Subject: Pixies

• Lost Faust Album Found On Internet (MP3s)

  Via excellent WFMU and others: Faust was one of the definitive Krautrock bands (up with Kraftwerk/Can/Neu/Harmonia) even though they started a little late (early '70s instead of late '60s like much of this stuff) and if you haven't heard their actual songs at the smarter bars you frequent, then you've heard their weird after-effects. I always thought Pixies should have covered "Sad Skinhead" (from Faust IV), and if you have space between Velvet Underground and Eno to push in a few more records

  November 16, 2006

• MySpace Genre Semiotics!

  If you didn't know, bands don't like telling you what they sound like. Here's an example why: Let's say I play in a band, we're called "Stillborn Leper", and my boss asks me what we sound like, and I say "We're like a mix of Radiohead and The Velvet Underground, but our guitarist is really into The Pixies and Joy Division so sometimes we have a lot of post-punk going on, too." Stillborn Leper is, in all likeliness, a poorly executed teenage train wreck so godawfully bland it could sound like an

  December 7, 2006

• Three Hot Nights

  I could never understand why the biggest Southern California music festival is in the middle of the desert. To me, enduring triple-digit temperatures to catch the Pixies reunion just seemed like pure sadism on behalf of Goldenvoice. Nevertheless, Coachella always draws a crowd. And this year, the festival has grown to epic proportions. Amidst the perpetual rumors of a Smiths reunion and the last-minute news of a possible Police show, Coachella's 2007 lineup was announced today. There's a ton of

  January 22, 2007

• A Bloggy Valentine: 20 Songs About Love

  By Jeff Shaw at our sister paper, Citypages. Love is a many-splendored thing and all, but it's also dependent upon a relationship's context -- and so is the associated music. You don't want Al Green's "Let's Get Married" to stream through the car speakers during your third date, you don't want your intended to think you stopped listening to new records after "I Love You Just The Way You Are" was released. . .aaaand you don't want "You Oughtta Know" to come on, well, ever. Swapping out these em

  February 14, 2008

• Panic! DJ Night At The Continental Room

  Not panic-inducing at all but rather jovial (and free!), The Continental Room in Fullerton has dubbed Monday nights the place to be for incredibly eclectic DJ showmanship. How eclectic you might ask? A veritable shmorgasborg of music genres that spanned the decades. Like this: - Primus - Data Rock - The Star Wars Theme - Pixies - Kanye West - Cookie Monster (yes, the Sesame Street muppet) - 20 Fingers - Justice - Andrew WK - Murder City Devils - Nancy Sinatra And a whole hell of a lot more. C

  February 19, 2008

• SXSW Day 4: Seeking the Elusive Black Moth Super Rainbow

  March 16, 2008

• ¡Vamos! Frank Black Plays Detroit Bar Aug. 21

  Pixies mainman Frank Black (a.k.a. Black Francis and Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV) will play Costa Mesa's Detroit Bar Aug. 21. You can get tickets here. I'd post a video right about now, but YouTube appears to be broken at the moment.

  August 1, 2008

• Last Night: Black Francis @ Detroit Bar

  Better Than: Watching the Olympics. Download: "Threshold Apprehension" from the official Black Francis Myspace page. I would estimate that sixty percent of indie/alternative rock bands formed in the last ten years would directly cite The Pixies as an influence. Who can forget the closing credits of Fight Club with "Where's My Mind?" by the Pixies playing in the background. The enigmatic leader and voice of The Pixies stopped by the Detroit Bar with his alter ego, Black Francis for a rollickin

  August 22, 2008

• The Sad Punk

  September 5, 2002

• [Trendzilla] The Return of Quiksilver's '80s styles

  December 18, 2008

• [Locals Only] The Fling

  May 1, 2008

• Manic Hispanic Covers: Americans Recording Mexican Songs, The Bueno, the Bad and the Muy Ugly

  May 1, 2008

• Last Splash

  April 24, 2008

• Ohio Screamin'

  April 24, 2008

• If the Breeders' Coachella and Glass House Shows Are Their Swan Song, It'll Probably Be a Big Deal

  April 17, 2008

• There and Back again with dios

  June 3, 2004

• What's Humming Through the Skulls of Orange County

  April 20, 2000

• It Was Dark, and We Were Laughing

  May 16, 2002

• Atoned and Re-throned

  Jesus and Mary Chain resurrect the rock

  April 19, 2007

• The Last Word on the Pixies (For Now)

  OnDVD: loudQUIETloud

  December 7, 2006

• Prostate Orgasm

  GET OUT! Nightlife and more: Dec. 7 - Dec. 14

  December 7, 2006

• Black Novembers

  Frank Black

  November 16, 2006

• Choke You Out

  Nightlife and more: Nov. 2 - Nov. 9

  November 2, 2006

• Kids in the Hall

  July 27, 2006

• Get Out!

  May 18, 2006

• Feel Me, Poor Baby

  October 27, 2005

• Diary of a Loud County

  December 30, 2004

• Are We Keeping You Awake?

  May 13, 2004

• Debasered

  This monkeys gone to Coachella

  May 6, 2004

• Kiss Me Cock!

