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Friday May 17 | The Indianapolis Star

Visual history of The Pixies turns to Kickstarter

We can all agree that most Kickstarter proposals are bunk. However, every now and then once comes along that makes you go, "Hey, I'd love to make this happen!" One such project is 'Pixies: A Visual History Vol.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Nirvana, Grunge

Mon May 13, 2013

Detroit News

Breeders keep it loose at Majestic show

The Breeders celebrated 20 years of its 1993 album 'Last Splash' at the Majestic Theatre Sunday night with a loose, free-spirited show that was like a get together with old friends.

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Related Topix: The Breeders, Pop/Rock

Fri May 10, 2013

Stereogum

Watch The Breeders Reunite With Tanya Donelly In Boston

When the Breeders started, they were a side project for two great college-rock supporting players: Pixies' Kim Deal and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Breeders, Throwing Muses, Belly

Thu May 09, 2013

Creative Loafing

Pixies frontman Black Francis stops fighting the past

With his high-profile Pixies reunion tours in the bank and the inevitable new Pixies LP talk hovering as it always seems to, just over the horizon, you might believe Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV has finally consented to do a little laurel-resting. Hell, Thompson's even ditched "Frank Black" and returned to his Pixies-era nom de guerre , ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pixies, Pop/Rock, Frank Black

Wed May 08, 2013

Spin

Pixies Insider Working on Band's Definitive Photo History Book

Before the Pixies were credited with changing rock history, cited as the true forebears to Nirvana's place in the alt-rock canon, and recognized as one of the greatest bands of all time, they were just a group of four people who started playing catchy, visceral music together in Massachusetts in the mid-'80s. That aspect of the Pixies' legend is at ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Pixies

Fri May 03, 2013

Nooga.com

Weekend top five

Finally, the weekend is here. Now what? Nooga.com checks out all the options and gives you our best bets for the top five.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Chattanooga, TN

Pensacola News Journal

Hardcore singer invites outsiders into the brotherhood

It's all about unity for Nic Ruiz. As frontman for local hardcore band Cold Hearted, Ruiz welcomes anyone who feels like an outsider to join in the music he believes in.

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Related Topix: Pixies, Pop/Rock

Thu May 02, 2013

Asbury Park Press

Box set, reunion tour, mark a big anniversary for the Breeders

First, the bad news: It really has been 20 years since the Breeders released their undisputed '90s classic, "Last Splash." Now, the good news: The band is commemorating the occasion with a must-own box set and a reunion tour by the "Last Spash"-era line-up of the band, hitting the Trocadero in Philadelphia on Sunday, May 5 and Webster Hall in New ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Breeders, Splash, April

The Clarion-Ledger

Saturday with Black Francis

Tickets are $15 advance and at the door .

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Related Topix: Pixies, Pop/Rock

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Brooklynvegan

free 2013 Lincoln Center Out of Doors fest ("Kronos at 40," Amanda...

The 2013 season of Lincoln Center's free Out of Doors festival happens from July 24 to August 11 at various outdoor venues in and around Lincoln Center.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Dan Deacon, Electronic, Amon Tobin, Pop/Rock, Pixies

Spin

Kim Deal's Second 'Solo Series' Single, Out Now, Explores Wider Range

Kim Deal released her second "Solo Series" 7-inch single this week. The white-label vinyl release is limited to 1,000 copies through Deal's website , or it's available digitally via iTunes , Amazon , and others.

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Related Topix: The Breeders, Pop/Rock

Thu Apr 25, 2013

Boston.com

The week ahead: Music

JIM JAMES My Morning Jacket's main man likes to keep busy. In addition to touring and recording with MMJ, he's been a part of the "Monsters of Folk" with M. Ward, Conor Oberst, and Mike Mogis and participated in a Woody Guthrie tribute alongside Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, and Anders Parker.

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Related Topix: Short, Music!, Woody Guthrie, Folk, Ben Rector, Pop/Rock, Somerville, MA, Music, Entertainment

Tue Apr 23, 2013

MTV

The Breeders' Last Splash At 20: Do You Love Me Now?

The Breeders ' Last Splash rarely makes those "Greatest Albums of All Time" lists, and barely makes the cut on "Best of the '90s" countdowns.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Breeders, Nirvana, Grunge, Pixies, 4ad, Alternative, Longwood, FL