Matador goes to Vegas

BE THERE OR BEE THOUSAND: N.Y.-based Matador Records will celebrating its 21st anniversary with a three-day weekend in Vegas, Pop & Hiss reports. The event, scheduled for Oct. 1-3 at the Palms Casino & Resort, will feature the reunited Pavement and the soon-to-be-reunited Guided by Voices. Also confirmed are Spoon, who are signed with the label outside the U.S., Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the New Pornographers, Superchunk, Girls, Cold Cave and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, among the more than 20 acts total. Matador's bash is being thrown in conjunction with L.A. promoter FYF Fest. (6/30a)