Black Francis (aka Frank Black, aka the driving force behind the game-changing Pixies of yore) is returning to Santa Barbara on March 27th  to play Soho with his collaborative pal Reid Paley.   Check Francis out below performing the still-wondrous Wave of Mutilation.  After, check out Francis and Paley giving a nod to velvet nightmares in Another Velvet Nightmare, all courtesy of WNRN of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Both songs seem an (unintentional) tribute to the weekend’s cry-an-ocean passing of Jason Molina (“You’ll think I’m dead, but I sail away”–we’ll hope Jason’s somewhere else in an amphibious vehicle; and “This drunkard cannot drink”).  RIP Jason.

Get your tickets for Black Francis‘ Soho show HERE.