good call on CR, especially the last paragraph. Wowee Zowee lived up to the debut's promise most IMO, i have no more opinions on Pavement for now lol
I think credence should be paid to the way they have handled the reissues of their albums as well, I think they are up to Terror Twilight now... you get a fat booklet of art (you know, Malkmus ripping off early Fall album covers), interviews and self-congratulatory Malky liner notes and sh*t ... plus a second disc with Peel Sessions/b-sides/live/outtakes etc... actually the extra disc of Crooked Rain is probably better than the album
edit: i don't work for matador