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Got 2:20 to spare? Then click off and dig the entrancing sounds of The Pixies , captured in a live 1988 performance doing the song "Levitate Me" from the band's 1987 (!) debut " Come on Pilgrim ". Is this song a come-on to a lover? Is it a halt to another? You decide! "Give me help, give it help, you can Levitate me Then take off them rings, off them hose Levitate me Higher place Levitate me Elevator lady, elevator lady, elevator lady, elevator lady, lady [...]

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Pixies frontman, Black Francis , is returning with a new album on March 30. Cooking Vinyl will release Francis's latest solo effort, NonStopErotik . Francis claims to have recorded the record by candlelight in the wee hours of the morning with little or no sleep. It certainly sets a potential mood for the album. Check out the full track listing for NonStopErotik after the jump. NonStopErotik track list: 1. Lake of Sin 2. O My Tidy Sum 3. Rabbits 4. Wheels 5. [...]

Songwriter Ferraby Lionheart departed L.A. for Nashville to work on his sophomore album, "The Jack of Hearts," which is due this spring. A handful of L.A. shows late last year revealed his new batch of vintage Americana to be downright gorgeous, and those songs will get a workout when he kicks off a Tuesday residency at the Bootleg Theater. The Living Sisters , Willoughby and Paige Stark support. ... Jack's Mannequin appears at the Viper Room in a warm-up gig for its upcoming tour. ... Also: Tenacious D , [...]

The Florida based band Surfer Blood made a pretty big splash late last year when their debut single "Swim" became a bit of an underground hit. The single preceded the full-length Astro Coast by a number of months, but it certainly hinted at what was to come.

Filed under: News , New Music , New Releases While Pixies fans continue to wait for the follow up to 2003's one-off digital single 'Bam Thwok,' the band's frontman, Black Francis , has revealed plans for yet another solo album. Titled 'NonStopErotik,' the man born Charles Thompson insists the disc was inspired by a love of the female anatomy. "When I was a boy the plant we boys called a fern was code for vagina, and to this day I love fern plants," Francis explained [...]

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While Frank Black has been keeping fans happy with everything the Pixies are up to, he hasn't forgotten about himself. In fact, he'll continue his solo work with the release of his new album, NonStopErotik , on April 6th. His first full-length record since 2007's Bluefinger , the effort contains 11 tracks, including a cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers' "Wheels." But, perhaps most interesting, is the fact that the latest endeavor was recorded in Brooklyn, L.A., and a "haunted studio in London." On working in the spooky environment, Black [...]

Si chiamerà "NonStopErotik" il prossimo album di Black Francis , cantante e leader dei redivivi Pixies : una delle band che hanno fatto la Storia della musica indie e alternative . Registrato lo scorso anno tra Los Angeles, New York e Londra, è stato prodotto da Eric Drew Feldman, collaboratore di lunga data di Francis e tastierista dei Pere Ubu. Il disco conterrà dieci tracce più una cover: "Wheels" un vecchio brano dei Flying Burrito Brothers. Uscirà il prossimo 5 aprile, a due anni di distanza dal precedente "Svn Fngrs", l'ultimo [...]

Filed under: News , New Music Showing no signs of slowing down at 44, Pixies frontman Frank Black has announced details of his new record. 'NonStopErotik', is out on Apr. 5. The album, which contains a cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers' 'Wheels,' was recorded in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and a "haunted studio in London" according to his own self-penned press release. The man otherwise known as Frank Black said of the ghoulish recording process, "I wrote many a couplet by candlelight [...]

Flashion Forward with UI as we gaze at the strange and colorful aesthetic scape fashion and music create when they collide. That's right: let's frolic about the closets of our fanciest, freshest interviewees and explore the zany manners in which artistes express themselves–and find out if their musical and sartorial styles sing in harmony or clash discordantly. The auspiciously named Art Brut (in honor of Jean Dubuffet and outsider artists everywhere) sets itself up immediately as an aggressively outré band–Frank Black was a fan from day one. Dubbed "crudely hooky" and simultaneously "one-shot [...]

If your name is Roger Daltrey or Pete Townsend, it's looking like 2010 is going to be a heck of year for you. As we previously reported, The Who will serve as the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, FL on February 7. Then, come March, the seminal classic rock act will be honored via a tribute concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall. The concert, the sixth in the series presented by Knitting Factory founder/City Winery owner Michael Dorf, will feature [...]

Video highlighting the release of Pixies' "Minotaur" retrospective.

I'm not sure if I approve! Enjoy their collaborative take on 'Debaser' below. MP3: Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News An all-star line-up of artists -- including the Pixies ' Frank Black , Bob Mould , Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule , the Gaslight Anthem and Robyn Hitchcock -- have signed on for a Who tribute concert, slated for Carnegie Hall on March 2. The New York Times reports the gig, which will benefit six music education nonprofit organizations, will also feature the Smithereens, Living Colour , the Postelles [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Pixies frontman Black Francis wielded his weighty Rolodex and called on an all-star cast to perform at a marathon benefit concert last night at Los Angeles club the Echoplex. The five-and-a-half-hour extravaganza featured sets by Tenacious D , OK Go , members of the Pixies, Grand Duchy , Flea , David J and Kevin Haskins of Love and Rockets and 'Weird' Al Yankovic , to name a few. All of [...]

by greg dybec (pics by robert imparato) Earlier this year the Pixies announced their plan to reunite for the 20 th anniversary of their 1andmark 1989 album, Doolittle . On November 4 th the nine city U.S. tour kicked off at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. On November 23 rd the Pixies played their first of four New York shows at Hammerstein Ballroom . Fortunately, I [...]

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Two days in a row, two video posts from Jimmy Fallon ! Okay, this time it was for his musical guest, The Pixies ( full disclosure: SMS has been doing marketing online for the Minotaur box set ), but since I love the band, I am sharing. Jimmy even showed off the box set (it's over 25 lbs.) to start both performances. Come check out "Hey" and "Debaser" "after the jump" The Pixies perform [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News The Pixies breathed new life into familiar material when they performed all of their 1989 album 'Doolittle,' as well as its related B-sides, last night in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The seminal alt-rock act produced video footage especially for the set, which they will repeat during three additional shows at the venue over the next two days. The concert kicked off with the tracks 'Dancing the Manta Ray,' 'Weird at My School' and 'Bailey's Walk' with bassist Kim Deal joking that [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News With smoke machines billowing, the silent film ' Un Chien Andalou ' showing on a massive video screen and ominous music playing, the four members of the Pixies -- Black Francis , Kim Deal , Joey Santiago and David Lovering -- walked onstage at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Thursday night, the first of their three-day stint in the city on the 'Doolittle' 20th anniversary tour. Warming up with several 'Doolittle'-era b-sides, the crowd was feeling it right [...]