A group of Israeli human rights activists have asked the Pixies to cancel their June 9 concert in Tel Aviv to protest ‘the military occupation the Palestinian people have been living under,’ urging the reunited band to ‘refuse to perform in Israel until there is freedom here.’
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Slicing Up Eyeballs explores the legacy of '80s college, modern and indie rock, the music — once relegated to campus radio, pioneering commercial stations like San Diego's 91X and the Sunday night ghetto of MTV's "120 Minutes" — that paved the way for Nirvana and the alternative revolution.
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Recent Posts
- Milestones: House of Love’s Terry Bickers is 45 today; watch ‘Destroy the Heart’ from 1989
- New CDs: The Charlatans, James, David Bowie tribute with Duran Duran, Madness reissue
- Is Duff McKagan out of Jane’s Addiction?
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 9/5/10
- Midge Ure reissuing ‘The Gift,’ ‘Answers to Nothing’ with B-sides, unreleased tracks
- Video: Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith on ‘Psych’
- The Durutti Column’s Vini Reilly suffers ‘minor stroke,’ is ‘well on the road to recovery’
- Morrissey wears a cat on his head, says ‘the Chinese are a subspecies’ in the Guardian
- Milestones: US Festival kicked off 28 years ago today; watch Ramones’ full set — and more
- Flesh for Lulu’s Nick Marsh re-releases debut solo album ‘A Universe Between Us’
- Modern English releases ‘Blister EP,’ sets 8-date North American tour this month
- Lloyd Cole makes ‘Writers Retreat!’ video, sets ‘Broken Record’ fall tour of Europe
- Dinosaur Jr to play ‘Bug’ at Don’t Look Back concert with Flaming Lips in London
- Video: a-ha’s ‘Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah),’ off ‘25: The Very Best Of’
- Crowded House to release ‘The Very Very Best Of’ in CD, expanded digital formats
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Popular Posts
- The Cure's 'Disintegration' gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus 'In Orange' on DVD
- 'Sad, lonely' Martin Gore of Depeche Mode subpoenaed in 'World of Warcraft' lawsuit
- Video: Alan Wilder joins Depeche Mode on stage at Royal Albert Hall in London
- Gift idea: Vans' 'Death to the Pixies' shoes
- Cassette art: Turning old tapes into Robert Smith, Ian Curtis, Ian Brown
- Depeche Mode's Martin Gore to join Alan Wilder at Recoil event in Santa Ana, Calif.
- Happy Mondays, Psychedelic Furs doubling up for U.S. club tour in September, October
- Audio: The Cure's 'Delirious Night,' previously unreleased 'Disintegration'-era demo
- Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo fractures wrist playing tennis, band reschedules tour
- Audio: Hear U2 perform new songs at 360° Tour rehearsals in Turin, Italy
- Rhino Records gutted by layoffs; future of The Cure's reissue series in doubt?
- U2 'Artificial Horizon' fan club CD features 13 remixes by likes of Trent Reznor, Jacknife Lee
- Pixies selling live CDs, downloads, 'USB bracelets' of European 'Doolittle' concerts
- U2's Bono and The Edge play 'Unforgettable Fire' outtake 'Disappearing Act' on BBC
- Free download: Pixies' 'Doolittle' tour live EP
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Required Reading
Essential Listening
Video Vault
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- "Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984," by Simon Reynolds
- "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991," by Michael Azerrad
- "Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life," by John Sellers
- "24 Hour Party People: What the Sleeve Notes Never Tell You," by Tony Wilson
- "Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies," by Josh Frank
- "Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance," by Johnny Rogan
- "The Replacements: All Over But the Showing – An Oral History," by Jim Walsh
- "Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth," by David Browne
- "The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop," by John Robb
- "How Soon is Never? A Novel," by Marc Spitz
- "Never Enough: The Story of the Cure," by Jeff Apter
- "It Crawled From the South: An R.E.M. Companion," by Marcus Gray
- "Stripped: Depeche Mode," by Jonathan Miller
- "John Peel: Margrave of the Marshes," by John Peel and Sheila Ravenscroft
- "Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture," edited by Thurston Moore
- "Vinyl Junkies: Adventures in Record Collecting," by Bret Milano
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