Michael Mishak
Thursday, April 22, 2010 | 10:06 a.m.
Pavement to play Las Vegas? Strange as it sounds, it's happening — and that's not all. Iconic indie label Matador Records will celebrate its 21st anniversary with a three-day, band-filled bash in our very town, October 1-3, as teased with this image from Matador's official site.
Though further details haven't been officially revealed — apart from the event's name, The Lost Weekend, and its promoters, Goldenvoice (the folks behind Coachella) and LA's FYF Fest — we've dug up two big pieces of the puzzle.
First, the host venue appears to be the Pearl at the Palms, according to a source with inside knowledge. And, yes, Pavement is set to headline, a figure close to the band has confirmed; the just-reunited '90s alt-luminaries play LA's Hollywood Bowl on Thursday, September 30, and will perform in Vegas that weekend. Take it from someone who caught Pavement's first U.S. show in 11 years last Thursday in Pomona, California, when the quintet slammed out 30 (!) songs in two hours, you want to see these guys before they vanish again.
Pavement's 'Shady Lane'
Oh, also on that Hollywood Bowl bill? The legendary Sonic Youth, whose latest album, 2009's The Eternal, was released by, ahem, Matador Records. Hmm...
If a 21st anniversary sounds less than colossal, consider that Matador last celebrated for its 10th, way back in 1999 (we're guessing the label skipped No. 20 to wait for Pavement at 21). Speaking of that 10th anniversary fest, held at New York's Irving Plaza over three days, the 17 acts on the bill were: Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, Mogwai, Cornelius, Chavez, Mary Timony, Bardo Pond, Guitar Wolf, Lynnfield Pioneers, Come, Solex, Red Snapper, Arsonists, Non Phixion, Jega and Khan, with David Cross emceeing. Here's hoping we might hear Chan Marshall's delicate vocals or Mogwai's rib-rocking sonic assault inside the pristine-sounding Pearl.
While we're wish-listing, how about a Guided By Voices classic-lineup reunion, Liz Phair doing all of Exile in Guyville or some Mission of Burma destruction? Maybe a Boards of Canada pop-in? Hey, no one can stop us from dreaming, right?
A check on Matador's current — and former — stable ...
Active:
A.C. Newman
Belle and Sebastian
Brightback Morning Light
The Cave Singers
Condo Fucks
Dead Meadow
Fucked Up
Girls
God Help the Girl
Harlem
Jay Reatard (well, still listed as "active" on the site, though he died in January)
Jennifer O'Connor
Julian Plenti
Kurt Vile
Matmos
Mission of Burma
Mogwai
The New Pornographers
Pavement
The Ponys
Shearwater
Sonic Youth
Spiral Stairs
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Times New Viking
Yo La Tengo live
Yo La Tengo
Alumni:
2 Foot Flame
Aerogramme
Arab Strap
Arsonists
Bailter Space
Bardo Pond
MC Paul Barman
Bassholes
Bettie Serveert
The Bionaut
Boards of Canada
Bunnybrains
Joerg Burger
Burger/ink
Neko Case
Chain Gang
Chavez
Circle X
Come
Console
Cornelius
Couch
Dälek
Demolition Doll Rods
Dizzee Rascal
The Double
Grame Downes
D-Stroy
Earles & Jensen Present
Early Man
Mark Eitzel
The Fall
The For Carnation
The Frogs
Fuck
The Fucking Champs
Guided By Voices
Guitar Wolf
Helium
Richard Hell
Interpol
Jaguar Love
Jega
Tommy Keene
Khan
Lavender Diamond
Lesser
Large Professor
Laura Cantrell
Liquor Giants
Live Human
Lou Reed
Love of Diagrams
Lynnfield Pioneers
Mecca Normal
Mr. Len
The Modernist
Mount Florida
Nightmares on Wax
Non Phixion
Liz Phair
Pizzicato Five
Plone
Pole
Preston School of Industry
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Prosaics
Quickspace
Railroad Jerk
Red Snapper
Sad Rockets
The Schramms
Seachange
Sensational
Silkworm
The Soft Boys
Solex
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Spoon
Sportsguitar
Tobin Sprout
Superchunk
Techno Animal
Jimi Tenor
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Mary Timony
Toiling Midgets
Two Lone Swordsmen
Unsane
M. Ward
White Hassle
The Wisdom of Harry
Thalia Zedek
Something tells us this is gonna be fun. Details to follow as soon as we get 'em.
The Pearl is the Palms premier concert venue, hosting some of the most legendary and popular names in entertainment.
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