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Friday, November 19 2010

'The Pixies: Acoustic & Electric Live': Having the Time of Their Lives

Starting in the mid-’80s, the Pixies laid the foundation for indie/alternative/Britpop/grunge music for decades to come. See two incredible live performances on one Blu-ray with this set.


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.


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Friday, November 18 2011

Counterbalance No. 59: Pixies’ 'Doolittle'

If man is five, then the devil is six. And if the devil is six, then the Pixies' Doolittle is 59. The 59th most acclaimed album in music history, that is.


Tuesday, October 26 2010

Pixies Give Fans Free Live EP to Celebrate Doolittle 20th Anniversary

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Doolittle, the Pixies are giving away live tracks to fans who sign up for their newsletter. The live tracks…


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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.


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