Pavement live in concert.
ON TOUR

Pavement

56
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

82
%
Based on 
56
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Pavement is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 56 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Pavement is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth seeing. Pavement concert reviews describe live shows and performances as jubilant, high-energy, upbeat, playful, surreal, and glorious.

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Harness Your Hopes (19 April 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Stockton, United States (1989 - 2000)
Bio
Pavement are an indie rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. For most of the period to 1999, the band consisted of Stephen Malkmus (vocals, guitar), Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg (guitar, vocals), Mark Ibold (bass), Steve West (drums) and Bob Nastanovich (percussion, vocals).
Has Performed With
No Age

Critic Concert Reviews

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

March 8, 2023
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As a fresh-faced 22-year-old, new to the sights and sounds of London, I saw an energetic and somewhat chaotic Pavement perform at the Brixton Academy. Friday, 9 June, 1995 – the ticket is in a poster frame on my wall, alongside dozens of others from my gig-going life.

Scenestr (Australia)

March 1, 2023
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It's been over 30 years since the release of their debut album, 24 since the release of their most recent, and 13 years since their last shows in Australia.

Consequence (USA)

February 23, 2023
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The indie-rock legends played Osaka for the first time in 13 years

The Harvard Crimson (USA)

October 25, 2022
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One thing became very clear as the night of Sept. 28 unfolded at the Boch Center's beautiful Wang Theatre: Pavement still rocks.

NME (UK)

October 24, 2022
100
%
Pavement live in London: cult heroes spark jubilant scenes on long-awaited UK comeback

Manchester Evening News (UK)

October 21, 2022
80
%
"The Californians have clearly rediscovered the joy in their back catalogue"

The Aquarian Weekly (USA)

October 19, 2022
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Pavement at the Kings Theatre / September 30, 2022

Past critic reviews published in

Already Heard (UK), Dead Press (UK)

Image Credit

Masao Nagasaki [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons