Tuesday - February 24, 2004 - 08:15pm

Pixies Reunion Shows Sell Out Immediately

Confirming that interest in the Pixies' music has not waned since the band's 1993 demise, 11 of the 12 shows scheduled for the group's impending reunion tour sold out within minutes over the weekend. At the 1,600-seat Prairieland venue in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, capacity has been doubled to accommodate additional fans. "The demand has been so great," Prairieland events manager Carl Schlosser enthuses to Billboard.com. "We are the largest venue, so we'll be that overflow for fans who may have been shut out in other cities." Tickets for the 12th show on April 29 in Davis, Calif., go on sale March 1...Read The Rest

Source: Billboard

Monday - February 16, 2004 - 10:39pm

Wave Of Mutilation ?Äì Best Of Pixies

Wave Of Mutilation ?Äì Best Of PIXIES - CAD 2406CD A new 23 track survey of the glories that are Pixies' recordings. During their brief career from 1987 to 1992 The Pixies released one mini-album (Come On Pilgrim), four full length albums (Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde) and a handful of singles. Posthumous releases have included "Complete B-sides" and "Pixies at the BBC", a compilation of radio sessions. The new "Best Of Pixies" runs (almost) chronologically and expands on the previous compilation, "Death To The Pixies". Inevitably there are half a dozen tracks from "Doolittle", the record that NME proclaimed the "second best album ever", but there's also a couple of B-sides, the live favourite "Into The White" and, to end the sonic assault on a poignant note, the band's cover of Neil Young's "Winterlong". 1. Bone Machine
2. Nimrod's Son
3. The Holiday Song
4. Caribou
5. Broken Face
6. Gigantic (single version)
7. Vamos (Surfer Rosa version)
8. Hey
9. Monkey Gone To Heaven
10. Debaser (Doolittle version)
11. Gouge Away
12. Wave Of Mutilation
13. Here Comes Your Man
14. Tame
15. Where Is My Mind?
16. Into The White
17. Velouria
18. Allison
19. Dig For Fire
20. U-Mass
21. Alec Eiffel
22. Planet Of Sound
23. Winterlong

Source: 4AD

Monday - February 16, 2004 - 09:54pm

Pixies Tour Dates

The Pixies have confirmed a series of North American concert dates, it is announced today. The group will kick off the eleven-city headline dates in Winnipeg, Canada on Wednesday, April 14, traveling through central and western Canada, then down the U.S. west coast, ending on Saturday, May 1 where they will co-headline (with Radiohead and Kraftwerk) the first night of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival held just outside of Palm Springs, CA. Those lucky enough to get tickets to the Pixies "warm up" dates will be able to see the band in intimate venues, making these reunion concerts that much more special.

Source: Tour Dates

Monday - February 16, 2004 - 08:38pm

Pixies Offically Reunite

They're talking, they're rehearsing, and they're going to perform together for the first time in more than a decade. The Pixies , acclaimed as the most influential pioneer of the late '80s alt/rock movement, and who effectively blazed the path for groups like Nirvana, Radiohead and Pearl Jam to rise to superstardom, have officially confirmed their much-anticipated reunion. The original line-up - Frank Black/vocals, guitar; Joey Santiago/guitar; Kim Deal/bass; and David Lovering/drums - are already holed up in a Southern California rehearsal space working together for the first time since they disbanded in 1993.

In April, The Pixies will kick off an 11-city "warm up" tour of North America, marking the first time they've toured together since 1992's massive "ZOO TV" in support of U2. This string of dates will culminate on May 1 when the band co-headlines (with Radiohead and Kraftwerk) the first night of this year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to be held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, CA. The band will then embark on a European tour starting May 28 and ending July 10.

Source: 4AD