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speedy_m
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 Posted - 12/15/2005 : 11:42:57
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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-12/15.shtml
New Pixies Live Album Available on eMusic
Kati Llewellyn reports:
eMusic, the scrappy underdog to iTunes' big rich kid bully, just got picked first for the digital music dodgeball team: Starting today, eMusic is offering an exclusive two-disc Pixies live album, Hey - Live Pixies to its subscribers. iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, and all the rest of eMusic's contemporaries must wait until January 3 to get their paws on this puppy, which is being self-released by the band. There are no plans to release the album on CD or vinyl.
Hey features twenty-eight tracks hand-picked by the band, culled from their mega-reunion tour that has taken place over the course of the last two years. We know you're tapping your foot in anticipation for the tracklist so you can see if "your" reunion show made the cut. Good luck:
>>Disc One:
01 Planet of Sound (Manchester, England - 8/30/2005)
02 Debaser (Norfolk, VA - 12/6/2004)
03 Gouge Away (New York, NY - 12/16/2004)
04 Ed Is Dead (Washington, DC - 6/13/2005)
05 Bone Machine (Cleveland, OH - 6/8/2005)
06 No. 13 Baby (Leeds, England - 8/27/2005)
07 Holiday Song (Raleigh, NC - 6/12/2005)
08 I Bleed (London, England - 6/2/2004)
09 Is She Weird? (Leeds, England - 8/27/2005)
10 Caribou (New York, NY - 12/12/2004)
11 Crackity Jones (Norfolk, VA - 12/6/2004)
12 Something Against You (Washington, DC - 12/7/2004)
13 Into the White (Raleigh, NC - 6/12/2005)
14 Dead (New York, NY - 12/11/2005)
>>Disc Two:
01 La La Love You (Los Angeles, CA - 6/2/2005)
02 Cactus (Edinburgh, Scotland - 8/28/2005)
03 Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) (Indianapolis, IN - 6/7/2005)
04 Mr. Grieves (Indianapolis, IN - 6/7/2005)
05 Nimrod's Son (Washington, DC - 12/8/2004)
06 Subbaculthcha (Leeds, England - 8/27/2005)
07 Monkey Gone to Heaven (Denver, CO - 6/5/2005)
08 Velouria (Toronto, Ontario - 7/9/2005)
09 Wave of Mutilation (San Francisco, CA - 5/30/2005)
10 U-Mass (Boston, MA - 12/9/2004)
11 Here Comes Your Man (Newport, RI - 8/6/2005)
12 Hey (Dublin, Ireland - 8/23/2005)
13 Vamos (Washington, DC - 12/7/2004)
14 Gigantic (Norfolk, VA - 12/6/2004)
and you are ill prepared to fight
living in a world of soft and white
in air conditioned battle zones
I pity you!
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
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Posted - 12/15/2005 : 12:22:47
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 02:18:07
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maybe I should buy this, just to give the pixies more reason a real new album
or we should boycot it, to convince them that we don't want another live recording
but a real new album
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 07:16:29
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Thanks, Mike.
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rivum
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
264 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2005 : 07:57:09
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what a boring compilation.
where is alec eiffel? sad punk? broken face?
it's simply a rehashing of their most popular hit songs, in live form.
hell, tame isn't even on the damn thing.
i think i'll pass.
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 08:58:40
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But guys you can d/l it with their free trial - you get 50 song free, you have to sign up with CC card details, but so long as you cancel (very easily done) with in the given time period - or even do it when you have 0 left to download... i'm actually on my umpteenth free trial with emusic (can't reveal how! but legal, i hasten to add)
and the moral highgrounders needn't even worry - its emusic that are offering them for free, completely different from music sharing, copying etc |
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Adam
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 09:35:03
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Not interested at all. I already have tons of reunion shows. I will not be getting this.
Free the Heel! |
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pjcoble
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 09:57:46
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| Yeah, I agree with rivum. 28 tracks could be 32 with the addition of the sad punk, alec eiffel, tame, and river...then it would really be worth it and they could charge whatever they wanted (probably already are though). That would almost be perfect! These things are always like waving a carrot in front of a rabbits face |
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scruvs
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 13:43:22
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I hope this isn't what Dean meant when he said:
"Finally, in Pixies' news, the long awaited "Pixies Sell Out" DVD is now available in stores. The new album, well, we've said too much already..."
I think this is an ok idea for someone who doesn't have any of the reunion shows. For me, it's probably something that I'd listen to once and then it'd rot away in my library.
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number 13
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 18:23:41
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It was stressed before, but no River, Alec, Sad Punk, Allison, not even Levitate Me... It sounds really weird. I have the San Jose from 2005 and a bunch of 2004 shows, so I'm not thrilled with this one...
