NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Pavement on 8 November 2022. Pavement has been played over 70 times on NTS, first on 2 May 2013. Pavement's music has been featured on 73 episodes.

Pavement is an American indie rock band that formed in Stockton, CA, in 1989. For most of the period to 1999, the band consisted of Stephen Malkmus (vocals, guitar), Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg (guitar, vocals), Mark Ibold (bass), Steve West (drums) and Bob Nastanovich (percussion, vocals). During that period, and since, they have frequently been described as one of the most influential bands to emerge from the American underground…