VH1 News — Collaborators and admirers including the Pixies and Beck paid tribute to musician Jay Reatard, who died Wednesday at age 29. more info

NME — Singer puts musical tribute on his website while Pixies offer condolences more info

NME — Pixies, Pavement and Wilco also set to play more info

I Guess I'm Floating — While we're busy making our lists and checking 'em twice, a friend of mine sent me a recent remix of The Pixies smash "Where Is My Mind?" released by Bassnectar. This same friend told me about Bassnectar, the DJ project of Lorin Ashton, many years a... more info

Perfect Porridge — To promote the release of the new Pixies Minotaur boxed sets, the band has launched a 33 minute video that includes live footage, interviews, and behind the scenes clips. More information here. more info

Rollo & Grady — Pixies – Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix) The XX – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) Evolve – Bushwhacked Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Rolling Stone — Muse, “Knights of Cydonia” [The Integrals Remix] The integrals bring out the disco at the center of Muse’s soaring art rock, turning “Knights” into a bleak and gritty electro stomper. Radiohead, “Videotape” [Xaphoon's Dubstep Remix] The... more info

Culture Bully — Video highlighting the release of Pixies' "Minotaur" retrospective. more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Wired has their pop up store again for the holidays at 415 W. 13th St. BMF is hosting a FREE show there tonight from 7-10 pm with Cymbals Eat Guitars, Black Gold (fresh off some opening dates for The Pixies’ Doolittle tour), and DJ Jesse Marco. The... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Now, don't tell everyone this, because a girl's got a rep to keep up, but I actually used to work at Record Collector magazine. I was, in fact, the first person in possession of a uterus to help fashion their venerable and justly venerated tome. I ... more info