Michael Imperioli: ‘I still give Morrissey the benefit of the doubt’ The actor, writer and musician answers your questions on Buddhism, The Sopranos and his musical heroes The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023
Nappy changes and tantrums over Michael Gove: I took my one-year-old to a music festival Last year, Ben Olsen and his wife decided to take a pilgrimage to a music festival with a tiny newcomer in tow: their one-year-old Nancy. A year on – after surviving Covid, exhaustion and fox urine – they’ve tried again The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2023
The 10 best rock songs in The Bear, season two Refused, Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, Ramones... The most intense show on TV is back, and it's now even louder than before Metal Hammer · Jun 29, 2023
Castlefield Bowl Sounds of the City 2023 - set times, support acts, getting there and everything else you need to know Last year’s series took place in June and July and saw performances from acclaimed UK acts including Lewis Capaldi, Sam Fender, Foals, The Libertines, James, and Primal Scream alongside interactional groups Pixies and Crowded House Manchester Evening News · Jun 28, 2023
Taylor Swift v Pixies: what the free tickets claimed by Australian prime ministers reveal about our leaders A trawl through parliament’s pecuniary interests register reveals how the last three PMs spent their leisure time – and their wildly divergent tastes The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2023
A beginner's guide to US indie in five essential records From its punk-rock roots to its genre-bending modern wave, we trace the story of US indie in five key albums Louder · Jun 14, 2023
Pixies to play Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde in full for the first time ever at UK/European shows in 2024 Pixies line up three-night residences in Dublin, Manchester, London, Amsterdam and Paris Louder · Jun 6, 2023
Pixies to play Dublin's 3Olympia as tickets set to go on sale The American alt-rock legends will play their cult classic 4AD albums Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde in their entirety for the first time, as well as other classics from their catalogue Dublin Live · Jun 6, 2023
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 4-10 Celebrities having birthdays during the week of June 4-10 include TV personality Bear Grylls, playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein and actor Michael J The Independent UK · May 30, 2023
How Trompe le Monde proved that like most meaningful things, Pixies were simply before their time Released the day before Nevermind, Pixies' fourth album helped set a blueprint for alternative music to come – not that they ever really got the credit for it Louder · May 25, 2023
How Gen Z fell for and reinvented quiet-loud indie rock Ed Power finds out why bands such as HotWax and Bleach Lab are so inspired by the sound of Pixies, Hole and Nirvana The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
A Pixies song is accidentally turning off Google alarms The company's Pixel phone responds to voice commands, and sometimes that can have inadvertent effects. Fortune · May 4, 2023
Torture. Incest. Voyeurism. Why Pixies' Surfer Rosa is the weirdest and most influential alt. rock album of the '80s Nirvana's Kurt Cobain admitted it, but pretty much every single alt. rock band of the past 35 years has 'borrowed' from Pixies 1988 masterpiece Surfer Rosa Louder · Mar 21, 2023
Pixies at the Roundhouse review: the wild-eyed spirit and disruptive energy remains undimmed A lean, mean run through one of the most fertile canons in the game Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2023
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2023 The 25 greatest American rock bands of all time: Guns N’ Roses to Bon Jovi From Red Hot Chili Peppers to Foo Fighters, we select the best of the American rock royalty
Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023 The 20 best indie rock bands of all time From The Jesus & Mary Chain to Spoon, here’s our pick of the world’s best indie rock bands
The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023 Post your questions for the Breeders’ Kelley Deal Do you want to ask the guitarist and rocker about being in a band with her younger sister (by 11 minutes) Kim Deal? Or touring with Nirvana? Or shaking up the knitting world? Get your questions in now
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 Pixies: Doggerel review – pristinely produced absurdism The cult indie band may not have the dark fire of yesteryear but they still rock their twisted tropes
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022 End of the Road 2022 festival review: The most imaginative and exploratory festival of the summer The indie gods themselves descend, making for a scheduling clash of the titans that’s by far the most frustrating of this writer’s festival-going life: arguably the two best live acts on the planet play opposite each other
Manchester Evening News · Aug 28, 2022 Manchester's best underground gigs from summer 2022 In a new monthly feature, we've been out at the venues who have the stars of tomorrow playing today
Manchester Evening News · Jul 20, 2022 Pixies show off effortless craft and sonic beauty with surprise show at Band On The Wall July 19 will be remembered as the hottest day of 2022 - and the night musical magic was conjured before our eyes
Manchester Evening News · Jul 18, 2022 Pixies sell out surprise Manchester gig in record time The tickets went up and were gone in a flash
Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022 Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago has ditched booze for 'comfy pyjamas' on tour Joey Santiago has said he's cleaned up his act after being a "functioning alcoholic" on previous tours with rock band Pixies
Manchester Evening News · Jul 10, 2022 Primal Scream surprise Castlefield Bowl with The Stone Roses special guest for Sounds of the City The band also paid tribute to the late Denise Johnson, who famously sang on the Screamadelica album
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022 Pixies review – dark pop that still soars and thrills Black Francis’s scream is thrillingly intact on a set of classics falling between 1986 and 1993, with only a hat-tip to their forthcoming album