Guardian Music — World music, live music, jogging music … Chris Salmon on a bumper crop of online goodiesSince April 2006, Brooklyn-based music PR Brian Shimkovitz has been responsible for one of the net's most enjoyable MP3 blogs, Awesome Tapes from Africa (aw... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hello, this is Ticketmaster Customer Service with an important alert for your upcoming event. Bad Lieutenant, scheduled at Webster Hall on Saturday, November 21, 2009, at doors 7:00 pm, has been cancelled. Your credit card will automatically be credi... more info

411 Mania — Pixies offer up a new release, The Magnetic Fields offer up a new album, Yoko, Sean and Julian Lennon offer up an old release, Sufjan Stevens offers up a retraction, Tom Waits tweets, AC/DC fans fight back, Sublime legally break up, Aerosmith technic... more info

Live Daily — Credited with being core to the foundation of Alternative Rock as we know it, the Pixies [ tickets ] began kicking up the dust in their hometown of Boston in 1986. Fast forward to 2009, and bandmates Black Francis [ tickets ] (vocals, guitar) Joey... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — During the 2004 reunion of the Pixies I somehow managed to miss every one of their reunion shows. It's a major flaw in my concert going life and one that I hope to make up for in two weeks when the band will be playing 5-shows of Doolittle ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Tori Amos's holiday album, Midwinter Graces, is in stores tomorrow, as is the Pixies 17-disc Minotaur box set. Among the discs that have already been sent my way, I can definitely recommend Caroline Herring's Golden Apples of the Sun,... more info

Stereogum — The reunited Pixes kicked off their nine city US tour -- the one where they play Doolittle cover to cover -- in Los Angeles earlier this week. The band's celebrating a lot, from the 20th anniversary of that classic LP to the release of the physica... more info

Radio Exile — With their recent Doolittle 20th anniversary tour underway, now is as good a chance as any to check out The Pixies playing some of their finest material. The clip included here is part of a promotional appearance on The Tonight Show to talk about th... more info

Rolling Stone — • U2, Jay-Z Team Up at MTV Europe Awards • Rihanna Details Chris Brown Assault on GMA • Zemeckis Wants Beatles for Yellow Submarine • Weekend Rock List: New York City Songs • Jackson Doctor Speaks About Star’s Drug Use • Pixies Rock Doo... more info

Pop Candy — Check out Whitney's pop-culture links for Monday, Nov. 9. more info