Bass player speaks for first time since leaving US band in November    

The Pixies have a humongous world tour coming up in 2014, but as of recently they had no bassist lined up for those dates. They’ve resolved that by hiring a familiar name in the alt-rock world. Like the previous two bassists, she’s a woman; unlike Mss. Deal and Shattuck, she’s not named Kim. Paz Lenchantin, [...]

We last heard from ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp’s Rentals in 2009, when the multimedia project Songs About Time generated a series of four new EPs of soundtrack music including a collaboration with Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago, all of which were later compiled into the 2011 Japanese tsunami relief benefit Resilience. Despite that iso...

“Why bring a child into this world?” asks Errol Morris’s ad for Unilever’s new global sustainability initiative — the answer being that together we can create solutions to maintain a healthy environment for every kid on the planet. The four-minute clip is full of expectant parents voicing their h...

Band join Arcade Fire and Neutral Milk Hotel on the bill