Pixies Release Free Live EP

In the spirit of the digital age, Pixies have released a free EP featuring four songs -- "Dancing the Manta Ray," "Monkey Gone To Heaven," "Crackity Jones," "Gouge Away" -- from the 10/16 Paris gig, the last of the European... CONTINUE READING PIXIES RELEASE FREE LIVE EP»

Posted on November 6, 2009 in MP3 (2 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | CMJ | Pixies

Pixies/No Age @ Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles 11/4/09

When Kim Deal's not singing through a distorted mic with sister Kelley in an elaborate Mayan World Series in Brooklyn, she's back in the fold with the reunited Pixies. The group hit the Palladium in Los Angeles (for the first... CONTINUE READING PIXIES/NO AGE @ HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM, LOS ANGELES 11/4/09»

Posted on November 5, 2009 in Contest, Photo (4 comments)
Tags: Frank Black | Kim Deal | No Age | Pixies

Julian Plenti @ Guggenheim Museum, NYC 9/25/09

Paul Banks has been having plenti of fun masquerading around under the name Julian, releasing a debut LP at just around the same time (again) as that other smart-dressing NYC contemporary with the same first name. For his part InterPaul's... CONTINUE READING JULIAN PLENTI @ GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NYC 9/25/09»

Black Francis Covers Love & Rockets

Looking at the darker, gothier fare popping up via such current buzzed bands as Dum Dum Girls, Blank Dogs, and Crocodiles and groups like A Place To Bury Strangers, etc., it's fitting the glammy, briefly reunited post-Bauhaus trio Love &... CONTINUE READING BLACK FRANCIS COVERS LOVE & ROCKETS»

Posted on July 22, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Black Francis | Frank Black | Kings Of Convenience | Love And Rockets | Pixies

The 'Gum Drop XCIII: Hear New Foreign Born, Win Pixies' Minotaur Box Set

Los Angeles quartet Foreign Born release sophomore LP Person To Person 6/23 via Secretly Canadian. The shuffling "Wander Aimlessly" doesn't appear on it, but it did debut in this week's Drop. We asked vocalist Matt Popieluch about it and found... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP XCIII: HEAR NEW FOREIGN BORN, WIN PIXIES' MINOTAUR BOX SET»

Posted on June 17, 2009 in Giveaway, MP3 (1 comments)
Tags: Foreign Born | Pixies

Pixies Reunite Again, Release $500 Box Set With Penis Graffiti

As previously reported, Pixies are releasing a deluxe, well packaged Vaughan Oliver-curated box set of their complete studio output. It was organized by A+R/Artists In Residence the design studio that also did the Ghosts I-IV deluxe editions. The caveat we... CONTINUE READING PIXIES REUNITE AGAIN, RELEASE $500 BOX SET WITH PENIS GRAFFITI»

Posted on June 15, 2009 in Video (37 comments)
Tags: Pixies

Frank Black Performs With Portland School Of Rock

Yesterday we posted a clip of Kim Deal doing the Amps' "Bragging Party" with her sister and Deerhunter. Her fellow Pixie Frank Black's collaborators on "Where Is My Mind" are much younger than Cox & Co., but the Portland School... CONTINUE READING FRANK BLACK PERFORMS WITH PORTLAND SCHOOL OF ROCK»

Posted on May 20, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Frank Black | Pixies

Pixies Announce Minotaur Deluxe Box Set

It's hard to say for sure, but this link at www.ainr.com does look like evidence that something, namely a new record called Minotaur, is afoot. The page specifies that pre-order is 6/15. (A+R/Artists In Residence is a design studio, who... CONTINUE READING PIXIES ANNOUNCE MINOTAUR DELUXE BOX SET»

Posted on April 21, 2009 (10 comments)
Tags: Pixies | The Breeders

Stream The Rentals' The Story Of A Thousand Seasons Past

Jessica unearthed plenty of info about the Rentals' year-long multi-media project Songs About Time in her Progress Report: Stream the Joey Santiago-guesting mini album number one The Story Of A Thousand Seasons Past at www.therentals.com.... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE RENTALS' THE STORY OF A THOUSAND SEASONS PAST»

Posted on April 8, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Pixies | The Rentals

OldStand: SPIN, November, 1990

Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. For the cover story, Bob Guccione Jr. himself gets in the ring with... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: SPIN, NOVEMBER, 1990»

Posted on June 23, 2008 in OldStand (9 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Bon Jovi | Iggy Pop | Judas Priest | Pixies

Blender's 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever

In the December issue of Blender, the magazine's editors have compiled what they see as the "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever," opening with this little graph:Mumbled lyrics, couldn't-care-less strumming, white dudes in sweaters--what's not to love about indie rock?... CONTINUE READING BLENDER'S 100 GREATEST INDIE-ROCK ALBUMS EVER»

New Mogwai - "Gouge Away" (Stereogum Premiere)

We feel compelled to make some sort of Mogwai and Pixies joke -- you know, Gremlins versus those cute winged things (and Bob Geldof's daughter) -- but the Scottish noise-gazers do such a overloaded, gouging take on "Gouge Away," we'll... CONTINUE READING NEW MOGWAI - "GOUGE AWAY" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on November 14, 2007 in MP3, Video (16 comments)
Tags: Mogwai | Pixies

New Old Pixies Video - "Tame"

Black Francis's Bluefinger LP -- a collection of Herman Brood referencing tunes, of course -- is out in the US next week. Kanye, Fifty, get ready! But it's a recently excavated A/V treat from Pixies that's abuzz today. The Doolittle... CONTINUE READING NEW OLD PIXIES VIDEO - "TAME"»

Posted on September 10, 2007 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Pixies

New Steven Lindsay Video - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"

While Frank Black is busy snuffing out hopes for another Pixies record, let's start the week with this sweet cover from ex-Big Dish man Steven Lindsay, who casts an angsty, androgynous kid in a bra/tank-top thing, bringing out the suicidal... CONTINUE READING NEW STEVEN LINDSAY VIDEO - "MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN"»

Posted on June 25, 2007 in Video (12 comments)
Tags: Pixies | Steven Lindsay | The Office

Dig For Fire: A Pixies Tribute

Scottish post-rockers and Zidane soundtrackers Mogwai will cover Pixies' "Gouge Away" on an upcoming tribute to the band, set for November 13th release on American Laundromat Records. The label's site confirms that They Might Be Giants, OK Go, J Mascis,... CONTINUE READING DIG FOR FIRE: A PIXIES TRIBUTE»

Posted on April 11, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr | Mogwai | Pixies

New Frank Black Video - "Don't Get Me Wrong"

Someone get this man a light meter! Black Francis is a spectral vision with a guitar thanks to the white balance in this clip for ""Don't Get Me Wrong" from the forthcoming CD/DVD set Christmass, due out 12/18 on Cooking... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANK BLACK VIDEO - "DON'T GET ME WRONG"»

Posted on December 8, 2006 in MP3, Video (6 comments)
Tags: Frank Black | Pixies