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  • STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS live in Vancouver: Gallery/Review

    Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus touched down in Vancouver at the Rickshaw Theatre on April 10th, bringing one of the most playful Jicks sets in a long while. Here be the pictures and words of said night.

    April 13, 2014
  • Flanders is a Festival – PUKKELPOP in Pictures: Day 3 (feat. STEPHEN MALKMUS, BOB MOULD, LOWER DENS, REFUSED and more)

    Stephen Malkmus, Bob Mould, The Shins, The Antlers, hanging out with Lower Dens, the Foo Fighters, Black Keys and the return from the dead of REFUSED. This is my final day at the Pukkelpop. Enjoy the adventure, I did.

    September 22, 2012
  • Gallery/Review: STEPHEN MALKMUS & The Jicks Get Loose

    Steve Malkmus from Pavement’s a vampire, right? That’s why he doesn’t age? Alas, my attempt at draining his blood when he played Vancouver’s Biltmore Cabaret on October 12, with his trio, The Jicks, didn’t quite work out…but, whatever, it was a fun night anyway. Check out the pics, and my clever attempt to talk to…

    October 14, 2011
  • The Top 11 Things of 2018: A Bumper Crop

    The flesh is weak but the spirit is strong. 2018 was another tough health year (though I did manage to get a diagnosis of my “complex chronic disease” after a dozen years of trying), with one surgery and 78 different health-related appointments. As a result, this site and I lay more dormant than I would…

    December 31, 2018
  • Round Up: THE MEN, WHITE LIES and TV ON THE RADIO offshoot HIGGINS WATERPROOF BLACK MAGIC BAND

    Bruisers, boys and thoroughly decent chaps: here’s what shows from The Men, White Lies and TV on the Radio offshoot band Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band looked like last month.

    May 4, 2014
  • BSR Live Round Up: BLACK ANGELS, FOALS, PARQUET COURTS, MOON HOOCH, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS and UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA in photos and words

    A mammoth photo diary of the last handful of gigs in Vancouver, including Black Angels, Foals, They Might Be Giants and Moon Hooch, Parquet Courts and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Read it and eep!

    July 7, 2013
  • Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich: Top 11 Favourite 7″ Records

    In the spirit of rock n’ roll randomness and the fact that their reunion dates are (praise all gods) upon us, the BackstageRider pins down Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich to talk about his 7-inches. Get your mind out of the gutter..and remember, our lists go right to 11.

    April 5, 2010

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