The prolific band played four tracks from the forthcoming album. The four-piece—consisting of Charles Thompson, aka Black Francis, David Lovering, Joey Santiago, and new bassist Emma Richardson—looked ...

You could split the output of Pixies into two eras. There's their early work — the seminal albums they put out in the years after forming in Boston in 1986, like Surfer Rosa, Doolittle and Trompe le ...

Earlier this year, former Band of Skulls bassist Emma Richardson was painting in her London studio when the phone rang. It was producer Tom Dalgety with a rather urgent matter to discuss. He was ...

It’s been one week actually far too long since we’ve done a music preview here at The A.V. Club, and we’re setting out to correct that. We’ve got 10 new albums to check out in October, including new ...