Brooklyn Vegan — Third Eye Blind, Sylvan Esso, Warpaint, Car Seat Headrest, Cloud Nothings, Modern Baseball, Whitney, Preoccupations, Pinegrove, PUP, and Cymbals Eat Guitars are also on the lineup. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Atlanta's Shaky Knees festival, celebrating its fifth anniversary, returns to Centennial Olympic Park this spring, running 5/12-14. This time around, the festival has booked LCD Soundsystem, the xx, and Phoenix as headliners. Further down the bill, t... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Shins, Cage the Elephant, Pixies, Wolf Parade, FIDLAR, and Cloud Nothings also playing the Atlanta festival. more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Pixies frontman Black Francis has been called many things in his time - surrealist poet, alt-rock progenitor and singer in "one of America's greatest bands ever," that last one according to Bono of U2. more info

Consequence of Sound — Pixies, PJ Harvey, and more will headline 1,800-capacity GA venue. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Decemberists, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Two Door Cinema Club, Animal Collective, Perfume Genius, Whitney, Tycho, The Black Angels and San Fermin will be among Brooklyn Steel's first headliners. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — About a month ago, American underground rock originators Pixies released Head Carrier, their second reunion album, and they’ve already made videos for its songs “Tenement Song” and “Um Chagga Lagga.” Today, they follow those up with a new c... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — La Bête BloomsFrom: Hull, EnglandAfter last night's post on Manchester grungers Darma (New Music To Delight Your Ears - Darma) tonight I bring you another potential candidate for the advance guard of the forthcoming grunge revival, La Bête ... more info

NME — Boston band are due to tour the UK later this year more info

KEXP Seattle — Black Francis makes his video directorial debut today with the clip for “Um Chagga Lagga,” off the latest Pixies LP, Head Carrier. Francis (er, “Mr. Black”?) wrote, storyboarded, produced, and directed the clip in Toulouse, France, and the vi... more info