Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Sparkle Hard Vinyl LP featured classic Stones Throw has pressed up

Stones Throw has pressed up copies of Dilla's beat sketch masterpiece Donuts with the "smile" cover

is "Cloudbusting

and the industrialism of Einstürzende Neubauten coalescing into a swirling musical miasma

Oizo links with electroclash queen Peaches on "Freezing Out" and the result sounds something like trap or dubstep transmitted from a squat party in Williamsburg circa-2001

whether in France

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Sparkle Hard Vinyl LP featured classic Stones Throw has pressed upHe fronted Pavement, one of the most influential indie groups of the '90s, and that will always be attached to his name. The band broke up almost 20 years ago, however, and Stephen Malkmus, alongside The Jicks, has been recording his own material over the last 17 years. Sparkle Hard is the 7th full length of Malkmus's solo career, and he presents a a "light 'n' breezy, head down heavy, audacious, melancholic and reflective" record. Although the sound