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{{Short description|American musician (born 1966)}}
{{For|his debut solo album|Stephen Malkmus (album)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Stephen Malkmus
| image             = Stephen Malkmus 20050704.jpg
| caption           = Malkmus performing in 2005 at the River To River Festival
| image_size        = 
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = Stephen Malkmus
| alias             = {{flatlist|
*SM
*Hazel Figurine
}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|30}}
| birth_place       = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| origin            = [[Stockton, California]]
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
*Vocals
*guitar
*bass
*drums
}}
| genre             = [[Indie rock]]
| years_active      = 1982–present<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Malkmus |first=Malkmus |editor-last=Stubbs |editor-first=Stuart <!-- "As told to: Stuart Stubbs" --> |title=Stephen Malkmus – the path to Pavement included the druggy hardcore scene of central California |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/stephen-malkmus-the-path-to-pavement-included-the-druggy-hardcore-scene-of-central-california/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927221054/https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/stephen-malkmus-the-path-to-pavement-included-the-druggy-hardcore-scene-of-central-california/ |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |magazine=Loud And Quiet |date=March 30, 2020 |issue=141}}</ref>
| label             = {{flatlist|
*[[Matador Records|Matador]]
*[[Domino Recording Company|Domino]]
*[[Drag City (record label)|Drag City]]
}}
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
*[[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]
*[[Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks]]
*[[The Hard Quartet]]
}}
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
*[[Silver Jews]]
*[[Ectoslavia]]
*[[The Crust Brothers]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|stephenmalkmus.com}}
}}

'''Stephen Joseph Malkmus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|l|k|m|ɪ|s}} {{respell|MALK|miss}}; born May 30, 1966)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Pavement |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pavement-band |access-date=June 10, 2018 |last=Weisbard |first=Eric M. |date=January 25, 2017 |author-link=Eric Weisbard |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612151751/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pavement-band |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media  |date= October 28, 2019|title= Stephen Malkmus - What's In My Bag?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1NhCd-9IYk&ab_channel=Amoeba |publisher=Amoeba|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=May 12, 2024 |time= 00:01}}</ref> is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the [[indie rock]] band [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]. He currently performs with [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks]], Pavement, [[The Hard Quartet]], and as a solo artist.

==Biography==
===Early years===
Stephen Malkmus was born in [[Santa Monica, California]], to Mary and Stephen Malkmus Sr.<ref name="blender1">{{Cite magazine |last=Yarm |first=Mark |date=March 11, 2008 <!-- "Posted Tuesday 03/11/2008 10:32 AM in Guide by Mark Yarm" --> |title=Dear Superstar: Stephen Malkmus |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/61233/dearsuperstarstephenmalkmus.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710022348/http://www.blender.com/guide/61233/dearsuperstarstephenmalkmus.html |archive-date=July 10, 2010 |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |publisher=Maxim Digital / Alpha Media Group Inc. |pages=36-? <!-- https://wonderclub.com/BLENDER200804 --> |publication-date=April 2008 <!-- https://wonderclub.com/BLENDER200804 -->}}</ref><ref name="magnet1">{{cite web|url=https://magnetmagazine.com/2001/04/01/stephen-malkmus-being-stephen-malkmus/ |title=Stephen Malkmus: Being Stephen Malkmus |website=Magnetmagazine.com |date=April 1, 2001 |access-date=February 4, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126074455/https://magnetmagazine.com/2001/04/01/stephen-malkmus-being-stephen-malkmus/ |archive-date=January 26, 2024 }}</ref> His father was a property and casualty [[insurance agent]].<ref name="magnet1" /> When Stephen Jr. was 8, the family moved north to [[Stockton, California|Stockton]],<ref name="magnet1" /> where he attended [[Carpinteria, California|Carpinteria]]'s [[Cate School]] and [[Lodi, California|Lodi]]'s [[Tokay High School]]. As a teenager, Malkmus worked various jobs, including painting house numbers on street curbs and "flipping [[hamburger|burgers]] or whatever" at a [[country club]].<ref name="duke1">{{cite web |title=Musician Malkmus reviews Dylan, talks Trash |first=Kevin |last=Lincoln |date=March 6, 2008 |website=The Chronicle |publisher=Duke Student Publishing Company |url=https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2008/03/musician-malkmus-reviews-dylan-talks-trash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131170257/http://dukechronicle.com/node/145529 |archive-date=January 31, 2011 }}</ref> At age 16, he spent the night in [[jail]] after consuming alcohol, urinating in the bushes, and walking on the roofs of several residential homes.<ref name="blender1" /> Later, he was placed on [[probation]] for underage drinking,<ref name="blender1" /> and was also expelled from school "for going to a party in the woods where people were taking [[Psilocybin mushrooms|mushrooms]]. I didn't take them, but some guy [[Informant#Terminology and slang|narc'd]] on me."<ref name="blender1" />

