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| chineselover |
Posted - 06/16/2005 : 06:41:42
Pixies, Bright Eyes Head Newport Folk Lineup
Rob Kleckner reports:
Q: What do Pixies, Elvis Costello, and Bright Eyes have in common?
A: Duhhhh, they're all sharing the bill at this year's Newport Folk Fest in Rhode Island!
This year's festival features an assortment of folk acts of all kinds, the most of exciting of which is a Pixies acoustic set (!). Also on the bill are Bright Eyes, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), M. Ward, and a host of others. The festival, sponsored by Dunkin' Donuts (which seems to do a lot of sponsoring in Rhode Island), has been in existence since the 60s and essentially consumes the town of Newport, Rhose Island for three days in August.
One great thing about Newport Folk is that it encourages its performers to play together. Jim James and Emmylou Harris, who both appear on Bright Eyes' I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, are expected to perform with Conor Oberst, as well as his former collaborator M. Ward.
There are also a number of jambandy-type groups you may or may not be interested in. But if you dig the above artists, it might be worth your while to fight your way through the thick hordes of hippies. Tickets are on sale now and available through Ticketweb.
* Newport Folk Fest: http://www.newportfolk.com
Apologies if posted before, I know some of you tend to think its a terrible crime! |
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| Carl |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 19:16:19
I just saw this now. Thanks, guys!
*bump*
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=151309&format=&page=1
The famous fest has been stocking its lineups with pop-rock headliners since
the ’90s. Last year, Elvis Costello and the Pixies headlined. In a torturous attempt to better fit the folk
tag, the Pixies played unplugged, which robbed them of power and pleased no one. |
| Crispy Water |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 13:26:27
Got my copy in the mail a couple days ago. It's not bad, but it's sure not great either. Would've been cool to be there, but in the recording the band sounds a bit tentative. They were pretty chatty as well. Couldn't have been easy for them, I suppose. Cool to hear, but I won't be listening to it every day.
Nothing is ever something. |
| jediroller |
Posted - 09/01/2005 : 00:43:16
Thanks for the link, guys.
I jumped on the Frank Black Bandwagon/'Cause Pixies are so 2004 |
| Boxcar Waiting |
Posted - 08/31/2005 : 04:09:43
How do ccuadros, thanks for posting that link. I had a spot of bother accessing the page too -
Try this one, with the www bit in:
http://www.wickedsons.com/newportfolk/ |
| obmeZ |
Posted - 08/30/2005 : 15:11:47
quote:
Originally posted by ccuadros
Hey!!
At pixiesmusic.com you can download several videos of the show, this is the link:
http://wickedsons.com/newportfolk/
Can you find the bouncing FB hat in these clips?
that's me... acting my age :) |
| kathryn |
Posted - 08/21/2005 : 11:32:49
quote:
Originally posted by ccuadros
Hey!!
At pixiesmusic.com you can download several videos of the show, this is the link:
http://wickedsons.com/newportfolk/
Salu2 :P
Am I the only one for whom those won't play?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| ccuadros |
Posted - 08/21/2005 : 11:14:58
Hey!!
At pixiesmusic.com you can download several videos of the show, this is the link:
http://wickedsons.com/newportfolk/
Salu2 :P
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| silvereel |
Posted - 08/20/2005 : 12:36:59
i don't know if this has already been posted, but "caribou" from newport is available for free download at pixiesdiscs.com!! |
| realmeanmotorscutor |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 18:11:09
Sorry this is so late. I was there and had a great time. I met up with a friend I hadn't seen in a long time then camped on her lawn and just had a fantastic time all around.
Another friend said that the Pixies have been playing crowd-pleasers, but Pixies and crowd-pleaser are two words I can't make make sense.
Anyhoo, great show, great time. Thanks one more time to Dave for the tickets!
Chris
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| Levitated |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 07:01:07
quote:
Originally posted by vb7000
Is the acoustic set gonna be on the net as mp3s or torrent soon? Sorry, I'm a little out of touch.
I hope not  |
| vb7000 |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 05:40:04
Is the acoustic set gonna be on the net as mp3s or torrent soon? Sorry, I'm a little out of touch. |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 09:14:16
I think the breeders demo of sliver is way better
actually the only song in the universe that Charles Thomspon made worse
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God save the Noisies |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 03:50:06
i would have LOVED to hear silver. more than any other pixies songs that one has grown on me over the years. when i first heard it, i just didn't get it. now, whoo, i love it
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 03:42:45
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
It's a disappointment that they didn't consider which of their songs best lent themselves to an acoustic interpretation and instead rehashed mostly 2004-tour songs. No Ana, no Havalina, no Santo, no Stormy Weather, no Happening (each of which would be compelling acoustic). I like to think this is a valid observation and not mere whining on my part.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
so true
silver (although I don't like the song at all) could have worked too
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God save the Noisies |
| Carl |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 00:50:36
Yeah, they should have picked through the catalogue for most sutible numbers! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 20:15:30
It's a disappointment that they didn't consider which of their songs best lent themselves to an acoustic interpretation and instead rehashed mostly 2004-tour songs. No Ana, no Havalina, no Santo, no Stormy Weather, no Happening (each of which would be compelling acoustic). I like to think this is a valid observation and not mere whining on my part.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| Crispy Water |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 14:15:56
Thanks, Brian. I was just interested in which songs the band would consider appropriate
for such a performance. Wouldn't have predicted Bone Machine or Crackity Jones.
Nothing is ever something. |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 12:09:31
from the setlist that Kim Deal used (i was thrown it after the show by a roadie...)
Bone Machine
Cactus
Ed is Dead
All Around the World
Subbacultcha
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Is She Weird?
Here Comes Your Man
River Euphrates
Velouria
Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
I Bleed
Crackity Jones
Gouge Away
Hey
Holiday Song
Nimrod's Son
Mr. Grieves
Caribou
Vamos
Where Is My Mind
- - - - - -
Gigantic
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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| Crispy Water |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 10:52:01
Can someone post the full setlist? I ordered a copy of the recording, but I'm quite interested just to know what they played.
Nothing is ever something. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 08/10/2005 : 15:27:32
Sorry if I am repeating myself, I can't remember where I posted this but...
The Pixies have only played that song three times - all of them last week.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| fbforever |
Posted - 08/10/2005 : 13:41:16
got a reply:
hi john, i believe you're right about the tune being done during the
honeycomb sessions. black told me after the newport set that it's an
old
folk tune, a traditional so old the composer isn't even known, and the
one
new (old) song the band learned for newport.
cheers,
joan
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| fbforever |
Posted - 08/10/2005 : 09:59:18
I emailed the writer of that review to tell him that in his words ''Been All Around the World," a galumphing tune about shooting up." is not so but about a guy on death row.
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| Carl |
Posted - 08/09/2005 : 04:17:51
This article suggests the show will be released on one of the forthcoming DVDs!!
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/08/08/rockers_add_zest_but_folk_still_rules_newport_festival/
Rockers add zest, but folk still rules Newport festival
By Joan Anderman, Globe Staff | August 8, 2005
NEWPORT, R.I. -- The folk world survived a brief visitation from the Pixies on Saturday, and despite concerns that the alternative rock icons' appearance at the venerable Newport festival signaled an audacious snuffing of tradition, the event was neither radical nor especially memorable.
The Pixies' first acoustic concert, filmed for the band's forthcoming DVD, was also a less effective selling point than expected. An audience of 5,500, just over half capacity, attended the first day of the festival, among them a sizable black-booted contingent that arrived at the end of the day.
''I'm nervous," said frontman Frank Black before a set that featured such abstract fare as ''Bone Machine," ''Velouria," and ''Subbacultcha" stripped clean of flesh, muscle, and much of its dynamics. Some songs, however, survived the leap from rock arena to folk fest . ''Cactus Tree," basically a blues, translated to the language of strumming and picking with its stormy heart intact, as did ''Wave of Mutilation," which Black sang in a gauzy near-whisper, and the twisted romp ''I Bleed." The band found time during its two rehearsals for the Newport gig to learn one actual folk song, ''Been All Around the World," a galumphing tune about shooting up.
''The last note felt really good," said guitarist Joey Santiago after the set, his relief underlining the novelty value of the Pixies-at-Newport concept.
Yesterday's headliner Elvis Costello was, by contrast, a natural for Newport. While best known for his early punk-pop anthems, Costello has been investigating roots music throughout his career. He reached back to 1977 for ''Stranger in the House," a country and western tune from ''My Aim is True," and performed a handful of blues-saturated songs from last year's ''The Delivery Man." The setting, however, didn't prevent Costello and his crack band the Imposters from rocking hard, burrowing into tender ballads, and flashing serious soul chops.
Costello was an ideal figurehead for a festival that continues to broaden its scope. Music fans looking for something genuinely fresh found it in Krystle Warren, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Kansas City whose earthy, intricate songs and dusky singing herald the arrival of an exciting voice in the folk scene. Another young performer, 25-year-old former busker and fretboard-slapping sprite Kaki King, accomplished the formidable task of making an acoustic guitar sound thrilling and new.
The Nebraska collective Bright Eyes, led by indie hero Conor Oberst, joined with recent touring partners M. Ward and Jim James of My Morning Jacket for an occasionally jubilant, frequently meandering, always intriguing song circle that lassoed the increasingly elusive folk spirit of collaboration and community.
