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Recliner Notes are written explorations into items that require further investigation: http://reclinernotes.com Contributor to Aquarium Drunkard and Asheville Stages
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · Sep 5
The latest single-artist series from Recliner Notes will focus on the songs of Stephen Malkmus. From a legacy standpoint, his solo work with and without the Jicks has been slightly taken for granted. Each post in the series will analyze one song from each of the nine solo albums. Watch this space!
Stephen Malkmus in a bolo tie
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Vulture @vulture.com · 8h
Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman broke up. A month later, she writes in this personal essay, she had to record a love song for him for the band’s new album, ‘Bleeds.’
‘I’m Poking Roadkill With a Stick. Making It Twitch.’
Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman broke up. A month later, she writes in this personal essay, she had to record a love song for him for the band’s new album, ‘Bleeds.’
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 11h
I wrote about Rond, my favorite band in Asheville, and the unexpected acts of community-building that happen when they play the small town bar called The Joint Next Door.

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Rond at The Joint Next Door – Fairview Town Crier
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 22h
Congrats on reaching this point and a well-deserved hiatus!
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 1d
Listening to this for the first time is like falling in love.
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 1d
If you need more Bill Callahan song analysis, I happen to know a guy:

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Bill Callahan Series
Bill Callahan in Asheville, NC – February 26-27 Teenage Spaceship – January 1, 2023 Feather by Feather – January 8, 2023 Say Valley Maker – January 15, 2023 The Well – Janua…
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 1d
It's alway great to read what Jeff Tweedy thinks of other musicians, but I especially enjoyed this interview with @hearingthingsco.bsky.social when he discusses his contemporary Bill Callahan:

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Jeff Tweedy talking about Bill Callahan's song "Pigeons"
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 2d
I had the same thought about the same time period this afternoon so I'm guessing it's the same album.
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 2d
"Senator," the latest post in Recliner Notes' Stephen Malkmus Series, touches on the California-ness of the album Mirror Traffic, Beck, speak-singing, mid-song recitations, fading out, and much more.

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Stephen Malkmus Series: “Senator”
In 2011, Stephen Malkmus, with his backing band the Jicks, released Mirror Traffic. The album contains an arresting cover image of three Black men, two of whom are watching something in the distanc…
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 2d
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 2d
"Senator," the latest post in Recliner Notes' Stephen Malkmus Series, touches on the California-ness of the album Mirror Traffic, Beck, speak-singing, mid-song recitations, fading out, and much more.

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Stephen Malkmus Series: “Senator”
In 2011, Stephen Malkmus, with his backing band the Jicks, released Mirror Traffic. The album contains an arresting cover image of three Black men, two of whom are watching something in the distanc…
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 5d
I've seen Harper but never this and I love Ross MacDonald
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 5d
I'd love to see them live. But a dream show would be reuniting the Villarreal/Butterss/Parker trio.
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 5d
@tylerwilcox.bsky.social Future Doom & Gloom post?
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 5d
This tape is fantastic!
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kliked @kliked.bsky.social · 9d
Daniel Villarreal, 2025-03-16, from Tubby's, is live on NYCTaper. This is a sick band, and it should be played really loud!
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Daniel Villarreal: March 16, 2025 Tubby’s | nyctaper
I circled this date from the second it was announced. Daniel’s album “Panama ‘77” was my favorite of 2022. Lados B, from 2023, was also on my ...
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 6d
I mean, we never did get an answer on the deal with airplane food.
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 6d
The album title feels redundant!
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 6d
Futurist shadows
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 6d
Good review! I love this album as well. So much fun!
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Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social · 6d
The most endearing thing about "Pinball Wizard" is that it's written and sung from the point of view of the previous pinball champion, who's genuinely incredulous that he has been usurped by someone deaf, dumb and blind. So silly and moving. If we didn't have Pete Townshend, we'd have to invent him.
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 8d
I'm all in with The Lowdown! There's so much in my wheelhouse: the used bookstore/homebase, the gestures and homages to the great 70s noirs, the dusty Tulsa feel, and the Rez Dogs cameos. Hawke and Harjo complement each other perfectly. More episodes soon please!
Ethan Hawke in The Lowdown
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 9d
I relish these moments!
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 9d
I can definitely hear that! Alas, that's not the song that will be featured for Mirror Traffic, but I appreciate you sharing that tip!
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 9d
"Real Emotional Trash" is the title song and longest song on Stephen Malkmus's album of long songs. Live, it also serves as a vehicle for exploratory improvisation, becoming the Jicks' equivalent of "China>Rider."

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Stephen Malkmus Series: “Real Emotional Trash”
As Stephen Malkmus moved further away from his Pavement tenure and put out more solo albums, a pattern began to emerge. Each record was a response to the previous one. Whereas Stephen Malkmus was a…
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 9d
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Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social · 9d
"Real Emotional Trash" is the title song and longest song on Stephen Malkmus's album of long songs. Live, it also serves as a vehicle for exploratory improvisation, becoming the Jicks' equivalent of "China>Rider."

reclinernotes.com/2025/09/28/s...
Stephen Malkmus Series: “Real Emotional Trash”
As Stephen Malkmus moved further away from his Pavement tenure and put out more solo albums, a pattern began to emerge. Each record was a response to the previous one. Whereas Stephen Malkmus was a…
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