Over a decade since they've last played onstage together, essential 90's rockers Pavement have recently reunited and are currently in the middle of a world-wide tour. The band's latest stop was in Austin last night, playing to a sold-out crowd at Stubb's (with local favorites Woven Bones there to open the evening). Our photog Pooneh Ghana was there to snap all the action. more ›

Fans of late '80's and early '90's college rock sure have a lot to be excited about. After last week's announcement that The Pixies would stop by Austin to play Doolittle, we now find out that late September will also bring us the Pavement reunion tour. Given the gnashing of teeth from local music bloggers when Pavement weren't on the ACL Fest lineup, we suspect many Austin music nerds are pumping their fists this afternoon.

An absolute giant in the indie-rock pantheon, the band will perhaps forever be tagged with the terms 'slacker' and 'lo-fi', but to place them in a stylistic bucket would be a disservice. Pavement were witty, wise, weird, willful, and wistful, and could write an alt-rock hit when they felt like it, but mostly, they just followed their whims. Their brief eight-year run of albums has been lovingly reissued by Matador for those who missed them the first time around, and this tour should provide some wonderful nostalgia for the band's many fans.

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If your indie-snob resume is complete, you have a section outlining your personal thesis on Pavement. Most folks -- even those that never really got into the records -- have a hard time arguing against the undeniable influence Malkmus & Co. had over just about everything we listen to now. more ›