Brooklyn Vegan — "The thing about 'Doolittle,'" said Santiago, the band's guitarist, "is that it's still as fresh today as it was when we recorded it. I loved it then and I love it now." Pixies at Hammerstein Ballroom in 2009 (more by... more info

Guardian Music — 'You' is such an insignificant, pale blue dot of a word. Its significance comes from the love that we place upon it, the way that we deal with itMy parents dropped me off at the end of the driveway, and I darted through the warm June night to the do... more info

Stereogum — Surfer Blood covered the Pixies as part of AV Club’s Undercover, the series that recently married the Mountain Goats and Jawbreaker. The Floridians went for “Gigantic” from the 1988 classic Surfer (Blood) Rosa. Keeping with that ’80s-undergro... more info

NME - Festivals — Glastonbury 2011 is almost here, and apart from doing our best to make ourselves entirely waterproof with an intricate system of wellies, bin bags and duct tape, we've been looking back at some of the most legendary moments from Worthy Farm, like thi... more info

Guardian Music — From an illicit Pixies gig to a Mesopotamian ziggurat, Guardian critics recall their biggest moment of inspiration in their respective fieldsPop: Alexis PetridisCan any gig you see as a critic ever match the ones you saw as a teenager? Bizarrely, goi... more info

Guardian Music — January 1986: Number 30 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicRants in US fanzines had already earned Steve Albini the enmity of the Chicago music community, and his group Big Black were as uncompromising as their frontman: ... more info

Guardian Music — Sheffield CathedralWhen Emma-Lee Moss, aka Emmy the Great, was writing her forthcoming second album, Virtue, the singer's fiance had a religious conversion and left her for the church, which has seemingly prompted her cheeky decision to tour in place... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The greatest band of my lifetime - The Pixies - made some shocking vids. They hated videos, Black Francis refused to lip-sync and as a result they were rarely seen on TV unless they could play live.Here Comes Your Man, what with the distorted faces a... more info

Altsounds — Ignition Visual Media and Red Bull Records are proud to announce the new video release from TWIN ATLANTIC – 'Edit Me' from their latest album, Free. The album was produced by Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies, Jimmy Eat World) and was recen... more info

Guardian Music — Whether knocking on heaven's door or taking the highway to hell, here are your favourite songs about the great beyondPhew. Harold Camping's prediction of a rapture last weekend didn't materialise – though like all good self-publicists, he's doing h... more info