Malkmus learned the guitar by playing along to [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s "[[Purple Haze]]".<ref name="magnet1" /> Around the age of 16, he started playing in several Stockton-based [[punk music|punk bands]]: Bag O Bones, The Straw Dogs, and Crisis Alert. After graduating from high school, Malkmus followed in his father's footsteps by attending the [[University of Virginia]], where he majored in history and was a [[disc jockey]] for the [[college radio]] station [[WTJU]]. During this time, Malkmus met fellow WTJU DJs [[David Berman (musician)|David Berman]] (who would later front the [[Silver Jews]]) and [[James McNew]] (of [[Yo La Tengo]]) and formed the [[lo-fi]] band [[Ectoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianspecific.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/secret-knowledge-of-silver-jews-pavement-ectoslavia-and-horse-racing-with-bob-nastanovich/ |title= Secret knowledge of Silver Jews, Pavement, Ectoslavia and Horse Racing with Bob Nastanovich|last=Hogan |first=Matthew |date=January 10, 2015 |website=The Indian Specific |publisher=[Self-published via WordPress.] |access-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213164722/https://indianspecific.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/secret-knowledge-of-silver-jews-pavement-ectoslavia-and-horse-racing-with-bob-nastanovich/ |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?JSESSIONID=jntBHlfFgSX0tbsvg12W7GDNlzb2r9phKQRTBW2lQ22zhMScWHTX%21-572514030&&pid=20222 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504090052/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?JSESSIONID=jntBHlfFgSX0tbsvg12W7GDNlzb2r9phKQRTBW2lQ22zhMScWHTX%21-572514030&&pid=20222 |archive-date=May 4, 2008 |title=Pavement: Biography |date=2007 |agency=Content provided by All Music Guide®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. |website=Billboard.com |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. }}</ref> In the late 1980s, he was employed as a [[security guard]] at the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] in [[New York City]], along with Berman and [[Bob Nastanovich]].<ref name="blender1"/>

===Career===
====Pavement====
{{Main article|Pavement (band)}}
[[File:Pavement2010.jpg|thumb|left|Malkmus performing with Pavement in 2010]]
Malkmus formed Pavement with [[Scott Kannberg]] (aka Spiral Stairs) right after finishing college at UVA in the late 80s.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Stephen Malkmus – the path to Pavement included the druggy hardcore scene of central California: Stephen Malkmus revisits his teenage self for our latest Sweet 16 column |date=March 30, 2020 |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/stephen-malkmus-the-path-to-pavement-included-the-druggy-hardcore-scene-of-central-california/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927221054/https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/stephen-malkmus-the-path-to-pavement-included-the-druggy-hardcore-scene-of-central-california/ |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |magazine=Loud And Quiet |issn=2049-9892 |publication-place=London |issue=141 |publication-date=March 14, 2020 |page=[https://issuu.com/loudandquiet/docs/141_full_issue_final__digital_/8 8]}}</ref> Their first album, ''[[Slanted & Enchanted]],'' was released to critical acclaim, and the band continued to receive attention for subsequent releases. Pavement, and Malkmus in particular, were hailed as spearheading the underground indie movement of the 1990s.

Pavement reunited in 2010 and embarked on a world tour,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/38051-pavement-launch-tour-add-dates/ |title=Pavement Launch Tour, Add Dates |website=Pitchfork |first=Ryan |last=Dombal |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225175532/https://pitchfork.com/news/38051-pavement-launch-tour-add-dates/ |archive-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref> and reunited again in 2022 and 2023 for another tour.

====Solo work and The Jicks====
In 2001, following the 1999 dissolution of Pavement, Malkmus released his first self-titled album with his new band, The Jicks (although they were uncredited).

