Pixies’ Spooky, Surreal Long Rider
An evocative tale of a surfer who couldn’t resist the pull of our ocean —- to her doom. It’s a slashing anthem set to surreal visuals, filmed around the corner from where I am writing.
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I’m Sorry, Kurt Cobain
A quarter of a century ago, I turned my back on our revolution. As the reprogramming accelerated, I slowed time by pursuing love. But it was not enough.
Pixies Return, Carrying Heads
Black Francis and crew have a new full-length effort out called Head Carrier.
Pixies: Feel Bad For People Starting Out Now
Pixies are still making great music, and I’m happy to still be listening and interviewing them about it.
Life To The Pixies!
Unbowed, the Pixies’ reconstructed band, and brand, now soldiers ahead with street and market cred to spare.
Happy Anniversary, Surfer Rosa!
Ten years ago, I wrote this autobiographical bow-down when news of the tumultuous Pixies’ longshot reunion started to bubble up. I covered that subsequent momentous convergence for Salon and AlterNet, […]
Pixies Surrealize Doolittle’s Anniversary Tour
The greatest band of the ’80s and ’90s is back to rep its crossover knockout with a full-album tour, including B-sides.
Kim Deal Embraces The Breeders’ Fate
I caught up with the Deals to talk about Bob Marley, Jessica Simpson, the digital-analog divide, and the end of the music industry as we know it.
A Note From Pixies’ Black Francis
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.
Grand Duchy, Black Francis’ Family Affair
So I rapped with the pair for Rolling Stone and reviewed the disc for Metromix. All is well.
Pixies + Dali = ?
li news fit to print, but no love for the ears?
No worries. This fun mashup of the Pixies’ “Debaser” with Dali and Bunuel’s Un Chien Andalou ought to tide us over until Destino and Banderas’ Dali film hit the screens.
Pixies Lead Live Album Wish List
The trend is virally replicating.
Lost Joins Shyamalan’s Pixies Lovefest
Lost hopped aboard the indie rock legend’s bandwagon during its season four finale, perhaps in hopes of righting its own sinking ship.
Does M. Night Shyamalan Have a Thing for Pixies?
And where Hitchcock leaned on the striking scores of Bernard Hermann to propel his movies, Night seems to be borrowing ideas from … the Pixies?
Wave Of Adoration: Pixies Reunite!
The Pixies cast a long shadow over modern rock’s past — and future.
Black Francis: Pixies Didn’t Change Anything
Black Francis summarily reformed the band 12 years after they’d called it quits, and set about touring the world like nothing ever happened.