Traditional Techniques LP fg_Catalog Number_889854607524 This Old Dog is rooted

This Old Dog is rooted more in a synth-base than any of his previous releases

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Album includes bonus 12" with etching by David Barnes and a digital download

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It was the first I was seeing a powerful woman performer on a stage

Traditional Techniques LP fg_Catalog Number_889854607524 This Old Dog is rootedMalkmus breaks out his 12 string acoustic guitar and touches on half a century of folk rock reference points on his new album. Of course, this is Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and those great records with the Jicks, so this might be rootsy but it's also fresh, unpredictable, infectious and imaginative: "ACC Kirtan," "Xian Man," "The Greatest Own in Legal History," "Cash Up" and more tracks made with Matt Sweeney, Spooner Oldham and the Decembrists'