This time last week I was a sweaty mess of half wrecked excitement somewhere in the centre of Barcelona. Now I’m sitting with the sniffles alone in my bedroom trying to figure out how to consolidate one of the best festivals of my life into a word count below that of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The ATP Diaries // Weekend 2
Oh ATP, you kill me. I thought it would be fun, I thought it would be fine, but by the time I hit the bends of the A39 I could already feel last weekend’s hangover rising in my stomach.

Pavement – Quarantine The Past: The Best Of
Pavement’s music was lovably lackadaisical and amusingly ambiguous, while also being simple enough that any college stoner on the couch thought they could write songs like that. This “Best Of” proves it.

Pavement confirm Greatest Hits tracklist
The new Pavement Greatest Hits album now has a confirmed tracklisting!

Pavement ready Best Of compilation
Pavement are set to release a best of compilation, and Domino have announced a special, related, competition with some amazing prizes…

Pavement add fourth date to London Residency, announce Glasgow show
Pavement have added a fourth show to their residency at Brixton Academy next year. Also, the band will play Glasgow Barrowlands on May 5th with tickets going on sale tomorrow morning.

Spiral Stairs – The Real Feel
Can Spiral Stairs ever move out of the shadow of it’s former glories? Tom Whyman thinks it’s a tough ask…

Pavement play Brixton Academy
Hot off the press this one… Pavement have announced a date at London’s Brixton Academy in May 2010!

Pavement To Curate All Tomorrow’s Parties 2010
It’s just been announced that Pavement- the newly reformed slacker kings of the nineties- will curate weekend 2 of All Tomorrow’s Parties 2010 festival.

Pavement DO reform
So, after much whispering and rumour, it’s become official – Pavement are to reform.

Spiral Stairs, aka Scott Kannberg, releases debut album
Scott Kannberg, AKA Spiral Stairs, formerly the front-man of Preston School of Industry and guitarist, singer and founding member of Pavement is to release his debut solo album on Domino.
Pavement – Brighten The Corners [Reissue]
Tom Whyman goes a bit ga-ga for the latest in Domino’s Pavement reissues…
Pavement announce ‘Brighten The Corners’ reissue
Domino have announced details of the next reissue in their Pavement repackaging exercise – a two disc sprawling metropolis of music.
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