With its vast array of musical styles, Wowee Zowee isn't as accessible as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or as immediate as the bracing, noisy pop of Slanted & Enchanted. Pavement never abandon their warped pop aesthetic, they simply expand it, incorporating elements of folk-rock, English music hall, soul, jazz, country, as well as adding asides to such contemporaries as Suede ("We Dance"), Ween ("Brinx Job"), and Stereolab ("Half a Canyon"). Alternating between majestic epics like "Grounded" and ragged narratives like "Rattled by the Rush" and "Father to a Sister of Thought," to song fragments like "Brinx Job" and the punkish "Serpentine Pad," the record might seem disjointed at first. After repeated listens, the songs play off each other, creating a dense collage of '90s ock & roll that recasts the past and present into one rich, kaleidoscopic, and blissfully cryptic world view.
I picked up the double disc reissue of Pavement's 1995 album, Wowee Zowee last weekend. I would normally pass up reissues of albums made after 1993 (Björk, Pulp), because they aren't in any need of re-mastering. However, given the strength of the bonus discs from the previous two Pavement albums and the sale price, I couldn't resist. The recent Stylus review of it was interesting. Despite menti..
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So I was sitting in the waiting room of my emotional therapist's office today, listening to Pavement's "Wowee Zowee" and reading an old issue of National Geographic backwards. I just thought this might have been profound in that it's one of my surreally zanier moments and I felt completely at home. : )
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so who the fuck is as stoked as i am for the reissue of pavement's wowee zowee? i mean, im the kind of guy that is glad that i wasnt around when pavement was because if i was id miss the fuck out of them right now...which i already do...i sorely miss them. if that makes any sense. anyways, nov 7 is the date. ive already pre-ordered it. and im stoked for the bonus dvd. thats all. let me know wha...
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well, i'm pretty freakin' excited!!!straight from pitchfork:"And the moment we've all been waiting for: the tracklist for Matador's deluxe two-disc reissue of Pavement's 1995 album Wowee Zowee . And goddamn, did Matador go all-out. The Sordid Sentinels edition, due out November 7, features a whopping 18 unreleased tracks, including outtakes, live tracks, and radio sessions, as well as a ton of ...
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I swear, I had my "Routinely Likes: Albums That Get A 6.8 Pitchfork Rating" thing up waaaay before this article appeared on The Onion.In any case, it's a hilarious read.CHICAGO—Music, a mode of creative expression consisting of sound and silence expressed through time, was given a 6.8 out of 10 rating in an review published Monday on Pitchfork Media, a well-known music-criticism website.Accordi.
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I picked up the double disc reissue of Pavement's 1995 album, Wowee Zowee last weekend. I would normally pass up reissues of albums made after 1993 (Björk, Pulp), because they aren't in any need of re-mastering. However, given the strength of the bonus discs from the previous two Pavement albums and the sale price, I couldn't resist. The recent Stylus review of it was interesting. Despite menti..
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So I was sitting in the waiting room of my emotional therapist's office today, listening to Pavement's "Wowee Zowee" and reading an old issue of National Geographic backwards. I just thought this might have been profound in that it's one of my surreally zanier moments and I felt completely at home. : )
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so who the fuck is as stoked as i am for the reissue of pavement's wowee zowee? i mean, im the kind of guy that is glad that i wasnt around when pavement was because if i was id miss the fuck out of them right now...which i already do...i sorely miss them. if that makes any sense. anyways, nov 7 is the date. ive already pre-ordered it. and im stoked for the bonus dvd. thats all. let me know wha...
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Zowee! for ScheisseMinelli and others who were discussing the Wowee Zowee reissue, here's a link to the Matador page about all the extra extras that come with this if you order from a participating store:http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=200no info yet on what the stores are - but I'd say keep an eye on the Insound website and the matador site. Matablog is worth checking out regularly, ...
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I worked all last summer at a very unenjoyable job. If I didn't have this song to listen to in the car on the way to work, I swear I would have driven into on coming traffic. This song makes me feel alive no matter how bad it gets.
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If you don't know Pavement yet, now would be a good time to change.PS: This video was banned by witless MTV people because it made them dizzy...
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well, i'm pretty freakin' excited!!!straight from pitchfork:"And the moment we've all been waiting for: the tracklist for Matador's deluxe two-disc reissue of Pavement's 1995 album Wowee Zowee . And goddamn, did Matador go all-out. The Sordid Sentinels edition, due out November 7, features a whopping 18 unreleased tracks, including outtakes, live tracks, and radio sessions, as well as a ton of ...
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i am not sure where to begin other than it would appear to me that i have found my ultimate blog site. amen. i have some delightful ramblings and rants planned but i don't want to jump right in yet. instead i shall just say that i am content and listening to the pre-order download of the live pavement set from 1994 in which they try out some of their wowee zowee material. why do i mention t...
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| 1 We Dance |
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| 2 Rattled by the Rush |
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| 3 Black Out |
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| 4 Brinx Job |
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| 5 Grounded |
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| 6 Serpentine Pad |
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| 7 Motion Suggests |
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| 8 Father to a Sister of Thought |
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| 9 Extradition |
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| 10 Best Friends Arm |
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| 11 Grave Architecture |
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| 12 AT & T |
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| 13 Flux = Rad |
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| 14 Fight This Generation |
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| 15 Kennel District |
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| 16 Pueblo |
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| 17 Half a Canyon |
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| 18 Western Homes |
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