Quick hit: David Lovering and Joey Santiago of the Pixies have formed a new band, called Everybody. Go to that website, give them your email and you get a free Christmas MP3 of a song called "Snow in Los Angeles." Your regularly scheduled Xmas Jams will continue as soon as I recover.-- Annie Zaleski
Sorta last-minute post here, but I forgot to mention that Target Market is holding a CD release show for its new album, Up On the Moon, tonight at Off Broadway. I had this to say; new MP3 after the jump. Consider the preconceived notions and past memories you might have about Target Market, and then forget them all. In the past year or so, the Edwardsville quartet has evolved into a formidable live act whose Pavement-esque askew tones, fuzz-coated riffs and taut rhythms compare with any national
Indie-rock slackers Pavement -- who, like the Pixies, arguably seem to be more popular now than when they were together -- are reuniting in 2010, according to blog Brooklynvegan. Pitchfork notes a September show at Central Park's Summerstage next year as the first confirmed date. (Vocalist Stephen Malkmus, as you'll remember, drew a pretty disappointing crowd to the Pageant last November.)I've never been a huge Pavement fan, although I own a bunch of albums and have been trying for years to get