Malkmus's fourth studio album with [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks|The Jicks]], ''[[Real Emotional Trash]]'', was released in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.matadorrecords.com/stephen_malkmus/ |title=Stephen Malkmus |website=Matador Records |access-date=July 26, 2009 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702033017/http://www.matadorrecords.com/stephen_malkmus/ |archive-date=July 2, 2009 }}</ref>

In August 2011, he released his fifth studio album with [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks|The Jicks]], ''[[Mirror Traffic]]''. He played the album ''[[Ege Bamyasi]]'', originally by the band [[Can (band)|Can]], in its entirety on December 1, 2012, at WEEK-END Festival in Cologne, Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/48844-watch-stephen-malkmus-perform-cans-ege-bamyasi/ |title=Watch Stephen Malkmus Perform Can's ''Ege Bamyasi'' |website=Pitchfork |first=Evan |last=Minsker |date=December 6, 2012 |access-date=February 4, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121154518/https://pitchfork.com/news/48844-watch-stephen-malkmus-perform-cans-ege-bamyasi/ |archive-date=January 21, 2024 }}</ref> A recording of this performance was released as a limited-edition live album on Record Store Day 2013.{{Cn|date=August 2023}}
[[File:Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, July 2018.jpg|thumb|250px|Malkmus performing with the Jicks in 2018]]
Malkmus's sixth studio album with [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks|the Jicks]], ''[[Wig Out at Jagbags]]'', was released on January 7, 2014. On February 7, 2018, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks released "[[Middle America (song)|Middle America]]", their first material in four years. It was their first single from their seventh studio album, ''[[Sparkle Hard]]'', which was released on May 18, 2018.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/interview_stephen_malkmus/ |department=Interview |title=Stephen Malkmus |first=Mike |last=Greenhaus |date=June 26, 2018 |magazine=Relix |issn=0146-3489 |publication-date=June 2018 |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=32–33, 87 |id={{EBSCOhost|129781952}} |access-date=December 7, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016082008/https://relix.com/articles/detail/interview_stephen_malkmus/ |archive-date=October 16, 2023 }}</ref>

Malkmus released an electronic album titled ''[[Groove Denied]]'' on March 15, 2019, after having worked on the album for 12 to 13 years. After he submitted the album in 2017, Chris Lombardi of Matador Records, which had released all of Malkmus' records thus far, told Malkmus that it was not the right time to release the album.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2019 |first=Chris |last=DeVille |title=Stephen Malkmus' Shelved Electronic Album ''Groove Denied'' Out In March |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2029181/stephen-malkmus-electronic-album-groove-denied/news/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Stereogum |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209040420/https://www.stereogum.com/2029181/stephen-malkmus-electronic-album-groove-denied/news/ |archive-date=February 9, 2024 }}</ref> The album features Malkmus on all instruments and production and engineering.<ref>Online version: {{cite web |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=January 17, 2019 |title=Stephen Malkmus is still enigmatic, but with a big heart |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-ott-stephen-malkmus-0118-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507140057/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/01/17/stephen-malkmus-is-still-enigmatic-but-with-a-big-heart/ |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |access-date=January 21, 2019 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |id={{ProQuest|2168458304}}. {{EBSCOhost|dbcode=pwh|2W6777015226|2W63942611083}}}}<br/>Print version: {{Cite news |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=January 18, 2019 |title=POP MUSIC PREVIEW: Enigmatic, but with a big heart: Stephen Malkmus, as amiably vague as ever, is back with new tunes |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |department=On The Town |page=5 of section 5 |publication-place=<!-- Chicago, Illinois, United States (but no need to clutter the already quite long citation) --> |volume=171 |issue=18 |id=[[Newspapers.com]] [https://www.newspapers.com/image/523678627/ 523678627]. {{ProQuest|2168080737}}}} (Corrected in: {{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Margaret |date=January 24, 2019 |title=Accuracy and Ethics |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |page=2 of section 1 |volume=171 |issue=24 |issn=1085-6706 |id=[[Newspapers.com]] [https://www.newspapers.comimage/525886858/ 525886858]. {{ProQuest|2170305655}}}})<br/>Wire feed version: {{Cite news |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=January 17, 2019 |title=Stephen Malkmus is still enigmatic, but with a big heart |work=TCA Regional News |publisher=Tribune Content Agency |id={{ProQuest|2167833873}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/stephen-malkmus-groove-denied-interview-780840/ |title=Stephen Malkmus' Excellent Electronic Adventure |last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |date=January 22, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Variety Media, LLC / Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media |access-date=January 22, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016082003/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/stephen-malkmus-groove-denied-interview-780840/ |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |id=[[Factiva]] [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&an=NAPRS00020190122ef1m0008k&drn=drn%3aarchive.newsarticle.NAPRS00020190122ef1m0008k&cat=a&ep=ASI NAPRS00020190122ef1m0008k] }}<br/>Abridged version in print: {{cite magazine |title=STEPHEN MALKMUS' WEIRD, WILD ELECTRONIC ADVENTURE |last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |magazine=Rolling Stone |publication-place=New York |issue=1324 |date=February 2019 |page=24 |publisher=Penske Business Media |department=The Mix |issn=0035-791X |id={{ProQuest|2207007537}}, {{EBSCOhost|134372058}} }}</ref> Malkmus released ''[[Traditional Techniques]]'' on March 6, 2020. The album was produced by [[Chris Funk]] of [[The Decemberists]] and features guitarist [[Matt Sweeney]] and musician [[Qais Essar]].

