Tour news: Pavement are back, and touring Australia!

The rumours are true, Pavement are indeed gracing our shores for an Australian tour.

Yes, Pavement are reforming.
Yes their very first shows announced since 1999 will be in Australia.
Yes one of those shows will be Saturday 6 March at Golden Plains festival in the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, Victoria.

One of the most popular, important and influential bands in the history of modern music, Pavement disbanded in 1999 after releasing several masterwork albums, leaving a legacy as bona fide icons of what is now a massive scene.
That legacy has expanded exponentially to reach gigantic cultural proportions, so the announcement of the reformation and shows has seen an explosion of modern joy from discerning music lovers all over the globe.

Dates below:

SYDNEY
Thursday 4 March
Enmore Theatre
Tickets available from: Ticketek or 132 849,
The Enmore Theatre Box Office, Enmore Online or (02) 9550 3666
Presented by triple j and Drum Media


VICTORIA
Saturday 6 March
Golden Plains


ADELAIDE
Sunday 7 March
Thebarton Theatre
Tickets available from: Venuetix or (08) 8225 8888
Presented by triple j and Rip It Up


PERTH
Monday 8 March
Metro City
Tickets available from: Tickets from Megatix or 1300 634 284
Presented by triple j and Drum Media Perth


BRISBANE
Wednesday 10 March
The Tivoli
Tickets available from: Ticketek or 132 849
or Rocking Horse Records ph: (07) 3229 5360
Presented by triple j and Time Off


MELBOURNE
Friday 12 March
The Palace
Tickets available from: Ticketek or 132 849
Greville Records, Polyester Records (City & Fitzroy stores), The Espy Hotel and The National Hotel (Geelong).
Presented by triple j and Inpress

To celebrate the upcoming reunion tour, Pitchfork has posted up a Pavement docco made in 2002 featuring live performances and interviews with the band. The full 90 minute doco is up for one week only. Don't miss out!

Pavement 'Brighten The Corners' reissue

10 years after its initial release comes the Nicene Creedence edition of Pavement's classic album Brighten The Corners. The release comes on 2 discs and consists of a whopping 44 tracks. That's right. 44!

Disc 1 contains a remastered version of the original album, along with remastered unreleased tracks and B-sides.

Disc 2 features B-sides from Shady Lane along with live recordings, with many being unreleased tracks. Full tracklist here.

Shady Lane (directed by Spike Jonze)


Stereo (directed by Jon Kelsey)

Matador download sampler

US label Matador have released a new Intended Play download sampler featuring a track from each of their current acts including Fucked Up, Jay Reatard, Lou Reed and A.C. Newman.

The sampler is a musical mixbag, from A.C. Newman’s jewel-like pop songscapes to the majestic neo-punk of Fucked Up to the crystalline depths and heights created by Shearwater to a track from Lou Reed’s painstaking, thoughtful, first-ever performance of his controversial classic album Berlin.

Download the 13 track .zip file: Matador Intended Play Fall 2008

1. A.C. Newman There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve [NEW AND UNRELEASED. mp3] (from Get Guilty, due out late January)
2. Belle and Sebastian The State I Am In (BBC Version)
3. Jennifer O’Connor Here With Me
4. Shearwater The Snow Leopard (Remastered) from Rook)
5. Lou Reed Caroline Says, Pt. II (Live) (from Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse, due out November 4)
6. Mogwai The Sun Smells Too Loud
7. Fucked Up No Epiphany (from The Chemistry Of Common Life)
8. Jay Reatard An Ugly Death (from Matador Singles ‘08)
9. Jaguar Love Humans Evolve Into Skyscrapers (from Take Me To The Sea)
10. Pavement Cataracts (from Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed., out Dec 6)
11. Brightblack Morning Light Oppressions Each (from Motion To Rejoin)
12. Times New Viking Call & Respond (from Stay Awake, out Nov 15)
13. Condo Fucks What’cha Gonna Do About It?