Pavement: Wow! That's What I Call Music...
Simon Price, Melody Maker, 15 April 1995
PAVEMENT are the Lords of Lo-Fi, the Sultans of Slacker. They hate Smashing Pumpkins and their songs are unlistenable chunks of abstract strangeness. Basically, they're just spoilt little clever-clever rich kid weirdos. Or are they?! With their new album, Wowee Zowee, out this week, SIMON PRICE asks some crucial questions.
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