmus webstore, prominently featuring the amazing “Traditional Techniques” shirt with art by Aurel Schmidt (her insta is : @aurel_sex and her website is www.aurelschmidt.com) that had been slated to be a tour-exclusive…

Well, things are how they are now BUT we still wanted to make sure this thing got out in the wild sooner than later.

Various bundles can be had, or just go at it a la carte. Freestyle it. Link below!

Stephen Malkmus Webstore

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Happy TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES Release Day!

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Mar 6, 2020

Hey World – Happy TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES Release Day!

Out on Matador Records in North America and Domino Recording Company overseas.

Congrats to Stephen, Matt Sweeney, Chris Funk, and everyone else who came together to craft this thang.

You can cruise on over to https://stephenmalkmus.ffm.to/traditionaltechniques to stream/order/etc !

Band photo by Samuel Gehrke and Chris Shonting.

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Stephen Releases New Single/Video, “Shadowbanned”—– “Being Stephen Malkmus” Instagram Filter Available Now

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Feb 27, 2020

photo credit – Samuel Gehrke

Stephen releases a new single/video, “Shadowbanned,” from his new album, Traditional Techniques, out March 6th on Matador. Following lead single “Xian Man,” “Shadowbanned” bursts with flute-laced swagger and Malkmus as attuned as ever to the rhythms of the ever-evolving lingual slipstream as he sings of “Amazon wheatfields and rivers of Red Bull//drip gush drip//data driven skip//to the part where the left bros parody TED talks.” Its video, directed by Jan Lankisch, features friends and fans of Malkmus, such as Kim Gordon, Mac DeMarco, Sharon Van Etten and Jason Schwartzman, performing “Shadowbanned” as a cartoon version of Malkmus (find a full list of appearances below). Their footage is interwoven with clips from older videos by Malkmus and Pavement in which the singer has been blurred, pixelated, and algorithmically replaced in order to render him invisible.

“The video was inspired by reading about female singers and musicians who were photoshopped from their album covers by an Iranian music streaming site,” says Lankisch, who realized “Shadowbanned“with the help of Janosch Pugnaghi, Gesa Gadow, Lina Sieckmann and Miri Gossing. The video represents two polar opposites: the involuntary erasure of a person in visual imagery and one’s desire to perform as a persona, thereby leaving the constraints of one’s everyday identity behind. “Identity is a matter of design. People like to play with characters and pretend to be someone else.” For this reason, Lankisch and Pugnaghi developed a filter for Instagram called “Being Stephen Malkmus,” which operates via face detection. The face of the user is overlaid with a stylized version of Malkmus’ face. The “Being Stephen Malkmus” Instagram filter is available today.

Watch Stephen Malkmus’ Video for “Shadowbanned”

Starring:
Mac DeMarco
Jason Schwartzman
Kim Gordon
Sharon Van Etten
Kurt Vile
Conor Oberst
Orono Noguchi
Eric Koston
Mary Lattimore
Joe Beddia
Matt Korvette
Jake Morris
Polly Roche
Keshav Purushotham
Sharmila Banerjee
Lucía Castellanos
Charlotte Gfeller
Qais Essar
Maple Judd
Lia Wang
Lara Vinciguerra
Pernille Krogvig
Frederike Wetzels

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Time to get the tickets!

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Feb 21, 2020

Tix now on sale for the added West Coast / Southwest dates, see links below

Stephen Malkmus Tour Dates:

Tue. March 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave —Tickets

Wed. April 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall–Tickets

Thu. April 2 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall–Tickets

Fri. April 3 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners–Tickets

Sat. April 4 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom–Tickets

Sun. April 5 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West–Tickets

Tue. April 7 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel–Tickets

Wed. April 8 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle–Tickets

Thu. April 9 – Richmond, VA @ The National–Tickets

Fri. April 10 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat–Tickets

Sat. April 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer–Tickets

Mon. April 13 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall–Tickets

Wed. April 15 – Boston, MA @ Royale–Tickets

Thu. April 16 – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral–Tickets

Fri. April 17 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall–Tickets

Sat. April 18 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom–Tickets

Sun. April 19 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall–Tickets

———————NEW DATES BELOW—————————-

Fri. June 26 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial–Tickets

Sat. June 27 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox–Tickets

Sun. June 28 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom–Tickets

Tue. June 30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore–Tickets

Wed. July 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre–Tickets

Thu. July 2 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom–Tickets

Fri. July 3 – Santa Fe, NM @ TBD

Sat. July 4 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace–Tickets

Mon. July 6 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk–Tickets

Tue. July 7 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater–Tickets

Wed. July 8 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre–Tickets

Thu. July 9 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater–Tickets

Sat. July 11 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre–Tickets

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NEW TOUR DATES + NEW SONG PREVIEW

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Feb 18, 2020

Today our #1 guy is extending his North American tour and announces shows throughout the southwest and west coast.

Additionally, Stephen offers a further glimpse into Traditional Techniques via the La Blogothèque performance of new song, “Brainwashed.” Directed by Thibaut Charlut with sound direction by Henri d’Armancourt, the solo, acoustic performance was filmed in the midst of Parisian café La Fontaine de Belleville. Watch via link down below!

Stephen Malkmus Tour Dates
(note: new dates will be on sale this Friday 2/21) :

Tue. March 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Wed. April 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Thu. April 2 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Fri. April 3 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners
Sat. April 4 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
Sun. April 5 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Tue. April 7 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Wed. April 8 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Thu. April 9 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Fri. April 10 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Sat. April 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Mon. April 13 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Wed. April 15 – Boston, MA @ Royale
Thu. April 16 – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral
Fri. April 17 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
Sat. April 18 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Sun. April 19 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
Fri. June 26 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial
Sat. June 27 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Sun. June 28 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Tue. June 30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Wed. July 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Thu. July 2 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
Fri. July 3 – Santa Fe, NM @ TBD
Mon. July 6 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Tue. July 7 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Wed. July 8 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre
Thu. July 9 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
Sat. July 11 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre

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NEWS: New Record!! New Tour!!

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Jan 22, 2020

Its a big day. A lot to dig into here. Read on…

Stephen Malkmus announces his new album, Traditional Techniques, out March 6th via Matador (and Domino in UK/Europe), lead single, “Xian Man,” and a North American tour. Traditional Techniques, Malkmus’ third solo LP without the Jicks (or Pavement), is new phase folk music for new phase folks, with Malkmus as attuned as ever to the rhythms of the ever-evolving lingual slipstream.It’s packed with handmade arrangements, modern folklore, and 10 songs written and performed in his singular voice. An adventurous new album in an instantly familiar mode, Traditional Techniques creates a serendipitous trilogy with the loose fuzz of the Jicks’ Sparkle Hard (2018) and the solo bedroom experiments of Groove Denied (2019). Taken together, these three very different full-lengths in three years highlight an ever-curious songwriter committed to finding untouched territory.

Malkmus took on Traditional Techniques as a kind of self-dare. Conceived while recording Sparkle Hard at Portland’s Halfling Studio, Malkmus had observed the variety of acoustic instruments available for use. The idea escalated within a matter of weeks into a full set of songs, and shortly thereafter into a realized and fully committed album. When he returned to Halfling, Malkmus drew from a whole new musical palette–including a variety of Afghani instruments–to support an ache both quizzical and contemporary. The resulting Traditional Techniques is expansive and thrilling. Alongside gorgeous folk music, there are also occasional bursts of flute-laced swagger, straight-up commune rock (“Xian Man”), and mind-bending fuzz.

Press photo by Samuel Gehrke and Chris Shonting

Centered around the songwriter’s 12-string acoustic guitar, and informed by a half-century of folk-rock reference points, Traditional Techniques is the product of Malkmus and Halfling engineer/arranger-in-residence Chris Funk (The Decemberists). Matt Sweeney (Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Chavez) plays guitar throughout.

