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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

Evening Standard

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

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 Guardian - UK

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

The Independent UK

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

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

Pixies sell out surprise Manchester gig in record time

The tickets went up and were gone in a flash

Manchester Evening News

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Daily Mirror

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

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

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

Manchester Evening News

REVIEW: Alt rock trailblazers Pixies show they have plenty left in the tank at Castlefield Bowl

Your favourite band's favourite band put on a breathless performance at Manchester's Castlefield Bowl for Sounds of the City

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Manchester Evening News

Pixies at Sounds of the City, Castlefield Bowl - stage times, support, setlist, getting there and venue guide

The alt-rock pioneers will play at Castlefield Bowl on Tuesday night - here's everything you need to know about the gig

The Independent UK

The 18 best festivals in the UK and Europe for 2022

After two very quiet years, there’s more than enough to keep music fans happy through summer. Roisin O'Connor, Adam White, Annabel Nugent and Jacob Stolworthy have picked the best of the bunch

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 5-11

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of June 5-11 include actor-singer Mark Wahlberg, model-actor Emily Ratajkowski and singer Faith Evans

Manchester Evening News

All the Manchester gigs you can still buy tickets for in June - including Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Red Hot Chili Peppers

AO Arena, Emirates Old Trafford and Etihad are all jam-packed with big artists this month

Irish Mirror

25 huge gigs happening in Ireland this summer including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elton John and more

It was hard to narrow it down to just 25, but here are some of the biggest concerts to catch over the next few months.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Little Simz and Manic Street Preachers headline 6 Music’s Cardiff music festival

The Welsh capital hosts live performances from Manic Street Preachers, Little Simz, Pixies and Johnny Marr, among others. Plus, Unreported World. Here’s what to watch this evening

Wales Online

BBC 6 Music Festival: Are there tickets left for the Cardiff gigs?

Here are the gigs with tickets left and where you can catch up on coverage if you've missed your favourite act

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