Pixies

What Did Kim Deal Even Just Quit From?

The Pixies reunited in 2004 for the sake of nostalgia and money. There can't be much doubt over this. They never hinted at new music (apart from the bizarre one-off soundtrack single "Bam Thwok") and unashamedly toured Doolittle to within an inch of its life. This morning, entirely apropos of nothin ... More >>

Mission of Burma

Friday, September 14, at Dan's Silverleaf

Look At This Poster: Lechuguillas, Terminator 2, Bludded Head, Eccotone and Secret Cakes at Rubber Gloves

A pretty fantastic local lineup tomorrow at Rubber Gloves for all you fans of the heavy stuff, as part of Gutterth's latest live episode. Lechuguillas and Terminator 2 are about to run away on tour together, terrorizing people with low end from Wichita all the way to NYC, so it should be a good send ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Darstar -- "Trapdoor Spider"

​Being as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of such seminal albums as Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Pixies' Trompe Le Monde, and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish, the sounds of early '90s grunge and alt-rock are once again becoming fashionable. From its meteoric rise in 1991 to su ... More >>

Mission of Burma, Ume, Tre Orsi

Sunday, July 24, at the Granada Theater

Cage the Elephant's Matt Shultz On Why He Had To Move To London To Discover The Pixies

For the past few years, Cage the Elephant has been on a classic music industry roller coaster ride. Formed in Bowling Green five years ago, the band was signed in 2007 by the UK-based Relentless Records on the strength of an existing catalog of unreleased songs and wild live performances at SXSW. Th ... More >>

Listomania: The 15 Best Concerts of 2010

​With apologies to Robert Earl Keen, Devin the Dude, Cake, Hayes Carll and the multitude of also-rans filling up the regional concert calendar in these final weeks of 2010, it's safe to say, I think, that, with Friday night's Wu-Tang show at the Granada Theater, the year in live music effectively ... More >>

Last Night: Pixies, Fuck Buttons at Verizon Theatre

Pixies, Fuck ButtonsVerizon TheatreSeptember 19, 2010Better than: listening to the stacks and stacks of albums from bands that claim the Pixies and Doolittle as an influence.Andrew ShepherdFrank Black... or Black Francis... or Charles Thompson IV... or whatever he's called these days. For more shots ... More >>

The Pixies Worry They're Overstaying Their Welcome

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To See The Pixies at the Verizon Theatre on Sunday Night

Pixies​ In this week's paper, I got to realize a dream of mine, interviewing a member of my personal favorite band, the Pixies. It was a pretty decent interview, too, with drummer David Lovering sharing his thoughts on the band's ongoing reunion--which, at this point, has lasted just as long as th ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To See The Pixies at Grand Prairie's Verizon Theatre On September 19

Eleven days ago today, our month was made with the announcement that the Pixies (DC9's favorite band ever, so you know) are coming to Grand Prairie's Verizon Theatre on September 19 to their seminal album, Doolittle, in full. Today, tickets for that show go on sale--at the top of the hour, actually, ... More >>

Surely, The Best News You'll Hear All Day: The Pixies Will Perform Doolittle At Grand Prairie's Verizon Theatre On September 19

Pixies​A huge thanks to the Friend of DC9 who emailed this morning to pass along a note he'd noticed while scoping the Pixies' MySpace page today: This morning, the Pixies announced via a blog post on the social media site that they will be touring again come the fall, hitting 11 U.S. cities and s ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kele Okereke Goes Solo, Weird Al Joins The Pixies And Carl Sagan Rocks

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009...Bloc Party's Kele Okereke is recording his first solo album.Apparently Weezer aren't the only band into weird collabos: Weird Al will sing the Pixies' "I Bleed"... with the Pixies. Jack White's Third Man label is going to release ... More >>

Today In Music News: Buy Elvis' Hair, London Gets All The Good Residencies and Medieval Times Brings Super Groups Together

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 8, 2009... Have you ever sat around, wishing you could buy a tuft of Elvis' hair? Well now is your chance! What's the deal with London getting all the band residencies lately? The Pixies kicked off their residency by playing Doolitt ... More >>

Gig Alert: The Ettes, THe BAcksliders, The Demigs Tonight at Rubber Gloves

It's always a good sign for any scene to have shows where the local opening bands have just as much to say as the out-of-town headliners. Based out of Los Angeles, The Ettes is a charismatic trio that has previously been described as "trashy, disposable fun." And who am I to argue with that? Bits of ... More >>

Video: The Cut*Off's "When You're Dead"

Fort Worth's Pixies acolytes, The Cut*Off have a new video promoting the first single from their upcoming disc--and, it's a whole lot more on the alt-country side than the Pixies side of things. And that's perfectly OK, 'cause the song, especially when set to the above Schoolhouse Rock-appropriated ... More >>

Today In Music News: Corgan Needs A Lunch Date, Frank Black Preps Pixies and Killers Do Covers

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 26, 2009... Have you ever wished you could ask Billy Corgan why he's such an asshole to his face? Well, now is you chance! (Provided you want take part in an auction to have lunch with him.) Frank Black has revealed that he is prepping a Holly ... More >>

Last Night(ish): Toadies At Palladium Ballroom

The Cut*Off Come Home After East Coast Shows With Old 97’s

Kelly and Kim Deal Faced Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle Together in The Breeders and With Addiction at Home

UNT FMLA presents V-Day Benefit Show with The Demigs, The Cut*Off and others

Thursday, February 7, at Rubber Gloves, Denton

The Demigs, Deep Snapper, Raised by Tigers

Saturday, December 15, at Andy's Basement Bar and Grill in Denton

Funeral Drive, with Hand of Onan, Agents of Goldstein and Seis Pistos

Thursday, October 4, at Andy's Basement, Denton

Back, Not Forth

Making the Cut

Cowtown's favorite psychedelic/garage combo hits its stride

The Demigs

Thursday, May 17, at Andy's Basement, Denton

Welcome

Sirs (Fat Cat)

Y Control?

Karen O and cohorts put on a hell of a show. Too bad they were so nice about it.

Show Up

Secret Machines

Ten Silver Drops (Warner Bros.)

Proficient Slackers

Fort Worth's The Cut*Off plow the fertile ground between part-time and professional

Oasis

Don't Believe the Truth (Sony)

Trend-spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top 10 music stories were all about winning the popular vote

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

Odds & Ends

Rock Lottery, rock for charity and rock GoGirls-style

Pixies

Tuesday, October 19, at Nokia Live

Various Artists

Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon (Artemis)

The Pixies

Tuesday, October 19

To the Limits

Elvis tanks, the Pixies rock and other tales from the 2004 ACL Festival

Detachment Kit

May 9

Around Hear

The best in local music

David Bowie

Reality (ISO/Columbia)

In the Black

Frank Black on two-track recording, getting older and being hot. Or not.

Pixies

Pixies (spinART)

Frank Black and the Catholics

Dog in the Sand (What Are Records?)

Out There

All his ghosts

With a new album, Frank Black tries to live up to his own past

Mind games

Kim Deal puts her rock together all wrong, all right?

The man in Black

Former Pixies frontman stands tall in alt-rock world

Roadshows