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Kim Gordon and Kim Deal were both musical guests on the second episode of John Mulaney’s new live talk show Everybody’s Live on Wednesday night.

Gordon kicked things off with “Bye Bye,” the lead single off her 2024 album The Collective that we deemed as one of the best songs of 2025. Deal then took the stage to perform “Nobody Loves You More,” the title track off her debut solo album that arrived last fall.

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Then, the two Kims and bassist extraordinaries took the stage together to perform Sonic Youth’s 1995 song “Little Trouble Girl,” which Deal originally featured on. Introduced as “The Kims,” Mulaney boasted that the performance was Gordon and Deal’s “first time performing together, anywhere.” Watch clips of all three performance below. The full episode is available to stream on Netflix.

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Kim Gordon and Kim Deal joined forces on the latest episode of Netflix talk show Everybody’s Live for their debut joint live performance.

Gordon took the stage first, performing her song “Bye Bye,” while Deal followed with her own track “Nobody Loves You More.” The pair then collaborated on “Little Trouble Girl,” a Sonic Youth song Deal contributed vocals to on the band’s 1995 LP Washing Machine. Host John Mulaney emphasized that the moody rendition was the pair’s “first time performing together, anywhere.” Watch the full episode here.

Steve Albini Way received its official designation during a ceremony featuring his widow Heather Whinna, Kim Deal, Electrical Audio staff, and others in Chicago on Monday. The public event drew a large crowd of fans and friends to the stretch of West Belmont Avenue that flanks Albini’s Electrical Audio studio — now named Steve Albini Way. It was followed by a private, intimate performance inside the legendary studio featuring a set by Jeff Tweedy, Fred Armisen, and Mekons members Jon Langford and Sally Timms.

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It is once again New Music Friday, and Consequence is back to recommend the best new albums to stream.

Among today’s highlights are How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb, U2’s previously unreleased “shadow album” to their Grammy-winning 2004 LP; the first solo album by The Breeders’ Kim Deal, and Red Hot’s new compilation album seeking to uplift trans voices. Plus, new music from Father John Misty, Hovvdy, Opeth, and Scarlet House.

Here are eight new albums to stream today.

Father John Misty – Mahashmashana

Josh Tillman, better known as the ever-eccentric Father John Misty, is back with Mahashmashana, the follow-up to his 2022 project Chloë and the Next 20th Century. Previewed by singles “Screamland,” “She Cleans Up,” and “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All,” the celebrated songwriter showcases an even more expansive sound with this new set of songs.

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Nobody Loves You More, Kim Deal’s first-ever solo album, has been a lifetime in the making. The trailblazing singer-songwriter, whose recordings with the Pixies and the Breeders drafted blueprints for the Nineties alt-rock explosion, has always released albums at unusual intervals, La Jetée-like snapshots of her state of mind. She’s been the Buzz Bin sexpot (Pixies’ “Gigantic” for sure, and isn’t “Divine Hammer” simply Gen X’s “Tush”?), she’s been the bong in the reggae song (“Cannonball”), and the ever-moving island (Title Tk’s “Off You”). Other times,...

Nineties alt-rock great Kim Deal continues to tease her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More, with the release of the LP’s title track, as well as a bunch of tour dates.

The track is noticeably different from previous offerings, with Deal leaning into classic swooning balladry, her tender guitar accompanied first by strings and, eventually, a booming brass band. “I don’t know where I am/And I don’t care,” Deal sings. “One look at you/I forget why I’m standing here/I mean to tell you/Nobody loves you more.

Ahead of the arrival of her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More, later this month, Kim Deal has announced a run of 2025 tour dates, and released the music video for the album’s title track.

Kicking off on March 1st with a show in London, Deal’s 2025 solo tour will land in the US on March 10th for a show in Boston. From there, she’ll perform in New York, Washington DC, Seattle, Los Angeles, and other cities, before wrapping with a final date in San Diego on March 30th. After that, she’ll head back across the pond for sets in Barcelona, Spain and Porto, Portugal at Primavera Sound. Check out the full list of dates below.

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Tickets for the US tour will first become available via an artist pre-sale opening on Tuesday, November 19th. The general on-sale will then open on Friday,...