  May 6, 2004

• The Desert Rose

  Coachellas sonic souffle

  April 29, 2004

• Brandi Lyon

  November 21, 2002

• Bring on the Dancing, Drunken Old Guys!

  May 9, 2002

• The Molly Bolts

  September 20, 2001

• Tommy Rock, singer/songwriter, guitarist of Rockstar Barbeque

  September 28, 2000

• CD Reviews

  September 9, 1999

• No Go Emo

  June 3, 1999

• 'What You're About to See Can't be Caged'

  February 18, 1999

• Reformed Catholic

  November 5, 1998

• Black Francis and Wife Violet Clark Resist the Cutesy With Grand Duchy

  May 7, 2009

• TONIGHT: Lots of Stuff! Frank Black at Detroit Bar, Venus Infers at eVocal, Steelwells at DiPiazza's

  A lot of neat shows going on around town tonight. Let's look at some of them, eh?We told you this week in the Weekly about Grand Duchy, the latest project from Frank Black, y'know, the frontman for the Pixies (I've heard they're good!). Doug Wallen's article is here, and that show is tonight at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. It's his new duo with his wife, Violet Clark--they're both pictured. Aww. $15 at the door.Right across the street, perennial local faves Venus Infers are playing eVocal with Hel

  May 8, 2009

• Slideshows: Wango Tango at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Grand Duchy at Detroit Bar, Good Foot! at Que Sera

  It was a busy weekend in OC Weeklyville, but what else is new? Here's some of the cool stuff we were at the past couple days:Wango Tango at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater: Black Eyed Peas! (Pictured.) Kelly Clarkson! Flo Rida! Lady Gaga! Somewhat inexplicably, All-American Rejects! Chris Victorio hung tough Saturday at the former Irvine Meadows, coming back with these pics of the aforementioned currently hot pop superstars. Imagine that crowd. Yeah.Grand Duchy at Detroit Bar: Former Pixies frontm

  May 11, 2009

• Weekend Wrap-Up: Frank Black, Vintage Jeans and Zombies

  Friday's Grand Duchy show at Detroit Bar was a real treat. For some reason, I kind of forgot that the show was that day, and hadn't made the proper arrangements to attend, and was essentially turned away at the door when I got there. That was a bummer, for sure. I was able to check out Venus Infers across the street at eVocal, though, so that was a nice consolation prize. (They sounded really good, per usual, though the attendance was poor--perhaps because so many people were at Detroit).

  May 11, 2009

• Incoming: The Pixies at the Hollywood Palladium

  ​Yeah, it's in Hollywood, but so what? The goddamn Pixies are playing again and that's big enough news to report on.Everyone's favorite underrated '80s'/90s-band-that-became-everyone's-favorite-00s band is hitting the road to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Doolittle, a 1989 record that included the songs "Debaser," "Wave of Mutilation," "Here Comes Your Man," "Hey," "Gouge Away" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven."The group is claiming that they will also incorporate B-sides and whatnot from that e

  July 29, 2009

• [CD Review] Various Artists, 'New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets' (Arsenal/Justice Records)

  August 13, 2009

• Pavement to Reunite, Let the Speculation Begin!

  ​In the '90s, Pavement were the band to mention liking if you wanted to sound cool, even if all you really knew was "Cut Your Hair." There's probably no current act that fills that role--thanks to the Internet, everyone knows every band and is sick of them after a couple of weeks.They haven't played together since 1999 (though lead singer Stephen Malkmus has kept busy with current band the Jicks), so this scoop from the ever-newsworthy Brooklyn Vegan blog is a Big Deal: according to "reliable"

  September 16, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: 26 Reasons to Hate Boston, Bostonians and Other Massholes

  Those rubes in Boston probably find this pretty.​UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS . . . Before Angel fans can truly hate the Boston Red Sox--actually, if 1986 playoffs didn't do it, nothing will--they must first hate the team's fans, the residents of the town surrounding Fenway Park and the town itself. ​(Along those lines, a Halos cap tip to Village Voice Media Vice President of Blog Stirring Bill Jensen for this apt name for annoying Bostonians: Massholes.

  October 8, 2009

• Last Night: The Pixies at the Hollywood Palladium

  Beth StirnamanDon't be fooled! This picture was taken in May at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, during Frank Black's Grand Duchy show; his project with wife Violet Clark.​Last Night: The Pixies, No Age, at the Hollywood Palladium; November 4, 2009.Better Than: Watching the Pixies play other notable albums celebrating their 20th anniversary this year (Girl You Know It's True, Electric Youth, Dr. Feelgood). Chattiest Pixie: Kim Deal, but not much of a contest, because she was the only one who really

  November 5, 2009

• Free Live Pixies EP

  ​The Pixies are nice. If they weren't, would they be giving away a four-song live EP FOR FREE??? I think not. Click here to get the tunes. And if for some reason you're on the fence about this, the tunes are "Dance the Manta Ray," "Monkey Gone to Heaven," "Crackity Jones" and "Gouge Away." Now that you know, you shouldn't be on the fence.

  November 10, 2009

• The Big Pink Bring a Delirious Wall of Sound to Detroit Bar

  November 19, 2009