Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are a rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus (vocals, guitar)(ex-lead of the influential alt-rock band Pavement), Joanna Bolme (bass, vocals), Mike Clark (keyboards) and Janet Weiss (formerly of Sleater-Kinney) (drums).
Though originally conceived as a band simply called "The Jicks", Matador records pushed to have Malkmus put his name forth on the albums to be more recognizable to the post-pavement audience. This held true for his first album with the band, although simply titled, "Stephen Malkmus" the original title should have been, "Swedish Reggae", as of this writing, the Jicks have 4 albums out and rumor mill has it a fifth is in the works despite the recent reunion of Pavement, alas, we shall see.