While the Pixies were onstage in LA last night, they dropped a little surprise for Twitter and Facebook followers that were likely wishing they were at the show (via SUE):“FREE Doolittle Live EP!” the Twitter announcement reads. “Four tracks taken...
The addition of 90's wunderkinds Pavement to one of the headlining slots of Primavera 2010 is old news. Newer news is the news that 80's wunderkinds Pixies will join them by occupying another of those coveted headline slots for the Spanish music festival.
Five classic 4AD releases from Pixies are going to be reissued as both Limited Edition and Deluxe Edition collector's sets entitled Minotaur. Spearheaded by Jeff Anderson, founder of A+R (Artist in Residence), who has put together expansive and eye-catching versions of releases by Nine Inch Nails, Beck and Sigur Ros - Minotaur will be available for pre-order at www.ainr.com beginning Monday, Ju...
MUSIC NEWS - To celebrate their 20th anniversary of the release of their classic 1989 album Doolittle, the Pixies; Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering, will start up a 21-date USA portion leg of their "Doolittle Tour" on Wednesday, November 4 at the Hollywood Palladium. Today,we get news of the support acts for the tour.Opening for the Pixies over the course of the "
Frank Black's creative juices are still flowing. He earlier this year he released Bluefinger under his Black Francis alias and has released a new solo album every year or two for the past fourteen years. He's even working on a Christmas album, dubbed Christmass. So Black is pretty much not opposed to the idea of sitting down and putting together a new Pixies album. The Pixies, who reunited in 2...
American Laundromat Records are producing "Dig For Fire: a Tribute to PIXIES." Featuring sixteen tracks by some well known bands "Dig For Fire" will be available November 2007.So far confirmed;.British Sea Power cover 'Caribou'. .They Might Be Giants cover 'Havalina' .The Rosebuds cover 'Break My Body' .Mogwai covers 'Gouge Away' ..http://www.myspace.com/pixiestribute ......also coming; ...
If Pixies fans were holding their breaths for a new album since 1991's Trompe Le Monde, many of them would have passed out by now. Well Frank Black's asking them to hold out a little longer. In a recent with NME.com, Black mentions that a new album is not out of the question. "I have to see if the band as a whole wants to go into the recording studio for a new record," he says. "That makes sens...
Pixies announced a couple weeks back that they would be bringing their Doolittle tour to the U.S., now they have announced the tour dates. The Boston based band will kick off the tour November 4th in Los Angeles, Ca at the Palladium and the tour will run through the month ending in Washington D.C. The [...]
Pixies – Minotaur Box Set (Limited Edition)ProductShopNYC favorite Pixies, are planning a special set of European dates to coincide with the release of their new comprehensive box set entitled Minotaur and the 20th anniversary of the release of their classic album, Doolittle. For the Doolittle tour, the Pixies will perform all of the songs from [...]
Tim Anstaett, publisher of The Offense fanzine, is my guest this week. He talks about The Offense and plays some great local music from back in the day. He also shares some stuff from shows he promoted in Columbus. Bands you may have heard of before, like the Pixies, the Fall, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Throwing Muse, and Cocteau Twins. Stream: http://patradio.org/blix/wimpy.php Right-cli...
Pixies will be stopping by ‘The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien‘ this Friday (11/6).The band will be playing their song, “Here Comes Your Man“, on the late night talk show.The band are currently in the midst of a U.S. tour which kicked off tonight (11/4) in Los Angeles.Pixies
The Pixies are returning to Australia for the first time since 2007 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their classic 1989 album, 'Doolittle'.On the 'Doolittle' tour, the Pixies will perform all of the songs from 'Doolittle' and its related B-sides, as well as classics such as 'Debaser', 'Wave of Mutilation', 'Here Comes Your Man', 'Hey', and 'Gouge Away'. Looking at the dates o...
In Europe, The Pixies are running through their deep gusher of an album, Doolittle, to what I assume is a mix of rapturous applause and ‘I saw them before you did’ showdowns. The U.S. will have their day in the sun soon though, so don’t worry U.S.ers. However, if you can’t make it to a Doolittle show, the band has thought of another option that might work for you. How about 8 shows, profe
After announcing a European tour, wherein the majority of the setlist would consist of songs from Doolittle and its respective B-sides played in their entirety (TMT News), The Pixies left the New World waiting with baited breath. One local fan (me) was left wondering: “What about my neck of the woods??” Then the second announcement came along. However, all we got was: “Hey Pixies fans! We're