Grand Duchy
Petits fours

If Black Francis and Robert Smith went bowling Grand Duchy’s first official release was a cover of A Strange Day for the Cure tribute album Just Lik...

Frank Black goes by a variety of names. Charles Thompson IV is his given name, and The Pixies are arguably his “given band.” When Ian MacKaye (of Fuga...

When a great singer-songwriter quits his regular band to start a project with his wife, that’s when we know for sure that it’s safe to stop listening....

Grand Duchy is a music project involving prolific and versatile Black Francis (a.k.a. Frank Black) and his wife, Violet Clark. The two share and alter...

What happens to 80s alt-rock stars when they grow up, get married, and settle into suburbia Wither away into anonymity, take their kids to soccer pra...

Ever since The Pixies reunion finally came to a close, singer/guitarist Black Francis has been busy with everything but a new Pixies record (keep drea...

This month sees the release of the latest offering from ex-Pixies frontman Black Francis, otherwise known as Frank Black or even plain old Charles Tho...

B>Synths Few would've expected liberal smatterings of them from a man who wakes up in the morning safe in the knowledge that his musical credibility ...

In a nutshell... Catchy pop brilliance from one of the masters (and his mrs). What's it all about Another musical vehicle for Frank Black (with h...

Frank Black has always produced his best work when his more masculine tendencies are tempered by a feminine touch, and such proves the case on Petits ...