Primavera Sound has unveiled its 2025 lineup. It’s led by a holy trinity of pop headliners, Charli Xcx, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter, with other notable acts including LCD Soundsystem, Sturgil Simpson, Haim, FKA twigs, TV on the Radio, Clairo, Fontaines D.C., Idles, Turnstile, Spiritualized (performing Pure Phase), and Stereolab.

The long-running music festival returns to Barcelona, Spain from June 4th-8th, 2025. Also confirmed to play are Beach House, Denzel Curry, Jamie xx, Anohni and the Johnsons, The Mars Volta, Kim Deal, Waxahatchee, Mj Lenderman, Wet Leg, Beabadoobee, Black Country, New Road, The Jesus Lizard, Amelie Lens, Caribou, Cat Power (playing Bob Dylan), Destroyer, Cap’n Jazz, Aminé, Brutalismus 3000, Hinds, Los Campesinos!, Chat Pile, Squid, Alan Sparhawk, Floating Points, Michael Bibi, Magdalena Bay, Feeble Little Horse, Julie, Christian Lee Hutson, Kelly Lee Owens, and more. Check out the festival’s lineup poster below.

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The Pixies’s The Night the Zombies Came sees the first major change in personnel for the band since Paz Lenchantin took over as bassist and backing vocalist a decade ago. Lenchantin, who was unceremoniously removed from the lineup earlier this year, has been replaced by English musician and visual artist Emma Richardson, formerly of Band of Skulls. Richardson, whose vocals are featured prominently throughout, sings an octave above lead singer Black Francis, who even steps away from the mic on occasion to let her sing solo.

Richardson’s harmonies on songs like “Chicken” and “Mercy Me” are positively Beatles-esque, and by default probably the most conventionally beautiful moments in the Pixies’s discography to date. But her youthful and precise voice isn’t there solely to beautify or even balance out Black Francis’s increasingly monotone growl. As she demonstrates on “Motoroller,” which features the album’s most potent guitar riff,...

Kim Deal of The Breeders has shared “A Good Time Pushed,” a new single from the artist’s upcoming debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More. Stream the song and watch its music video below.

In comparison to the beachy lead single “Coast” and the driving, electronic “Crystal Breath,” “A Good Time Pushed” feels more stylistically and tonally akin to Deal’s work with The Breeders or Pixies. Catchy and boasting a slight slacker rock vibe, the cut notably features contributions from Breeders members Jim Macpherson and Kelley Deal. It also comes accompanied by a visualiser created by Mark Satterthwaite. Watch it below.

Nobody Loves You More is set for release on November 22nd via 4Ad. The album was engineered by Deal’s longtime friend and collaborator Steve Albini, who passed away earlier this year. Other contributors to the record include past Breeders members Mando Lopez and Britt Walford, as...

“Now is the time for me to get what I want,” Kim Deal sings halfway through her new solo single, “A Good Time Pushed.” But the declaration, tied to the beginning and end of a relationship, comes with a caveat: “And when I figure it out, consider it bought.” But the good news is that while she’s figuring out what she wants, she’s having a good time, as she sings on the alt-rock song right before a snaky guitar solo. Filmmaker Mark Satterthwaite, who co-produced the Breeders’ “Live in Big Sur” video,...

The Breeders’ Kim Deal has announced her first debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More, which arrives on Nov. 22 via 4Ad. The musician has also shared the lead single, “Crystal Breath.”

In the accompanying Alex Da Corte-directed video, Deal appears before a fuzzy, white noise backdrop that mirrors the propulsive rhythms and the buzzy riffs of the new track. “Beat by beat I expel your point of view,” she sings. “The heels of my imagination digging into you I start a new life/ Beat’s gonna lead us/Live...

Kim Deal of The Breeders has announced her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More. It’s due out November 22nd via 4Ad and features the new single, “Crystal Breath.” Stream it below.

The songs on Nobody Loves You More date as far back as 2011, when Deal recorded “Are You Mine?” and “Wish I Was” after coming off the Pixies’ “Lost Cities Tour.” The most recent recordings for the album were made in November 2022 with the late Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago.

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Among the contributors to the album include past and present Breeders members Mando Lopez, twin sister Kelley Deal, Jim Macpherson, and Britt Walford, as well as Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs, Raymond McGinley of Teenage Fanclub, and Savages members Fay Milton and Ayse Hassan.