====Side projects====
Malkmus was a member of rock group [[Silver Jews]] along with David Berman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weeblackskelf.co.uk/cordsuit/index.php?page=David+Berman+and+Stephen+Malkmus+Interview |title=David Berman and Stephen Malkmus Interview |website=Corduroy Suit |publisher=Wee Black Skelf records |access-date=July 26, 2009 |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208095201/http://www.weeblackskelf.co.uk/cordsuit/index.php?page=David+Berman+and+Stephen+Malkmus+Interview |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2024|reason=Public wiki (see [[WP:UGC]])}}</ref> In early 1999, Malkmus participated in a [[Sonic Youth]] side project called Kim's Bedroom that included bassist/vocalist [[Kim Gordon]], guitarist and vocalist [[Thurston Moore]], [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]], and drummer [[Ikue Mori]]; they never released an album, but did play a few live shows. By 2001, Malkmus was performing as frontman of [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks|The Jicks]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burland |first=Chris |date=November 23, 2001 |title=LIVE: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks |url=http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/11/2312.cfm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011125013340/http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/11/2312.cfm |archive-date=November 25, 2001 |work=ChartAttack.com |publisher=Chart Communications Inc.}}</ref>

In 2007, Malkmus provided 3 songs to the [[Todd Haynes|Todd Haynes']] film ''[[I'm Not There]]'', based on the life of [[Bob Dylan]]. He contributed on the songs "[[Ballad of a Thin Man]]", "Can't Leave Her Behind", and "[[Maggie's Farm]]". Malkmus has admitted that he was never "a really big fan of Dylan,"<ref name="rsdylan">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stephen-malkmus-on-bob-dylan-rehearsing-and-his-favorite-venues-around-the-world-187937/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210074224/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18349762/stephen_malkmus_on_bob_dylan_rehearsing_and_his_favorite_venues_around_the_world |url-status=live |archive-date=February 10, 2008 |title=Stephen Malkmus on Bob Dylan, Rehearsing and His Favorite Venues Around the World |date=August 28, 2012 <!-- from current version of website --> |orig-date=originally posted on February 21, 2008, at 1:36 PM <!-- from old version of website --> |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=February 4, 2014}} (This is an annex <!-- "In RS1046, associate editor Austin Scaggs talked to Stephen Malkmus about the new Jicks record, his favorite memories from Pavement and life in Oregon. Here are some outtakes from their conversation." --> to: {{cite magazine |department=Q & A |title=Stephen Malkmus |last=Scaggs |first=Austin |magazine=Rolling Stone |publication-place=New York |issue=1046 |date=February 21, 2008 |page=28 |issn=0035-791X |id={{ProQuest|220168342}}, {{EBSCOhost|29962171}} }})</ref> but noted that his involvement with the film had made him listen "to him again a little closer."<ref name="duke1" />

In 2016, Malkmus scored the soundtrack to the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Flaked]]'', which stars [[Will Arnett]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6874916/stephen-malkmus-will-arnett-score-netflix-flaked-soundtrack |title=Stephen Malkmus Is Scoring Will Arnett's New Netflix Series 'Flaked' |first=Chris <!-- also says Christopher --> |last=Payne |magazine=Billboard |date=February 12, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016082016/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/stephen-malkmus-will-arnett-score-netflix-flaked-soundtrack-6874916/ |archive-date=October 16, 2023 }}</ref>

