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Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | May 07, 2008

The Breeders

Mountain Battles | 4AD
A big part of maintaining a lasting, fruitful relationship with the Breeders is acceptance.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | April 29, 2008

Boston boy

Brian Sullivan is Dylan in the Movies
For a brief moment recently, Brian Sullivan’s musical career came full circle.
By GEORGIANA COHEN | March 24, 2008

Post-punk pantheon

Daydream Nation tops our list of 10 landmark albums that made indie rock
They were, by definition, misfits.
By PHOENIX STAFF | July 16, 2007

At home with home

Sara Cox arrives at domesticity with Crowded Is the New Lonely
Women may dominate the pop charts from time to time, but in the annals of acknowledged rock/pop greatness, they are few in number.
By SAM PFEIFLE | May 30, 2007

Documentary evidence

Three DVDs capture the Pixies’ reunion
The Pixies have always been an electric band.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 12, 2006

Tanya tunes

Donnelly on her previous bands

By TED DROZDOWSKI | October 30, 2006

The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 17

The Pixies | Paradise Rock Club | August 8, 2005

By PHOENIX STAFF | October 25, 2006

Rock, stop, and bop

The Pixes at the Paradise, August 15, 2005
This article originally appeared in the August 19, 2005 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By MATT ASHARE | October 25, 2006

loudQuietloud: A Film About The Pixies

A must-see for fans
Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin followed the Pixies on their when-pigs-fly reunion tour in 2004, and their perceptive documentary is a must-see for fans. Watch the trailer for loudQuietloud: A Film About The Pixies (QuickTime)
By MIKE MILIARD | October 18, 2006

Now and Again

MSA’s Heather Caston releases her songwriterly debut
With the singer/songwriter something of an embattled stereotype these days, there is some pressure on Maine Songwriters Association head honcho Heather Caston to show that a singer/songwriter is more than just a poet with a guitar playing for tips in a coffee shop when she performs and records.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 30, 2006

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