“Crystal Breath” has an interesting origin story, having originally been written and rejected as a...

Last month, Pixies announced their ninth studio album, The Night the Zombies Came, marking the band’s fifth studio release since they reunited in 2004. Now, in a new interview, they explained that one of the things inspiring them to create new music is the fact that they “don’t want to be a Pixies cover band.”

The comment was made by guitarist Joey Santiago in the band’s new interview with Mojo. Alluding to their continued output over the years, he said, “Fans are happy to hear old stuff, but we’re creative people… We don’t want to be a Pixies cover band.”

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Expanding on that, drummer David Lovering said, “We re-formed in 2004 and we’re 20 years into it. It [has been] longer now than we were together initially. We’re still doing it and we feel we’re still viable… it’s what we do: ‘Wash,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Childish Gambino dropped his seventh, and possibly last, album, Jimin shares his second solo set, and Madison Beer serves up a pulsating dose of dance pop. Plus, new music from Lil Yachty, Rauw Alejandro, Joe Jonas, and more.

Childish Gambino feat. Jorja Smith & Amaarae, “In the Night” (YouTube)

Jimin, “Who”(YouTube)

Madison Beer, “15 Minutes” (YouTube)

Lil Yachty, “Let’s Get on Dey Ass” (YouTube)

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Jimmy Buffett died last year, but his influence lives on in unexpected ways. Start with “Coast,” the first new solo single in a decade from Breeders’ frontperson Kim Deal. According to Deal, the song came about four years ago when she attended a friend’s nuptials and heard the wedding band play Buffett’s “Margaritaville.” Combined with an unsatisfying trip she took too many years ago to Nantucket — where she went to “duck and roll out of my life,” she sings — Deal concocted her own, ironic take on a bummed-out escapist tune.

Kim Deal, of The Breeders, has released a new solo single called “Coast.”

Her first solo release in nearly a decade — and the first released via 4Ad under her own name — “Coast” was written in 2020 after Deal was inspired by hearing a wedding band cover Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” with “revelatory levels of low self-esteem.” From there, she reflected on her memories of summers spent on Nantucket, where the youth would “check the Wam” for surfing conditions, and produced an insightful set of lyrics, with lines like, “Clearly all of my life I’ve been foolish/ Tried to hit hard but I blew it/ But it don’t even matter/ It’s just just human to want a way out/ It’s human to wanna win.”

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Musically, “Coast” has a steady, mid-tempo groove, with a sing-song melody that comes across almost like a Brian Wilson composition.

Fresh off her co-write on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Arlo Parks appeared on Friday’s Tonight Show to perform her own “Devotion.”

The Nineties rock-inspired track features on Parks’ most recent LP My Soft Machine, one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of 2023.

“‘Devotion’ to me is a song about feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s an intensity, a wildness and a tenderness,” the British singer previously said of the track in a statement. “This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made,...

The Pixies have parted ways with bassist Paz Lenchantin after a decade-long run with the band. They’ll be joined by former Band of Skulls bassist Emma Richardson when they kick off a European tour on March 8 in Dublin, Ireland.

The news of Lenchantin’s exit from the group came via a curiously dry statement from the group. “We’re grateful for Paz’s many contributions,” they wrote, “and wish her all the very best going forward.”

In an e-mail to Rolling Stone, Lenchantin made clear the decision was not...

Here’s one for the ’90s indie rock lovers: The Breeders have shared “Divine Mascis,” a long-lost version of their Last Splash cut “Divine Hammer” that features Dinosaur Jr. axeman J Mascis on lead vocals. Check it out below.

You’d think Mascis would be playing guitar on the song, since he’s one of the most inventive and beloved players of the original indie rock scene. That’s what The Breeders expected, too, when they sent “Divine Hammer” to the artist way back in the day.

“At the time, J Mascis was a guitar god… we sent him the tape to put guitar on, so when it came back and he’s got rid of our voices and just put his vocal on, we were like, ‘Wha?!’” Kelley Deal told Uncut. “But it’s really cute. There’s a freshness to it, and it’s just so weird. I...

