Pixies stream new album: Indie Cindy

Pixies – Indie Cindy album artwork Source The Pixies decided to stream their entire upcoming album, Indie Cindy, one week before its official release on April 29. Indie Cindy is also the first album to be released by the band in 23 years and you can still  pre-ordere it on Amazon. The band also released a secret song, Woman of War as part of this year’s Record Store Day, where they released a…

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Check out latest Pixies video + new tour dates

Source Pixies – Greens and Blues The American alternative rock band released their latest video for the song Greens and Blues. The song is taken from EP2 which is the band’s latest material released on January 3 this year. According to the band’s official website, the EP has a very profound explanation: E.P.isode. 2 On a lonely abandon planet one man remains, left behind to wander the desolate landscape marking his time…

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Pixies perform two new songs at surprise LA gig, unveil new bassist

The Pixies are on fire! Just a week after releasing their new video ‘Indie Cindy’, they performed two brand new songs at a surprise concert ahead of their forthcoming world tour. The two songs are “Blue Eyed Hexe” and “Green and Blues”, and you can see some fan footage of the band performing the songs here. This was their first live appearance together in almost two years, since November 2011, but fans need not worry:…

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Pixies release new EP, stream new song: Indie Cindy

The Pixies surprised us once again – not only did they release an awesome new EP (EP-1) which contains four new songs recorded at Rockfield Studios alongside Gil Norton, they also streamed a new song. Indie Cindy, a mellow tempoed tune with edgy riffs and edgy lyrics is accompanied by a rough video, depicting a hook-up gone terribly wrong. The term “Indie Cindy” is actually not original – it was coined by a band called…

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Hear anything by Black Francis for free – legally

The legendary Pixies frontman has put his entire solo catalog on his site for free. As he proudly proclaims on the site, The site here has been re-vamped a bit.  I am most excited about our new player.  It has all of the solo releases at the moment.  You can play and listen at your leisure.  We are hoping to load other releases (Pixies, b-side compilations, etc.) in the future. Which, I must say, is…

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Download: Earlimart – ‘Happy Alone’

California native Earlimart have gone through a lot of changes in their musical style along their 10 years of existence. Their first records were more post-punk/folk influenced, sounding more like Pixies and Sonic Youth, but ever since Aaron Espinoza discovered that adding a piano can drastically improve their music, they’ve been spitting out sophisticated pop, that often resembling Elliott Smith. “Happy Alone” is a slow and melancholic track, off Earlimart’s latest album Mentor Tormentor. Espionoza’s…

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