Stereogum — When Pavement first announced their reunion we told you that Matador noted a "details-to-be-determined compilation album planned for release sometime in 2010." Well, as the guys continue adding dates to said reunion tour, they're also offering up ... more info

NME — Band considering compilation featuring radio sessions more info

Undercover, Australia — Pavement and Dinosaur Jr will head the international line-up at the Golden Plains festival in March 2010. 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

411 Mania — Grizzly Bear and St. Vincent live, Pavement news (again), Cymbals Eat Guitars and Girls have lineup changes, a new album from Retribution Gospel Choir and The Antlers go to Daytrotter. more info

Rawkblog — Live: Rose Melberg — my hero, Rose Melberg (left; photo by David Greenwald) — played two rare, intimate shows in Los Angeles. News: It was a real Vampire Weekend as the band hit Los Angeles for Halloween; release dates for long-awaited albums fro... more info

Guardian Music — War, climate change, humanitarian work: why "musical differences" just don't cut it any moreAs a species, humanity could take war. And financial collapse. We could even take climate change. But then last week the Rakes announced that they were splitt... more info

Rawkblog — In an interview with Consequence of Sound today, Pavement guitarist Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg (whose new solo album is a jam, by the way) confirms that the reformed band is negotiating for a U.S. festival appearance at “a place in the dese... more info

Allmusic Blog — In the late 90s, someone at Matador must have become tired of guitars or grown bored with indie rock because all of a sudden the label began releasing all kinds of really great electronic music. In retrospect it’s even crazier that the label releas... more info

NME — Stephen Malkmus and co to head up Primavera Sound more info