Guardian Music — With the news that D’arcy Wretzky will not be joining Billy Corgan and bandmates, should fans feel cheated that bands reform with their classic lineups incomplete? Related: Smashing Pumpkins announce first tour since 2000 When the late Mark E ... more info

Guardian Music — The Breeders’ singer and guitarist talks rehab, Pixies and caring for her mother with Alzheimer’sKim Deal, 56, sings and plays rhythm guitar with the Breeders, formed in 1989 as a side project with Throwing Muses’ Tanya Donelly. ... more info

Guardian Music — Kim Deal’s cult band – having returned to the lineup of their classic Last Splash – deliver an album that blends ancient monuments and crushed beetles into a spectral brewA sense of “What if?” hangs over the career of... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Mark E. Smith, the grumpy singer-shouter for the long-standing and influential Manchester, England post-punk band the Fall, has died at his home in England. The artist, whose angular compositions and skewed melodies inspired generations of undergroun... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Mark E. Smith, the grumpy singer-shouter for the long-standing and influential Manchester, England post-punk band the Fall, has died at his home in England. The artist, whose angular compositions and skewed melodies inspired generations of undergroun... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Calva LouiseFrom: London, EnglandLondon-based trio Calva Louise launched just over a year ago with their noisy debut single I'm Gonna Do Well which alerted the world to their potential. However it was their raucous, cacophonous second single Gett... more info

KEXP Seattle — Pixies had little to say, but lots to play at the Paramount Theatre on Sunday, December 3. The alt rock pioneers, who formed in Boston in 1986, blazed through a 33 song set in just over an hour and a half, speaking a grand total of two words to th... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Calva LouiseFrom: London, EnglandThe raucous, cacophonous Getting Closer from London trio Calva Louise sounds like Courtney Barnett meeting the Big Moon at a Pixies gig, it sounds like the bratty young sister of Kate Nash having a strop.It's grun... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Indie rock giants Pixies have continued to tour hard this year in support for their 2016 album Head Carrier (released via Pixiesmusic and PIAS). The fall portion of their tour brought them to Port Chester, New York on September 24 for a performance a... more info

Chorus.fm — Weezer and the Pixies have announced a 2018 co-headline summer tour. 6/23/18 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 6/26/18 New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square 6/27/18 Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion 6/29/18 Houston, TX @... more info