Daily entertainment news covering The Pixies en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/11/celebrity_birthdays_june_114 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 125447@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday To Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull star Shia LaBeouf (1986), Canadian actor Joshua Jackson (1978), Flaming Lips drummer Steven Drozd (1969), Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago (1965),

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/22/have_you_heard_always_april Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:02:37 EST Entertainment News 119066@http://www.starpulse.com/news As a self professed cross between Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, The Pixies, Fugazi and Incubus, Arkansas' Always April certainly have a shroud of mystery around them.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/20/have_you_heard_postcode Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:42:48 EST Entertainment News 114852@http://www.starpulse.com/news "I guess it's 'alternative rock,' whatever that means," says Postcode guitarist Mikie Daugherty of the bands' music. "It's loud, quiet, beautiful, dischordant, melodic."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/28/review_zack_and_miri_mixes_raunchy_and_s Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:32:59 EST Entertainment News 101988@http://www.starpulse.com/news The extreme opposites within Kevin Smith's filmmaking personality coexist in "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," to hit-and-miss effect.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/25/5_underrated_guitar_players_compiled_by_ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:00:30 EST Entertainment News 90899@http://www.starpulse.com/news Whenever one creates an "underrated" list, it often sparks an argument. Maybe that's because it's such a hard concept to define.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/23/concert_review_r_e_m_in_atlanta_ga_6_21_08 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:27:58 EST Entertainment News 90795@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's been a long wait for the fans of R.E.M. Not so much to see their band play live, but to grab hold of such a high quality piece of work as this year's "Accelerate.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/17/rock_band_adds_influential_pixies_album_ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 90302@http://www.starpulse.com/news Harmonix and MTV Games announced the third album to be added to the Rock Band™ Music Store catalog of downloadable content: The Pixies' Doolittle. On June 24th, one of the most influential rock records of the late '80s

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/11/celebrity_birthdays_june_73 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 86635@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday To Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull star Shia LaBeouf (1986), Canadian actor Joshua Jackson (1978), Flaming Lips drummer Steven Drozd (1969), Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago (1965),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/12/notes_aamp_quotes_14 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 80897@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bon Jovi will score a new Canadian performance record when they play in Toronto on Thursday. The concert at the Air Canada Centre will mark the fifth time the band has played the venue on the same tour - the first time any touring act has achieved the feat.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/30/top_10_albums_of_the_80s Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:33:48 EST Entertainment News 76182@http://www.starpulse.com/news When I first comprised this list, I had all the usual suspects: Thriller, Closer, Daydream Nation, Purple Rain - you know, the albums you see on every other top 10 list for the 80s.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/27/sarah_borges_and_the_broken_singles_rele Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:30:00 EST Entertainment News 75660@http://www.starpulse.com/news Following 2007's critically acclaimed hit "The Day We Met," roots-punk-rock songstress Sarah Borges and her band The Broken Singles will release a new video for the second single, "Stop And Think It Over."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/27/counting_crows_to_release_saturday_night Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 75469@http://www.starpulse.com/news On March 25, Counting Crows will release their fifth studio album (and their first in five years), Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, on Geffen/Interscope.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/13/notable_quotables_241 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 74160@http://www.starpulse.com/news "I'm anticipating it... 27 was when Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison all died." Jessica Alba fears her next birthday in April will be her last.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/20/pavement_top_greatest_indie_rock_albums_ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:37:59 EST Entertainment News 68447@http://www.starpulse.com/news Cult rockers Pavement have topped a list naming the greatest indie-rock albums of all time The quintet's 1993 release Slanted And Enchanted beat out competition from Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and Let It Be by The Replacements to top magazine Blender's music poll.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/29/rock_band_set_list_finalized Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:31:12 EST Entertainment News 65709@http://www.starpulse.com/news Cambridge, Massachusetts October 29, 2007 Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts, announced today the final song list for its highly anticipated music videogame Rock Band.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/07/frank_black_found_herman_brood_visit_too Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:49:48 EST Entertainment News 59077@http://www.starpulse.com/news Cult rocker Frank Black is still haunted by the memory of his recent visit to the home of tragic artist Herman Brood - because the house has remained exactly the same as it was when the Dutchman died in 2001.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/20/music_review_m_i_a_returns_with_world_be Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:33:22 EST Entertainment News 56504@http://www.starpulse.com/news M.I.A., ''Kala'' (Interscope) ''M.I.A. is coming back with power power,'' chants rapper Mathangi Arulpragasam on the opening track of her new sophomore release ''Kala.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/appetite_for_endurance_vintage_guns_n_ro Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:00:06 EST Entertainment News 51803@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Much of the rock 'n' roll and pop canon is well established. Buying the albums of '60s and '70s acts like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley is akin to a rite of passage for any young music fan.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/26/pixies_album_plan_hits_snag Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:45:49 EST Entertainment News 48849@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pixies frontman Frank Black has axed plans to record a new album with his cult rock group because the squabbling that originally split the group has returned.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/11/celebrity_birthdays_june_45 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 42244@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday To actor Shia LaBeouf (1986), Canadian actor Joshua Jackson (1978), Flaming Lips drummer Steven Drozd (1969), Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago (1965), "House" star Hugh Laurie (1959), San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana (1956), ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard (1949), "Swamp Thing" actress Adrienne Barbeau, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" actor Chad Everett (1936), "Young Frankenstein" star Gene Wilder (1933), film composer Carmine Coppola (1910; d. 1991), legendary German actor Max Schreck (1879; d. 1936), and German composer Richard Strauss (1864; d. 1949).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/06/jeff_tweedy_is_the_voice_of_god Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:59:25 EST Entertainment News 45752@http://www.starpulse.com/news Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy will guest star as The Voice Of God in an upcoming episode of animated American TV show Lil' Bush.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/02/video_game_review_major_league_baseball_ Wed, 02 May 2007 12:39:05 EST Entertainment News 40512@http://www.starpulse.com/news The excitement that was next-gen baseball last year was quickly extinguished by Major League Baseball 2K6. This mess of code featured batters that all swung in the same exact choppy animation and fielders that could grab a grounder in the outfield and throw immediately to first with barely any animation between. Let’s not forget the fact that your runners lallygag around the bases slow enough to make the coach from Bull Durham have a heart attack if you didn’t mash the "run" button. Lucky for us, a few people at 2K Sports noticed and decided that they needed an overhaul.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/22/weezer_star_upset_over_tower_records_clo Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:41:12 EST Entertainment News 35013@http://www.starpulse.com/news Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is mourning the loss of Sunset Boulevard's Tower Records store in Hollywood because he once worked there for 18 months. The famous music mecca was one of many Tower stores that closed its doors at the end of last year, and the Beverly Hills singer is still recovering from the sad news.

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