Pavement on Austin City Limits 'Cut Your Hair'

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About the Episode
Legendary alternative rock pioneers Pavement deliver modern rock highlights in a career-spanning hour. The veteran California band marks their thirtieth anniversary with a rare television performance.

About Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits (ACL) offers viewers unparalleled access to featured acts in an intimate setting that provides a platform for artists to deliver inspired, memorable, full-length performances. Now in its 48th Season, the program is taped live before a concert audience from The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. Austin City Limits is the longest-running music series in television history and remains the only TV series to ever be awarded the National Medal of Arts. Since its inception, the groundbreaking music series has become an institution that’s helped secure Austin’s reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World. The historic KLRU Studio 6A, home to 36 years of ACL concerts, has been designated an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark. In 2011, ACL moved to the new venue ACL Live at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. ACL received a rare institutional Peabody Award for excellence and outstanding achievement in 2012.

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[frempy]

I'm loving this Pavement resurgence

[gordongillespie]

one of the only band's i've seen sound this good after taking a multi-decade hiatus

[elbowache]

I'm choosing to believe that these guys were never famous in the 90's and instead became a moderately famous group of middle aged people scoring generationally transcendent hits in the 2020's.

[thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

One of the best thing about the 90's was Pavement. That black Strat with the tortoiseshell pickguard is iconic!

[randygarcia]

I was at this show. Luckily scored tickets by winning the email raffle. It was one of the best performances I've been to. Everyone in the audience was having such a good time and singing along. Pavement, what a band.

[sarusaru-ko]

Send me back to the 90's please, when everybody was young.

[lupowins]

Saw them in 1994 at the HFStival in DC, so good to see live, That performance was my introduction to them. What a great day of music.

[samuelrowark]

This performance is absolutely hilarious. Wholesome as fuck. Love it.

[dcap]

Malkmus is starting to look like he should be hosting a Mr. Rogers style kids show (and I mean that in the best possible way).

[mr.patrickaloysiusbartholo]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Just a fucking superb run of shows. Saw’em twice this summer and they were all so locked in and outstanding.

[iansmith]

Saw them at the usher hall in Edinburgh recently & they ruled. Malkmus didn’t talk much but spiral & the Nast kept the crowd going. Amazing show 👍🏻

[FredtheSTARWARSfan]

0:39 Bob was really feeling it on that line.

[chadarra]

Great hour of television,
saw them in 1999 at Bogarts in Cincinnati. Best band i've ever seen live.

[germasaurus]

I remember when I was in high school in 2000 watching Space Ghost and being introduced to Pavement 😅

[HairballPictures]

ibold looks sick no friction transition from generations x to z, pavement 4 ever man

[julesotis]

thanks grew up with Pavement went to Uva a yea rbehind them saw em live contless times their music meant the world to me in the 90s....this ACL show was 9 brazilion trillion godzillion times more awesome thank i coudl ever have expected leave it to you awesome ACL cats thanks!

[Dandyalessio]

I listened to you so much guys when I was 20, I don't know if new generation know what you represented. Big nostalgy.

[binxboi]

Props to Spiral Stairs for embracing the baldness.

[felipeandre_]

Love you, Bob, you are the best <3

[CarlWalkerDrums]

I've hummed this song every day for the past 30 years. 🎵