Yale Daily News

A dud? Seriously? And you go to Yale? I am willing to bet everything I own on the wager that everything you know about Pavement was learnt after the releases of the deluxe editions to their first three albums. Fronting like you know anything about music. First off, when did music become visual? Questioning the delivery of a 40 year olds voice. Something that is very much a staple in the indie scene, borderline iconic. You try to come off like you're a Pavement authority when in all reality you probably didn't even know about them 5 years ago.

Real Emotional Trash is a good album. If you liked the two closing tracks on Brighten the Corners you'll love this album. If you are an obsessed Pavement fan, you'll love it. If you're a school columnist trying to gain respectability by going after an iconic indie figure with less than stellar points... you've been beaten. This review was a dud. Was a single song mentioned here?

"Pavement never directly imitated any particular sound" You must be joking. I stopped reading after this sentence. Honestly, I like your writing style, but you need alot of seasoning. Alot of seasoning...

Congratulations, "Brian." You've proven your chops as the only person who really gets Pavement. And you've chosen to announce your magical connection with the band by anonymously posting comments on the internet. You're awfully brave.

Honestly, I did like "Baltimore," the lead single. It got me excited for the album. I'm a sucker for 6/8 (the time signature of sea shanties). Then when I finally got the album, it seemed, as Mr. Barasch said, completely tepid and half-assed.

With many of the other indie rock godfathers finding a way to keep their chops as they mature (Dinosaur Jr, Mission of Burma to name a couple), it's a shame that SM hasn't kept up.