There could not have been a more apt ID3 than that of Freelance Hellraiser's "Stroke Of Genius," the MP3 that launched this decade's most fitting musical legacy. Parts of two or three or thirty…   Read Story »

Well, this had to have been the the best thing to attend on so many levels. Background: Jennifer Bertrand, a friend of Frank Black's wife Violet Clark, has a son named Winston, a ten-month old born…   Read Story »

A couple of weeks ago the Pixies brought "Here Comes Your Man" to Conan. Last night Doolittle's seminal opening track, was of the band's own choosing. Then, for a web-only exclusive, Jimmy "Fresh…   Read Story »

The reunited Pixes kicked off their nine city US tour -- the one where they play Doolittle cover to cover -- in Los Angeles earlier this week. The band's celebrating a lot, from the 20th anniversary…   Read Story »

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,…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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,…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »