New Pixies EP

[tvrec]

But I've never been a fan of them and his voice is grating to me. Kim, on the other hand, is great and I love her stuff with the Breeders, so maybe that's why these new songs aren't doing it for me.

The voice must be the hinge for you. The difference between the Pixies and the Breeders is a hair's length. The song structures map onto each other with great consistency. Breeders just don't have FB singing.

[kv]

what? breeders don't have joey either..kinda a gigantic part..get it..get it

[trevor ayer]

I've been listening to these 2 shows and they sound great (especially if u turn up the treble).

http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/pi ... ixies+2013

Lots of extra new tunes that I like better than most of the ep1 songs and the ep1 songs sound pretty good too. Kim Deal is still very missed but NuKim is doing pretty good. Hearing the new songs really brings home how great Joey Santiago is. Even if Black Francis lyrics aren't exactly improving, listening to Joey makes up for it. The new songs seem like the logical next step after Trompe Le Monde. Trompe was getting a bit cheezy for my Pixies stew tho it did contain a few gems. I would love to hear the new line up try The Navaho Knows instead of say a Head On or Subbacultcha.

I read they recorded 60 new tunes. The great thing about Black Francis is that if he says he recorded 60 new tunes .. he probably did .. unlike Perry's 'hardblower' approach. And with Francis, he is still good for a few great songs. Currently digging In Heaven / Andro Queen, What Goes Boom, Silver Snail, Blue Eyed Hexe, Greens and Blues and Indi Cindy. The Quieter songs remind me of Bossanova a little and the louder ones definately have that Trompe feel, especially reminding me of the Jeffrey with one F tune.

I would love if Perry took the Pixie approach of playing long sets with changing up the setlist a lot. Even with NuKim the variety makes it all super enjoyable.

Highly Recommended listening!

[kv]

perry doesn't have 1/8th of the talent of frank

[Essence_Smith]

perry doesn't have 1/8th of the talent of frank

Would you have said this in 1990?

[kv]

no in the 90's i would have said perry doesn't have 1/2

[Essence_Smith]

[perkana]

Pixies live from Maida Vale studios
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03blbt4
Black Francis interview on right now

[perkana]

Link to the show
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cf2fm

[kv]

ya it's so good

[kv]

new new ep 2 out

[Hokahey]

I like Greens and Blues. The rest are ok.

[trevor ayer]

I kinda like all the new stuff, except maybe bagboy. The new tunes remind me of Teenager of the Year era Frank Black, and maybe the subpar Trompe Le Monde era Pixies. Not quite the Pixies without Kim or at least a chick singing. Much better than fast man raider man era Frank, which almost made me give up on the guy. Both ep's are pretty solid for what they are. Having Joey around really gives it that extra something special. Respectable would sum it up best. Androqueen, Greens and Blues and Blue Eyed Hexe are all solid tunes. Listening to VU 'the gift' makes me think maybe Subbacultcha was written to sound like "the gift". It was written right around when that other song Levitate Me was written, which states "I wanna be a singer like lou reed", and "the gift" is pretty much the same riff.

[Hokahey]

I kinda like all the new stuff, except maybe bagboy. The new tunes remind me of Teenager of the Year era Frank Black, and maybe the subpar Trompe Le Monde era Pixies. Not quite the Pixies without Kim or at least a chick singing. Much better than fast man raider man era Frank, which almost made me give up on the guy. Both ep's are pretty solid for what they are. Having Joey around really gives it that extra something special. Respectable would sum it up best. Androqueen, Greens and Blues and Blue Eyed Hexe are all solid tunes. Listening to VU 'the gift' makes me think maybe Subbacultcha was written to sound like "the gift". It was written right around when that other song Levitate Me was written, which states "I wanna be a singer like lou reed", and "the gift" is pretty much the same riff.

Good summary. Except, as a late comer to the Pixies I always loved Trompe Le Monde. I had no idea it was so disliked until I started reading more and more about them. It was like when I got in to Porno and Jane's right as Porno was doing their thing and hearing Jane's fans lamenting how far Perry had fallen. I was confused because I loved Porno. Over the years I've come to understand of course how OG Jane's fans might not have dug P4P, but I still love 'em maybe just as much as Jane's.

