Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

Malkmus continues to redefine rock ...

Yes .. it is actually four +1/2 stars.
This is really a great album, if you liked Malkmus before, you'll like this CD, too. Although comparisons always have some flaws, this album is in my opinion closer to Pavements's Brighten the corners than it is to any Malkmus & the Jicks CD.
The JAM like style is somewhat new and most songs show some unpredictable shifts you'll love after "understanding" them. Well, this especially holds true for the Real Emotinal Trash: the Rock'n'Roll section is awesome.
Like all Pavement/Malkmus albums you'll have to hear the songs more than once to enjoy their inspiring diversification.
October 10, 2008

Real Emotional Trash

This has turned out to be one of my favorite albums of the year. It may be Malkmus's best post-Pavement work. The tracks are catchy, the lyrics are stupid, and the guitar freakouts are entertaining. September 30, 2008

Uno de los mejores discos del 2008

Solo se queda en 4 estrellas porque los otros 4 discos del embarque son de 5 estrellas y no quiero subirlo a ese nivel, con el tiempo tal vez. Te gusta el rock? Te gusta el blues? Te gusta el jazz? Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks logran uno de los mejores discos del año en el que comienzan con un excelente tema abridor en el que exploran todas las emociones posibles en una sola canción y una gama equivalente de ritmos, tienen también canciones enternecedoras, canciones rápidas y movidas pero sobretodo una sinfonía que le da el título a la placa (Matador, 2008) que dura mas de 9 minutos pero vale la pena cada segundo. August 28, 2008

His Best Album Yet

To explain just how deeply I love this album, let me tell you first off that I'm on my 2nd copy already! That's right, I wore out CD #1. This album rocks; shreds; cooks with gas. Glorious. Hallalujah brothers that there's a songwriter like Malkmus alive today! It's classic rock with indie lyrics. It sweeps, it swoops, it dives, it sings, it sways. Everybody should have a copy. The new Sgt. Pepper. July 8, 2008

Not trashy at all

If we classify music as art, we should recognize this definition of art: having the capacity to stimulate the senses in unexpected ways, even after after repeated exposure. No collection of an artist's output can be deemed "perfect" due to the subjective nature of art itself. The real test of a piece of art, then, is not how we label it, but how often we are drawn back to it.

That said, Malkmus and his collaborators have produced a recording that sounds great right out of the gate and bears repeated listening. I kept listening to this disk for a solid 8-10 days--to the exclusion of everything else in my library--and have continued to revisit it on a weekly basis. The guitar parts, though vaguely reminiscent of prior artists and styles, are continually intriguing--quite a good thing given that this is a guitar-driven recording. I can't slight the Jicks, whose empathetic support lend this project a dynamism in which Malkmus quirky lyrics and lithe guitar musings thrive. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the entire endeavor rocks! June 23, 2008

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