Tag: Pixies

Pixies prep “Doolittle” live album, 10-inch of “Purple Tape” demos for Record Store Day

Pixies prep “Doolittle” live album, 10-inch of “Purple Tape” demos for Record Store Day

Pixies will release two new vinyl titles on Record Store Day this year, a live album recorded on the band’s 2009 Doolittle tour and a 10-inch of early demos.

Pixies announce second leg of U.S. tour with special guests Franz Ferdinand, Bully

Pixies announce second leg of U.S. tour with special guests Franz Ferdinand, Bully

Pixies today announced a second U.S. leg of their ongoing tour in support of last year’s Doggerel with special guests Franz Ferdinand and Bully.

See first trailer for “35,000 Watts: The Story of College Radio” — and help fund documentary

See first trailer for “35,000 Watts: The Story of College Radio” — and help fund documentary

A team of filmmakers this week debuted the first teaser trailer for “35,000 Watts: The Story of College Radio,”and they’re looking for help funding the project.

Pixies debut new song “Human Crime” — watch the video by bassist Paz Lenchantin

Pixies debut new song “Human Crime” — watch the video by bassist Paz Lenchantin

The Pixies this week debuted a brand-new single called “Human Crime” with a music video directed by the band’s bassist, Paz Lenchantin.

Pixies debut new song ‘Hear Me Out’ ahead of release of limited-edition 12-inch single

Pixies debut new song ‘Hear Me Out’ ahead of release of limited-edition 12-inch single

The Pixies are back with a brand new single, the Paz Lenchantin-sung “Hear Me Out” that is accompanied by the western-themed video posted here and will appear as the A-side of a new limited-edition 12-inch single the band is set to release later this month. Check out the full music video right here.

Pixies release alternate version of ‘Velouria’ video with far less slo-mo jumping

Pixies release alternate version of ‘Velouria’ video with far less slo-mo jumping

If you have any memory of the Pixies’ video for 1990 single “Velouria,” it’s probably of the four band members down in what looks like some kind of rock quarry, bounding toward the camera in very slow motion, jumping off rocks. Not a lot happens. Now comes an alternate version, with even less going on.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Alt.Rewind: Week of June 26, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Alt.Rewind: Week of June 26, 2020

Our good friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a week-in-review video series called Alt. Rewind that recaps the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and on the Strangeways site throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. Watch the latest episode right here.

Pixies’ third album ‘Bossanova’ to receive 30th anniversary reissue on red vinyl

Pixies’ third album ‘Bossanova’ to receive 30th anniversary reissue on red vinyl

The 4AD label this summer will mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the Pixies’ third album, Bossanova, with a new pressing on red vinyl that includes the original 16-page booklet that previously only was included with the original U.K. vinyl release. Full details right here.

Tanya Donelly covers Pixies’ ‘Here Comes Your Man’ for new weekly cover series

Tanya Donelly covers Pixies’ ‘Here Comes Your Man’ for new weekly cover series

Tanya Donelly recently started a new weekly series of home-recorded covers that she’s using to help raise money for good causes, and the latest installment finds her channeling her old Boston friends Pixies through their song “Here Comes Your Man.” Stream it right here.

New Order, Pixies, JAMC, Bauhaus, Wire, Bob Mould among acts canceling concerts worldwide

New Order, Pixies, JAMC, Bauhaus, Wire, Bob Mould among acts canceling concerts worldwide

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on live music across the globe, with giant festivals — including Coachella and South By Southwest — postponed or canceled and tours in the U.S. and around the world being canceled or curtailed in an effort to protect large crowds from transmitting COVID-19.

Pixies cancel concerts in China and Japan as concerns about coronavirus grow

Pixies cancel concerts in China and Japan as concerns about coronavirus grow

The Pixies have canceled or postponed a run of concerts set to begin this week in Japan and China as concerns grow about the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The cancellation earlier this month of the band’s Chinese dates was linked publicly to the coronoavirus, though the postponement of the Japanese concerts has not.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: Jan. 19-24, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: Jan. 19-24, 2020

Our good friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a new week-in-review video that will recap the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and on the Strangeways site throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. Watch it here.

Vaughan Oliver, the artist who created 4AD’s iconic album covers, dead at 62

Vaughan Oliver, the artist who created 4AD’s iconic album covers, dead at 62

Vaughan Oliver, the British artist and graphic designer who helped create the visual identity of the 4AD record label and so many of the legendary imprint’s best-known bands, including the Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Throwing Muses, The Breeders, This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance and more, died Sunday.