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| vilainde |
Posted - 01/23/2007 : 00:16:49
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/01/2208.cfm
<<Tribute Albums In The Works For Both The Pixies And Kim Deal
Monday January 22, 2007 @ 05:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
The Pixies have been under the radar in recent months as they ponder whether or not to record a new studio album, but they're the subject of a new tribute record that will be issued by American Laundromat Records this fall.
Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies will feature 16 tracks from a rather impressive lineup of acts, including Mogwai, They Might Be Giants, OK Go, Dinosaur Jr. and J. Mascis. No track list has been announced yet, but other artists involved include Dylan In The Movies, The Rosebuds, Morning Theft, Joy Zipper, The Commons and Beth Waters.
The label isn't stopping there, as it also plans to release an album devoted to Pixies bassist Kim Deal.
"Between Kim's work in the Pixies, Breeders and The Amps, there's well over 50 tracks up for consideration," reads a statement on the MySpace page devoted to Gigantic — A Tribute To Kim Deal. "Everything from 'Gigantic' and 'Oh' to 'Divine Hammer' and 'Cannonball' to 'Little Fury' and 'Pacer' — there's enough cool tracks here for three tributes. However, we're only going to do one."
The MySpace page also has a clip of "Divine Hammer" performed by Julie Peel. Other artists confirmed for this tribute are Bishop Allen, The German Art Students, The Douglas Fir, Elmo, Francine, Witch Hats and The Modifiers. Like The Pixies tribute, Gigantic is expected to be released sometime in the fall.
American Laundromat have issued several tribute albums in the past, including the High School Reunion compilation that featured Matthew Sweet, Frank Black, Kristin Hersh and The Dresden Dolls covering songs found in popular '80s films such as The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink and Fast Times At Ridgemont High. An all-female tribute to Neil Young titled Cinnamon Girl, which will focus on his material from 1969 to 1979, is also in the works for the fall.
The Pixies toured Europe last summer after co-headlining a North American tour with Weezer in the summer of 2005 that included Canadian stops in Montreal and Toronto.
—Jason MacNeil>>
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
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| Carl |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 11:41:24
Drowned In Sound - O'Death: flocking to the unconventional.
At that show, we saw you cover Pixies (‘Nimrod's Son’) – are they an influence?
Or is that a song that you just think fits what you do particularly well?
The Pixies are a fairly strong influence on us. Specifically we're impressed with the way
they structure songs and the way the parts in the songs respond to each other. They’re
an energetic band with an unconventional muse and that’s always exciting to see. They
may have been one of the bands that made me, in particular, want to play music with
other people, as the roles they play fit so excitingly into each other. So yeah, they're an
influence beyond ‘Nimrod's Son’ .
solid pr - O'DEATH Covers the Pixies on new 7" * CMJ Shows Announced * European Tour!
Paste Magazine - O'Death covers Pixies, plays CMJ.
Spinner.com - Appalachian Punks Take On the Pixies.
Static Multimedia: O'DEATH Announces Pixies Tribute.
MOVEMENT NEWS & UPDATES: O'DEATH Announces Pixies Tribute * CMJ shows * European Tour! |
| benji |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 00:01:14
quite impressed by the medley.
not just staright covers.
already done my pre-order and now quite excited about it all.
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
| coastline |
Posted - 07/28/2007 : 16:04:34
Cool to see that EDF is involved in the project, doing keys on Knife & Fork's "Motorway to Roswell." I'll buy it just for that.
 There's a perfect explanation for the shit that I've been in. As soon as I find out, I'll let you know. |
| madtempest |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 11:16:55
Hi gang!,
Just an FYI, I just uploaded a 'medly' of songs to the Pixies tribute MySpace page which contains clips from the following tracks:
1. The Rosebuds - Break My Body
2. They Might Be Giants - Havalina
3. Mogwai - Gouge Away
4. OK Go - Gigantic
www.myspace.com/pixiestribute
Enjoy!
