411 Mania — Plus, opening date for the Pixies and a chance for your band to open for Mew... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-04 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium ^ 11-05 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium % 11-06 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium * 11-08 Oakland, CA - Fox Oakland Theater * 11-09 Oakland, CA - Fox Oakland Theater ^ 11-10 Oakland, CA - Fox Oakl... more info

Live Daily — Danish alt-rockers Mew [ tickets ] head back to the US and Canada later this year for a lineup of mostly headlining dates in support of the band's first studio album in more then three years. The trek kicks off Nov. 1 in Philadelphia, followed by ... more info

Guardian Music — The ultimate in rock nostalgia - why bands are now gigging their old albumsRock nostalgists are having a heady time of it. It is now possible to go to three gigs a week without hearing anything new, thanks to the number of bands playing "classic alb... more info

Altsounds — *Mean Creek's* new release,The Sky (Or The Underground), is a valiant, dynamic effort to resurrect Boston's relevance back to a time when bands like the Pixies, Throwing Muses, the Lemonheads, and Buffalo Tom reigned supreme. Founded in May 2006 by s... more info

Rock Sellout —   I don't think there is a single person that writes for this website that is not a fan of Mew. It's not that where biased, well maybe a little, but little can said to put this band down. Their recent release No More Stories... has to be regarded as... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bernard Sumner told Rolling Stone that his band Bad Lieutentant would be opening for the Pixies at Hammerrstein Ballroom this year. That is true, but they're only opening the first one. Those with tickets to that sold out November... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Pixies, Chickenfoot • Taylor Swift Announces New Fearless Dates • Clip of Nirvana at ‘92 Reading Hits the Web • Brock Talks New Modest Mouse Video • Manic Street Preachers Return to NYC • Brian Wilson to Complete Gershwin... more info

Rolling Stone — Pixies will turn their European Doolittle live shows into a limited run of 1,000 CDs and 500 USB wristbands available 10 minutes after each show ends at the venue or online at at Pixies Live. The USBs also include five videos produced for the tour. C... more info

Pop Candy — Check out Whitney's list of pop-culture links for Friday, Oct. 9. more info