Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques Lucent Dreaming mixing avant-rap and footwork into

mixing avant-rap and footwork into her sonic conceptual art

from the struggles to the surprises

The two albums share the same country/folk sound

but those of the entire dance-pop world

Portraying a side of Tudor England rarely seen

Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques Lucent Dreaming mixing avant-rap and footwork intoTraditional Techniques, Malkmus third solo LP without the Jicks (or Pavement), is new phase folk music for new phase folks, with Malkmus as attuned as ever to the rhythms of the ever evolving lingual slipstream. Its packed with handmade arrangements, modern folklore, and 10 songs written and performed in his singular voice. An adventurous new album in an instantly familiar mode, Traditional Techniques creates a serendipitous trilogy with the loose