Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Hanukkah * Soulfarm, Pharaoh's Daughter @ 92YTribeca * Gene Ween, Old Rugged Sauce @ Knitting Factory * Tournament, Pilgrim, Bad Dream, Loon @ The Acheron * Yo La Tengo & The Parting Gifts & ??? @... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Seven remaining mystery Yo La Tengo mixtape makers take note. According to eHow, if you want to "Make A Sad Bastard Mix Tape" you should,"Program a few (relatively) uptempo songs into the mix. This might sound counterintuitive, but you... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Syl Johnson @ MHOW in 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) Anonymous 1:57 AM left a potentially true tip that "SJ" are opening for Yo La Tengo at Maxwell's on Saturday. 2:30 quickly followed with a guuess that SJ could in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Doug playing w/ Yo La Tengo, Hanukkah 2008 (more by Natasha Ryan) Non-classic Guided By Voices member Doug Gillard will open for the classic lineup of Guided By Voices at Irving Plaza on New Years Eve. The show is sold... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the 12/1 sign (pic by J_Greenblatt) Thurston Moore made the mix tape. Anyone have the setlist? One down, seven more nights of Chanukah at Maxwell's to go (note: Ted Leo actually also has December 5th off - one night before... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — It’s the first of December. In addition to it being the first day in the last month of the year, it’s also when I allow myself to begin with the month-long Christmas song onslaught. For fans, Yo La Tengo’s annual run of Hanukkah shows in Hoboke... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell's (Hanukkan 2008) (more by Natasha Ryan) Thanksgiving is not even a week past, but Hanukkah is already here and that means eight Yo La Tengo shows at Maxwell's in Hoboken. One for each night, they... more info

Totally Fuzzy — zerode said... Song of the Day: Alice Clark, "I Keep It Hid" from her 1973 self-titled debut album with a discussion of the wondrous world of music blogs, and links to more info and to the album for purchase or download Jonatha Brooke, "The Works" (2... more info

NME — Canadian group will spin a wheel of fate at the start of each show more info

Totally Fuzzy — FourSteps said... I hate Xmas. Maybe you don't. For the month of November, I'm going to unload all of my xmas crap onto you (in addition to some of the regular junk). According to the rules of big American retailers, the Christmas season now begins ... more info