In 2024, Malkmus started the band [[The Hard Quartet]] with [[Emmett Kelly (musician)|Emmett Kelly]], [[Matt Sweeney]], and [[Jim White (drummer)|Jim White]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-07-17 |title=Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White Form New Band the Hard Quartet |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/stephen-malkmus-introduces-new-band-the-hard-quartet/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Artistry ==
Malkmus' lyrics are said to incorporate a "stream of consciousness style," and have drawn comparisons to those of [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] vocalist [[Mark E. Smith]]. Jim Keoghan of ''[[The Quietus]]'' assessed, "Like Smith, Malkmus excels at a stream of consciousness lyrical style, one that baffles and entertains in equal measure."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quietus |first=The |date=2012-04-27 |title=30 Years On: Revisiting Pavement's Slanted And Enchanted |url=https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/pavement-slanted-and-enchanted/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Malkmus moved to [[Portland, Oregon]], where he met his wife, artist [[Jessica Jackson Hutchins]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://magnetmagazine.com/2011/09/12/stephen-malkmus-and-the-jicks-rule-portlandia/ |title=Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Rule Portlandia : Is Stephen Malkmus, indie rock's long-reigning king, abdicating his throne? |first=Jonathan |last=Valania |website=Magnet Magazine |date=September 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013165734/http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2011/09/12/stephen-malkmus-and-the-jicks-rule-portlandia/ |archive-date=October 13, 2011 }}</ref><ref>Online version: {{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/arts/music/stephen-malkmus-jicks-pavement-sparkle-hard.html |department=A Word With |title=Stephen Malkmus Doesn't Think He Was a Jerk |first=Rob |last=Tannenbaum |date=May 14, 2018 |website=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330123512/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/arts/music/stephen-malkmus-jicks-pavement-sparkle-hard.html |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |eissn=1553-8095 |id={{ProQuest|2038288132}}. ([[The New York Times International Edition|''International New York Times'' / ''International Herald Tribune'']] / https://international.nytimes.com/ version: {{Gale|A553235575}}, [[Factiva]] [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&an=INHT000020180523ee5e0000k&drn=drn%3aarchive.newsarticle.INHT000020180523ee5e0000k&cat=a&ep=ASI INHT000020180523ee5e0000k] }})<br/>Print version: {{Cite news |title=To Stephen Malkmus, the Brain Beats the Heart |first=Rob |last=Tannenbaum |department=Arts & Leisure / A Word With |newspaper=New York Times |publication-place=New York, N.Y. |issn=0362-4331 |volume=CLXVII |issue=57968 |date=May 20, 2018 |page=AR/L 6 |id={{ProQuest|2610862823|2041253344|2082094573}}. {{Gale|A539469755}}. [[Factiva]] [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&an=NYTF000020180520ee5k0009g&drn=drn%3aarchive.newsarticle.NYTF000020180520ee5k0009g&cat=a&ep=ASI NYTF000020180520ee5k0009g] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/20/stephen-malkmus-pavement-band-berlin-nightlife-youtube |title=Stephen Malkmus: 'There's this reggae song where I sing in patois – it should not be heard' |first=Philip |last=Sherburne |date=March 20, 2019 |orig-date=updated March 25, 2019 |website=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016082004/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/20/stephen-malkmus-pavement-band-berlin-nightlife-youtube |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |id=[[Factiva]] [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&an=GRDN000020190325ef3p002pb&drn=drn%3aarchive.newsarticle.GRDN000020190325ef3p002pb&cat=a&ep=ASI GRDN000020190325ef3p002pb] }}</ref> The couple have two children: daughters Lottie (born 2004)<ref name="gq">Online version: {{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/pavement-indie |title=Greatest. Indie-est. Band. Ever. |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |others=Photography by Melodie McDaniel |website=[[GQ]] |date=February 24, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227061224/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201003/pavement-indie |archive-date=February 27, 2010 }}<br/>Print version: {{cite magazine |title=Greatest. Indie-Est. Band. Ever |first=Melodie |last=McDaniel |magazine=GQ - Gentlemen's Quarterly |publisher=Conde Nast Publications, Inc. |issn=0016-6979 |date=March 2010 |volume=80 |issue=3 |page=135 |id={{Gale|A222888230}}. {{EBSCOhost|49075169}} }}</ref><ref name="spin-mag">{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/07/qa-stephen-malkmus-new-lp-beck-more/ |title=Q&A: Stephen Malkmus on New LP, Beck + More |last=William |first=Goodman |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209041901/https://www.spin.com/2011/07/qa-stephen-malkmus-new-lp-beck-more/ |archive-date=February 9, 2024 }}</ref> and Sunday (born 2007).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47563-stephen-malkmus-talks-itrashi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215042327/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47563-stephen-malkmus-talks-itrashi |archive-date=December 15, 2007 |title=Stephen Malkmus Talks ''Trash'' |first=Paul |last=Thompson |date=December 13, 2007 }}</ref> In 2011, before the release of ''[[Mirror Traffic]]'', Malkmus and his family moved to [[Berlin]].<ref name="spin-mag"/> By the release of ''[[Wig Out at Jagbags]]'' in 2014, however, the family had moved back to Portland.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stephen-malkmus-on-why-everyone-wants-to-be-a-nineties-kid-242150/ |title=Stephen Malkmus on Why Everyone Wants to Be a Nineties Kid |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 3, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106072457/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/stephen-malkmus-on-why-everyone-wants-to-be-a-nineties-kid-20140103 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 }}</ref> In July 2024, Malkmus moved to Chicago, his wife's hometown.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagan |first=Joe |date=2024-10-04 |title=The VF Interview: Stephen Malkmus on Super Groups, Pseudo Documentaries, and Geriatric Guitar Gods |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/vf-interview-stephen-malkmus |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eastman |first=Janet |date=2024-10-10 |title=Indie rocker and artist sell longtime Portland mansion. See the dramatic interior |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/realestate/2024/10/indie-rocker-and-artist-sell-longtime-portland-mansion-see-the-dramatic-interior.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en}}</ref>

