Tuesday, July 5 2011
Undercover Presents: Pixies’ Doolittle Tribute
Frenetic, lurching, orchestral arrangements colliding with funky, corn-pone, theatrical, Latin, jazzy and relentlessly off-kilter interpretations.
Friday, April 22 2011
Five interesting asides to the Pixies’ quirky 1989 masterpiece ‘Doolittle’
In an effort to keep things fresh in the somewhat glaring absence of a new Pixies album -- the band members say it might still get made, or might not (yeah, thanks) -- Boston's masters of loud-quiet-loud are back on the road playing one of their classic records in its entirety.
Friday, January 15 2010
Our Band Could Be Your Life. Again. Band Reunions Redefined in the 2000s
The decade's most memorable reunion stories have not been cash grabs by classic rock giants, but unexpected comebacks by some of indie's most valuable players. Here's why.
Friday, April 20 2007
V Festival feat. Pixies, Beck, Nouvelle Vague, Gnarls Barkley, Jarvis Cocker, and Phoenix
PopMatters' Nick Gunn takes on the crowds and craziness, to find out what happens when Virgin's V Festival pops up down under.
Monday, April 16 2007
Pixies
The world needs another positive Pixies review about as much as it needs a new airborne super-virus, so what say we focus on sentiment instead of sound?
Sunday, November 19 2006
Pixies: The Pixies - Club Date: Live at the Paradise in Boston [DVD]
This DVD provides two glimpses of Pixies: the kindler, gentler manifestation, and that kinder, gentler manifestation's rough estimate of past incarnations now distanced by time, age, forgotten roles, and so-called "retirement".
Thursday, November 16 2006
Pixies: Loudquietloud: A Film About the Pixies [DVD]
The unbridgeable quiet between friends now drifted apart, and the noise that cannot reunite them.
Friday, November 4 2005
Pixies: Sell Out [DVD]
Commemorating the reformation of this influential band nearly 15 years after they peaked and walked away, this new DVD is lightning in a bottle.
