Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Pixies @ Aragon Ballroom - Nov 20, 2009 (jjohnson1120) When a group of revered and influential rockers come back together after a decade of acrimonious separation and/or inactivity, all but the most hard-hearted punks can grant them one lap around...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
The Pixies at the Aragon Ballroom in November. Ah, déjà vu. Seems like this happened five years ago (because it did, more or less). A set chock full of old jams, no new material in sight, smiling faces in the crowd and on the stage.There were still a few surprises (a giant video board, pre-show advertisements for USB wristbands at the merch booth), but this is the same Pixies from 2004....
Muzzle of Bees (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
By Jodi Root Five years ago, almost to the day, my life changed. The impossible became not only possible, but actual history and the Pixies reunited. They said it could never happen, but the moment I heard that Frank Black and Kim Deal let bygones be bygones and embarked on a reunion tour in 2004, you [...]
Jonk Music (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
WEEKEND VIDEO / TONIGHT IN CHICAGO! "Gouge Away" Doolittle 1989 iTunes July 13, 1989: Being picked up by a major label apparently hasn't brought any peace to Pixies singer-songwriter Black Francis. The same nightmares that inhabited the band's two brilliant independent LPs, Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa , are in evidence again on Doolittle . That's disturbing for Black Francis but great...
Losanjealous (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Tonight kicks off a nice run of holiday season benefit rock shows for good causes around town. Basically, you have no excuse for not coming out and digging some music and giving a little something back. Tonight, Friday 11/20 When You Awake & The Fold Present A Tribute To Neil Young w/Delta Spirit, Ferraby Lionheart, Jason [...]
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
, an ahead-of-its-time band two decades ago, got its due on a wildly received 2004 reunion tour. Since then, the quartet hasn’t bothered to put out any new music and remains more popular than ever. On Thursday in the first of three concerts at the Aragon, singer-guitarist Black Francis (a k a Charles Thompson), bassist Kim Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering looked back once...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News With smoke machines billowing, the silent film ' Un Chien Andalou ' showing on a massive video screen and ominous music playing, the four members of the Pixies -- Black Francis , Kim Deal , Joey Santiago and David Lovering -- walked onstage at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Thursday night, the first of their three-day stint in the city on the 'Doolittle' 20th...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Underground '80s rock fans are descending on Boston's Theater District for what they'll deem the shows of year. Their fervor may be for bands that peaked in...
Ear Candy with Travis Hay (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Pixies performed Doolittle in its entirety along with its related B-sides and a few other songs at the Paramount Thursday night. You can read my full review over at Crosscut by following the jump. Look for a photo gallery from the show later today (UPDATE: Photo gallery is here) along with another take on the Pixies Doolittle experience from yours truly in the coming days.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I've been a Pixies fan for a while now, but I was too young to catch their first go-round, and I somehow stupidly missed their prior reunion tour, so their performance of great sophomore album Doolittle (plus b-sides!) at the sold-out Paramount last night was a real thrill. The band came out to huge applause, Deal chirped that they were going to play some b-sides, and with they launched into "Dancing...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
It has lately come to my attention that some very smart people I know — who otherwise have great taste in music and art and all things cultural — don’t know who the Pixies are. If this is the case with any of our readers, I’m going to fix that today. The Pixies [...]
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The reunited Pixes kicked off their nine city US tour -- the one where they play Doolittle cover to cover -- in Los Angeles earlier this week. The band's celebrating a lot, from the 20th anniversary of that classic LP to the release of the physically massive Minotaur boxed set (not so much a coffee table decoration as a coffee table), in various ways this week. You can download a free live EP culled...
Losanjealous (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
PICK OF THE WEEK Band of Horses w/ Warpaint Club Nokia 1st Anniversary Show Mon 11/9 Info [ENTER TO WIN] THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Bishop Allen & Throw Me The Statue Tues 11/10 Echoplex | Info [ENTER TO WIN] Buraka Som Sistema Thurs 11/12 Mayan Theater Info [ENTER TO WIN] Huey Lewis & the News Thurs 11/12 Club Nokia Info [ENTER TO WIN] Fuck Buttons w/ Growing Thurs 11/12 The Echo Info...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The Pixies kicked off a three night stand at the Palladium Thursday night with an exhilarating run-through of their classic “Doolittle”, its assorted B-sides, and a smattering of earlier faves. These days they’re riding a wave of nostalgia, rather than a wave of mutilation, but as reunions go, this is one of the more gratifying ones. The evening starts a little rough. The band almost...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
It’s raining when I walk out the door this morning. I get into my car and put the faceplate on my radio and put in my copy of The Pixies album Doolittle. The first song is “Debaser”: The simple bass leads me to some kind of window in my mind. And as the guitars hit [...]
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