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Lead Performance: Pavement; Genre: Indie Rock

By David Browne

David Browne

David Browne is EW's music critic and author of ''Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley'' (HarperCollins)

PAVEMENT Brighten the Corners (Matador) Curbing their smarty-pants indulgences, these wiseacres get down to business, crafting indie guitar rock that ebbs and flows with delicate power. Singer-guitarist Stephen Malkmus even has flashes of sincerity: ''A voice coach taught me to sing/He couldn't teach me to love.'' The warbling Malkmus could use more voice lessons, and the production is thinner than a supermodel, but Brighten proves there are still signs of life in this otherwise moribund genre. B

Posted Feb 21, 1997

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