By traditional metrics, Pavement never hit it all that big. They never sold out arenas, never bagged a Grammy, and didn't get a gold record until "Harness Your Hopes" took off. They were ...

Movies about musicians love to hit the same melodramatic beats about fame and genius. Important but not quite famous, the '90s indie band Pavement... About halfway through Alex Ross Perry's film ...

There are, of course, real individuals behind the construct of the music star, people who become synonymous with their celebrity projections though they are not one and the same. And these people are, ...