Personal and the Pizzas

’Meltdown’ happens Sunday, May 24 and is brought to you by Burger Records, Goner and Slovenly, with appearances by Quintron, Jack Oblivian, The Zeros, Elephant Stone, Cosmonauts, White Mystery, Bloodshot Bill, Paul Collins, Personal & The Pizzas, and more.

After a somewhat disastrous fifth edition of Beach Goth that resulted in lawuits, The Growlers ditched the festival name and Santa Ana Observatory location, regrouped and started a new Halloween Weekend festival in Los Angeles...

The lineup this year is pretty great, with Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, X, Guitar Wolf, NRBQ, Shannon & The Clams, Nobunny, Quintron & Ms. Pussycat and more.

LA trio Cherry Glazerr may still be in high school but they're already making a name for themselves, having released their debut album, Haxel Princess, on notoriously party-friendly Burger Records earlier this year...

Death By Audio, who as of this morning were planning on opening tonight, have posted an update: "PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS HAVE CANCELLED, SHOW IS CANCELLED TONIGHT AND MOST LIKELY SUNDAY AS WELL, IM SORRY, AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO FUCK THE MTA...

UPDATE:. Saturday and Sunday are now CANCELLED. Death By Audio in Brooklyn is one of the last remaining venues with a show still scheduled for tonight (and even Sunday)...

DOWNLOAD: BNLX - Living in Exile (MP3) DOWNLOAD: BNLX - Vaporize (MP3) DOWNLOAD: BNLX - Dance Dance Dance (on the Radio) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Senator (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Tigers (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Male Bonding - "Bones" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Male Bonding - Tame the Sun (MP3) DOWNLOAD: David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights - Diamond Mine (MP3) I guess we'll start this week with Stephen Malkmus who is doing two in stores on Thursday: Academy Records in Williamsburg at 6pm and then Other Music at 9PM. His new al...

Personal and the Pizzas at Cake Shop in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Personal and the Pizzas are currently on a tour that includes two shows in the NYC area this week...

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words & Wednesday Twin Shadow @ Fader Fort A crowded backyard tent filled with cigarette smoke, free open-faced tacos (pork, chicken, brisket or veggie), a man carting a dolly of Lone Star cases through the crowd, and a pair of middle-aged guys picking a fight with each other on a Wednesday afternoon...