When the Breeders started, they were a side project for two great college-rock supporting players: Pixies' Kim Deal and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. Donelly was out of the picture, ascending to…   Read Story »

Between the Pixies and the Breeders, Kim Deal has been blowing minds for as long as anyone can remember, but she's somehow never gotten around to releasing any solo music until now. Deal is starting…   Read Story »

The best part of getting into music while growing up is the constant sense of discovery. This feeling disappears as the years go by. Most adults who spend a lot of time and money on music know the…   Read Story »

In the June 2, 2012 issue of the NME, Kevin Shields said the long-awaited third album from My Bloody Valentine –- the first since 1991's classic Loveless –- is imminent. The UK mag quotes Shields…   Read Story »

In the annals of Coachella history, one of the festival's most celebrated sets is the bracing one that the just-reunited Pixies gave in 2004. And since we're right between two Coachella weekends, the…   Read Story »

Infamously cantankerous studio rat/national treasure Steve Albini doesn't like to be called a record producer. He prefers the term "recording engineer." That's a dry, clinical term for what Albini…   Read Story »

The Pixies la la love their fans. Having last stopped by the Hollywood Palladium in 2009 for the Doolittle tour, The Pixies returned to Los Angeles for a special intimate fan club-only show by…   Read Story »

Riding an unending wave of nostalgia, the Pixies plan to continue their 2009 Doolittle 20th Anniversary tour, extending the trek by 19 additional US dates starting in October. They're calling this…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

Kim and Kelley Deal turn 50 today. The twins have quite a cake helping them celebrate the occasion: (via @kelleydeal) Kelley, notes, "I'm the one on the left - obviously." Also note the…   Read Story »