NME — Frank Black and co get things off to a raucous start more info

Pop Candy — Check out Whitney's pop-culture links for Thursday, Nov. 4. They will shock and excite you. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Pixies frontman ponders life, success and his band's reunion as the group prepares a 'Doolittle'-themed trio of shows at the Hollywood Palladium. The man they called Black Francis ... more info

Rolling Stone — While TV on the Radio take a break between albums, the band’s guitarist-singer Kyp Malone has been keeping busy with his side project Rain Machine, whose debut came out in September. Rain Machine will be opening up for the Pixies on their Doolittle... more info

Live Daily — Despite his former band members quitting on him mid-tour last month, garage/punk rocker Jay Reatard [ tickets ] will return to the tour circuit later this month for a round of US club shows. Reatard, who just kicked off a 17-date European run yest... more info

Spinner.com — We'd bet dollars to doughnuts that you were unaware that today, November 3, is National Cliché Day. To celebrate the art of overusing things to death, we picked the Top 10 clichés that still permeate the music world. For some reason, these things a... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Pixies Recommended Los Angeles Shows November 2nd – November 8th Monday, November 2nd Ty Segall with Shonen Knife @ Echo The Happy Hollows @ Spaceland Tuesday, November 3rd Warpaint @ Spaceland Devo @ The Music Box at The Fonda Lucero @ E... more info

Live Daily — For Eddie Argos, easygoing, animated frontman of UK rock unit Art Brut [ tickets ], acquiring things to do isn't a problem--it's getting everything done that proves most difficult. Aside from singing and writing songs with Art Brut, Argos is a pai... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nada Surf @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Jack Groetzinger) There weren't a ton of shows going on in NYC last night (10/28), relatively speaking, but members/collaborators of most indie rock bands in existence were part of them. Ben Gibbard (Death... more info

411 Mania — Band coming back to the US for the first time in four years... more info