Stephen Malkmus (top) and Mark Ibold, each super excited about this in his own way

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Better Than: You probably would've guessed

Pavement have arrived. At last. The bad news is they played virtually ever other major city on earth first; the good news is they're now officially... uh, "well oiled" is probably overstating it, but as we begin with "Cut Your Hair," and Stephen Malkmus rips into the guitar solo with way more more aplomb and enthusiasm than 10 years of band retrospectives have taught you to expect, you appreciate that they had all that practice.