Stereogum has a very interesting post up today, which essentially is a link to a bootleg of a Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks performance at The Siren Festival from July 19th.

This is interesting because not only is a pretty official website posting a bootleg, but during the performance the band played a new song, not yet released titled “Astral Facial”.

Also of note is the picture above from the post, where it appears that Stephen Malkmus is playing a Japanese Fender Stratocaster, the kind I am always looking for because of the smaller neck radius.

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Today would’ve been Kurt Cobain’s 41st birthday…hard to believe. I remember being in 5th grade, in 1992 and hearing/seeing Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video on MTV and being totally effected by it. I got the Nevermind album shortly thereafter, and still love it to this day. I think a lot of people remember when they first heard that song, as well as when they heard about his death as well. Kurt Cobain and Nirvana was what basically got me wanting to play guitar in general so I wanted to post here about it.

Also, I haven’t had a chance yet to go back and play that 70’s Stratocaster at Guitar Centers Vintage room, but I will definitely get around to it sometime this week. I also want to play some vintage Jaguars and Les Pauls just for fun. I can’t afford all of them so I might as well…

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So I’ve been playing the Mustang a lot recently and it sounds and feels great. I’m really glad I decided to get the guitar for my girlfriend, she’s also played it and loves it. Clean-tone is killer as is the distorted tone. So I’m still thinking about getting that 1970’s Fender Stratocaster I saw at Guitar Center Hollywood, in the vintage room, but I’m still riding the fence…$1600 is a lot of money to spend. I think I might go back and play it for a while and then determine whether or not to buy it. I haven’t even heard it amplified yet.

I’m trying to look up stuff about 1970’s Strats just to learn more, if anyone can offer any knowledge (regarding best year, general facts/info, etc…) please comment.