Muffs leader Kim Shattuck was recently, unceremoniously, unapologetically dismissed from the Pixies, notified by the band’s manager. Upset leader Ali Koehler was let go as the drummer of Best Coast in 2011, also notified by band management. Both fired bandmates appeared on Jonah Ray Rodrigues’ Nerdist podcast Jonah Raydio on ...

Frontman speaks out after replacing Kim Shattuck with Paz Lenchatin    

When Kim Deal left the Pixies earlier this year, the band had a hole at bass, and they recruited Muffs frontwoman Kim Shattuck as their new bassist. But after just a couple of months of touring, the band fired Shattuck — surprising and saddening her — and replaced her with Paz Lenchantin, formerly of A [...]

The Pixies 2013 has been a fascinating case study in what happens when a band stops operating like a band and starts acting like a business. After Kim Deal officially left the band, the band dropped the not-particularly-well-received EP-1, their first new record in 22 years, and named Muffs frontwoman Kim Shattuck — another ’...

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