Matador lineup announced: GBV, Pavement, Sonic Youth and more

Michael Mishak

Pavement performs at Coachella 2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 | 1:45 p.m.

Let the guesswork end ... well, most of it. Matador Records has revealed the majority of the lineup for its three-day 21st birthday bash — scheduled for October 1-3 in Las Vegas at the Pearl — and it looks pretty ridiculous from here. As we reported earlier, Pavement and Sonic Youth will be there. So will the hotly rumored Belle & Sebastian.

The fourth headliner? A reunited Guided By Voices, which played its last show on December 31, 2004. Better yet? The Matador poster promises GBV will bring back its "classic lineup," the 1993-1996 version behind indie-rock album pillars Bee Thousand and Alien Lanesfeaturing guitarists Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell and, of course, frontman Robert Pollard.

Also on the bill: Spoon, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The New Pornographers, Superchunk, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Guitar Wolf, Chavez, Girls, Harlem, Cold Cave, Shearwater, Kurt Vile and Jeffrey Joe Jensen. In case that's not enough, more artists are promised for a subsequent July 5 announcement.

Ticket particulars are also promised for July 5.

— Originally published on LasVegasWeekly.com

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