Black Francis: “Yer in me power…” Compiled by Noah MallinLast week brought us a new album from ex-Pixie Kim Deal’s band The Breeders; This week brings us ex-Pixie Black Francis (nee Frank Black) and his new album, the awesomely rocking Svn Fngrs. As we all know, two weeks of ex-Pixies albums means five more weeks [...]
I had a major crush on ex-Pixies bassist and Breeders mastermind Kim Deal in high school and college and man if she and twin sister Kelley just keep getting cooler. On the eve of the release of the new Breeders album Mountain Battles they sat down with an excited English chap and proved that you [...]
Don’t believe Black Francis is back and badder than ever? Check out this hot clip of the former Pixies head honcho burning it up with his cover of Fatboy Slims “The Rockafella Skank”. Unbelievable!
Black Francis — “Logging” some time in the studio, he “wood” “branch” out and “leaf” his old name behind…heh heh..uh yeah I know that’s so lame. After breaking up the Pixies via fax machine in the early 90′s Black Francis commenced his solo career as Frank Black. As Frank Black, Charles Thompson (as his parents [...]
Here’s a sneak preview of Black Francis’ fantastic new album Bluefinger due out September 3rd on Cooking Vinyl. Yes Frank Black has reverted to his Pixies nom de rock and served up some fresh rock that recalls his halcyon days in that pioneering alt-rock band and his first two solo albums. The song is called [...]
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