Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Rachel Carr The sold-out event, concisely named "No Cancer!" hoped to raise money for Irene Garcia, the mother of a prominent L.A. scenester who was recently diagnosed with what an event volunteer would only call "an extremely rare... more info

411 Mania — DFA and Def Jux face changes, Jay Reatard's cause of death revealed, a Keith Richards movie, Men At Work face some legal trouble, new music from Le Tigre (kind of), Jamie Lidell and Abe Vigoda, along with the debut of the world famous Evelyn Evelyn, ... more info

Pop Crunch — Hollywood vets Abe Vigoda and Betty White score gold with a side-splitting Super Bowl Sunday ad spot for candy brand Snickers! Way to put an end to all those death rumors Abe! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Abe Vigoda @ The Smell in October (more by Rachel Carr) If you happen to be in L.A. on Saturday, February 7th, "No Cancer: A benefit for our Friend's Mom" will be happening at a "secret" location (e-mail for info,... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — LA's finest jerk punks Abe Vigoda have posted a demo of their new song 'Crush' up on their Myspace. On first listen it sounds more direct than previous work, heads down and going for it. Great vocals too. Will add more details about an album etc when... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Dan Monick Abe Vigoda, spastic buddies of No Age and fellow L.A. Smell alums, posted a demo for new song "Crush" on their MySpace. It's four minutes of machine-gun drumming and wild guitars and it bodes well for their next full-length, expec... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Heavy Trash @ Mercury Lounge in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the show National / Beach House show coming to Prospect Park. Tickets may still be available for the 1.5 month sooner Radio... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Rachel Carr After ten years collecting sweat, The Smell's fundraiser for an A/C unit, last Wednesday night (11/11), brought out excited supporters, but also protestors who enjoy asphyxiating. Neither party could resist Health, Abe Vigoda, M... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — LA's Abe Vigoda are visiting New York this weekend. You can catch them at Death By Audio in Brooklyn with Extra Life on Friday, November 6th. It's one day before they head upstate to play a show with Ponytail... more info

Stereogum — Skeletons are to indie rock videos in '09 what bootie girls are to hip-hop clips forever. I have no idea what this means (eat a sandwich?), but it's a motif we've seen in one form or another via Fever Ray, Mi And L'Au, Pictureplane, Pains Of Being... more info