Ask just about any music nerd and they’ll agree: Pavement is one of the most important (and maybe the best) indie rock band of the 1990s.
Led by effortlessly cool frontman/songwriter Stephen Malkmus, Pavement formed in Stockton, California in the late ’80s, releasing five studio albums before their breakup in 1999. They inspired like-minded indie rockers of the late ’90s like Built to Spill and Modest Mouse, and their influence has trickled all the way down to Gen Z songwriters like beabadoobee and Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan.
Since their breakup, all of Pavement’s albums have received deluxe reissues — except for their last and most polarizing LP, <em>Terror Twilight. </em>To honor the long-awaited reissue (and the 2020 Pavement reunion that, obviously, didn’t end up happening), we’ve rounded up the band’s 15 best songs below.<br/><br/><center><script async src=”//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js”></script><!– Popdust Mobile Banner 320×100 –><ins class=”adsbygoogle”
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15. “Perfume-V” (Slanted and Enchanted)
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