Sean |
| CaptSandwich |
Posted - 07/11/2007 : 15:22:29
I think this cover of Cactus should be included
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=65232
(and since there is a Neil Young tribute in the works, I suggest this: http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=68175 ) |
| madtempest |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 08:30:58
rosebuds, ok go, mogwai, and 7 or 8 others have turned their songs in... it's coming along nicely. |
| Carl |
Posted - 06/14/2007 : 11:26:08
Very nice.
StereoactiveNYC: Morning Theft Pixies Tribute.
Rock Sellout: Pixies Tribute - 1st Pressing Pre-Order!!!
BUZZGRINDER: Pixies Tribute Tracklist.
 This is pretty mean.
cmj.com: Pixies Tribute Gets Fleshed Out.
Drowned in Sound: Wave of Mutilation? Pixies tribute record details. |
| IceManCometh |
Posted - 06/13/2007 : 15:52:11
Well, this band does Ana spot-on, but...it sounds pretty much just like the original? Save for the timing being off in a few places. I don't see the point of this.
I'm really, really looking forward to the Rosebuds song, though. |
| ObfuscateByWill |
Posted - 06/13/2007 : 07:42:18
Very faithful to the original, that one.
*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
| madtempest |
Posted - 06/13/2007 : 06:33:33
We just posted our first track on the MySpace page - Morning Theft's cover of 'Ana'. Go check it out!
http://www.myspace.com/pixiestribute |
| madtempest |
Posted - 05/23/2007 : 10:48:32
Carl:
Wait till you HEAR their cover... it is really really good. Plus, Tabitha from JZ is really freaking hot. |
| Carl |
Posted - 05/04/2007 : 16:03:15
http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=35547351
American Laundromat To Release Pixies Tribute
2007-05-03 14:03:51.880,
Story by: Rachael Darmanin
American Laundromat has teamed with PixiesMusic.com to release Dig For
Fire, a collection of Pixies tunes covered by the likes of They Might Be
Giants, OK Go, Mogwai and more, out November 13. Exclusive limited-
edition first pressing and seven-inch split vinyl with bonus tracks are
available as part of a pre-order offer that will be announced in the next
few weeks.
All the covers were recorded specifically for Dig For Fire, including a track
from Morning Theft, an unsigned band out of New York, who were asked to
be part of the collection after the label heard a live show of theirs on
eMusic.com. Frontman Rob Holmes says that they were able to pick which
Pixies song they wanted to cover, but are not at liberty to reveal it. Each
week the label will announce one track from the album on their MySpace
page, with the Rosebuds ("Break My Body"), Mogwai ("Gouge Away"),
They Might Be Giants ("Havalina") and British Sea Power ("Caribou")
already confirmed.
"It's quite an honor to go from listening to Pixies songs in my bedroom as
a teenager to now being part of an official compilation," says Holmes. "It's
mind-blowing. We're really honored to be part of it."
www.alr-music.com
www.myspace.com/pixiestribute
Bunnies blog entry:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=6986698&blogID=264594809
You can now pre-order an exclusive limited edition first pressing:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=81973831&blogID=265747770
Hey, Tempest!:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3014473&blogID=266985052
Speed Of Dark blog: Bedroom Walls.
The band also will have
a Pixies cover of "Stormy Weather" on an upcoming tribute album to be released later this year,
along with other awesome artists such as They Might Be Giants, OK Go, and British Sea
Power, just to name a few. You can pick up a limited edition first pressing from the American
Laundromat Records website. |
| fbc |
Posted - 04/16/2007 : 09:27:58
"Havalina" underappreciated?
Yeah! By the deaf and dumb. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/15/2007 : 10:18:18
Cheers Tempest, hope you don't mind if I paste it up!!:
http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/04/070412_pixietrib/
Bands Drop Skinny on Pixies Tribute
April 12, 2007
Rosebuds, They Might Be Giants give SPIN.com the lowdown on
their contributions to this fall's Dig for Fire.
They Might Be Giants and
the Rosebuds are among
artists interpreting Pixies
tunes on Dig for Fire: A
Pixies Tribute, slated to hit
store shelves November 13
via indie imprint American
Laundromat. Dinosaur Jr.
frontman J. Mascis, Mogwai,
British Sea Power, and OK
Go have also chosen yet-
to-be revealed tracks to be
translated for the project.
Since the label has yet to
release a tracklisting for
the album, SPIN.com
caught up with a few of the
contributing acts to uncover
which songs were selected and why.
Ivan Howard, the male half of North Carolina-based indie rock duo the
Rosebuds, revealed to SPIN.com that they will cover "Break my Body"
from the Pixies' 1988 album, Surfer Rosa. "When we were approached
about doing the covers album, I thought about what we would want to
sing, and I always ended up singing that guitar lead!" Howard told
SPIN.com. "Also the girl/boy vocals in the chorus are great. When we
started looking closer at the words and arrangement it tuned out the words
are really sexy so it gave us other options of how the song could be sung
and recorded. Now Kelly [Crisp] and I are fighting over who gets to sing
lead."
Geeky, child-educating rockers They Might Be Giants, meanwhile, have
selected "Havalina," a tune from 1990's sonic departure Bossanova.
"'Havalina' is an example of a kind of Pixies song that seems
underappreciated, and there was some elbow room for interpretation in
covering it," the band's John Flansburgh told SPIN.com
The Pixies' Frank Black
http://therosebuds.blogspot.com/2007/04/open-letter-to-frank-black.html
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007
Open Letter to Frank Black
We were asked to cover The Pixies' "Break My Body" for an
upcoming tribute record. It seems natural that Ivan would sing it
since it's Frank singing lead on the original, but I think I should
sing it! If Ivan sings "Break my body, hold my bones," it's one
thing. But I think if I sing it...
The bottom line is: This is a woman's song!
Okay, open letter to Frank Black:
Frank,
Do you think it is possible that you wrote this song for a woman?
"I'm a belly dancer" isn't even the only thing I'm talking about here.
Frank, just let me know if you don't want me to sing it. No, don't do
that. I really want to do it. Or try it at least. If it sounds horrible,
I'll let Ivan sing it after all. And also, do you eat sushi? I want to
take you out to dinner. Or you take me out to dinner because
there's a good place called Waraji here in Raleigh. But they have
other stuff too if you don't eat sushi.
Love,
Kelly
POSTED BY THE ROSEBUDS AT 8:43 PM
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/mogwai%20criticises%20bands%20for%20beatles%20cover%20album_1028982
Mogwai say they're
unimpressed with artists attempts to cover the
Beatles tracks, although they are working on the
release of a new Pixies tribute CD this month
(Apr07).
Also posted here:
http://www.pr-inside.com/mogwai-criticises-bands-for-beatles-cover-r102695.htm |
| madtempest |
Posted - 04/13/2007 : 10:02:54
http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/04/070412_pixietrib/
It was actually the featured story yesterday on Spin. |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/11/2007 : 11:08:19
http://www.nme.com/news/mogwai/27623
Pixies tribute to include Mogwai
The Scots will cover 'Gouge Away'
10.Apr.07 9:35pm
Mogwai have confirmed that they will contribute to
the forthcoming Pixies tribute album, 'Dig For Fire:
A Pixies Tribute'.
The Scots have revealed that they will cover the
classic 'Gouge Away' from the band's 1989 album
'Doolittle'.
The album, which is set for a November 13 US
release via American Laundromat Records, will
also feature Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, British Sea
Power, Ok Go, They Might Be Giants and The
Rosebuds, among other notable artists.
Further details of the tribute album are expected to
be announced in the coming weeks.
In other news, Pixies have just completed their first
ever tour of Australia.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
Other sites reporting the same info:
http://www.kingblind.com/2007_04_01_michiganblind_archive.html
http://angryape.com/news/2007/04/mogwai-and-more-set-for-pixies-tribute-album
http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=30316
http://www.chromewaves.net/?itemid=2594
http://www.stereogum.com/archives/005068.html
http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/5112.html
http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=14261&c=1
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/04/11/keith-richards-vs-the-canary-jackson-family-outreach-plan-thurstons-nickname
http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=8417
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/04/13/072819.php |
| benji |
Posted - 04/11/2007 : 00:17:59
finally some info:
http://www.myspace.com/pixiestribute
when i started thinking about bands i wanted on this pixies tribute, mogwai almost immediately came to mind, as i know they are huge pixies fans. i emailed stuart, asking him if they'd be interested. keep in mind, they were pretty much the first band i approached for this project, and i still had no idea if bands i liked would even want to cover pixies tracks at this point. stuart replied with a big yes, and said they wanted to do 'gouge away'.
