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"&lt;p&gt;He doesn&amp;apos;t look a day over 37, but Stephen Malkmus is the grand old man  of indie rock. With Pavement in the Nineties, he gave underground noise a shot of romance and style, setting the banquet table for Vampire  Weekend and &lt;a href=\"../../music/artists/arcade-fire\"&gt;Arcade Fire&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=\"../../music/artists/pavement\"&gt;Pavement&amp;apos;s&lt;/a&gt; 2010 &lt;a href=\"../../culture/blogs/pop-life/it-s-official-pavement-reunion-exceeds-all-expectations-20100928\"&gt;reunion tour&lt;/a&gt; soaked up a tidal wave  of love. On his third disc with Portland cronies the Jicks, Malkmus, 45, revels in this emeritus status,  luxuriating in Seventies guitar majesty and irony-free gorgeousness.  &amp;quot;Forty with a kid, living on the grid,&amp;quot; he notes. There&amp;apos;s as much  liberation as resignation in that line.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirror Traffic&lt;/em&gt; is Malkmus&amp;apos; most varied post-Pavement record. &lt;a href=\"../../music/artists/beck\"&gt;Beck&lt;/a&gt; produces with a light touch, and Malkmus spools out well-crafted folk tunes, loopy wit, finely wrought prog  fantasias and laser-show axmanship. On &amp;quot;Senator,&amp;quot; the album&amp;apos;s most  explosive song, Malkmus&amp;apos; guitar throws fire as he shouts, &amp;quot;I know what  the senator wants/What the senator wants is a blow job!&amp;quot; It&amp;apos;s a monster  jam for the Weiner summer.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Mostly, though, the album hints that Malkmus&amp;apos; softer side has become his  best side. The guy really is a nuanced guitar player, possibly the most  underrated of his generation; &amp;quot;Stick Figures in Love&amp;quot; has an album&amp;apos;s worth of interwoven prettiness. Elsewhere, he writes about intimacy with a middle-aged realism that suggests &lt;a href=\"../../music/artists/paul-simon\"&gt;Paul Simon&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#x2014;see &amp;quot;Brain Gallop,&amp;quot;  about trying to restart romance when &amp;quot;there&amp;apos;s not much left inside my  tank today.&amp;quot; Malkmus shows you don&amp;apos;t have to move to the woods and house  squirrels in your beard to prove you&amp;apos;re a sensitive male. Alterna-dad  elegance will do.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Listen to Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Senator&amp;quot;:&lt;/strong&gt; \r\n&lt;object width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" data=\"http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16691636\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\"&gt;\r\n&lt;param name=\"data\" value=\"http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16691636\"&gt;\r\n&lt;param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"&gt;\r\n&lt;param name=\"src\" value=\"http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16691636\"&gt;\r\n&lt;/object&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;#x2022; &lt;a title=\"Stephen Malkmus to Release Beck-Produced Album in August\" href=\"../../../music/news/stephen-malkmus-to-release-beck-produced-album-in-august-20110524\"&gt;Stephen Malkmus to Release Beck-Produced Album in August&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;#x2022; &lt;a href=\"../../../music/songreviews/senator-20110617\"&gt;Song Review: Stephen Malkmus, &amp;apos;Senator&amp;apos;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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