A Peep at the Pixies; or, Legends of the West (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
LAist (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Pixies are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their Doolittle album by giving away a free live EP. NPR reviews (and excerpts from) Paul Auster's latest novel, Invisible. The Telegraph also reviews the book. The Times Picayune visits New Orleans'...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Pixies have a released a free live EP for their fans. Culled from performances during their current Doolittle tour, the EP has 4 tracks on it and all it takes to get it is an email address. Link is in the widget above. Tracklist: 1. Dancing The Manta Ray 2. Monkey Gone To Heaven 3. Crackity Jones 4. Gouge Away
Ear Candy with Travis Hay (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Pixies are coming to town Nov. 12 & 13 to play Doolittle in full. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album, and to commemorate the live shows, the band has released a live EP of songs from the record for FREE. The EP includes "Dancing the Manta Ray," "Monkey Gone to Heaven," "Crackity Jones" and "Gouge Away." Click below to get your copy.
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 [...]
kalani0ksv7 | yesterday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The "Bored to Death" season finale is Sunday at 9:30pm on HBO HBO is booking a series involving the gender transition of a female to a male. Yes, a 1/2-hour drama focused on transexuality is being developed but no casting or production schedule has been mentioned. --- The Cartoon Network is going to have... a couple live-action series . "Tower Prep" and "Unnatural History"...
Pugnacious Pinoy (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Great reading at PLU last night. Thanks to Rick for inviting me to read with Jason Koo. I also want to thank the students for being awesome and for the beautiful broadsides. Pictures of the broadsides are forthcoming.***Dear God, I want to go to this: The Pixies!!!***The wee one has a cold. It's his first cold which means he's completely miserable, cranky, and not sleeping. Which means that
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Múm will be performing Friday at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via Múm's Myspace Our Pick: Múm, Sin Fang Bous, Hildur Gudnadottir @ El Rey Theatre Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview , #2 , Review ) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet . Legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies are...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In one of them swap-for-email deals, the Pixies are offering a free ep. You don't even have to go anywhere as there's a widget. Look:
MBV (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
To celebrate their Doolittle tour, the Pixies are giving away a free downloadable EP, featuring tracks culled from their 10/16 performance in Paris: “Dancing the Manta Ray”, “Monkey Gone to Heaven”, “Crackity Jones”, and “Gouge Away.” Just enter your email above, and download away!
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Happy Friday everyone! Click here to download your free Pixies Live EP. In case you forgot, the Pixies play the Hammerstein Ballroom on Nov 23, 24 and 25 (early/late) (Buy Tickets). - Hat tip to Drake LeLane
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Did we mention the part about it being free?
Loudvine.com: Live Music Community (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Funny thing happened the other night in Hollywood. I was a kid again. Not cool enough to have seen truly one of the greatest and most influential bands when they were first hitting the scenes all those years back, life granted me a second chance this wonderful night. Set to the raucous and beautiful music that [...]
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) -- Bruce Springsteen is doing it. So are Van Morrison, the Pixies and Steely Dan. Playing a classic album in its entirety in concert — along with random favorites, of course. On tour this year, Steely Dan is rotating the three biggest albums from its 1970s warped jazz-rock heyday: "Royal Scam," "Aja" and "Gaucho." To get Rock and...
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kalani0ksv7 | yesterday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...
angelal345h | 11/04/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...
arifhussasosidasdh | 06/01/2009
http://www.lyrics.as/Devour/lyrics/Marilyn_Manson The High End of Low starts strongly with "Devour" which comes across as Manson's take on the Pixies mixed with some latter-day Deftones. While his lyrics continue to obsess on drug references and other somewhat infantile matter (we get it already!) this song drives along nicely, and in contrast to most of his prior albums, it eases you into the record
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