Malkmus is a sports fan, supports [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City Football Club]] and is known to play tennis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephen Malkmus and the Truth About Tennis |date=May 20, 2009 |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stephen-malkmus-and-the-truth-about-tennis |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=Tennis.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614224403/https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stephen-malkmus-and-the-truth-about-tennis |archive-date=June 14, 2022 }}</ref> and [[golf]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} He also played [[second base]] for the Portland-based Disjecta softball team.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caraeff |first=Ezra |url=http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/2007/08/disjecta_softball_champions.php |title=Disjecta - Softball Champions! |date=August 13, 2007 |website=The Portland Mercury &#124; Blogtown, PDX |access-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223233143/http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/2007/08/disjecta_softball_champions.php |archive-date=February 23, 2012 }}{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2024|reason=The identification of Stephen Malkmus is in a user-submitted comment (posted by "Rob" on August 13, 2007, 9:38 AM)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Caraeff |first=Ezra Ace |title=My Apologies to the ''Willamette Week'' Softball Team |date=August 24, 2011 |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/Sports/2011/08/24/4571372/my-apologies-to-the-willamette-week-softball-team |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Portland Mercury |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416192951/https://www.portlandmercury.com/Sports/2011/08/24/4571372/my-apologies-to-the-willamette-week-softball-team |archive-date=April 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 2011 |title=Head Jick Stephen Malkmus invites us inside his Portland, Oregon living room |magazine=SPIN Magazine |pages=30+ |id={{Gale|A263925945}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zondo |first=Johnny |date=October 25, 2012 |title=I played softball with Stephen Malkmus of Pavement |url=https://rockandrolltedium.tumblr.com/post/34302493568/i-played-softball-with-stephen-malkmus-of-pavement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218021951/http://rockandrolltedium.tumblr.com/post/34302493568/i-played-softball-with-stephen-malkmus-of-pavement |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=May 7, 2024 |website=Did I ever tell you about the time....}}</ref> Malkmus also previously played [[lacrosse]] in his high school.<ref>{{cite news |title=Athletics, punk band occupy Malkmus' time [Header image caption: Stephen Malkmus displays some of his Lacrosse gear.] |publication-place=Santa Barbara |publisher=Tokay High School |newspaper=Tokay Press? }} Via: {{Citation |last=Schneider |first=Martin |title=Pavement's Stephen Malkmus played bass in a punk band that opened for Black Flag and others |date=May 1, 2014 |work=Dangerous Minds |orig-date=updated May 11, 2015 |url=http://dangerousminds.net/comments/pavements_stephen_malkmus_played_bass_in_a_punk_band |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609162236/http://dangerousminds.net/comments/pavements_stephen_malkmus_played_bass_in_a_punk_band |archive-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=live}}; which got it from: {{Citation |last=Breihan |first=Tom |title=See Stephen Malkmus In High School |date=April 27, 2012 |work=Stereogum |url=http://stereogum.com/1015681/see-stephen-malkmus-in-high-school/news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427202855/http://stereogum.com/1015681/see-stephen-malkmus-in-high-school/news/ |archive-date=April 27, 2012 |url-status=live |publisher=BUZZMEDIA}}; which got it from: {{Citation |title=STEPHEN MALKMUS high-school paper article about his sports and punk activities |date=April 27, 2012 |work=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/MatadorPress/status/195936708632649728 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318141352/https://twitter.com/NilsBernstein/status/195936708632649728 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |url-status=dead |others=(originally posted by Matador Press, later redirected to Nils Bernstein; Stereogum also credits Greg Johnson)}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Basedow |first=Neph |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Stephen Malkmus Roots for the Bears!: Left Coaster pulls out some Pavement at the Parish |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2015-09-21/stephen-malkmus-roots-for-the-bears/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028080946/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2015-09-21/stephen-malkmus-roots-for-the-bears/ |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=The Austin Chronicle}}</ref>

Malkmus is [[autism|autistic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The New Cue #417 September 23: Start the week with...Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, The Hard Quartet and more. |url=https://thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cue-417-september-23-start |website=The New Cue |access-date=13 May 2025 |date=23 September 2024}}</ref>

==Equipment==

Malkmus currently plays a [[Fender Stratocaster]] and a [[Guild S-100]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2014/02/26/the-currents-guitar-collection-stephen-malkmus |title=The Current's Guitar Collection: Stephen Malkmus |first=Luke |last=Taylor |date=February 26, 2014 |website=The Current |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=November 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016082005/https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2014/02/26/the-currents-guitar-collection-stephen-malkmus |archive-date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>

==Discography==

===With Pavement===
{{See also|Pavement discography}}

* ''[[Slanted and Enchanted]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Wowee Zowee]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Brighten the Corners]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Terror Twilight]]'' (1999)

===With Silver Jews===

;Singles and EPs
* ''Dime Map of the Reef'' (1992 – 7"ep)
* ''The Sabellion Rebellion & Old New York'' (1993 – 7")
* ''The Arizona Record'' (1993 – 12")
* ''Hot as Hell – Live 1993'' (1999 – 7" Single)

;Albums
* ''[[Starlite Walker]]'' (1994)
* ''[[American Water (album)|American Water]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Tanglewood Numbers]]'' (2005)

===With The Crust Brothers===
* ''[[Marquee Mark]] '' (1998)

===With The Jicks===

;Albums
* ''[[Stephen Malkmus (album)|Stephen Malkmus]]'' (2001){{refn|group=nb|Although the Jicks are not credited within the title, the album ''Stephen Malkmus'' is in fact a Jicks recording. Initially, Malkmus simply wanted to call his post-Pavement band the Jicks with no mention of his name, but Matador records resisted the idea and released the album as ''Stephen Malkmus,'' although the word "Jicks" is printed both on the CD itself, and on the inner sleeve of the vinyl pressing.}}
* ''[[Pig Lib]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Face the Truth (Stephen Malkmus album)|Face the Truth]]'' (2005){{refn|group=nb|Similarly, while ''Face the Truth'' is technically Stephen Malkmus's only true solo affair, the Jicks do provide instrumentation on nearly every song, and "& The Jicks" is visible on the back of the album artwork.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}}}
* ''[[Real Emotional Trash]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Mirror Traffic (Stephen Malkmus album)|Mirror Traffic]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Wig Out at Jagbags]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Sparkle Hard]]'' (2018)

===Solo albums===
* ''[[Groove Denied]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Traditional Techniques]]'' (2020)