On first listen, the second album from London singer-songwriter Arlo Parks sounds like something to luxuriate in; Parks sings and lays down poetry over plush textures and simmering beats. But a closer listen reveals that these pillowy structures are, in fact, cushions against the blows of modern life—bulwarks that keep Parks’ self, the “soft machine” referenced in the album title, moving without cutting herself off or suffering too much long-term damage.

Parks is a pop prodigy; she got noticed by a management company as a teen and won the...

The dream of the ’90s was alive at Coachella Sunday when The Breeders welcomed their successors The Linda Lindas to the stage during their set for backing vocals on the former band’s song “Saints.”

“Saints” appears on The Breeders’ seminal 1993 album Last Splash, meaning it’s at least a decade older than any member of The Linda Lindas. But the age gap didn’t stop the young punks from rocking out alongside the indie rock legends.

While footage of the two bands together at Coachella hasn’t made the rounds on social media as of yet, The Linda Lindas and The Breeders also performed “Saints” together at a warm-up show in Pomona, California last week. With all four members of The Linda Lindas behind Kelley and Kim Deal, you can tell they’re stoked to be performing alongside one of their many great idols.

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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well-known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features bassist Paz Lenchantin.

On Sept. 8, 1989, the Cure, Love and Rockets, Shelleyan Orphan, and Pixies played to 50,000 fans at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium. It was...

Teenage singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo has achieved one of the fastest ascents of any artist in history. Since January she has racked up three top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, two of which debuted at number-one (“Drivers License” and “Good 4 U”). And she performed on “Saturday Night Live” on May 15. All of that was before the May 21 release of her debut album “Sour.” So is her new collection worthy of all that advance hype?

SEEIs Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ already a lock for Grammys in 2022?

Judging from the reviews, the answer is yes. As of this writing “Sour” has a MetaCritic score of 84 based on 16 reviews thus far: 15 positive, one mixed, and none outright negative. Music journos are saying she’s a “major player in … teen pop and adult pop,” who achieves “euphoria” with her expressions of “anger, jealousy, and bewilderment.” It’s “one of the most gratifyingly undignified breakup albums ever made.

We now have a better look at Colin Farrell as Penguin in The Batman. A new behind-the-scenes image has found its way online. From what we can see in this new image, along with the first one that was posted a few weeks ago, Farrell is going to be a much different looking Oswald Cobblepot from what we've seen in the comics, TV shows, and the big screen. The actor is sporting a small mustache with a goatee, along with some silver-looking hair.

The latest behind-the-scenes image from The Batman gives us a closer look at Colin Farrell's take on the Penguin. However, he's not in character, unless the villain is really into double fisting Starbucks coffees. The first image we saw a few weeks ago was taken from afar and found Colin Farrell in an overcoat with the villain's trademark umbrella, which is more in line with what we have seen in the past.

Vaughan Oliver, the graphic designer whose art adorned the cover of the Pixies’ albums and whose work became synonymous with the 4Ad record label, has died at the age of 62.

Graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy, who co-edited the book Vaughan Oliver: Archive, first announced Oliver’s death on Twitter, noting he “died peacefully today, with his partner Lee by his side.” The Pixies also confirmed Oliver’s death. No cause of death was provided.

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Kim Shattuck, who made an impact on the Los Angeles music scene with her band The Muffs and several other projects, died today after a two-year battle with Als. She was 56 and her death was announced in an Instagram post by her husband, Kevin Sutherland.

“This morning the love of my life Kim passed peacefully in her sleep after a two year struggle with Als,” Sutherland said in the post. “I am the man I am today because of her. She will live with all of us through her music, our shared memories and in her fierce creative spirit. I love you always my Kimmy. Thank you for sharing your life with me.” The Muffs were planning to release their first album in five years, No Holiday, in two weeks. “We are very sorry to announce the passing of our bandmate and dear friend Kim Shattuck,” the Muffs’ Ronnie Barnett...

Kim Shattuck, the singer and guitarist who co-founded and led the SoCal punk band the Muffs alongside contributions to Pixies and Nofx, died Wednesday at the age of 56. A rep for Shattuck’s band the Coolies confirmed her death to Rolling Stone. The cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Als).

