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In May, Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich accepted a tennis challenge presented by Tim Heidecker’s Office Hours podcast. Now, footage of the match has been released. Nastanovich and Stephen Malkmus played doubles against Heidecker and his Office Hours co-host Doug “DJ Douggpound” Lussenhop. John Lurie narrates their showdown. Check it out below. After reissuing Terror Twilight in April, Pavement will begin the North American leg of their rescheduled reunion tour in early September, followed by a European run. Their 30th anniversary reissue of Slanted & Enchanted arrives in August. Heidecker’s next record, High School, is out June 24. He’ll tour North America with a two-act music and comedy show beginning in July. Read Pitchfork’s feature “So Much for Destiny: The Story of Pavement’s Terror Tw...

June 14th 2022 has been one of the best years of my life, despite this difficult situation. This year I had the whole world pushing P. Growing up from where I come from in a marginalized neighborhood, I never dreamt my art would change my life and the lives of my loved ones. My entire life, I’ve seen Black Men, Black Women and Black Children consistently attacked, hated, murdered, berated, belittled, silenced, judged, used and held captive. I used my art form, my gift from God, to change my circumstance. I worked, I honed my craft, I worked, I empowered Black Women in my industry, I worked, I lived in the recording studio, I worked, I lived on the road, I worked. I worked every day to show God how grateful I am for my gift, for my art, for my life and to be able to provide for my loved one...

An animated, fictionalized Nick Cave is the co-star of a new TV series alongside the Swedish rock legend Thåström, The Hollywood Reporter notes. Before They Were Gods presents the pair, who in reality have never met, as 14-year-olds forming a friendship despite clashing personalities: Thåström a “harsh existentialist,” Cave a “struggling Dionysian agnostic,” according to a press release. The Swedish director/writer Måns Mårlind said he came up with the unlikely concept in a dream: “While asleep, I watched two of my musical heroes as young teenagers, drinking cheap beer while discussing love and the meaning of life. I woke up writing and have been trying to catch up with them ever since.” Cave added: “Since I was never in Sweden in 1971 and haven’t ever met Thåström, I am obviously intrigue...

Preoccupations have announced their first studio album since 2018’s New Material. The new one, titled Arrangements, arrives on September 9. The record will get released via Flemish Eye in Canada, and the band will self-release it in the rest of the world. The new LP’s lead single is “Ricochet.” Find the new song, as well as Preoccupations’ upcoming tour schedule, below. Lead vocalist and songwriter Matthew Flegel said of the new album in a statement, “The lyrics are pretty conspicuous and self-explanatory on this one, but it’s basically about the world blowing up and no one giving a shit.” Preoccupations: Arrangements Arrangements: 01 Fix Bayonets!02 Ricochet03 Death of Melody04 Slowly05 Advisor06 Recalibrate07 Tearing Up the Grass Content This content can also be viewed on the site it ori...