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Remembering Vaughan Oliver: 1957-2019

Oliver designed many of the label's classic album covers, including Pixies' 'Surfer Rosa' and 'Doolittle'

Plenty of America’s underground rock acts had a breakthrough moment as the '90s saw alternative music butt up against the mainstream in the wake of Nirvana’s crossover success. To most, the great Buffalo Tom are known principally for their appearance in the hit drama My So Called Life. Letters To Cleo for their cover of Cheap Trick's ‘I Want...

Having pulled off one of the most successful reunions of this century, now Pixies have revealed which bands they'd most like to see get back together. Watch our full video interview with Pixies above This week sees the band release their acclaimed seventh album 'Beneath The Eyrie', their third since the band reformed after 11 years in 2004. Sitting down with...

It's Pixies' otherworldly gaze that has always made them so appealing. While their blue-collar attitude, punk approach and quiet-LOUD simplicity would inspire the grunge movement that brought alternative music crashing back down to Earth, the realm of Black Francis and co has always been more of a psychedelic fever dream of myth, legend, bible scriptures and the fantastic. With seventh...

"The thing is, there’s a presumption in rock writing..." begins a spikey Black Francis when asked about the narrative thread running through Pixies' seventh album, 'Beneath The Eyrie'. "There’s a presumption that there is this overlying concept or theme or whatever, and I'm not saying there isn't, but you know there is this presumption, 'Let’s get to the theme/concept...

Miley Cyrus has paid tribute to Pixies for her new post-break-up tattoo – check out the image below. Read More: Miley Cyrus – ‘She Is Coming’ EP review The 'Mother's Daughter' star played at last night's MTV Video Music Awards, taking to the stage to perform latest single 'Slide Away'. The emotional ballad is said to have been inspired by the...

Pixies have shared their new single 'Catfish Kate' along with its official animated video. Check it out below. Read More: ‘Doolittle’ at 30 – 30 vital pieces of information about the classic album The track is taken from the alt-rockers' upcoming new album, ‘Beneath The Eyrie’, and follows on from the single ‘On Graveyard Hill’. A snippet of the new cut was previewed...