“We are very sorry to announce the passing of our bandmate and dear friend Kim Shattuck,” the Muffs’ Ronnie Barnett and Roy McDonald wrote on Facebook. “Besides being a brilliant songwriter, rocking guitarist and singer/screamer extraordinaire, Kim was a true force of nature.

Pixies will issue a new studio album in September and document the recording process with an upcoming behind-the-scenes podcast, “Past Is Prologue, Pixies.” The alt-rock band recorded their as-yet-untitled seventh LP with producer Tom Dalgety, who helmed their most recent record, 2016’s Head Carrier.

The quartet — singer-guitarist Black Francis, guitarist Joey Santiago, bassist-singer Paz Lenchantin, drummer David Lovering — wrote the album throughout 2018 and recorded it in December at Dreamland Recordings near Woodstock, New York. The record is their second with Lenchantin, who joined the lineup in 2014 (following original bassist Kim Deal...

Rolling Stone held its first Morning Sessions during Acl Fest 2018 on Saturday, October 6th, at Wanderlust Yoga in Austin, Texas. Americana bad-ass Elle King and her band The Brethren took Austin City Limits by storm this past weekend, making a pit stop at the Morning Sessions to chat with Music Editor Suzy Exposito. The Country Music Award-winning singer-songwriter is just as much of a firebrand in real life as she is in her songs. But her upcoming album, Shake the Spirit isn’t all piss and vinegar; it’s a...

Seeing nearly any musical act that reached the pinnacle of their success decades earlier is often a nostalgic event to some degree. But Weezer kick off the set on their ongoing summer tour with a moment of such intense, overpowering nostalgia that it almost threatens to rip a hole in the fabric of the space-time continuum. It makes Time Life’s informercial for their Malt Shop Memories box set (“Songs that make you feel young again!”) and the Happy Together tour featuring the Turtles, Three Dog Night’s Chuck Negron...

The Pixies’ new album, “Indie Cindy,” is streaming a week ahead of its release. Listen below. The 12-track set combines the band’s recent EPs — “Ep-1,” “Ep-2,” and “Ep-3” — with three new songs. “Indie Cindy” is the Pixies’ first album since 1991's “Trompe le Monde.” “Doolittle,” “Bossanova” and “Trompe Le Monde” producer Gil Norton returned for the new album, but former bassist and co-founder Kim Deal — who left the band in 2013 — does not appear.

Kim Deal lasted 25 years in the Pixies, but her replacement Kim Shattuck put down her bass after only four months. Based on Shattuck's tweet that announced the news on Friday, it wasn't her decision to leave. Shattuck is the founder of Southern California rock band the Muffs, which she took a break from to play bass and sing backup vocals for the Pixies' first leg of its world tour.   The Pixies recently confirmed it will appear at the 2014 Primavera Sound festival, including a Barcelona date with Arcade Fire and Neutral Milk Hotel. The band's North American tour kicks...

First Kim Deal, now Joey Santiago. No, the Pixies' guitarist didn't leave the band, but he's a casualty in its new music video for "What Goes Boom." At the 2:29 mark, poor Santiago explodes into red sci-fi dust. Watch the video here or below. A song off the veteran rock band's recent "Ep-1," "What Goes Boom" buzzes with heavy, noisy guitars. In the video, Santiago hikes through a desolate desert until he meets his untimely end. "Ep-1" is the Pixies first release after the departure of founding member and bassist Deal, who has spent the year touring with her other band,...

Pixies have announced a 33-city North American tour with openers Fidlar, Cults, and Best Coast. The tour kicks off January 15, 2014 in Toronto, Canada and tickets for all dates go on sale this Friday, Oct. 11. This is the group’s first large-scale tour since replacing bassist Kim Deal with Kim Shattuck, and it's in support of the group’s first new material in 20 years. Ep-1 came out this September, anchored by the single “Bagboy.” A brand-new music video for another of the Ep’s tracks, “Andro Queen,” is below. Pixies tour 2013 Jan. 15—Massey Hall ...

Legendary Alternative rock band Pixies formed in Boston in 1986, comprising of front man Black Francis, Joey Santiago on guitars, bass player Kim Deal, and drummer David Lovering on drums. The 4 albums they released before their breakup in 1993 have gone down in history as some of the most influential albums in Alt-Rock history.

