Ever wondered what music the people who post on the DiS boards are into? Us too. We've always thought about doing some sort of poll-of-polls, and then - as is often the way with DiS - a member of the community took it upon themselves to start one. The results of which were revealed on the boards too but right here, right now, we can reveal far more than the top 20.»
It is Friday. It is the end of a fantastic week. Here is our Spotify playlist which soundtracks all of what has been on the site this week... »
DiS in conjunction with Jack Daniel's is offering the chance for one lucky winner and a friend to get a behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsals for the London installment of the JD Set plus tickets to the gig itself, where Tim Wheeler and a host of friends will pay tribute to the Boston indie Godheads the Pixies. Taking songs from across the band's five albums, Tim will be joined by Emmy The Great, And So I Watch You From Afar, Ma Mentor and The Crookes. We'll even shout you a cab ride to the gig.»
Pixies are a loving bunch, aren't they? The other week they played their longest ever set - 33 songs - to mark the successful rescue of the 33 trapped miners in Chile. That must've been quite something. Now they're giving away the whole of their 2004 reunion set a Coachella away for free, to celebrate the launch of their new website (via Pitchfork).»
Several high-profile bands have cancelled shows due to take place in Israel, following their raid on the Gaza flotilla on Monday last week, the Associated Press reports. A bad time to be an Israeli indie music fan, then.»
Watch Pixies perform on US chat show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.»
Good news for people who weren't lucky/bothered/in credit/part of "the industry" enough to get yourself to one of the Pixies most recent UK shows. Good news if you happen to be in Scotland that is.»
Though the horribly ungrateful wannabe hipster part of DiS’s brain was annoyed to note that a leisurely early afternoon train to Brixton and some suspiciously fortuitous scheduling would have allowed us to see Blur’s Rough Trade gig first, it was with»
The bad news: all that discussion about Pixies releasing a new album was garbage. The good news: the legendary Bostonian indie-rockers are releasing all their studio albums in a box set, in June.»
Who'd have thunk it? Ex-Pixie Frank Black doesn't like KFC! It's not necessarily the food itself he objects to, though, more the way those poor little blighters are treated on their way to the bargain bucket that bothers him»
Two of indie-rock’s most elegant veterans have been slinging dirt clods at each other. Kim Deal of Pixies and The Breeders has accused Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus of “being a bit of a bitch” in an interview with Time Out»
The swagger in our step.»
Couldn't make it to Black Francis's 'pre-core' show in London today? Find tracklisting, pictures, live footage and other paraphenalia here.»
Pixies hero and solo artist in his own right Black Francis turned up on the streets of Oxford for a short, low-key acoustic show last night.»
That new Pixies album is looking as likely as a Smiths reunion, and Kim Deal admits that the whole recording embargo is her doing: "[it's] because I don't want to". In a frank interview with Rolling Stone, the living legend admits that she hates bands »
There will be no new Pixies record for the foreseeable future.»
With the Concert For Diana programmes only freshly tucked away, details surrounding the forthcoming Pixies tribute record appear to have developed somewhat, albeit without some of the names that were initially slated to contribute to the release.»
The Police, Rage Against The Machine and Smashing Pumpkins have all announced their return in 2007. The worst idea a band can have? A heavily depressed Gareth Dobson looks through a potted history of reformations in rock, offering you the opportunity to DiScuss his opinions...»
4AD will hold its first-ever South By Southwest showcase this year...»
The sixth in the well-selling series of compilation albums based on the television show The OC is out on December 4. In a neat twist to previous emo-filled editions, this album sees a variety of actually-very-good acts covering songs by other very-decent bands. Jeepers...»
Remember, kids: don't believe everything that you read. We may have reported that the Pixies had no plans to record a new album back in July (link), but now it seems they do! Musicians, eh? Crazy...»
Some crazy parents (they've got to be parents... and crazy... right?) have made lullabye albums of established rock artists' material available... so that you can send your child off to the Land of Nod with tunes by Tool and Metallica bouncing about their ickle brains...»
Frank Black - the never-gonna-win-slimmer-of-the-year singer with Pixies (sorry, we meant cuddly) - has told popular newspaper The Guardian that a new documentary following the reformed four-piece was made by "naïve" filmmakers...»
Frank Black has told Uncut that there will never be another Pixies album, of new material anyway...»
Frank Black, lead tubby in the not-so-recently reformed Pixies, has told Billboard thast he can't seem to write songs for the band anymore.»
The Pixies are to play three dates in addition to their shows at this summer's Carling Weekend...»
Former Pixie frontman Frank Black is back on the music scene with his album 'Honeycomb', due out July 18th. The album is his first solo effort since 1996 and was recorded over a four-day stint in a Nashville, Tennessee studio owned by Dann Penn.»
It's that time of year again...»
2004 comeback specialists, The Pixies, have announced their first date of 2005, reports The Tripwire.»
The word is out that The Foo Fighters are one of the three bands set to headline this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals.»
As they wrap up a year that has seen them do the unthinkable: a respectable as-good-as-the-first-time (I’ve been told) comeback, the Pixies and their various members' other guises appear to be merely gathering pace for 2005…»
Pixies will release a new album. Really. No, really.»
Virgin Trains will foot the bill for you and seven mates to go VIP all the way to Manchester Move where you'll catch Morrissey, The Cure, Pixies and more with free beer and your own private box. Hurry, it starts on 8 July.»
Pixies, Chilis, Thrills joined by Groove Armada for Ireland's biggest gig.»
Morrissey has confirmed yet another festival date. This time, he joins fellow old guard The Cure, Pixies and Ocean Colour Scene at the Virgin Trains Move Festival, alongside Elbow.»
Organisers of the V Festival today announced that all it's camping tickets for Hylands Park in Chelmsford site have sold out.»
4AD to slaughter their cash cow once again...»
T in the Park's organisers confirmed today that the Pixies will be playing the festival this summer.»
After a lengthy 'will they or won't they' debate, the Pixies have confirmed that they are planning a full US and European tour for later this year.»
Festival Line-Up Rumours! Festival Line-Up Rumours! Festival Line-Up Rumours! Festival Line-Up Rumours!»
Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! Pixies Reform! ...did you hear, the Pixies have reformed!»
Following recent speculation, it seems to have been confirmed that the Pixies will reform and play a world tour in April 2004. According to MTV, the line-up will comprise the original four members, Frank Black, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering. The band originally spli»
Placebo are set to release a 2-disc version of their last album which includes all the covers the band have recorded to date. The special version of 'Sleeping With Ghosts' is set for release through Hut Recordings on September 22nd (a week after their next single 'Special Needs') and a»
Frank Black doesn't rule out a Pixies reunion tour Frank Black says he has not ruled out the possibility of a Pixies reunion tour - and revealed the band still get together to jam. The Pixies officially split in 1993 after recording five albums together but are still revered b»
Psssst! Fat chap from The-mo-funkin-Pixies in l'il solo show shocker... Yep, you read that right, the mighty FRANK BLACK will be doing a totally solo performance at the Camden Underworld. It'll be "just him and a guitar" according to the rather excited promoter who rang me with the new»
4AD finally release a Pixies B-sides Compilation
The Pixies who spilt in 1992, due to a major rift between frontman Black Francis
and bassist Kim Deal, will released 'Complete B-Sides' via 4AD on 5th March.
Apart from 19 B-sides, the CD will also feature two videos for the tracks 'Here
Comes Y»
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