Brooklyn Vegan — words and photos by Chris Gersbeck Last night was night six, and Yo La Tengo played their fifth night of Hanukkah shows on Sunday (12/5), with their eight night stay at Maxwell's quickly coming to an end. I can only... more info

melophobe — This weekend was one of pleasant surprises, what with Michael Cera popping up with Mister Heavenly, Jeff Mangum emerging from hermitage to play a secret show and now there’s motion picture proof that Jeff Tweedy from Wilco performed with Yo La Teng... more info

Stereogum — Yo La Tengo kicked off their week of Hanukkah shows on December 1. M. Ward, Mission Of Burma, and the Parting Gives have already stopped by the Maxwell’s shows. And on the third night Jeff Tweedy stopped by for an acoustic set of Wilco, Uncle Tupel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As rumored, Mission of Burma stopped by Maxwell's this Hanukkah to be one of Yo La Tengo's eight openers. A full review and set of pictures from last night's show is coming soon, but meanwhile let's figure out what... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mission of Burma at FFF 2009 (more here) Almost exactly one year after they last played NYC (on 1/29/10 and 1/30/10), Mission of Burma will return to play shows at Maxwell's on January 28th and The Bell House on January... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-01 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *09-02 Buffalo, NY - Ninth Ward *09-06 Boston, MA - Middle East *^09-07 Brooklyn, NY - Bell House *09-08 Pittsburgh, PA - Smiling Moose *09-09 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot * * with Helen Money ^ with Mission of Burm... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Las Vegas Weekly: As far as additions to the lineup ... Matador's Gerard Cosloy: We will be announcing, I would say at a minimum, three more bands. I would say they are not necessarily going to be the biggest bands... more info

Totally Fuzzy — YoungMossTongue said... SKEPTICS - Ponds (re-up) WIRE - The Ideal Copy RAPIDSHARE - Total Wankers THE DRONES - Havilah SILVERFISH - Organ Fan KING CRIMSON - Larks' Tongues in Aspic GRAVEL - Break-A-Bone VARIOUS - Northwest Killers, Vol. 2: Shout! 196... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — (left: Monotonix attempting to play all five Prima stages in the course of one set, photo Liz Berg) WFMU's second year at the phenomenally-booked Primavera Sound starts up today (Friday) at 12 noon running live until 11PM and continues Saturday..... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — ***PRIMAVERA SOUND IN BARCELONA, SPAIN*** WFMU is at the festival for another year, and will be pre-empting regular programming on Saturday and Sunday for live sets in their entirety. Lineup includes performances by Wire, the Fall, Pavement, Mission ... more info