They’re noteworthy not just because of how good the music is, but how surrealist the bands lyrics are. Now, after the release of ‘Ep-1′ and ‘Bagboy’, the bands first material since comeback single ‘Bam Thwok’ back in 2004, and the departure of Kim Deal, I look back at the weird and wonderful Pixies songs to come out of the mind of the band.

Here are 10 of the maddest;

10. Debaser

Opening with that iconic bass line, ‘Debaser’, the opening track from the band’s second album ‘Doolittle’, is not only musically genius, but lyrically mad. Inspired by a Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel,...

In the wake of Kim Deal leaving the group, the Pixies are releasing new music left and right. The latest is “Indie Cindy,” a track that comes from the group’s similarly just-announced Ep, cleverly titled Ep-1. Available today via the Pixies’ website, Ep-1 was recorded in the UK in Oct. 2012, runs four tracks, and features zero contributions from Deal. Some 5,000 copies of the Ep will be pressed onto 10-inch vinyl, which are available now via the band’s site.

The Pitchfork Music Festival was in high gear Saturday, packed with artists comprising the heaviest of the weekend's performances -- and lots of screaming.

Ear plugs were a must for most of Saturday when the likes of The Swans, Savages and The Breeders took the noise to tinnitus-inducing levels. All the bands on the darker side of the rock spectrum shredded and screamed under the (still hot!) sun until Solange cooled things off her exuberant early-evening grooves.

Here's our roundup of Saturday's highlights (story continues after the slideshow):

Phosphorescent was among the few poppier, harmonious acts amid a day packed with screamers. Noodle-y electronic burts gave their mellow songs a jolt of psych-summer jamminess -- all to great effect -- while songs like "Nothing Was Stolen" ranked among the day's finest examples of vocal harmonies. Perhaps knowing Saturday would have such moments in short supply, the band capped off...

Are the Pixies gearing up for a new album? Probably so: in a press release today, the rockers revealed they're planning a world tour, have replaced departed bassist and co-founder Kim Deal, and will be premiering new songs during their fall stint. This first leg of overseas dates “will give them an opportunity to do something they haven’t been able to do in two decades: premiere brand new Pixies songs, the first collection of new material since 1991's 'Trompe le Monde.'" Band leader Black Francis wrote, "Along with everyone’s favorites, we’ll be playing songs that we haven’t played in ages or...

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From one Kim to another: Kim Shattuck will join the Pixies on bass and backing vocals on an upcoming European tour, the band announced online this morning. She replaces original bassist Kim Deal, who left the group last month.

Link: Rolling Stone’s List of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Pixies, ‘Doolittle’

Shattuck fronts Los Angeles rockers the Muffs, who have released five studio albums, including 2004's Really Really Happy. Before forming the Muffs in 1991, she played with the Pandoras, an all-female band that was part of L.A.'s so-called Paisley Underground indie scene in the Eighties.

Link: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Pixies, "Monkey Gone to Heaven"

The group will kick off a European tour on September 29th in Paris and wrap up November 24th in London. A statement from the band promised new songs,...

Hot on the heels of both their first new song in forever and the departure of longtime bassist Kim Deal, The Pixies announced today that they've got a new bass player—Kim Shattuck of The Pandoras and, later, The Muffs, who were kinda great—and a bunch of new tour dates, and even some new songs. The dates are only in Europe so far (see below), but the press release says the tour will "give them the opportunity to do something they haven't been able to do in two decades: premiere brand new Pixies songs, the first collection ...

The question of whether the Pixies will carry on without original bassist Kim Deal has been answered loud and clear. Deal -- also a founding member of The Breeders -- announced her departure from the group just a few weeks ago. The remaining Pixies surprised fans early this morning by releasing a brand new song called "Bagboy," along with a colorfully destructive video.  When the influential college rock band -- featuring Black Francis, Deal, David Lovering and Joey Santiago -- reunited in 2004 after a decade apart, they concentrated on touring and largely steered clear of the studio. The last original...

The Pixies will have to get along without bassist-singer Kim Deal, who quit the band this week. The band released the following statement: "We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixies. We are very proud to have worked with her on and off over the last 25 years. Despite her decision to move on, we will always consider her a member of the Pixies, and her place will always be here for her. We wish her all the best." Formed in 1986, the short-lived but highly influential Boston band released four full-length albums, an Ep and numerous...

