The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
The metamorphosis of post-Pixies Black Francis into Frank Black. Frank Black - Wave of Mutilation (Live, solo, 1992)(mp3) Frank Black - Monkey Gone To Heaven (Live, solo, 1992)(mp3) From The Dream Is Over bootleg.
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
If you can possibly imagine the Pixies plucked from the Boston club circuit circa 1987's Come on Pilgrim and dropped into a dilapidated shack in the Appalachians with only some banjos, fiddles, trombones, and makeshift percussion to make music with, then you have a pretty good idea of what to...
3hive (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
I've been sitting on Mother Mother for too long. Please accept my apologies. They got lost in the shuffle that is my life, although I've been playing this track on my radio show for months. So I haven't been completely hoarding the goods. "O My Heart," the album's title track, recalls the Pixies in a big way, especially the vocal play between Frank Black and Kim Deal. I don't make that comparison lightly....
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
On their latest album, O’Death does a commendable job of combining freak-folk with bluegrass and wrapping it all up in a punk attitude. Though the songs they write are consistently well composed and performed, enjoyment of the band will depend on whether or not you’re looking for a band capable of taking itself seriously – [...]
Phawker (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Now playing on Phawker Radio! ROCK SNOB ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Pixies – Formed in Boston in 1986 under the credo “Husker Dü meets Peter, Paul and Mary,” the Pixies would, in a very real sense, end music as we then knew it. Principal songwriter Black Francis’ lulling verses/volcanic choruses formula would become the overworked template for ’90s [...]
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
LED ZEPPELIN rocker JOHN PAUL JONES has confirmed the band will embark on a world tour with a replacement for frontman ROBERT PLANT.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
PIXIES frontman FRANK BLACK has teamed up with an animal rights organisation to campaign against U.S. fast food chain KFC. The rocker - real name Charles Michael ...
Phawker (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Now Playing On Phawker Radio! All Good Monkeys Go To Heaven BY JONATHAN VALANIA A word of warning: This is gonna be one of those columns where I go on and on about my little monkey shines with famous alt-rock personalities. Millions of people love it when I do that, but others seem to get very, very [...]
PETA Europe's Blog (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
When Charles Thompson, a.k.a. Black Francis, a.k.a. Frank Black formed the Pixies back in the eighties, he probably had no idea just how influential the band would become. Over twenty years later, Pixies fans still can’t get enough – and that includes me, seriously I luurve the Pixies. Thankfully they reunited once again in 2004, [...]
I Am Fuel, You Are Friends (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
That scruffy troubadour in the Omaha studio with producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes/Saddle Creek) isn't Jim Morrison in the Paris years , nor is it Jesus, we don't think. That is one Pete Yorn back recording new music. The formidable Frank Black of the Pixies has also been joining him in recent months for "new explorations in music," and all the results are expected in the form of an album rumored to...
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
As the rock underground slouched towards mainstream acceptance in the late-’80s — well before the grungequake made such baby steps seem trivial — the Pixies fired a much-needed salvo of strident aggression and willful nonconformity across the bow of left-field music. Although the quartet became the influential darlings of college radio, the Pixies proved to [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
The history of rock music is littered with the bones of favorite bands. Sometimes, existing together proves too much. Though musicians often talk about a break-up in terms of having ...
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
Can an independent label live mostly off of cover albums? Might as well ask American Laudromat Records, who's got an arsenal full of them. From the Pixies tribute Dig for Fire to the Neil Young tribute Cinnamon Girl and beyond,...
nialler9 (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Staying with the archive theme for another post, how about this splendid Pixies parody by Chris Morris? It’s called ‘Motherbanger’ and successfully apes the sound of the Pixies while making Frank Black sing about an incestuous relationship with his mother and the resulting necrophilia. The shouting is perfect Frank Black, the bass is Kim Deal [...]
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Noel Gallagher has presented the official list of top 10 bands of all time, per Oasis. The criteria are strict: No solo artists allowed. No collectives allowed. No female artists allowed. Wait, so does this mean Blondie is not a band? What about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? I doubt Joan Jett and the Blackhearts would take this lightly
