{"id":803304,"date":"2020-01-22T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=940897"},"modified":"2020-01-22T08:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:00:03","slug":"stephen-malkmus-announces-new-album-traditional-techniques-shares-xian-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/stephen-malkmus-announces-new-album-traditional-techniques-shares-xian-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Malkmus Announces New Album \u2018Traditional Techniques\u2019, Shares \u2018Xian Man\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen Malkmus<\/a> has announced a new album, Traditional Techniques<\/em>, out March 6th on Matador. This will be Malkmus\u2019 third solo LP without the Jicks<\/a> or Pavement<\/a>, following 2001\u2019s Stephen Malkmus<\/em> and 2019\u2019s Groove Denied<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Malkmus recorded the record with Chris Funk of The Decemberists and Matt Sweeney, who\u2019s worked with Bonnie \u201cPrince\u201d Billy and Chavez.<\/p>\n

The indie artist also shared the album\u2019s lead single, \u201cXian Man,\u201d on Wednesday. In a press statement, Malkmus referred to the song as \u201cstraight-up commune rock,\u201d making reference to Christianity and using Afghani instrumentation amongst its 12-string guitar-picking.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Malkmus is featured on lead guitar for a new song \u201cJerome,\u201d by New York rock band Endless Boogie. The track will be released on a 7\u2033 single along<\/a> with Weak Signal\u2019s \u201cRolex,\u201d out February 28th on Wharf Cat.<\/p>\n