L.A. Times - Entertainment — Matador at 21, a thee-day celebration of the New York indie label's drinking-age birthday, descended on Vegas on Friday night. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Pop & Hiss contributor and Brand X blogger David Greenwald is in Las Vegas to take in the three-day anniversary party for New York's Matador Records. His middle-of-the-night dispatch from Night 1 is below. About an hour outside of Las... more info

NME — Could Matador birthday show be Stephen Malkmus' band's final gig? more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — For romantics of the rock 'n' roll squall, the Hollywood Bowl served up an evening of pummel and grace Thursday night. For romantics of the rock 'n' roll squall, the Hollywood Bowl served up an evening of pummel and grace Thursday night. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Early in Sonic Youth’s set, Kim Gordon, dressed in bronze lamé that looked like it had been dragged through a dirty New York alley, pushed her bass guitar around on the ground and then stood in front of a pile... more info

L.A. Times - News — Early in Sonic Youth's set, Kim Gordon, dressed in bronze lamé that looked like it had been dragged through a dirty New York alley, pushed her bass guitar around on the ground and then stood in front of a pile of black amps on stage. She appeared to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Graeme Flagenheimer, words by Nick Dierl No Age kicked off the night's festivities at the Hollywood Bowl Thursday night (9/30); playing in front of a hometown crowd with the confidence and humility that has gained Dean Spunt and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman Pavement @ Summerstage Friday After six nights in gotham that included one show in a bonafide downpour, two TV appearances (Colbert and Fallon), and thousands of tickets sold to five live shows, Pavement moved on to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield While Pavement was waving goodbye across town, Ra Ra Riot played Music Hall of Williamsburg with Anamanaguchi on 9/24. It was RRR's fourth and final show of their residency across two venues (Bowery pics from night... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Record interviews Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua about Pavement's five NYC reunion shows. The Guardian interviews Jonathan Franzen about his new novel, Freedom. "The categories by which we value fiction are skewed male, and this creates a very destr... more info