Surfer Blood covered the Pixies as part of AV Club’s Undercover, the series that recently married the Mountain Goats and Jawbreaker. The Floridians went for “Gigantic” from the 1988 classic Surfer (Blood) Rosa. Keeping with that ’80s-underground vibe, the band’s friend, Girls At Dawn drummer Sarah Baldwi...

Representing different, but intertwining sections of my life/record collection, Mountain Goats and Jawbreaker cassettes got a lot of wear in my teenage boombox. They’ve come together magically via AV Club’s Undercover series. Makes perfect sense. Darnielle & Co. tackle “Boxcar” from 1994&#8242...

When we announced Blake Scharzenbach and Aaron Cometbus' Thorns Of Life, a few days ago, commenters brought up another recent '90s resurfacing: I wouldn't put the Get Up Kids in the same league as Jawbreaker (sorry), but the guys did just play a reunion show at the Record Bar Kansas City in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Something To Wri...

Bigwig has posted their cover of Jawbreaker's "Ashtray Monument.". You can find the song streaming on the band's MySpace page; the song originally appeared on the tribute compilation to the band, Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault.