You can hear it in the ultra-crisp hard-rock riffs, the loud-soft dynamic cribbed from the Pixies, and most of all, the record’s animating tension, between crushing vulnerability and uncomfortable jokes about the opposite sex (if released today, someone would surely call it an incel ...
Comparisons were thrown out likening the Boston-based quartet to the Pixies, Pavement, and Joanna Newsom. The local press, from the Boston Phoenix, to CMJ, to QRO Magazine, tabbed them as a band to keep an eye on. Not bad for a few BU students on the verge of graduation. Since then...
Pixies My favorite moment in talking with fabled Pixies axeman Joey Santiago occurs in the first few minutes of our conversation, when I can hear him turn to his teenage daughter in response to a question about whether he likes the band’s new album,Head Carrier. “Are you annoyed that I ...
Following massively acclaimed album releases in 2016 and 2017 (Weezer [The White Album] and Pacific Daydream, respectively), and two sold out amphitheater tours with Panic! At the Disco (in 2016) and Pixies (in 2018), Weezer released a fan-inspired cover of Toto's "Africa." The cover ...
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The fifth studio album from singer/songwriter Liz Phair, “Somebody’s Miracle” (Capitol).Concert DVDs from the Pixies (“Sell Out,” Rhino) and the Black Keys (“Live,” Fat Possum).A live CD/DVD chronicle of classic rock trio Cream’s May reunion run in London, “Royal Albert Hall...
29. Feed – Debaser (Pixies cover) The unimaginatively-titledTribute To The Pixiesfeatured a bunch of Japanese rock bands tackling Pixies hits and deep cuts. Most of the covers don’t show more imagination the album title (it didn’t come within a million miles ofour recent Best Tribute A...
During recording for the album, the band decided to open things up and give fans some insight into their process, documenting their studio work over a 12-episode podcast simply titled, It's a Pixies Podcast, that will debut June 27 via Apple, Spotify, Acast, Stitcher, Google and other po...
42: Pixies – Doolittle An aptly-named band makes an album that gets your blood pumping while it messes with your head. The Pixies were writing some of the catchiest hooks in indie rock, then harnessing them to songs about mutilation, strange sex, and lab monkeys. Plenty of important bands...
Watch “Where Is My Mind” above, and for more blissful insanity, check out the animal cover of Kavinsky’s “Nightcall” (featuring Ryan Gosling) below. Pigeons And PlanesPixiesFunny Sign Up for the Newsletter By entering your email, you agree to receive customized marketing messages from us...