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So, look, I finally got a big record for review at PopMatters and, surprise, I don’t like it very much. Back to nameless obscurities and semi-sane weirdos, I guess…it’s more fun.Stephen Malkmus and the JicksReal Emotional Trash(Matador)US release date: 4 March 2008UK release date: 4 March 2008by Jennifer Kelly Kick out the jamsThick swaths of amplified electric guitar kick off Stephen Malkmus’ fourth post-Pavement album (the second credited to the Jicks), a flashpot smoking, hash-redolent bit of 1970s rock homage that will put you in mind of Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath. It’s a fitting start to a record that was, reportedly, built though free-form jam sessions with Malkmus, long-time Jicks Joanna Bolme and Mike Clark, and new recruit Janet Weiss hammering through the slow rhythms and serpentine flourishes of its extended, loosely structured cuts. But the thing about jams is that they’re more fun for participants than they are for listeners. At some point, the groove has to turn into a song, or no one’s going to want to listen. Real Emotional Trash accomplishes this intermittently, but not every time, and Malkmus seems to know it. “Of all my stoned digressions / some have mutated into the truth,” he observes, as the guitar haze of “Dragonfly Pie” briefly clears. Some is the key word here, because there are long stretches of digression here, and only occasional flashes of truth. More here: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/54029/stephen-malkmus-and-jicks-real-emotional-trash/
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