In a January 1994 interview with Rolling Stone , he said, "I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it [smiles]. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have ...
The Pussywillow PixiesA lone Pixie befriends a Smurf lost in Pussywillow Hollow, and with the help of the other Smurfs they rescue her friends from being captured by the Wartmongers. The Secret Of Shadow SwampGrouchy tries to escape from his birthday with an adventurous troll. The Secret Of...
Pixies: “Gigantic” (1988) The Pixies’ debut single cemented the loud-quiet-loud template that would characterize so many of their best songs. National treasure Kim Deal has gone on record saying that the song was inspired by a 1986 film adaptation of Beth Henley’s "Crimes of the Heart...
Famous for bands like Pixies, The Cars, The Lemonheads and Aerosmith, Boston music fans will know the Theater District and Central Square in Cambridge are go-to hot spots to catch live music. Also best known for baked beans (yep, you heard that right), the Boston Marathon, and a ...
“I Really Want You Right Now,”sounds just as fierce. The band was ruling Boston clubs around the time the Pixies were learning how to write songs, and you can hear the Lyres’ loud-quiet-loud dynamics onSurfer RosaandDoolittle, not to mention PJ Harvey, Nirvana, and all that followed...
The only points of reference you could formulate to describe them were absurd and floral, like what if Radiohead and the Pixies were broadcasting garage-rock distress skronks from some lunar shore? But this enigmatic new-millennium band dropped its guard a little on the amorous-mixtape staple ...
“Dregs of Wine”by Pixies In many ways, the best part of the Pixies’ intoxicating blend has always been the subversive fretwork of Joey Santiago. And so, for that reason – and many others –“Dregs of Wine” is a favorite of the Pixies’ latest LP,Doggerel. But what’s even more...
A guy fromBostoncriticizing your beloved hometown might strike a nerve with some. But when the song is this damn rockin’—and probably the best track Frank Black ever recorded in his post-Pixies career—who cares? In typical loud-quiet fashion, Black wrestles with LA’s multiple personalities...
s a song that’s looking for trouble, from Frank Black’s first moans to the way Kim whispers seductively in your ear, to the tugging bassline that seems to go straight for the hips. It’s the most effective example of the Pixies’ famous soft-loud-soft dynamic as the verses tease ...
And he employed Dylan-style love-and-theft to left-field pop as well, masterfully distilling indie-rock icons Pixies in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and U.K. post-punks Killing Joke in "Come as You Are." Lyrically, songs like "Rape Me" and "Stay Away" (with its memorable "God is gay...