I think this "album" will only be available for download and not in records stores? Just for the completists. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/17/2005 : 06:35:57
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You have to subscribe to eMusic to get this, right?
 "Join the Honeycult!"
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
348 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2005 : 06:41:36
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| Carl see my post above - you have to sign up with credit card for the 50 free songs - but then you can cancel with absolutely NO charge.. i have tons of the live shows that i bought from disclive and pixesdisc, but i still download this because its free, so why not... it on the computer not doing any harm.. i think it just gonna be a digial only release |
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number 13
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 12/17/2005 : 15:11:00
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
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Posted - 12/17/2005 : 15:17:29
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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/18/2005 : 13:51:18
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1518433/20051216/kelly_r.jhtml?headlines=true
On Monday, eMusic will release a live version of the Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" from their upcoming live album, Hey, as the digital music service's millionth track. Frank Black's "All My Ghosts" and "King and Queen of Siam" were eMusic's first two MP3s and the first ever sold legally on the Internet. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/20/2005 : 14:11:21
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http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/051219/340/fzlx1.html&e=l_news_dm
Pixies live album
(Monday December 19, 2005 05:26 PM)
Pixies are to release a double live album to commemorate their triumphant return to the world of rock.
"Hey - Live Pixies" is a compilation taken from the band's enormous global tour spanning 2004 and 2005, which saw the seminal group playing together for the first time in ten years.
The download-only release features 28 tracks, all chosen by the group themselves. It is available now on emusic and will be available on iTunes in the New Year.
The tracklisting for "Hey - Live Pixies" is as follows:
Disc One:
"Planet of Sound"
"Debaser"
"Gouge Away"
"Ed Is Dead"
"Bone Machine"
"No. 13 Baby"
"Holiday Song"
"I Bleed"
"Is She Weird?"
"Caribou"
"Crackity Jones"
"Something Against You"
"Into The White"
"Dead"
Disc Two:
"La La Love You"
"Cactus"
"Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)"
"Mr. Grieves"
"Nimrod's Son"
"Subbaculthcha"
"Monkey Gone to Heaven"
"Velouria"
"Wave Of Mutilation"
"U-Mass"
"Here Comes Your Man"
"Hey"
"Vamos"
"Gigantic"
http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=11796
Pixies Release New Album
Of recent live material...
by Scott Colothan on 12/19/2005
Pixies have released a double live album of material from their comeback tours over the past two years.
The album, titled ‘Hey – Live Pixies’ is available to buy now to subscribers of eMusic.
Napster, iTunes and other download sites will sell the 28 track album from January 3.
As the unofficial pixies site, pixiesmusic, reports there are no plans to release the in a physical format.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 07:01:35
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http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=5621
Pixies Wrap Up Umpteenth Live Release
Dec 20, 2005
The Pixies are going to have a new album out -- but by "new album" we mean another post-reunion live collection and by "out" we mean available only as a download.
The act rides the wave of mutilation that’s followed its 2004 reunion, and announced plans for a double-disc live album, culled from recordings made on its long-running reunion tours. The set, Hey – Live Pixies, collects 28 tracks and is available now on eMusic, with plans for other digital distribution to surface soon.
Milking the reunion tour for live material is nothing new for The Pixies. The act’s already culled a DVD (read full story), as well as peddled limited-edtion live albums recorded at each of the tour’s stops (read Aversion’s review). Those are, of course, in addition to the live disc included in Death to the Pixies (1997, 4AD) and Pixies at the BBC (1998, 4AD), which collected the act's BBC sessions.
Readers' Comments [Add Comment >>]
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Name guiltmob Email
Eh I agree but you gotta admit they were pretty straightforward about doing the reunion tour and associated releases because they needed the money. I would rather play music than do some other shit that I don't care for to pay the bills. They're just people you know.
Name Dean Email himalaya1976@aol.com
This band is starting to be a perfect example of what not to do when you have a reunion. I wish they would never have gotten back together to drag the memory of the good old Pixies through the gutter with all this. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/22/2005 : 11:01:33
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http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/pixies_digital-only_album_hey.html?200512210444
Pixies: Digital-Only Album 'Hey'
artist: pixies date: 12/21/2005 category: upcoming releases
It started with Pixies' frontman Frank Black. His "Frank Black and the Catholics" album launched eMusic in July, 1998. Now, Black's other band, the Pixies, will have a live version of their classic "Here Comes Your Man" be the one-millionth track available exclusively from eMusic until January.
The "Here Comes Your Man" track is from the Pixies' forthcoming digital-only album entitled "Hey," and is all part of eMusic's "Pixies Week" promotion which goes live this Monday, December 19. The 28 tracks on "Hey" were recorded at various concerts over Pixies 2004-5 reunion tour and include "Debaser," "Bone Machine," "I Bleed," "Wave of Mutilation," "Gigantic," "Monkey Gone to Heaven," and the title track.
