Photo by Philip Cosores The Weezer Cruise has reached land safely and from the sounds of it, everyone had a pretty awesome time. Below, we have Weezer performing a first-time cover of "Los Angeles" from Frank Black's 1993 first solo album. Pat Wilson takes lead for the tune. Check it out below.
While trolling the inbox and the internets for content to highlight in the first IT Dept. post of 2012, Nathan was kind enough to point me to this track. It gets its own post because it is awesome. Grand Duchy is Frank Black and his wife Violet Clark pulling a Handsome Furs . This is the first I have heard off of Let the People Speak , the forthcoming follow-up to Petite Fours . Due April 10th, the new album, in their words, is "definitely more about slamming it [...]
Frank Black and Violet Clark are back with a new single.
Pixies frontman Frank Black has unveiled plans to start his own record label , The Bureau. Black said of the move: "I wasn't planning to start up my own record label, but I hope I get invited to some really intense high-end parties." He also says that he established The Bureau originally to release his own work, as "more traditional record companies find it a little overwhelming that I come up with another record every nine months." The Bureau's first releases will be from Jeremy Dubs and Eric Drew Feldman, a collaborator of the late Captain [...]
El ex líder de los Pixies , Frank Black , anunció el lanzamiento de The Bureau , su propio sello discográfico con el que aspira promocionar su propia música así como "la próxima gran cosa sexy" . "No planeaba empezar mi propio sello. Realmente espero que me inviten a fiestas de alta gama" , bromeó Black a The Guardian . En este sentido, The Bureau , ha sido un proceso muy lento que creció "a [...]
Pixies frontman Frank Black (Black Francis), in the midst of a tour with the revered four-piece, launched his own record label, The Bureau. Black plans to use the label to release his own material, in addition to anything he deems "the next big new sexy thing." However, he clarified that any upcoming Pixies releases would
Frank Black , mucho más conocido por ser el frontman de Pixies que por su nombre real, decidió tomar las riendas del asunto y abrió su propio sello discográfico al que le puso The Bureau (y no, no tiene nada que ver con el FBI). El artista, que en este momento está dando una gira por todo Estados Unidos con su agrupación, comentó también que a través de su sello lanzará su propia música como solista. Para empezar el primer lanzamiento se tratará de Jeremy Dubs y uno de los [...]
NME reports that Pixies front man Frank Black has started a record label simply called The ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ frank-black-starts-record-labe l/58456/
Pixies frontman /songwriter, Frank Black, announced the launching of his own record label, which he has named The Bureau.
As a New Englander, we get a bit jaded around here. I find it really hard to take overblown (get it?) prognostications of foul weather very seriously. I distinctly remember one time it cost me dearly though. I was working in Framingham, MA and there was a big snowstorm in the offing. Why I went to the office that day I'll never know, but I think I was scheduled to have lunch with a friend of mine if memory serves. There was some kind of announcement at work and the office was closed by 11 AM. Everybody was scampering [...]
[ We are pleased to mark the return to these digital pages of the writing of longtime friend and former editor Ric Dube. Mr. Dube these days hosts the terrific More Lost Time rare indie rock podcast. Subscribe right here -- we continue to heartily endorse his product and/or service. Photo by Ric Dube. -- Ed.] The Beachcomber billed the man as Black Francis , so it seemed like a lot of people showed upexpecting to hear Pixies songs, of which few were played. But within moments of the erstwhile [...]
Frank Black / Black Francis / Charles Thompson of the Pixies played Outland last Friday in a balmy, balmy show. It was pretty miserable on the floor in my shorts and tank top but I can't even imagine how the man survived for an hour and a half on stage! Nonetheless it was a great show. [...]
Frank Black | This City of Takers Old Rock House July 19, 2011 St. Louisans had a tough choice to make last night: Fleet Foxes, Frank Black or NKOTBSB? This City of Takers' vocalist and guitaris... Continue reading "Frank Black at Old Rock House: Review, Photo and Setlist" >
Black Francis (aka Frank Black ) is a music legend. He is not only responsible for The Pixies but also an extensive solo career that pays tribute to the past while always looking forward to the future. He'll be releasing a collaborative album with Reid Paley on September 13th via Sonic Unyon, but first he'll head off on a series of acoustic tour dates. The full schedule is below. Black Francis tour dates: 7/12 - Neurolux - Boise, ID 7/15 - The State Room [...]
Per superare la nostalgia per il lungo e forse definitivo silenzio discografico di David Bowie ecco questa raccolta "Birthday Celebration Live in NYC 1997" piena di sorprese e duetti d'eccezzione. Il Duca Bianco regala ancora emozioni con il live del concerto al Medison Square Garden di New York per i suoi 50 anni. Fra gli ospiti Robert Smith dei Cure, Lou Reed , Sonic Youth e Frank Black dei Pixies. Continua a leggere David Bowie: Birthday [...]
Winding down from a two year anniversary tour that celebrated the Pixies ' 1989 sophomore album Doolittle , frontman Black Francis , aka Frank Black , has been putting the finishing touches on a Frank Black & The Catholics complete box set. That's not all, though, either. Francis will also release a collaborative album with musician Reid Paley, entitled Paley & Francis. The Catholics box set will include all six of the band's studio albums, as well as rare digital-only tracks from their 2006 compilations [...]
Mancunian "mystery band" WU LYF releases its first album, Go Tell Fire To The Mountain.
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Q + A Stephen Wilde It's been a big year for Imaginary Cities . Having spent most it on the road in support of their 2011 debut, 'Temporary Resident,' the Winnipeg duo found certain gigs particularly memorable, namely those where they opened for the legendary Pixies. Set to play NXNE before heading back to their home in the prairies, Imaginary Cities' Rusty [...]
Los chicos de Art Brut recien en marzo venían adelantando algunos detalles de lo que es ahora su nueva producción, el disco Brilliant! Tragic! será lanzado a finales de este mes, para ser específicos el próximo 23 y es un disco destacado ya que parece que esta vez el vocalista aprendió a cantar bajo la supervisión de Frank Black , el frontman de Pixies y quien también les ayudo nuevamente a producir este material. Si bien son de esas bandas en las que la energía es una de sus cualidades [...]
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