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

Guardian Music — These West Palm Beach indie rockers surf the zeitgeist (if not the waves) with their percussive lo-fi medley soundHometown: West Palm Beach, Florida.The lineup: John Paul Pitts (vocals, guitar), Tyler Schwarz (drums), Thomas Fekete (guitar), Marcos M... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: The Slits, The Sundelles, + Sisters @ Highline Ballroom 7pm $15 [tix]Amid all the hoopla surrounding the reunions of bands like Pavement, My Bloody Valentine, Pixies, The Vaselines, Mission of Burma, etc., etc., some of reunions have been los... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Nic Shonfeld All that the Brakes from Brighton need is an appreciative audience capable of handling a full frontal attack of fast garage rock, with a few country songs thrown in as a breather (including the Johnny Cash classic Jackson). Rock ... more info

Stereogum — Well, this had to have been the the best thing to attend on so many levels. Background: Jennifer Bertrand, a friend of Frank Black's wife Violet Clark, has a son named Winston, a ten-month old born with "two rare and complex malformations called l... more info

Guardian Music — Like the Kylie and Jason of extreme noise terror, this boy-girl duo combine poppiness with total sensory overloadHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Alexis Krauss (vocals) and Derek Miller (guitar, production).The background: Sleigh Bells were one of the ... more info

5 Acts — Tomorrow night Mew is opening up for Pixies at DAR Constitution Hall. This is night #2 for Pixies here in DC and tonight's show was SOLD OUT, so better get your tickets fast if you don't have them already.Mew on MySpaceMew on The Hype Machine more info

411 Mania — Check out a song that didn't make the broadcast... more info