Kim Deal

Tyondai Braxton On His ATP Collaboration With Philip Glass

A collaboration between 33-year old former Battles leader Tyondai Braxton and 75-year old minimalist forefather Philip Glass takes place today at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival. It hardly falls under the header of WTF. In fact, it likely would have only taken a few dozen monkeys with a few doze ... More >>

Venerated Festival All Tomorrow's Parties Comes to New York City

Good taste wins

Six Standout Tracks From The Mighty Versus, Who Play Cake Shop Tomorrow Night

On some levels, it's a shame that Versus's reunion in 2009 wasn't met with the same level of enthusiasm as the reconvening of their more famous Amerindie peers. But it's also understandable. For one, if there's such a thing as "lunchpail indie rock"—the sort of workmanlike no-frills stuff that ... More >>

Q&A: dos' Kira On The Physicality Of Bass Playing, Her Definition Of "Punk," And Why Duos Should Stay Duos

​When the subject of women in punk and rock is broached, the usual suspects often come up: Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Patti Smith, Kim Deal and Debbie Harry. The injustice here is how punk-rock bassist Kira (born Kira Roessler) is rarely mentioned in the same breath—not that she cares m ... More >>

Highlights From The Holiday Weekend: Good Hair, Better Sightlines At Monster Island And Bruar Falls

​ In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. Does anyone who goes to local rock shows actually have their shit together enough to get out of town on Independence Day? I didn't used to think so, but now I can s ... More >>

Laurie Anderson Is Appearing On East Village Radio At 4 P.M.

​Of all the people I interviewed in 2010, Laurie Anderson was easily my favorite, based entirely on that voice -- even snaking through a phone line, it's a wise, warm, profoundly soothing phenomenon, Kim Deal-esque in its capacity to soothe even the most savage of beasts, and put to equally ph ... More >>

Fresh Waves of Mutilation From the Pixies

Sated indie legends revisit Doolittle at Hammerstein Ballroom

Live: The Breeders Smash the Bowery Ballroom

The Breeders Bowery Ballroom August 18, 2009 The Breeders are way, way past "Cannonball" and you better be too. The band's first of two rapidly sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom was loaded with classics--hell, they played half of their 1993 breakthrough Last Splash. But the Breeders' eyes were ai ... More >>

The Breeders

Hugs and Kisses 53: The Breeders

A Splendid Breeders Bootleg For You

Al Green Samples Some New Producers

Record Store Day at Other Music: Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear, Interpol

The Breeders are Still Sentient

More divine hammers and Mexican ballads from the Deal sisters

Hugs and Kisses #29: Noise, Kim Deal, Billy Childish

Hugs and Kisses #28: Everett True's Notes to Himself

'loudQUIETloud'

Get Your War Off

Susan Sarandon, Cindy Sheehan, and Peaches bring it home

Pay To Play

The Pixies lead a mixed bag of Apple-only mini-albums

Back 'n' Black

Frank Black Francis and his Pixies return dry and determined after a dozen years

Lollapalost

Where to catch your favorite bands now that the big show is canceled

Listings

We come from garageland and we rock with drink in hand

Cool as Kim Deal

Five Years and Eight Hours

Elastica Out of Control