"Pixies Week" celebrates the legendary band and traces the history of their music from their formation in 1986 through today. Over the course of "Pixies Week," eMusic will post a new ³Review of the Day² exploring a new Pixies title each day of the week; and its ³New and Noteworthy² homepage will be loaded with the music of The Pixies and Frank Black. Log onto emusic.com.
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2005 : 23:48:49
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I have a napster account so will download it in the new year but I am not happy about this, the press make out like it is a big thing but they released all of their gigs in 2004 so whats the big deal.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2005 : 19:50:11
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http://oceania.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36419
Product Review: Page (1) of 1 - 12/23/05
eMusic Spotlights Independent Music
With a million-song library, eMusic taps an audience that wants something different
By Frank Moldstad
Independent labels have emerged as the hottest force in the record business, and eMusic is capitalizing on that trend through partnerships with thousands of independent record labels. It's currently delivering in excess of four million MP3 downloads per month to more than 100,000 subscribers, with a library that runs from Alternative/Punk and Urban Hip/Hop to Classical and Inspirational.
Recently, eMusic announced the addition of its millionth track, a new live version of the Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man," which was a fitting choice. In 1998, the first two songs in eMusic’s library were by Frank Black and the Catholics, whose frontman Frank Black is now in the Pixies.
I subscribed to eMusic several weeks ago, after being solicited with an offer of 50 free songs. The offer required that I register on the site, providing my name, contact details and credit card information. The subscription takes effect after a two-week trial period; if I terminate it within two weeks, there’s no further obligation – and the 50 tracks are mine to keep.
But after exploring the site in some depth, I’ve decided to keep the subscription. The content is fresh and extensive, the cost is reasonable, and eMusic offers multiple ways of discovering new music. It provides write-ups from the All-Music guide, subscriber-written reviews, and columns such as former New York Times music critic Ann Powers and Newsday's classical music critic Justin Davidson. It also publishes genre-specific monthly e-newsletters that highlight new releases and offer reviews and commentary. An in-house magazine, appropriately called “magazine,” is linked from eMusic’s home page, covering all genres with artist spotlights, daily reviews and editor’s picks
In addition, personalized recommendations are available through member playlists, and you can access download lists from “Neighbors,” members whose taste is similar to your own. There are also fairly active user forums on the site, where people tout new artists they’ve discovered and discuss current musical trends.
A built-in search function enables subscribers to find specific artists, albums, labels and song titles. Finally, there’s the good old reliable method of discovery -- browsing. eMusic breaks down its catalog by genre, style, region, era, most-downloaded albums, live shows and other categories.
Genres include Alternative/Punk, Blues, Classical, Country/Folk, Electronic, Inspirational, Jazz, New Age, Rock/Pop, Urban/Hip-Hop, World/Reggae and Soundtracks/Other. Clicking on any of these leads to a dedicated page for further refining a desired musical style. As an example, style categories for Alternative/Punk are Alt/Punk Ska, Alternative, Alternative Experimental, Alternative Hard Rock, Brit Pop, Emo, Garage Rock, Goth, Hardcore, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Industrial, Live Alt/Punk, Math Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk and Punk. Each has hundreds of entries.
New users can sign up for one of three subscription plans, granting a fixed number of downloads every 30 days. The options are $9.99 per month for 40 downloads a month, $14.99 per month for 65 downloads, and $19.99 per month for 90 downloads. Annual subscriptions are also available. I opted for the $9.99 option to start. The subscription can be upgraded – or cancelled – at any time.
A small Download Manager utility is available from eMusic upon registering. Although it is not required for using the service, it automatically handles downloads and organizes them for you. There are versions for PC and Macintosh computers.
One of the great things about eMusic is that there are no user restrictions on the downloaded music. Subscribers are free to burn unlimited CDs and transfer the MP3s to multiple computers or other devices with the labels’ blessing. And if you somehow lose all your music, eMusic even permits you to re-download it.
eMusic offers a great way for those outside a dedicated circle of rabid fans to discover music they otherwise might never hear. Artists such as Jens Lekman, Spoon and the Ying Yang twins can be found on iTunes, but they tend to be overshadowed by established acts. As a regular iTunes user, I find eMusic to be complementary to Apple’s site. iTunes is like a superstore that stocks nearly everything. eMusic is more akin to a neighborhood specialty store with a smaller but more targeted inventory. Because eMusic doesn’t stock major label acts such as Mariah, Weezer, or Kanye West, it allows the spotlight to fall on independents who are on their way up. They may just be the superstars of tomorrow, especially with the opportunity eMusic provides to have their voices heard.