Bassist Kim Deal has quit the Pixies after 25 years. The band released a statement Friday confirming that Deal, who has been an on-again, off-again member of the highly influential rock outfit, had decided to part ways with the group.

Here's the band's full statement, via the Pixies' Facebook page:

We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixies. We are very proud to have worked with her on and off over the last 25 years. Despite her decision to move on, we will always consider her a member of the Pixies, and her place will always be here for her. We wish her all the best.

Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering

Rolling Stone notes that Deal first joined the act when she answered a 1986 ad the band had placed in the Boston Phoenix. During her early work with the group, she used the alias Mrs.

Kim Deal has left the Pixies. The bassist has been with the group off and on for the last 26 years, and she's given no real explanation for her departure. On the Pixies’ Facebook page, the group says only that it “will always consider her a member of the Pixies” and that “her place will always be here for her.” Though the Pixies parted ways in 1993—mostly due to tension between Deal and frontman Frank Black—it reunited in 2003, and has been touring pretty much ever since. The group was even said to be working on a ...

Said the band in a statement: "We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixies. We are very proud to have worked with her on and off over the last 25 years. Despite her decision to move on, we will always consider her a member of the Pixies, and her place will always be here for her. We wish her all the best." Okay, so the reconciliation door is still like half open, right?...

Kim is not only nine months pregnant, but now she is having to deal with the allegations of Kanye having an affair during her pregnancy! Experts tell HollywoodLife.com if the stress make her go into premature labor.

Kim Kardashian should be relaxing these last few weeks of her pregnancy! But model Leyla Ghobadi is claiming that she had sex with Kanye West while Kim’s been pregnant. But at nine months pregnant, could the shocking and stressful allegations cause Kim to go into premature labor?

Stress Could Cause Premature Labor

Kim is just a few short weeks away from delivery, and according to Dr. Tara Solomon, medical director of The Women’s Wellness of South Florida, this situation could potentially lead to an early delivery.

“Yes, stress and catecholamine release can cause premature labor and a possible premature delivery and high blood pressure which can put the mother and baby at risk for complications,...

Poor Kim has been experiencing a lot of pain during her pregnancy, but luckily she has a great boyfriend! A source tells HollywoodLife.com Exclusively how Kanye helps Kim deal with her pregnancy pain. Read on for details!

Although Kanye West has been separated from Kim Kardashian while working on his album in Paris, he’s still being super supportive! A source tells HollywoodLife.com Exclusively that Kanye is constantly checking on Kim to make sure she’s feeling okay during her pregnancy!

Kanye Comforts Pregnant Kim While He’s Away

“It’s sad she’s in pain and when she’s hurt, you better believe Kanye’s hurting too,” the source reveals. “[Kanye] does everything he can. When he’s away, he calls her to check in, to get updates on every f**king thing possible that’s she’s going through.”

The source explains Kanye has been away, so...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Pixies' second album, "Surfer Rosa," a seminal LP that has gone down in Rolling Stone history as one of the 500 greatest records of all time.

Every indie rock band of the past two and half decades owes a great deal to the Pixies, the Boston-bred quartet that seamlessly merged psychedelia, noise rock and alternative grunge to create one of the 1980's most memorable music projects. Formed in the collegiate environment of University of Massachusetts, the band -- comprised of Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering -- predates Nirvana as a catalyst for the immeasurable rock boom of the 1990s.

Like most indie rock bands, the Pixies were not a chart topping force, but their second album, the lyrically named "Surfer Rosa," earned accolades on its own after its 1988 release. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice dubbed the record "the Amerindie find of the year,...

Although the 1993 incarnation of The Breeders was theoretically meant to reunite after its 1994 hiatus, Kelley Deal’s rehab and a bevy of side projects disrupted the group’s momentum so much that it never actually happened. Luckily, a text message from Kim Deal to bandmates Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson asking if they wanted to get together for the 20th anniversary of Last Splash was all it took to get the ball rolling again. In addition to reissuing a deluxe 20th-anniversary edition of the album in April 2013, Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson will ...