Emmylou Harris had to cancel her appearance yesterday at the last minute because of a family emergency, a disappointment shortly abated by the announcement that Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, attending as guests, agreed to go on in Harris's place. Odetta, scheduled to play on Saturday, canceled as well, because of a broken hip.
But highlights were many, among them a sparkling bluegrass set from Del McCoury (in his first Newport appearance since 1962, when he sang with Bill Monroe's band), the loose grooves of lo-fi senior soul outfit the Holmes Brothers, and Richard Thompson's elegant and intense solo performance. Thompson's son Teddy opened the Borders stage on Saturday with a collection of sweet folk-pop and rootsy rockers that showed his tremendous growth as a writer and performer, while Ray LaMontagne, armed with a handful of dusty chords, rendered the ravages of existence in a voice as dry and lonely as the desert.
If Saturday's show emphasized introspective singer-songwriters -- the luminous musings of singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, crystalline harmonies and mournful tunes from the Lonesome Sisters, and the impeccable country psychodramas of Caitlin Carey and Thad Cockrell -- yesterday's performers, for an audience of 6,000, amped up the energy level. Perennial sideman Buddy Miller, in his first headlining appearance at Newport, threw a country-soul party with help from Larry Campbell and Jim Lauderdale, the perfect follow-up to Old Crow Medicine Show, which took brazen advantage of old-time string music. Across the festival site, proving that size doesn't matter, the irrepressible Mammals nearly started a riot at the tiny Strings stage.
Joan Anderman can be reached at anderman@globe.com
© Copyright 2005 Globe Newspaper Company.
'Cactus Tree'?! |
| two reelers |
Posted - 08/09/2005 : 04:12:29
ahem
would it be possible to get the set list ?
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 17:33:17
cool thread guys. i was in honeycomb land, oblivous to all things pixies. *gasp* i didn't know it was possible.
seriously, great pics kiki! 
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
| kathryn |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 11:45:27
i have a tiny snippet of vamos in newport. almost not worth it it's so short.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 11:39:33
he played the beginning almost the same way, but then just did a sort of random solo for a few minutes. it was the shortest of the 'vamos' solos i've seen. for that song, and many of the other acoustic solos, instead of holding out notes, he'd hit the same note dozens of times by playing it very fast and stacatto, almost like a mandolin. he did that for a bunch of the solos, i guess since the sustain on the acoustic minus distortion is so much less. plus it added a different vibe to the songs.
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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| tobafett |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 11:34:29
i s'pose he coulda played it with a bow. |
| fbc |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 11:29:25
what was that like, Brian? (joey during vamos)
he has a few quick notes to play with the 'normal' version, did they slow it down. and i guess no guitar on stand solo.
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 11:19:24
wed. in atlantic city he had a cutaway, but for newport he had a big ol' gibson (i think...). he style really didn't change all that much. he still wailed away at the strings at the end of 'caribou' and all the other stuff. only 'vamos' was really different
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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| prozacrat |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 11:15:42
Where has Joey played acoustic before? On any Pixies recordings? I can't think of anything. I would be relishing the acoustic guitars. I'd love to hear/watch how Joey's chops translate to acoustic. He'd have to have had one hell of a flexible acoustic. In the pictures it appears as if he didn't even play a cutaway, which I think would be necessary for his playing.
http://www.prozacrat.com |
| fbc |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 09:38:47
quote:
Originally posted by OldManInaCoffeeCan
Yeah Carl, Broken Face is a very lucky man and he should have been smiling all day. Hell, I'd drive to Newport to see the "Wiggles" if I could go with Kathryn! KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN!
Me knows!
Kathryn, those pictures, well they're the Pixies, what can i say but awesome.
Thanks so much for taking the time to upload them.
For some reason i had visions of them sitting down to play.
quote:
several other songs (Ana, Havalina, Stormy Weather, etc.) would have been better choices for an acoustic set.
Uh-huh, i agree completely.
quote:
still, it was fun. but it's time for them to plug in again.
I guess it was kind of a novelty, and a definate must see.
but with the songs they played, half way through i'd be dying for some Joey 'Les Paul' action.
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| tobafett |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 07:52:53
i like what loudon wainwright III had to say about his son:
"rufus is a tit man."
classic. |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 07:18:43
i guess i'm a ladies man in the sense that i scare ladies away, like the exterminator i used to see advertised all the time, 'the termite man' used to get rid of termites.
i'm a one woman man, to sort of paraphrase loudon wainwright iii.
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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| fumanbru |
Posted - 08/08/2005 : 07:14:17
i was just thinking that it might have been hot out. plus i heard that broken face is a total ladies man. pixies + broken face = wild women.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!" |
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