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“The letter read, ‘This was our mom’s guitar. It’s worth a lot of money. We want you to have it’”: How actor turned musician Morgan Nagler got her 1977 Martin acoustic, wrote with neighbor Phoebe Bridgers, and finally made a solo album

A TV star from the age of 5, she abandoned one art for another, and wound up learning from Gillian Welch, and being asked to work with Kim Deal

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“All of a sudden, I heard, ‘Morgan!’ I went outside, and I was like, ‘Oh my god! It’s Kim Deal!’” Morgan Nagler on the time Kim Deal showed up on her driveway – and they wound up writing songs together

The Haim and Phoebe Bridgers collaborator started out as an actress, moved on to the Californian indie project Whispertown, and is now stepping out on her own

Guitar World

‘I’ve always had this blind faith’: Morgan Nagler on writing with alt-rock’s biggest names – and making her solo debut at 47

After starting out as a child actor, the US artist found music. Now co-writing with Phoebe Bridgers, Haim and Kim Deal, her dogged, DIY career has been powered by conviction

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"It sounded like the way ice cream on a hot summer day tastes." How a Marquis de Sade biography, Willy Wonka's Oompa-Loompas and a bum note helped "a metal girl from Ohio" write a rock anthem that wowed Nirvana and changed Olivia Rodrigo's life

"We thought no-one would play it." The story behind one of the great '90s alt. rock singles, The Breeders' Cannonball

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“I’d like to get a Flying V. I saw James Hetfield of Metallica playing one live, and I thought, ‘He’s got such a great guitar sound’”: Kim Deal on finally making her solo debut, working with Steve Albini and why she hates bright guitar tones

On her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You more, Kim Deal expands on the sonics she built in the Breeders and Pixies

Guitar World

“I already played guitar with a pick, so that’s how I played bass. I didn’t know you were supposed to play it with your fingers!” Kim Deal’s DIY attitude with the Pixies inspired a generation of alt-rockers

Kim Deal’s insistent eighth-note basslines were one of the few constants of the Pixies’ zero-to-60 approach to alt-rock

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Youth Group on Forever Young at 20 and gen X middle age: ‘Angst doesn’t go away just because you get older’

As the band return with their sixth album, Big Whoop, frontman Toby Martin reflects on fatherhood, mortality and their love-hate relationship with their biggest hit

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"War On Drugs, suck my ****": Six classic indie diss tracks you never knew about

The genre is way behind pop and hip hop when it comes to diss tracks but here's six cuts that prove indie is not immune to a bit of sonic argy-bargy when the need arises

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“If you persist in doing the things that you want to do to satisfy yourself, you can live your whole life that way”: watch a heartfelt message to a young musician from the late, great Steve Albini

The legendary In Utero and Surfer Rosa producer offered up some encouragement to a young drummer and his words of wisdom are worth listening to

Louder

What links Esperanza Spalding and Kim Deal? The Saturday quiz

From Proxima Centauri b and Trappist-1 system to ophidiophobia, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Watch alt-rock’s two iconic Kims' "first time performing together, anywhere"

Kims Gordon and Deal team up for Netflix show

MusicRadar

“Kim Deal with Bruce Springsteen’s guitar”: Statue of Rory Gallagher is unveiled in Belfast... but fans aren’t happy

Wrong guitar and too feminine, it seems

MusicRadar

"It looks like Kim Deal with Bruce Springsteen's guitar": The long-awaited Rory Gallagher statue has been unveiled in Belfast and fans are not happy

Fans have claimed the statue looks like several different female musicians, and criticised it for showing Gallagher playing a Telecaster instead of his trademark Strat

Louder

Music: Kitty Empire’s 10 best albums of 2024

Americana’s classiest duo weather the storm, Kendrick Lamar has the last word, UK jazz soars – and Charli xcx unleashes the power of Brat

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“They’re both rock ‘n’ rollers in my opinion. And that’s kind of why I gravitated towards them as a ‘band member’: I just love their rock ‘n’ roll spirit": Dan Nigro on why he’s more than just a producer for Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan

"I just think that nowadays, there’s room for producers to play the role of the band”

Louder

“It was dark, and suddenly these dudes in a van sped by and yelled out, Rape victim!” Kim Deal reveals the creepy, unsettling story behind her debut solo single, Walking With A Killer

How an unsettling, misogynistic encounter in Kim Deal's hometown inspired one of her most unsettling songs

Guitar World

“The thread is I must’ve suffered at their hands because I wasn’t allowed to write anything. I was still a guitar player, still writing the whole time through Pixies and Breeders”: Kim Deal on why she has always been both a guitarist and a bassist

Deal had been hounded by the narrative that, aside from a couple of songs, she was never “allowed” to write songs with the Pixies – now, she's setting the record straight

The Independent UK

Kim Deal on addiction, Pixies and going solo: ‘It’s nice I lasted long enough to contemplate the past’

INTERVIEW: The Pixies bass player and Breeders frontwoman is an icon of the 1980s and 1990s alt-rock scene. As she releases her first solo album at the age of 63 she talks to Annabel Nugent about getting clean, her tricky relationship with Black Francis and why Kamala Harris lost the…

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"Global warming is horrible but damn, it makes for beautiful weather." An audience with Kim Deal, still the coolest indie rock star on the planet

She was the coolest person in the Pixies, a platinum-selling artist with The Breeders, and now, finally, she's gone solo. Kim Deal on Steve Albini, dogs, loss, life and loving it all – even the rubbish bits

The Guardian - UK

Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More review – a solo debut worth waiting for

The Pixies and Breeders musician’s distinctive touch is ever present on a set that spans heartbreak, good times and strident guitars

The Independent UK

Albums this week: Joan Armatrading returns to familiar ground, while Kim Deal and Michael Kiwanuka try something new

The Breeders frontwoman brings her trademark attention to detail to a superb debut solo album full of surprises

Louder

Pixies/Breeders legend Kim Deal announces UK, US and Europe tour dates, shares title track of new album Nobody Loves You More

Listen to the title track of Kim Deal's debut solo record

Louder

“I go to rock shows. I have never had to hold my ears because of that screaming and the ear-shredding loudness. It's quite something.” Pixies/Breeders legend Kim Deal on supporting Olivia Rodrigo

Kim Deal on how she helped influence and inspire Olivia Rodrigo

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Exciting New Entertainment Releases Coming Your Way

Discover upcoming releases in movies, music, TV shows, and video games, featuring collaborations, debuts, and diverse content across various genres.

The Independent UK

What to stream: 'The Piano Lesson,' 'Wicked' album, 'Spellbound' and 'Cruel Intentions' TV series

The animated movie “Spellbound” with a heroine voiced by Rachel Zegler and Denzel Washington’s son Malcolm directing August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” for Netflix are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases

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