[intertwoven]

I kinda like all the new stuff, except maybe bagboy. The new tunes remind me of Teenager of the Year era Frank Black, and maybe the subpar Trompe Le Monde era Pixies. Not quite the Pixies without Kim or at least a chick singing. Much better than fast man raider man era Frank, which almost made me give up on the guy. Both ep's are pretty solid for what they are. Having Joey around really gives it that extra something special. Respectable would sum it up best. Androqueen, Greens and Blues and Blue Eyed Hexe are all solid tunes. Listening to VU 'the gift' makes me think maybe Subbacultcha was written to sound like "the gift". It was written right around when that other song Levitate Me was written, which states "I wanna be a singer like lou reed", and "the gift" is pretty much the same riff.

Good summary. Except, as a late comer to the Pixies I always loved Trompe Le Monde. I had no idea it was so disliked until I started reading more and more about them. It was like when I got in to Porno and Jane's right as Porno was doing their thing and hearing Jane's fans lamenting how far Perry had fallen. I was confused because I loved Porno. Over the years I've come to understand of course how OG Jane's fans might not have dug P4P, but I still love 'em maybe just as much as Jane's.

Same here.. Trompe's my favorite Pixies album, no question. And yeah, I had sorta written them off with Bagboy and Kim leaving, but I've really liked both EPs.

[kv]

as a pixes fan from the start trompe is def my least favorite...the whole sci fi feel just didn't do it for me as a whole...a couple great tunes off it but as a whole my least fav...and i don't jut like the ealy stuff best...i mean i do but bossanova is fucking amazing sauce...used to never be able to say who i liked more jane's or the pixies...while i still have zero knocks aginst eithers old catalogs...the way jane's have crumbled over the last 20 years make me put the pixies a notch higher....as for porno i always felt like ns and rit were A+ records with pronos s/t being a solid A for me...while GGU fell really far for me...i also think the pixies is more timeless listening to it now...while ns sounds dated and i hate the broken glass drum triggers...still and forever will love love love old pixies and jane's and aisde from BOB nobody will ever hold that spot in my heart like those bands

i used to always feel no eric=no jane's, no kim=no pixies....but with these ep's for me as long as charles and joey are together it works for me...where jane's really lacks without avery to the point of fail

[trevor ayer]

this is too good ...

http://www.npr.org/event/music/26954231 ... sk-concert

[kv]

this is too good ...

http://www.npr.org/event/music/26954231 ... sk-concert

yes it is

[Hype]

I almost want to call that not really the Pixies... but it's far more the Pixies than 3/4 of Jane's Addiction is Jane's Addiction. I love that violin.

[perkana]

I want this for Xmas...

Celebrating 25 years of the band's biggest selling album, Doolittle 25 brings together for the first time all the B-Sides, Peel Sessions and Demos, with almost half the tracks having not been commercially released before. This deluxe CD version contains an impressive 50 tracks with the original album on disc one, 2 full Peel Sessions & 6 B-sides on disc two and the complete album in demo form plus 7 bonus tracks on disc three.

DISC ONE
Doolittle

1. Debaser (2.52)
2. Tame (1.55)
3. Wave of Mutilation (2.04)
4. I Bleed (2.34)
5. Here Comes Your Man (3.21)
6. Dead (2.21)
7. Monkey Gone to Heaven (2.57)
8. Mr. Grieves (2.05)
9. Crackity Jones (1.24)
10. La La Love You (2.43)
11. No. 13 Baby (3.51)
12. There Goes My Gun (1.49)
13. Hey (3.31)
14. Silver (2.25)
15. Gouge Away (2.45)

DISC TWO
Doolittle - B-Sides & Peel Sessions
Peel Session Recorded 18th October 1988

1. Dead (3.18)
2. Tame (1.58) *
3. There Goes My Gun (2.18)
4. Manta Ray (1.49)
Peel Session Recorded 2nd May 1989
5. Into The White (4.11) *
6. Wave of Mutilation (2.31)
7. Down To The Well (2.14)
'Monkey Gone To Heaven'™ B-Sides
8. Manta Ray (2.40)
9. Weird At My School (1.58)
10. Dancing The Manta Ray (2.14)
'Here Comes Your Man' B-Sides
11. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) (3.02)
12. Into The White (4.43)
13. Bailey's Walk (2.24)

