Guardian Music — Once current tour finishes, two decades after the release of their last album, "it'll be time", says guitaristWhen their tour is finished, the Pixies want to make a new album. "We gotta plan to make something new," drummer David Lovering explained in... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Provocative Whites is a modern American rock and roll band formed in the late winter of 2005 in Tucson, Arizona. The four piece includes singer/lyricist/guitarist Mike Rowden, drummer/percussionist James Few, guitarist Kane Flint, and bassist T... more info

Impose Magazine — Mr. Dream is a three-piece hailing from Brooklyn that caught my ear close to a year ago when they released their first single 'Scarred For Life', a brain thudding, riff-driven outcry that quickly brought to mind acts like Wire or even the Pixies. Whi... more info

BBC 6 Music — Band hint that "something new" is on the cards more info

Detroit Free Press — The Pixies weren't sure what they were in for when they reunited in 2004, nearly a dozen years after splitting up and leaving one of the most celebrated legacies in the realm of modern rock. more info

Guardian Music — Pulp's imminent return to gigging has led them to search out the best – or worst – covers of their own songs on YouTube, and some of them make for very entertaining viewingNext month, Pulp will take the stage at the Isle of Wight festival to perf... more info

USA Today Music — This fun and noisy duo is inspired by the Pixies' pop ferocity. more info

Detroit Free Press — The Decemberists: with Justin Townes Earle, 7 p.m. April 22. Royal Oak Music Theatre, $26, $29. Sold out. Pixies: 7:30 p.m. April 22. Fox Theatre, $35, $59.50. Joan as Police Woman: 8 p.m. April 22. The Pike Room, $12. more info

Guardian Music — Summoning the spirit of 1986, these retro-pop miserablists specialise in winsome techno and wan electro-popHometown: Stockton, California.The lineup: Justin Vallesteros, Frankie Soto, Jack Doyle Smith, Anna Luxx Ryon. The background: Some years are s... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The start of a series which will feature when I cant really come up with anything original to say or do.  Loads of great acts went into the studios and recorded sessions for the John Peel Show over the years.  Indeed there are blogs out there dedic... more info