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For reasons not immediately clear, the Pixies have parted ways with bassist Kim Shattuck, who joined earlier this year following the departure of founding member Kim Deal. Treated as more of a live player, Shattuck did not appear on the group's recent EP, EP1, but was included in press photos, and accompanied the band around the globe on […]

Pixies have released a new music video for “What Goes Boom,” marking the group's third video in support of their latest EP, EP1, and fifth music video of 2013. Shortly after the departure of longtime bassist Kim Deal, Pixies returned with a standalone single and video, “Bagboy,” (followed by an alternate video) with a surprise, four-song EP, EP1, their first […]

Best Coast have made their new “mini album,” Fade Away, available for streaming in full, ahead of its planned Oct. 22 release via Jewel City. Fade Away follows 2012's The Only Place, and marks the group's first major release outside of longtime label Mexican Summer. The band's new label home, Jewel City, is an imprint of Kobalt Label Services, launched […]

The Pixies have announced a full tour of North America, set to take place at the beginning of next year, with Best Coast, Cults, and FIDLAR tapped to support. The band are currently in the midst of a tour of Europe. This marks Pixies' first proper North American tour since the departure of original bassist Kim Deal (who […]

Pixies stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night to perform “Bagboy,” a standalone single which the group released earlier this summer. The band currently have another single, “Indie Cindy,” out in support of their recent surprise EP, EP-1, on which “Bagboy” inexplicably does not appear. “Bagboy” marked Pixies' first new track since 2004, while EP-1 is the band's […]

On the heels of their performance last night at Riot Fest Chicago, the Pixies will appear this evening as the musical guests on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Earlier this month, the group surprised fans with the abrupt release of a new EP, EP-1, their first all-new record in 22 years. The Gil Norton-produced EP is currently […]

The Pixies apparently had more new music up their sleeve than just June's “Bagboy.” With little fanfare or forewarning, the band released four brand new songs this morning, on an EP titled EP-1, along with a music video for lead single “Indie Cindy.” EP-1 marks Pixies' first all-new release since 1991's Trompe Le Monde, and was produced by Gil Norton, the […]

The iTunes Festival, which takes place at The Roundhouse in Camden Town, London, and runs throughout the entire month of September, is set to kick off later today. We already told you that Paramore and Jimmy Eat World would be performing, and this year's lineup also boasts some other incredible acts- Thirty Seconds To Mars, Pixies, The 1975, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, […]

The Pixies have debuted a second music video for “Bagboy,” the group's new single and first since 2004, which they released last month. While the track's original video, directed by Lamar + Nik, was live-action, the alternative video, created by Kestrel Media, is animated, and based on an art piece by Vaughan Oliver, which inspired the name of the […]

Riot Fest have announced the addition of Pixies, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Suicidal Tendencies, Andrew W.K., Hatebreed, T.S.O.L.  Off With Their Heads, The Flatliners, Nativ, Hostage Calm, The Interrupters, New Beat Fund and Pet Symmetry to their 2013 Chicago festival.  Unfortunately, with the additions comes news of cancelations: Motörhead, Bad Brains and Attack Attack! will not be […]

The Pixies have released a music video for their first single since 2004, “Bagboy.” Of the song, frontman Black Francis said, “The lyrics, coincidentally, were composed at a Starbucks Coffee in Harvard Square in Cambridge, about a hundred feet from where, 25 years ago, I composed some of the lyrics to an old Pixies song called “Break […]

Pixies bassist, Kim Deal, left the band today after 25 years. The band released a statement on their Facebook: “We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixies. We are very proud to have worked with her on and off over the last 25 years. Despite her decision to move on, […]

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]