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
| benji |
Posted - 03/24/2007 : 23:44:26
do we have a tracklisting for this yet.
i'm rather interested in this one.
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
| Carl |
Posted - 02/17/2007 : 18:37:10
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41187/Pixies_Tour_Australia_Get_Another_Tribute_Album
Pixies Tour Australia, Get Another Tribute Album
Much further down the line, American Laundromat Records
has a couple of tribute albums in the works. The first, Dig for
Fire: A Tribute to Pixies, is scheduled for a November 13
release. It features Pixies covers by Dinosaur Jr./J Mascis,
They Might Be Giants, the Rosebuds, OK Go, and others. Mogwai are also rumored to contribute. We hope it's
better than this one.
The second tribute album is dedicated entirely to Kim Deal songs and is scheduled for a Christmas release.
http://www.nme.com/news/26487
In other Pixies news, a tribute to the quartet entitled
'Dig For Fire: A Tribute to Pixes', is due to be
released in the US on November 13 and features
contributions from the likes of Mogwai, Dinosaur
Jr./J Mascis, Ok Go, They Might Be Giants and
other notable artists. The compilation will feature 16
tracks is being released via American Laundromat
Records.
http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/51038/Sex,-News,-&-Violins-02.21.07.htm
In the meantime, there are two tribute albums being released for The Pixies. The first is called Dig For Fire: A Tribute To The Pixies and will
feature contributions by fellow reunited indie rock legends Dinosaur Jr., They Might Be Giants, Ok Go, The Rosebuds and possibly Mogwai.
The second tribute album is called Gigantic: A Tribute To Kim Deals and is dedicated entirely to songs written by Kim Deal, which I'm sure
Frank Black must just looooooooove.
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/03/0911.cfm
Black also released Fastman.Raiderman last year and toured North
America in support of it. Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies featuring
Mogwai, They Might Be Giants, Dinosaur Jr., OK Go and others
is in the works. Black's Pixies bandmate, Kim Deal, will also have
an album in her honour: Gigantic — A Tribute To Kim Deal.
http://www.albumvote.co.uk/news/article/2145.htm
24-March-2007 12:55:55
Pixies Tribute Album Planned
Pixies fans make want to make a note on November 13, the day a Pixies tribute album called Dig For Fire is
scheduled to be released.
More details are to be confirmed but bands set to appear on the album include British Sea Power and Mogwai.
More details can be found at the official my space website.
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| Jefrey |
Posted - 02/17/2007 : 02:25:47
quote:
Originally posted by Kirk
i bet the forum could put out TWO tribute albums before them.
so...let's do it.
Yeah, but how can we? Our fearless forum owners have gone AWOL!
We have a forum full of talented artists, but are powerless to do anything about it.
Better yet, we put together a new forum FB tribute album and have a Tribute-off with the commercial one. Steven Colbert could host it.
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jeffamerica
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| Kirk |
Posted - 02/16/2007 : 08:29:23
i bet the forum could put out TWO tribute albums before them.
so...let's do it. |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 09:21:34
that should be very intresting whats dinosaur jr doing? also i think deerhoof should join the project
The Truth Is Out There |
| madtempest |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 06:02:31
They actually wanted Wave of Mutilation, but another band has that one, so they decided on Havalina instead. |
| Born to Lose |
Posted - 02/09/2007 : 19:37:21
I bet They Might Be Giants would do a great cover of "Dig for Fire" |
| madtempest |
Posted - 01/24/2007 : 08:09:44
We're shooting for an Oct 3rd release date for the Neil Young project, and the Pixies tribute is slated for November 13. |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/23/2007 : 09:12:55
It's funny that it won't be out until much later in the year. |
| jediroller |
Posted - 01/23/2007 : 02:00:34
Frank should record a Breeders cover for the Kim Deal tribute.
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