Drag City have long been holdouts in the streaming wars. The Chicago indie took their time bringing releases to digital retailers like iTunes and Bandcamp,…

Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted was released on April 20, 1992. In honor of the album's 25th anniversary, we've digitized our original review of the album,…

Yesterday, the Republican Party revealed its long-awaited replacement for President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act. The new plan serves as a massive tax cut for…

In a new episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, Stephen Malkmus sat down with Emil Amos, the drummer for bands Grails and Om, to go over…

Scott Kannberg of Pavement, better known as Spiral Stairs, has a new album on the way: it's called Doris and the Daggers, and it arrives March 24…

During a performance in Nashville last week by the Crooked Corners — a cover band that bill themselves as "The Ultimate Pavement Experience" — they were joined by actual…

Last summer, we counted down the 100 best alternative rock songs of 1994, calling it "alternative's biggest year." Undoubtedly it was; you can't…

Pavement are re-releasing a series of early b-sides and outtakes this week as a standalone compilation called The Secret History Vol. 1 and as such…

Update: Bob Nastanovich has reached out via Twitter to clarify his comments on the podcast. "Not so fast. I hope I'm right," he explained. "No…

Pavement announced another the start of another reissue series yesterday with The Secret History Vol. 1, but in an interview with Pitchfork today, frontman Stephen…

Pavement have announced plans to release a new rarities compilation titled The Secret History Vol. 1, which drops on August 11 via Matador Records. As…

SPIN hit a milestone this year: our 30th birthday. To celebrate, we caught up with some of the artists behind our past picks for Album…

This week marks the 20th anniversary of Pavement's disjointed classic Wowee Zowee, and curiously the band seems to be stirring from their post-reunion slumber. On…

As Labor Day Weekend approaches, the summer's last barbecues and beach parties find themselves wanting for the perfect soundtrack. SPIN has you covered with our "100…

In 1994, the distinction between "mainstream" and "alternative" evaporated. Green Day and the Offspring brought hook-heavy punk to the Billboard charts, middle-of-the-road acts such as…