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OPINION - Vince Power's untimely death is a bitter blow for the music industry he changed

Vince Power, the veteran music promoter who died on Saturday aged 76, always made a point of refusing to wind down. Over the course of a career beginning with the opening of his first music venue the Mean Fiddler in 1982, an unglamorous but cosy Harlesden spot which hosted legends…

Evening Standard

Pixies part ways with bassist Paz Lenchantin after 10 years and announce Band of Skulls' Emma Richardson as her replacement

Paz Lenchantin's 10-year and 3-album stint with Pixies is over as band bring in Emma Richardson from Band of Skulls

Louder

“We’re grateful for Paz’s many contributions, and wish her all the very best going forward”: Paz Lenchantin leaves the Pixies after 10 years – and her replacement has been announced

Lenchantin will leave the group to focus on her own projects, while Pixies will dive head first into a UK/European tour with the help of a new bassist

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Record Store Day returns! RSD 2024's exclusive vinyl releases include Blur, Gorillaz, Pixies and more

Record Store Day returns to celebrate the UK's independent record stores, with 100s of exclusive and limited edition vinyl releases nationwide.

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Music Review: With reissue of ‘Last Splash,’ The Breeders make waves 30 years later

The Breeders are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their second studio album, “Last Splash."

The Independent UK

21 Songs That Automatically Make Me Think Of One Specific Movie Scene

Music can make or break a movie and sometimes songs are so well placed, you can't separate them from the scene they're in.

Cinemablend

"We kept the groupies and drug dealers away": Steve Albini on the making of In Utero, Nirvana's bleak, beautiful swansong

The unimaginable success of Nevermind made Nirvana the world's most reluctant and confused rock stars. Steve Albini looks back on what Kurt Cobain's band did next, and the birth of their dark masterpiece In Utero

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The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’

The long read: Steve Albini was long synonymous with the indie underground, playing in revered bands and recording albums by the Pixies, PJ Harvey and Nirvana. He also often seemed determined to offend as many people as possible. What led him to reassess his past?

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

Dublin Live

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

The Independent UK

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

Louder

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

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The Independent UK

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

Fortune

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.

Louder

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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

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

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