NME — Acts to help record label celebrate birthday in Las Vegas more info

DrownedInSound — The 'classic' Guided By Voices line-up will reform to play a show at record label Matadaor's 21st birthday party in Las Vegas later in the year. Matador comes of age in October and, along with the GBV reunion, there will also be performances from Bel... more info

ContactMusic — The most famous line-up of cult indie rockers GUIDED BY VOICES is to reunite to celebrate Matador Records' 21st anniversary.The Ohio group, fronted by Robert Pollard,... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — When well-known indies Sub Pop, Merge and Touch & Go threw anniversary parties, the labels did so in their hometowns. New York's famed Matador Records, however, is going the twentysomething bachelor party route, celebrating is 21st anniversary with a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Matador's 21st birthday fest will be happening in Las Vegas October 1st-3rd. For it, they've pulled the cream of the indie-rock crop. Previously speculated headliners Belle & Sebastian and Pavement will be there - on top of that, Guided... more info

Stereogum — Jesus Lizard put on great shows in the ’90s. Just as intense, albeit in a different way, were Guided By Voices’ acrobatic karate-kicking, beer-swilling collagist epics. It’s unclear if Robert Pollard & Co. will have as much energy in 2010 (he w... more info

Pitchfork — UPDATE: Matador has announced the initial lineup for their 21st birthday party. In addition to the reunited GBV ("the Classic '93 - '96 lineup), it also features Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, the Jon Spencer... more info

The CatBirdSeat — MP3: Apollo Ghosts – “Coka-Cola Admen” From their latest, the Polaris Prize-nominated Mount Benson. The band is kicking off a tour any day now– and hey NYC: they’ll be at Bruar Falls on 7/28, with the excellent Big Troubles, the excellent ... more info

Stereogum — The next installment in the contemporary artists covering classic songs series that brought us Pallett doing Pollard on “Game Of Pricks” — which by the way, was later Rainn Wilson-approved (“Thank you internet. Here’s a dude covering Guided... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Ryan Pfluger The A.V. Club's web series "Undercover" features bands covering classic songs, all of them selected from a list at the A.V. Club folks drew up. In the newest installment, Owen Pallett takes on the Guided by Voices power-pop an... more info