Stephen Malkmus

Acting

Stephen Malkmus

Born 1966-05-30 · Santa Monica - California USA

Stephen Malkmus (born May 30, 1966) is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and as a solo artist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Malkmus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Pavements poster
6.7

'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway musical adaptation of their songs, a museum devoted entirely to the band’s legacy, and a shamelessly awards-baiting Hollywood biopic.

Pavements

2025

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X poster
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Some of the generation’s most iconic creators reflect on how the cohort once synonymous with slacking came to leave such an indelible impression on the culture.

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

2025

Louder Than You Think poster
6.0

Gary Young, drummer for indie-rock icons Pavement, injected a wild-card unpredictability into the band's breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same gonzo impulses derailed his rock star dream.

Louder Than You Think

2023

Sweethearts poster
4.3

Arliss goes to a coffee house to meet Jasmine on a blind date, but she's not quite what she seems.

Sweethearts

1997

Couldn't You Wait? poster
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A fixture of the "indie rock" scene in the mid-90's, Silkworm left behind a unique catalog that is continually being re-discovered by critics and fans. Using extensive interviews with the surviving members, Couldn't You Wait? chronicles their unlikely 17 year long career on the fringe of alternative music.

Couldn't You Wait?

2013

Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999 poster
10.0

2nd disc of the Slow Century Documentary. Featuring two of the band's final concerts

Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999

1999

Pavement: Slow Century poster
7.6

Documentary tracing the existence of noted rock band Pavement from 1989 to their final performance in late 1999. The first hour is the history of the band, the last 20 minutes is uninterrupted footage of the band’s final encore.

Pavement: Slow Century

2002

Pavement: Live at The Westbeth Theater 2/8/97 poster
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Rare uncut footage of Pavement performing for HBO Reverb days before the release of Brighten The Corners

Pavement: Live at The Westbeth Theater 2/8/97

1997

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline poster
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Dandelion Records and DVD's present Probably the nearest you will ever get to an official documentary on Mark E Smith and The Fall. Put together over a period of 13 years by three Danish Fall fans and with full involvement from Mark E Smith this film gives a real insight into the mechanisms of The Fall. Features many live clips and rehearsals of both The Fall and Smith and Ed Blaney. The cast list includes Mark E Smith, John Peel (a real in depth contribution from Peelie), Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, David Gedge, Stephen Malkmus, Dee Dee Ramone, Peter Hook, Grant Showbiz, John Cooper Clarke, Damo Suzuki, Gary Lucas, Ed Blaney, Jim Watts, Spencer Birtwistle, Ben Pritchard, Zlatko Buric, Alan Wise, The Other Dave and Fall Fan Dave. Bonus material includes a great interview with Mark E Smith in what was his favourite pub near Heaton Park in Manchester (sadly the pub is now closed)

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

2014

Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology poster
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This commemorative anthology DVD includes music from Pavement, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cornelius, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Arsonists, Helium and many more. Also included: What's Up Matador?, previously only available on VHS.

Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology

1999

Pavement: Tibetan Freedom Concert poster
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Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Pavement: Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996

Pavement: Live on Reverb poster
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Pavement's rare second performance on Reverb

Pavement: Live on Reverb

1999

Pavement: Primavera Sound 2022 Barcelona poster
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part of the band's reunion tour

Pavement: Primavera Sound 2022 Barcelona

2022

No artwork available
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Stephen Malkmus offers a glimpse at his life and upcoming album, Sparkle Hard, in a new short documentary from director Brook Linder.

Sparkle Hard: The Movie

2018

Pavement: March 6, 1994 - Frankfurt, Germany poster
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Two camera fan-shot (one back, one side). Cams were edited and enhanced with soundboard feed and cam audio

Pavement: March 6, 1994 - Frankfurt, Germany

1994

Pavement: Roskilde 2010 poster
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Part of the band's first reunion tour

Pavement: Roskilde 2010

2010

Behind the camera