Malkmus will embark on a North American tour this spring with an entirely new band (more shows will be announced in the weeks to come). The Traditional Techniques live band is Malkmus (vocals, guitar), Funk (pedal steel, keys), Sweeney (guitar), Brad Truax (bass), and Jake Morris (drums), joined at times by Qais Essar (rabab) and Eric Zang (kaval, udu, daf). A full list of dates can be found below and tickets are on sale Friday, January 24th at 10am local time.

Traditional Techniques Tracklist:

1. ACC Kirtan

2. Xian Man

3. The Greatest Own in Legal History

4. Cash Up

5. Shadowbanned

6. What Kind of Person

7. Flowin’ Robes

8. Brainwashed

9. Signal Western

10. Amberjack

Stephen Malkmus Tour Dates:

Tue. March 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave —Tickets

Wed. April 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall–Tickets

Thu. April 2 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall–Tickets

Fri. April 3 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners–Tickets

Sat. April 4 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom–Tickets

Sun. April 5 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West–Tickets

Tue. April 7 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel–Tickets

Wed. April 8 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle–Tickets

Thu. April 9 – Richmond, VA @ The National–Tickets

Fri. April 10 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat–Tickets

Sat. April 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer–Tickets

Mon. April 13 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall–Tickets

Wed. April 15 – Boston, MA @ Royale–Tickets

Thu. April 16 – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral–Tickets

Fri. April 17 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall–Tickets

Sat. April 18 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom–Tickets

Sun. April 19 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall–Tickets

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UK/EU solo shows are NOW

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Aug 26, 2019

Groove Denied solo shows are happening NOW. Some are SOLD OUT, some are really close… like Utrecht and Cologne for example have a mere handful left… Dont sleep on it if you wanna go.

Full dates down below the poster, with ticket links!

–all shows with support from Martin Frawley—

Fri September 13 Glasgow UK @ CCA (Centre For Contemporary Arts) –SOLD OUT

Sat September 14 Dublin IR @ Whelan’s – SOLD OUT

Mon September 16 Manchester UK @ YES (The Pink Room) – SOLD OUT

Tues September 17 Birmingham UK @ Hare And Hounds – SOLD OUT

Wed September 18 London UK @ Moth Club (early show)-SOLD OUT
Wed September 18 London UK @ Moth Club (late show) –SOLD OUT

Fri September 20 Paris FR @ Point Ephemere – Tickets

Sat September 21 Utrecht NL @ De Nijverheid – Tickets

Mon September 23 Colonge DE @ Gewolbe – Tickets

Tues September 24 Munich DE @ Kranhalle – Tickets

Thurs September 26 Berlin DE @ Burg Schnabel – Tickets

Fri September 27 Milan IT @Santeria Social Club – Tickets

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Japanese shows on sale!

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Jul 12, 2019

Hey hey, tickets on sale NOW for the 2 exclusive Japanese Groove Denied shows:

November 28 Osaka Shangri-la
November 29 Tokyo Stream Hall

Tix : https://www.creativeman.co.jp/event/stephen-malkmus/

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Groove Denied shows headed to Japan

by Mike Sneeringer, lil' helper dude on Jun 24, 2019

Attention Japan!

2 exclusive solo Groove Denied shows coming at ya…

November 28 Osaka Shangri-la
November 29 Tokyo Stream Hall

Tickets wont be on sale til July 13 at 10 AM JST, but you can bookmark the ticket page now:

https://www.creativeman.co.jp/event/stephen-malkmus/

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Sparkle Hard(er) Europe ’19 Starts Next Week!

by joanna jick on May 20, 2019

May 30 Primavera Sound, Barcelona Tickets
May 31 This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes Tickets
June 2 Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek Tickets
June 4 De Casino, St. Niklaas Tickets
June 5 Knust, Hamburg Tickets
June 7 Debaser, Stockholm Tickets
June 8 Sideways, Helsinki Tickets
June 11 Parkteatret, Oslo Tickets
June 12 Bergenfest, Bergen Tickets
June 14 Lille Vega, Copenhagen Tickets
June 15 Traumzeit, Duisburg Tickets
June 16 Maifeld Derby, Mannheim Tickets
June 18 De Kreun, Kortrijk Tickets
June 19 La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris Tickets

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