No new Pixies
Frank Black says a new Pixies album now seems unlikely because bassist Kim Deal is not keen on the idea, while Deal's band The Breeders are reportedly working with Steve Albini.…
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Iggy Pop to voice cartoon
Iggy Pop voices Secretary of Defence Lil Rummy in the animated series 'Lil Bush', with Frank Black and Dave Grohl also guesting.…
New Frank Black promised
Frank Black has two albums on the way: 'Bluefinger' under the Black Francis name on Cooking Vinyl in September, and a double best-of compilation.…
International Songwriting Competition deadline approaches
Entries for the International Songwriting Competition close on 16 October, with a $25,000 grand prize and judges including Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Frank Black, Peter Hook and Robert Smith.…
Frank Black says Pixies documentary is exaggerated
Pixies frontman Frank Black has criticised the documentary 'loudQUIETloud' as exaggerated and naive, though he concedes its band tensions were essentially real.…
Frank Black says there will be no more Pixies records
Frank Black tells Uncut there will never be another Pixies album, with the band agreeing to keep touring live instead.…
Frank Black failed to write Pixies songs to lure Kim Deal back
Frank Black tells Billboard he wrote tracks to try to persuade an unnamed Pixies member to make a new record, but found the songs were not good enough.…
Smear to join Foo Fighters tour
Former Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear will rejoin the band for their acoustic US tour, which begins in Seattle on 11 July.…
Pixies man dad again
Pixies frontman Frank Black's wife Violet has given birth to a baby girl, Lucy Berlin Thompson, with Black reportedly over the moon.…
Frank Black announces double album Fastman/Raiderman
Frank Black will release a new double album, Fastman/Raiderman, on 19 June, a follow-up to his 2005 solo album Honeycomb, with a tour planned later this year.…
Frank Black back in studio
Frank Black has recorded 25 new songs in Nashville with the musicians behind his last solo album Honeycomb, with a release expected in 2006.…
Black says Pixies album may in fact be forthcoming
Frank Black says a new Pixies album may happen, with Kim Deal showing interest in reviving an unfinished song he wrote for the Shrek 2 soundtrack.…