It’s been just over 36 years since the foundational Boston alt-rock band Pixies released their debut album Surfer Rosa. That album’s been on a lot of people’s minds lately because of the untimely passing of Steve Albini, who engineered the record and who didn’t think much of it. Pixies, whose ongoing reuni...

Olivia Rodrigo was born in 2003, but she loves to share the stage with ’90s alt-rock hitmakers. She’s sung duets with people like Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow, and she picked the Breeders in to open her recent four-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden. (It was Kim Deal’s first time playing MSG sinc...

Pixies are now on their fourth bassist. Kim Deal left the legendary alt-rock band in 2013, and the late Muffs leader Kim Shattuck briefly took her place. In 2014, Paz Lenchantin, best known for her time in A Perfect Circle, took over as Pixies’ new bassist, and she became a full member of the band and played that role for a decade. Yes...

Pixies are heading out on a European tour celebrating their albums Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde this week, and they’ll do it with a new bass player. Veteran rock bassist Paz Lenchantin (pictured above center right), who’s also done stints with A Perfect Circle, Zwan, Entrance, and Silver Jews, has ended her decade-long tenur...

It appears that the Dandy Warhols called in some favors while recording their new album Rockmaker. The woozy Portland rock veterans have released three singles from Rockmaker, which comes out one month from tomorrow, and two of them feature bona fide rock legends. “Summer Of Hate” doesn’t have any big-name guests, b...