THURSDAY SHORTS

- Stereogum's crunk breakdown pointed me to this great Stephen Malkmus interview on MTV.com. SM talks about Face the Truth, Missy Elliott, the chances of a Pavement reunion (not any time soon), and more. I've actually been avoiding the Face the Truth leak, so May 24 will be an unusually exciting Tuesday in these parts - especially since the same day will also bring my first listen to the new Sleater-Kinney record. I missed that feeling of anticipating release dates, and I can't wait to hear them both.

- While we're talking about Mr. Malkmus and the Jicks, I must put out a plea - does anyone have an extra ticket to their upcoming show at Irving Plaza? I had tickets on my screen THREE times, and the $9 service fees scared me off each time. I figured it'd take a few weeks to sell out, enough time for me to save the cash at the box office, but I was wrong and now I'm ticketless. The past couple weeks have been fruitless on Craigslist, so I figured I'd try here. Let me know!

- Sleater-Kinney and Dead Meadow will be at Roseland on June 23 according to this MTV.com article. I'm told tickets are on sale tomorrow, but Ticketmaster's site seems down and I can't pull a link. The article also includes an interview with the band, where Carrie Brownstein mentions that their new sound was partly inspired by playing huge venues while opening for Pearl Jam. "You start to imagine your music in a different way," she said.

- Speaking of opening acts, does anyone know who's opening up for New Order next week?

- LCD Soundsystem and James Murphy have been getting tons of press, and Junkmedia adds to the pile with this interview. It's a great interview though, better than most that I've read with Murphy weighing in on the new Daft Punk ("Let us not forget 'Da Funk'"), LCD's upcoming tour with M.I.A. (they met at SXSW), and his top 5 dancefloor fillers ("I Feel Love" starts the list). LCD actually played "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" on Letterman last night, when Paul Shaffer and his band reportedly contributed handclaps. Crazy! (Interview link via DJ Martian)

- I missed Letterman last night in favor of 9 Songs at the Tribeca Film Festival. My quick synopsis - couple sees bands, couple has sex, lather, rinse, repeat. Peephole's review has some more details/thoughts and pretty much nails it (no pun intended). Definitely an interesting film, and cool live performances from Franz Ferdinand, Super Furry Animals, Primal Scream, and more, but it could have been done better.

- The National will be at the Mercury Lounge on June 16 and 17.

- Stylus's Non-Definitive Guide to the Follow Up looks at how some artists followed up their first taste of success, and it's a great read. They cover a wide range - Elastica, Goldie, the Stone Roses, Air, Bush, and more. They also discuss Live's Secret Samadhi, quite possibly the single most disappointing album I've ever paid full price for.

- Finally - if any of you are interested in the Coachella set times, PSNYC's got 'em.