LariatStephen Malkmus & The Jicks · 2014

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“Front page photo by Leah Nash "People look great when they shave," Stephen Malkmus, nonchalance personified, insists a minute into "Lariat," leadoff single from his and the Jicks' stupendously titled Wig Out at Jagbags. There's a pause, and then, a question: "…don't they?" "Lariat" is a fairly unassuming thing, an easygoing strummer with a jaunty little backbone riff. Along the way, Malkmus rhymes”