DISC THREE
Doolittle - Demos

1. Debaser (3.00)
2. Tame (2.10) *
3. Wave of Mutilation (First Demo) (2.04) *
4. I Bleed (1.46) *
5. Here Comes Your Man (1986 Demo) (3.07)
6. Dead (1.35) *
7. Monkey Gone To Heaven (2.52) *
8. Mr. Grieves (1.42) *
9. Crackity Jones (1.21) *
10. La La Love You (2.08) *
11. No. 13 Baby - VIVA LA LOMA RICA (First Demo) (2.17) *
12. There Goes My Gun (1.29) *
13. Hey (First Demo) (3.22) *
14. Silver (2.11) *
15. Gouge Away (1.42) *
Bonus Demo Tracks
16. My Manta Ray Is All Right (2.30) *
17. Santo (2.17) *
18. Weird At My School (First Demo) (1.53) *
19. Wave Of Mutilation (1.30) *
20. No. 13 Baby (3.07)
21. Debaser (First Demo) (3.37) *
22. Gouge Away (First Demo) (2.08) *
*
Denotes Previously Unreleased

http://pixies.tmstor.es/cart/product.php?id=19301

[trevor ayer]

disk three looks real interesting to me .. i don't think i have heard anything on it before

[intertwoven]

Very cool. I hope they continue the deluxe reissue treatment for their other albums.

[perkana]

Just received this e-mail from their mailing list:

Hello...

Following the announcement of our Big Guava, Shaky Knees and Boston Calling festival shows, we are pleased to announce our own North American 2015 shows.

More dates will be announced shortly too.

A special fan-only pre-sale starts at 9am EST on Wednesday Feb 25th (general on-sale is Friday Feb 27th).

You will need to use our password 'snakes' to get these tickets first.

The pre-sale ticket links will be available on our website www.pixiesmusic.com.

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2015

MAY
05: Civic Theatre, New Orleans, LA
06: Iron City, Birmingham, AL
08: Shaky Knees Festival, Atlanta, GA
09: Big Guava, Tampa, FL
11: PAC, North Charleston, SC
12: Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte, NC
13: The Norva, Norfolk, VA
15: Louisville Palace, Louisville, KY
17: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, OH
19: Rapids Theatre, Niagara Falls, NY
21: Flynn P.A. Center, Burlington, VT
22: Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
24: Boston Calling, Boston, MA
27: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
28: Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY

JUNE
18-21: Amnesia Festival, Montebello, QC

La La Love You

PIXIES

[mockbee]

Just received this e-mail from their mailing list:

Hello...

Following the announcement of our Big Guava, Shaky Knees and Boston Calling festival shows, we are pleased to announce our own North American 2015 shows.

More dates will be announced shortly too.

A special fan-only pre-sale starts at 9am EST on Wednesday Feb 25th (general on-sale is Friday Feb 27th).

You will need to use our password 'snakes' to get these tickets first.

The pre-sale ticket links will be available on our website http://www.pixiesmusic.com.

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2015

MAY
05: Civic Theatre, New Orleans, LA
06: Iron City, Birmingham, AL
08: Shaky Knees Festival, Atlanta, GA
09: Big Guava, Tampa, FL
11: PAC, North Charleston, SC
12: Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte, NC
13: The Norva, Norfolk, VA
15: Louisville Palace, Louisville, KY
17: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, OH
19: Rapids Theatre, Niagara Falls, NY
21: Flynn P.A. Center, Burlington, VT
22: Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
24: Boston Calling, Boston, MA
27: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
28: Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY

JUNE
18-21: Amnesia Festival, Montebello, QC

La La Love You

PIXIES

Thanks for this. Where are the West Coast dates, or were they already fulfilled with the fall tour? crap.

I missed them in Sept when they were playing across the street from me.......


The Masonic Center is an awesome building with a great history.




I have no idea why I allowed that to happen........... I hope I don't feel this way with FNM as well......

[mockbee]

Oh....just saw the more dates in a bit part.




Oh, thank god.