The Head Jick

Stephen Malkmus on the past & future: (Onion AV Club)

AVC: Everyone's trying to figure out what the new influence will be. Maybe Christmas music will be next.

SM: Christmas music, yep. Modern country. Country music has even been [turned indie]—Drive-By Truckers and these bands like that that I read about recently, they're part of it. It doesn't really matter, you know. They're just nervous and don't want the same influences as other people. They want to name-check different things.