Jonesy

This is my least favorite record that Malk has had anything to do with. I don't think it can hold a candle to any of the Pavement records and it's definitely his worst solo record. Don't you think it's about time for a Pavement reuinion, we've waited long enough already.

Had Malk?

I think Malkmus needs to Face the Truth that he's no longer a relevant artist and it's time he gave it up already. He had his day, but it's over.

Suck This Jonesy

Jonesy, how about you go eat a bowl of fuck you asshole - to suggest that SM is no longer a relevant artist is to suggest that air is no longer necessary to sustain life. Get a clue you retarded fucker.

Jeff Hubbard

After a prolonged absence here, this review and, more to the point, some of the readers' postings, have forced me out of retirement.

In short, I beg to differ with almost all of you. I think that this is Malkmus' finest solo record yet, and in my opinion, this represents a heartening trajectory, since I think every solo album that Malkmus has produced has improved on the previous. I will agree with Kyle's assertion that this is the most Pavement-esque solo album that Steve-o has made, and how could that be a bad thing? I'll also agree that "Freeze the Saints" is masterful, but I could say the same about more than a half-dozen of the tunes here. Anyway, as someone else here has said, who the fuck are any of us to claim that Malkmus is no longer relevant? What a joke. As long as there are folks like myself out there that are genuinely heartened every time the man enters the studio, relevance is not an issue.

Major bonus: Malkmus is continuing to evolve into one of the most interesting guitar soloists in the history of indie-rock, right up there with leading lights such as Robert Quine, Tom Verlaine, and Richard Lloyd (lofty company, indeed). I'm enjoying the hell out of this record, and there's no way I'd give this one less than four, were I reviewing it. But I'm not. So I'll shut the hell up now.