As this year draws to a close, there's just about enough time to celebrate one of the greatest albums ever written. Read More
Pixies frontman Black Francis wielded his weighty Rolodex and called on an all-star cast to perform at a marathon benefit concert last night at Los Angeles club the Echoplex. Read More
As a DN columnist, I get a LOT of hate mail and disapproving comments on a lot of my columns, and sometimes even pieces of, what I can only assume to be satire, questioning whether or not I've ever listened to a piece of good music in my life. Read More
Yeah, they sound a lot like The White Stripes β especially on the lead track, "Light of the Morning" β but that's hardly a hanging offense in my musical kangaroo court. Read More
"Doolittle," a 1989 album by the Pixies , is an arty, violent, candy-striped record. Read More
Black Francis is the stage name contrived by and for Charles Thompson during his residency in college rock band the Pixies, a ... Read the full Black Francis bio.