Kings of Leon Cover Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?”

Kings of Leon got this one right – from the distorted guitar lines and hauntingly high “ooohs” to the simple drums and vocals on edge. It’s no wonder the band covered this Pixies staple in several concerts throughout its 2010 tour. Whether you know it from the [...]

David Lovering, Pixies Drummer and Performing Magician
Pixies drummer by night, The Scientific Phenomenalist by day, David Lovering defies preconceived notions of rock stardom. While at times his performances are more scientific than magical, more comedic than awe-inspiring, Lovering knows how to intrigue and humor audiences. He does extraordinary tricks with simple props, which range from [...]

Tristan Prettyman Covers Barry Louis Polisar’s “All I Want Is You”

Leave it to a children’s book author to come up with a simple yet catchy tune that will be stuck in your head for hours after you first hear the lyrics, which are childishly charming despite the allusions to floral reproduction: “If I was a [...]

We were excited when Pixies headlined Coachella in 2004 and we are ecstatic now that they have began touring again in support of their 20th anniversary of Doolittle’s release. It’s not very often you get a chance to watch one of your favorite bands play their most classic album in its entirety.
To celebrate, they’ve done [...]

Please welcome the second installment of our new series of employee playlists, designed by the experts themselves – the VSQ staff! Like we said in our first post, we designed this series to help fans discover VSQ tracks they may have never found otherwise – and show off our impeccable and discerning musical taste! Last [...]

We created this unofficial series to help you uncover the precious gems that are buried in the depths of our impressive and seemingly endless catalog. While creating our lists we’ve found tributes we didn’t even know existed and we’ll be sharing this valuable information with you in weekly installments of playlists from the experts themselves, The VSQ Staff. So get your headphones ready because we’re about to take you on a tour through the best, the classic and the weirdest Vitamin String Quartet tributes to be found.

Being huge pixies fans, we were nothing short of thrilled when The Pixies’ Minotaur was announced a few months back.  But now that there are images and video up on ArtistsInResidence, we can’t hold back the excitement anymore.  Pre-order starts tomorrow, which means you could be 24 hours away from being an owner of your [...]