Stephen Malkmus

Back in the nineties, Courtney Love aptly pegged Stephen Malkmus as "the Grace Kelly of
indie rock." With his second solo album, the former Pavement frontman proves he can
grow old gracefully even while his cultivated guitar poetry becomes increasingly far out.
Pig Lib is Malkmus' loosest set of songs ever, an elegantly meandering head trip
underpinned by the kind of tuneful, world-wise romanticism that's won him the... More >

Should have figured he'd turn fussbudget on us eventually ("1% of One," "Vanessa From Queens") (Grade - ***)