Pixies frontman Black Francis comes to The Abbey Bar tonight. When his influential college-rock band called it quits in 1993, Francis (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV) turned the sudden void in his life into the start a solo career that now includes a couple of 4AD releases, multiple aliases and an eventual Pixies reunion. ... Continue reading

Paley & Francis is the debut collaboration between singer/songerwiter Reid Paley and Pixies frontman Black Francis . This is a more roots-based album that what we're accustomed to hearing from Francis (the fact that Spooner Oldham and David Hood contribute doesn't hurt). It's an exceptional foray into the genre at that. There's a seedy down-and-outer quality that runs throughout the record. You feel like you are alternately in a dank inner city dive bar or a saloon with sawdust on the floor. The lyrics are [...]
Black Francis and Reid Paley end their decade-long courtship and finally take the plunge together with a full-on record of collaborations. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

While the Toronto International Film Festival occupied most of my time during the period of September 8 to the 18, I'd consciously took Septemeber 10 off in order to check out a arts and music festival called Supercrawl in Hamilton, ON. I'd heard of the festival for a few years now and had hopes of going but it didn't happen, but when I'd seen the musical lineup this year which included amongst others, Broken Social Scene, J Mascis, Plants and Animals and Basia Bulat performing with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra , I made up my mind quick [...]
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from A Winged Victory For The Sullen, ANR, Astronautalis, Big Harp, Blind Pilot, Blitzen Trapper, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Kevin Devine, Melissa Ferrick, Girls, the Gourds, Glenn Jones, the Kooks, Lydia Loveless, Mates Of State, Memoryhouse, Neon Indian, Pajama Club, Paley & Francis, Chuck Ragan, St. [...]

Enquanto o baterista do Pixies fala sobre um possível novo disco da banda no futuro , o líder da banda, Black Francis , se prepara para lançar mais um álbum em 6 de setembro. Feito em parceria com o compositor Reid Paley , o trabalho se chamará Paley & Francis e foi gravado em apenas dois dias (o que deve justificar o fato deles não terem tido tempo para pensar em um título melhor). A dupla explica que as dez faixas foram compostas no apartamento de Paley , [...]
On September 13th Black Francis' collaboration with Reid Paley will be released as an album entitled Paley & Francis on Sonic Unyon Records in North America. In their own words: "This album was recorded in two relatively short days this past September 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. All first takes. We wrote ...