;Singles
* "Discretion Grove" (2001) – w/ "Sin Taxi" and "Leisurely Poison" (2001)
* "Jenny & the Ess-Dog" (2001) – w/ "Keep the Faith", "That's What Mama Said" and "Alien Boy"
* ''Phantasies EP'' (2001) – w/ "Malay Massaker"
* "Jo Jo's Jacket" – w/ "Polish Mule", "The Hook (live)" and "Open and Shut Cases" (2001)
* "Sex Life of Robinson Crusoe, Pt. 2" (2001) – B-side available only on official site
* "Us" (2003)
* "Dark Wave" (2003) – w/ ''Pig Lib'' bonus disc B-sides
* "Post-Paint Boy" (2005)
* "Baby C'Mon" (2005) – w/ "Wow Ass Jeans"
* ''Kindling for the Master EP'' (2006) – w/ 4 remixes
* "Cold Son" 10" EP (2008) – w/ "Walk Into the Mirror", "Pennywhistle Thunder" and "Carl the Clod"
* "Gardenia" (2008) – w/ "Walk Into the Mirror"
* "[[Middle America (song)|Middle America]]" (2018)
* "Shiggy" (2018)
* "Refute" (2018)
* "Viktor Borgia" (2019)
* "Rushing the Acid Frat" (2019)
* "Come Get Me" (2019)

===With The Hard Quartet===
*''The Hard Quartet'' (2024)

===Compilations and collaborations===
* ''[[SubUrbia (film)|SubUrbia]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (1997) – "Unheard Music" (with [[Elastica]])
* ''At Home With the Groovebox'' (2000) – "Robyn Turns 26"
* ''All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1'' (2002) – "Good Kids Eggs"
* ''Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernicklel'' (2002) – "Blue Rash Intact (Quarantined-Hallucinations Due To Severe Allergies)"
* ''Under the Influence – 21 years of Flying Nun Records'' (2002) – "[[Death and the Maiden (Verlaines song)|Death and the Maiden]]"
* ''Matador At Fifteen'' (2004) – "It Kills (live)"
* ''This One's for the Fellows: A Sonic Salute to the Young Fresh Fellows'' (2004) – guitar on "No One Really Knows" (with [[The Maroons]])
* ''Chokes!'' EP by [[Silkworm (band)|Silkworm]] (2007) – guitar on "[[Spanish Harlem Incident]] (live)"
* ''[[I'm Not There]] (Music from the Motion Picture)'' (2007) – With [The Million Dollar Bashers]: "[[Ballad of a Thin Man]]" and "[[Maggie's Farm]]"; with [[Lee Ranaldo]]: "Can't Leave Her Behind" and "What Kind of Friend is This?" ([[iTunes Music Store|iTunes]] only)
* ''Early Risers'' by Soldiers of Fortune (2015) – "Campus Swagger"
* ''[[Day of the Dead (2016 album)|Day of the Dead]]'' (2016) – "[[China Cat Sunflower]] -> I Know You Rider"
* ''Battle Hymns'' (2017) – "Midnight Cruisers" Digital Download
* Fiddle player in the 2019 film "First Cow" 

===Miscellaneous===
* ''The New Yorker College Tour: University of Washington, Seattle: A Conversation with Stephen Malkmus'' (2006)

==Music videos==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
|rowspan="3"|2001
|"Discretion Grove" || Grant Gee
|-
|"Jenny & the Ess-Dog" ||?
|-
|"Jo Jo's Jacket" || Shynola
|-
|rowspan="3"|2003
|"Death and the Maiden" || Mitchell Hawkes
|-
|"Dark Wave" || Scott Lyons
|-
|"Baby C'Mon" || Lana Kim & Andy Bruntel
|-
||2005 
|"Mama" || E.J. McLeavey-Fisher
|-
||2008 
|"Gardenia" || Daniel Woods
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011
|"No One Is (As I Are Be)" || Steve Doughton
|-
|"Senator" || Scott Jacobson
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013
|"Lariat" || Michael Leblanc
|-
|"Cinnamon and Lesbians" || Jay Winebrenner
|-
|rowspan="2"|2018
|"[[Middle America (song)|Middle America]]" <small>(acoustic)</small> || rowspan="2"| Brook Linder
|-
|"Solid Silk" <small>(acoustic)</small> 
|-
|rowspan="3"|2019
|"Viktor Borgia" || Jan Lankisch
|-
|"Rushing the Acid Frat" || Robert Strange & James Papper
|-
|"Come Get Me" <small>(lyric video)</small> || rowspan="2"| Marisa Gesualdi
|-
|rowspan="2"|2020
|"Xian Man" <small>(lyric video)</small> 
|-
|"Shadowbanned" || Jan Lankisch
|}
* Cover of "Death and the Maiden" by New Zealand band The Verlaines. Available on Flying Num DVD ''Very Short Films''.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.stephenmalkmus.com}}

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