Guided By Voices Reuniting for Matador Records’ 21st Birthday Festival

Matador Records was one of the most important independent record labels in the 1990s (even when they signed a deal with Atlantic that made them a quasi-major or at least part of the major label monster) and has continued to be an important label to this day. In celebration of their 21st birthday they are throwing a weekend festival that will include a reunited Guided By Voices.

From the story –

Twenty-first birthday bashes are a big deal for everyone, including record labels, which is exactly why Matador Records are throwing a huge bash in Las Vegas. Scheduled to run the weekend of Oct. 1-3 at the Palms Casino and Resort, the concert party's lineup features a who's who from the Matador roster, including Guided by Voices, who'll play their first live show since disbanding at the end of 2004. We can only imagine Robert Pollard's first show back with the proper gang will produce a marathon set that could span the entire weekend.

Also poached from the classic 1993-96 Matador era is reunited Pavement, Sonic Youth, Liz Phair, Superchunk and Belle and Sebastian. Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Spoon round out the late-'90s era Matador roster, with Spoon having only released one album on the label, their 1996 debut 'Telephono.'

More acts are expected to be announced in the next few days, but in addition to the above heavy hitters, recent Matador acts signings such as Girls, F---ed Up, Kurt Vile, Shearwater and Ted Leo will be making appearances, as will everyone's favorite indie-pop supergroup, the New Pornographers.

Oh how I wish I could get to Vegas for this gig.