thank you!

hello from brisbane... i'm trying to come down from such a momentous year. thanks to all who came to see pavement and spiral play in 2010. i know i didn't get much of a chance to do many spiral shows but

hopefully in the new year that will change. i will start working on a new spiral record real soon. for the time being, mt. fuji records have just released a split 7" single with the long winters. it's an out-take from the real feel named "dreams they guide us".

in pavement news: we will be re-launching the crookedrain.com website in the new year with free audio, video, and lot's more...  and a store where you can find all things pavement you might have missed on the 2010 tour.

too many people to thank for the great times this year but want to especially thank you the fans for supporting us.

happy holidays.
spiral

sao paulo

hello from south america! this is the first time pavement will be down here. we play on saturday in sao paulo with the amazing smashing pumkins and sunday and monday in BA on our own. glad to finally be here and can't wait to play the shows.

thanks again to all who came to all the other shows throughout this year. we really appreciated the love. it made us feel really good to play the old songs once again and who knows... maybe we'll end up doing more as time goes on. but for now, we are working on revamping the pavement website to make our merch and digital recordings more available in the future. check out crookedrain.com for more info.

as for me, i've relocated to melbourne as of 3 weeks ago. i'm hoping to start work on a new spiral stairs album in the new year. and hopefully get on the road again!

see you soon.

spiral

the midwest...

thanks to all for coming to the shows in the middle...

punk rock milwaukee!

or the cars 'candy o'...

pbr...

wowee zowee indeed..

generation duce!

gold soundz

gold soundz on colbert...

tonight, we play on the colbert report. tune in to comedy central tonight at 7pm eastern.

hello nyc!

hello from nyc. we've finally made it. i can't believe it's been a year since we announced these shows. we play the williamsburg waterfront tonight with endless boogie and jenny and johnny. tomorrow night we are on the colbert report. also, tomorrow night we are djing. come on along.

no age and pavement tonight!

hi again. thanks to all who came to the pavement shows in st. paul, kc, and denver. all great shows! we're in chicago today playing millenium park. the great no age opens.

play guitar with pavement...

pavement are playing live on late night with jimmy fallon thursday sept. 23.  there is a contest running where the lucky (or unlucky) winner gets to play guitar on tv with us. go to the late night website for more info. we are also playing live on the colbert report on monday sept. 20.

back in the usa...

hello all... last night was the first night of our north american tour. edgefield in portland. thanks to all who braved the 90 degree weather.

around the world in 10 days.

this was the end of europe for us... we flew from san francisco to japan. japan to helsinki. helsinki to oslo. goteburg to amsterdam. amsterdam to san francisco. we had a great time in scandi. thanks for the good times. here are some photos.

way out west festival...
pavement bread...

swedish butter...
oya festival oslo...
opera house oslo...

best band of the festival... airel pink!

out on tour with the smashing pumkids... japan photos

hello... here are some photos from our august shows in japan. thanks to all for coming to see us. it was steamy hot!

ibold is the best traveler!

sushi in osaka!

and ramen in tokyo...
very hot in osaka...

new sst band...

we couldn't pass this piece of tape...

another douche bag...

thanks tokyo!

they loved us in montreal!

hello from tokyo... we play summersonic this weekend. thanks to all who came out to see us in montreal. as you can see, we've got some real fans there. sm took it in stride i think. off to eat some ramen now.

chalet bbq!

i'm back...

sorry folks... it's been too long. i'm back with you again after a long break from blog world. i'll try to keep you up to date for the remaining pavement shows. this weekend, we're in montreal for the osheaga festival. next weekend we are in japan, and then it's back to scandinavia.

sacto, northern cal!

hanging out in the old hometown of stockton... yesterday we went to one of the greatest mexican restaurants in the world... el novillero in sacramento. many a meal was consumed here in the early pavement days! we're off to dublin in a few days to start the euro tour. it's been a nice break, but been practicing some new songs and also spiral stairs songs for the two shows in the uk. here we come!

#9... two beef tacos.

thanks southland!

ok. we conquered coachella. now the anxiety can cease. hope all who saw us enjoyed. we know we did. all in all, it was a fun show. we were a little nervous when we went on, but after a few songs we hit our stride. the response from the crowd was very generous and nice. thanks again! hope to see all of you at the hollywood bowl in sept. we also got a nice write up in the ny times. not sure i said that first line, i think it might have been sm. oh well, the parents will like it. went early and saw the soft pack. if you haven't seen em, go! yo la tengo and spoon were also some of the highlights. below is the set list and some pix. see ya in dublin next!
didn't do box elder or conduit...
the soft pack...pomona, night before...

food, coffee, cocktails, party!

this is my breakfast on our united airlines flight from tokyo to los angeles... inedible! and you wonder why this airline goes bankrupt.

and this is jeremy lemos travel/tour blog for the chicago reader. jeremy does killa monitors for us and is a slick dresser. enjoy!

and last but not least are steaks from pappy and harriets... went here on the day before coachella. had a nice drive through joshua tree national park as well.

we are the pil for that!

it's early in the desert. it's supposed to be in the 90's later. big show tonight. man, i'm nervous. went on friday and saw PIL, who were awesome... and then spent the next two hours trying to get home. what a clusterf---! going early today to see soft pack!

unremarkable?

here's a nice review from the unremarkable LA Times...

listamania redux

hello from sunny indian wells california. got here really late last night... too late! it's coachella weekend and we are in some crazy desert resort. i'm looking out on a golf course... it's gonna be hard to resist. it looks like the temps will be in the 80's all weekend so looking forward to the craziness. below is the list from our first us show since cinncinati way back in 99'. thanks to those who braved the traffic jam which is la to make the show.

listamania!

melbourne list...
little buddy!

new gold soundz!

this is the japanese box set. out through hostess records in japan. not sure how to get a hold of it yet, but matador will probably have some available soon.

it's all the studio records plus the videos and a couple live shows on dvd. all the cds are in paper sleeves and look great.