The Pixies News

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.

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.

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

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)

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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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.

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)

Tickets are $15 advance and at the door .

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.

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.

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.

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