AP - Jun 15, 2006
Frank Black, Fastman Raiderman (Back Porch) Frank Black is a little bit country and a little bit rock n roll. He s also honky-tonk, pop, jazz and blues on this sprawling double-disc. With 27 tracks...
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If pop star Michelle Branch and her pal Jessica Harp had their way, their new country album Stand Still, Look Pretty would have registered even higher on the twang scale. We had people holding the...
More »AP - Aug 9, 2005
Pixies lead singer Frank Black takes the prize in this year s derby for Oddest Duet, inviting his ex-wife to sing about their failed relationship on his new solo album. Strange Goodbye is by turns...
More »Reuters - Jul 18, 2005
ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS ALBUM: JERMAINE DUPRI PRESENTS . . . YOUNG, FLY & FLASHY VOL. 1 NEW YORK (Billboard) - This compilation is among the first phase of releases under songwriter/producer Jermaine...
More »Reuters - May 6, 2005
How do you come back from a comeback? Alt-rockers the Pixies are doing it by mixing it up. The influential quartet, which reunited last year for its first tour since 1992, will be back on the road beginning...
More »Reuters - Jan 12, 2005
The major labels are increasingly acknowledging the value of the entrepreneurial spirit -- witness Warner Music Group s recently inaugurated incubator entities and Universal Music Group s new indie distributor...
More »Reuters - Aug 27, 2004
Britney Spears , Lenny Kravitz and Christina Aguilera have scrapped tours. Lollapalooza crashed and burned. The U.S. touring market has been in dire straits all summer. But a savior showed up in the...
More »Reuters - Jul 28, 2004
Beck s next album will boast an appearance by White Stripes singer/guitarist Jack White on an as-yet-untitled song. The new album, also without a title, is due in late October, according to Beck s spokesperson...
More »Reuters - May 17, 2004
With the Pixies reunion tour doing big business at the ticket counter, frontman Frank Black s next solo album seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle. Originally pegged to arrive this spring, the double...
More »E! Online - May 4, 2004
Pixies fans: Here comes your band. During a backstage press conference at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival over the weekend, the four members of the reunited Pixies were casual and jovial...
More »Reuters - May 3, 2004
A record 50,000 fans turned out on Saturday and Sunday for the fifth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., headlined on respective days by Radiohead and the Cure. The event also featured...
More »Reuters - Jan 18, 2004
Rock bassist Tommy Stinson s debut solo album will see the light of day later this year via Sanctuary Records, according to a note from the artist posted this week on his official Web site. It will...
More »USRN - Oct 27, 1998
(10/27/98, 12 p.m. PST) - Score one for the Rio. In the latest chapter in continuing battle over the portable MP3 player (myLAUNCH, 10/19), a U.S. Central District Court Judge ruled yesterday that the...
More »USRN - Oct 19, 1998
(10/19/98, 12 p.m. PDT) - The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA), the organization that represents the larger U.S. record labels, won a temporary restraining order against San Jose, Calif...
More »USRN - Oct 9, 1998
(10/9/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA)--the trade group that represents all of the major record labels--is up in arms over a new portable music player being manufactured...
More »USRN - Aug 28, 1998
(8/28/98, 12 p.m. PDT) - More artists and record companies are warming up to the concept of free and paid digital downloads of music, with tracks from the Beastie Boys, Hole and Frank Black & the Catholics...
More »USRN - Jun 25, 1998
(6/26/98) - As reported earlier (myLAUNCH, 6/15/98), former Pixies frontman Frank Black has finally found a home for the self-titled effort by his group Frank Black & the Catholics. SpinArt, the New York...
More »USRN - Jun 16, 1998
(6/15/98) - Julian Lennon isn t the only artist having trouble finding a U.S. home. Former Pixies frontman Frank Black, also known as Black Francis or Charles Thompson, was lost in the shuffle when Rick...
More »USRN - Jun 5, 1998
(6/5/98) - The Wallflowers and Seattle s Zeke are now part of the Pearl Jam opening act parade, with more to come. The Wallflowers will open July 21st and 22nd Seattle dates for PJ. Other bands already...
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