Frank Black

Frank black proves how far a formerly formidable artist will go to avoid playing the
major-label game. After his experimental-pop solo CDs sold considerably less than his Pixies
past, he's been aiming lower, cranking out straightforward, live-in-the-studio sets with
various configurations of the Catholics. Bereft of mainstream ambitions, they can't be
considered commercial flops, and their flagrant cheapness makes minor profits (... More >

Makes writing short catchy postpunk songs seem so easy--maybe too easy, considering how hard the longer ones come ("Velvety," "Whiskey in Your Shoes")