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June 2, 2005

Q&A: Frank Black

The Pixies leader on the band's triumphant reunion
May 20, 2005

Frank Black's New Soul

Pixies frontman follows Dylan to Nashville
April 13, 2005

Pixies Get Back on Road

Reunited indie rockers set spring dates
March 30, 2005

Frank Black Makes "Honey"

Pixies frontman continues solo career after hit reunion

Recordings and Reviews

Show Me Your Tears

Since leaving the Pixies a decade ago, Black has kept up his knack for penning memorable tunes even as he's grown mellower. His sixth Catholics record is full of rootsy indie fare and a slew of excellently bittersweet country rockers.
CHRISTIAN HOARD
(RS 933, October 16,...

2003 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Devil's Workshop

2002

Black Letter Days

2002

Pistolero

1999

Frank Black and the Catholics

1998

Frank Black

1993

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Biography

Between 1986 and 1993, Charles Thompson IV, a.k.a. Black Francis, headed one of America's greatest alt-rock bands, the Pixies. In the music he's made since then, under the new handle Frank Black (get it?), you can still hear the stylistic features that distinguished his first group: wildly lurching melodies and chord progressions; sudden shifts of meter, tempo, and dynamics; guitar parts that run ...

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