Idolator — Ke$ha is as known for her “I’m Kinda Hungover” fashion aesthetic as she is for her music. So what does a party girl like Ke$ha wear to the beach in Australia to dry out after a night of boozing? Apparently, a Pixies shirt over a one piece bathi... more info

DrownedInSound — We all love free music, that much is taken as read. Covers? Well, they tend to be, quite often, below par. But the times they work it almost makes all the badness worthwhile. What our friends and irregular columnists for us at Big Scary Monsters are ... more info

ContactMusic — Australian rocker AZARIA BYRNE turned Saturday night's (20Mar10) PIXIES show in Melbourne into a bloody mess after colliding with a bandmate's guitar.The Art frontman,... more info

Guardian Music — Director hints that the award-winning actor might play the cult singer-songwriter in a biopic of Johnston's lifePhilip Seymour Hoffman could be in the running to play Daniel Johnston in an upcoming biopic, the film's writer/producer said this week. D... more info

Rolling Stone — Pixies frontman Frank Black has released plenty of solo albums over the years, but perhaps nothing as freaky as his forthcoming NonStopErotik, due out on March 30th. The disc — which was co-produced by longtime collaborator Eric Drew Feldman — fe... more info

Guardian Music — First started as a so-called test lab, 4AD produced Cocteau Twins and the Pixies - it was a breeding ground for goth, pan-continental post-rock and much more besidesIn 1980, 4AD set out to supplant the nihilism of punk with an atmospheric, esoteric n... more info

Guardian Music — This ramshackle four-piece are reclaiming the sound of 80s indie Britain from the US. But do we really want it back?Hometown: London.  The lineup: Roxanne (vocals, guitar), Marion (bass), Patrick (drums), James (guitar).The background: It's weird ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Good news for vinyl lovers. Musician and producer James Tritten of the newly founded Fort Lowell Records kicks off with a single by the Young Mothers, a duo from Tucson, AZ. Songwriter Zachary Bennett Toporek has come up with two pop songs that ca... more info

Nialler9 — Chris and Laura Coffey (aka doctor and psychologist, brother and sister) have released a free 5-track EP on Bandcamp. The tracks are The Holy Roman Army versions of Pixies’ ‘Wave of Mutilation‘, Rollerskate Skinny’s ‘Speed To My Side’, Bo... more info

Guardian Music — Galaxie 500 were once lumped in with many of the shoegazing outfits currently hopping on the revival bandwagon. But their reissued albums show they were heartbreakingly apart, writes Alexis PetridisIf you came of musical majority as the 80s bled into... more info