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Here Comes Frank Black's Rock Opera

Houston’s Catastrophic Theatre and the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance joining forces to produce the rock opera Bluefinger: The Fall and Rise of Herman Brood....  read more

Ray Davies Reveals Star-Studded Guest List for New Album

Rumors have been circulating for a while now that legendary Kinks frontman Ray Davies has been teaming up with some famous friends for a new album, and yesterday it was confirmed that he’s making progress on the as-yet-untitled collaboration....  read more

Listen to the Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World Soundtrack

Spinner is streaming the full soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim vs The World, which includes tracks by Beck, Frank Black, Broken Social Scene, Black Lips, and Metric....  read more

Pete Yorn Announces New Album

In the summer of 2008, Pete Yorn made a spur-of-the-moment decision to record some tunes with former Pixies frontman Frank Black. Five days and an unfortunate bout of flu later, Yorn’s new, self-titled album was basically finished. Now, the New Jersey-based singer/songwriter has announced a Sept. 28 release date for the 11-song collection, which will be distributed via Vagrant....  read more

Pixies Frontman Black Francis Announces New Album

Pixies’ frontman Black Francis just finished up a new solo album, NonStopErotik, tentatively due for an April release. Judy Jacobs, the filmmaker responsible for the footage shown alongside the The Pixies’ Doolittle tour performances, will make art films to accompany some of NSE’s tracks....  read more

Pixies Announce Doolittle Tour, Minotaur Box Set

The Pixies have been playing games with our hearts since they originally disassembled in 1993, reaching a fever pitch five years ago with those rumors of a reunion, new material and multiple tours. Now, just months after the Pixies began to make appearances on the festival circuit, they've announced a European tour coupled with a box set release. ...  read more

Tim and Eric movie to be produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay

Meanwhile, the pair has upcoming collaborations with John C. Reilly, Zach Galifianakis, Bob Odernkirk and Frank Black...  read more

Soundtracking NASA's new Constellation Program: Great Space Songs You Haven't Heard a Million Times, Part 1

After this year, NASA will officially be retiring the space shuttle. So what's next for America's space program? This week, the National Mall in Washington has hosted an exhibit featuring a mock up of the Orion capsule, which will be NASA's new space vehicle of choice come 2015. Along with the ARES rocket array, the Orion capsule is part of NASA's new Constellation Program, an undertaking as ambitious as the 1960s' Apollo Program that first sent a man to the moon. Eventually, NASA plans for the program to take astronauts back to the moon, and perhaps even to Mars.On April...  read more

David Lynch, Iggy Pop, Danger Mouse, Flaming Lips, many more collaborate on mysterious Dark Night of the Soul

Sparklehorse has been ostensibly collaborating with Danger Mouse on an album for nearly three years now, though we've had no insight into what bizarre fruits might result from such a union. Until now. Via promo posters and mailings at this year's SXSW, we've caught the first glimpse of a project with more featured talent than a Lil Wayne mixtape: Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul. ...  read more

Art Brut and Black Francis confirm battle with Satan

Back in December, Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos blogged about how his band was working on its next album, Art Brut Vs. Satan, with Pixies frontman Frank Black/Black Francis. Now, we have more details. And of course, the typically quotable Argos was happy to provide more news fodder with a recent statement:...  read more