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2005 : 15:41:48
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| I am glad I really read this. I was waiting for it to come out in stores. Emusic sounds cool. I am not really happy with the service I have now so I will have to check it out. Thanks for all the info guys. |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/29/2005 : 19:41:08
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Looks like a great album, but I refuse to pay money for mp3s! If they want me to buy the album, they better release it in FLAC format or on CD.
¡Viva los Católicos! |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/03/2006 : 02:14:33
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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/01/03/its_easy_to_get_picky_about_hey____live_pixies/
It's easy to get picky about 'Hey -- Live Pixies'
By Linda Laban, Globe Correspondent | January 3, 2006
For the past two weeks, the Pixies' new performance set, ''Hey -- Live Pixies," was only available via download at the digital music subscription service eMusic. Today sees a wider release of the 28-song collection, but even this move means the self-released music is available only at more online sources, such as iTunes, Napster, and Rhapsody. As yet, there is no plan for a traditional CD release.
These tracks were handpicked by the band -- singer and rhythm guitarist Frank Black, co-singer and bassist Kim Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago, and drummer Dave Lovering -- from shows performed in the United States, Britain, and Ireland during the seminal alternative rockers' 18-month reunion tour, which launched in spring 2004.
The Pixies formed in Boston in 1986, rising to immediate and greater acclaim in Britain. The band split acrimoniously in 1993. If postings at www.pixiesmusic.com are anything to go by, the rehashing of past glories might now be wearing thin.
''I love Pixies I really do. But just how many live versions of the same songs do you want, y'now. I have more than enough," wrote one fan.
Then again, the beauty of the download-only format is you can purchase just the songs you want. If there is one covetable cut among the usual suspects (''Bone Machine," Gigantic," etc.), it's a stripped-down country romp through ''Here Comes Your Man," taken from a stunning acoustic performance at last August's Newport Folk Festival.
Fans at Boston's Avalon in December 2004 were treated to an appropriately brittle ''U-Mass," a song that obviously influenced the seething-sweet songwriting of self-confessed Pixies fan Kurt Cobain. In this version, it's easy to relate Santiago's buoyant, driving guitar line to Nirvana's ''Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Indeed, Santiago's raw and edgy playing on most songs is utterly vital. Black and Deal's vocal interactions, however, are hit and miss; often he rants in his corner, and she coos sweetly in hers.
Nearly two years into this reunion, and following live and compilation releases, many fans are wondering if the Pixies are a band making music, or money?
''It's sad how much a once great band are willing to cash in OVER AND OVER AGAIN on songs that are 20-years-old. Sad," states another poster at pixiesmusic.com. More pertinently, another asks, ''How much longer until we get to hear new songs?"
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/23/2006 : 10:38:46
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http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=31374
MUSIC REVIEW
Published Friday, January 20, 2006
Pixies sprinkle trite dust
NICHOLAS MINICHINO
With back to back iconic classics -- 1988's "Surfer Rosa" and 1989's "Doolittle" -- and three other renowned and critically acclaimed albums, The Pixies all but inspired a new wave of college rock. Almost as well-known as their indie legacy, which has ins`pired thousands of bands since (not least of which Nirvana), was the acrimony that ultimately led frontman Black Francis to deliver pink slips to the rest of the band via fax machine. If "Hey!: Live Pixies 2004-2005," and the tours from which the tracks were drawn, are any indication, the Pixies, absentee indie heroes in the intervening decade-plus, have abandoned their hate.
Yet the excitement of their world-spanning 2004 and 2005 tours (over 150 shows in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and Brazil) has largely failed to carry over to the 28 recordings on this live two-CD set, available exclusively from online music subscription service eMusic. Sharply recorded, the album nevertheless plays as an uninspiring live Greatest Hits. Only time (and the Pixies' promised new studio LP) will tell whether this compilation, lacking any unique merits, will be regarded as the first gasp from the newly-rejuvenated Pixies, or as the indie-rock version of the Eagles' "Hell Freezes Over."
The first question with any live recording is sound quality, and in that regard "Hey!: Live Pixies" does not disappoint. All but one track was recorded by audio engineers The Show (who incidentally are offering CDs on their Website of each of the recorded Pixies shows). The band selected and arranged the tracks on "Hey!: Live Pixies" from these recordings. Applause is muted but present; on the one hand, this makes for clearer instrumentation and vocals, but on the other hand, this, plus a noticeable lack of banter, makes the recording feel slightly dead.
Thanks to the consistent audio quality, the Pixies essentially had their pick of songs for this release. Sadly, their selections are nothing short of disappointing. Most surprisingly, the band failed to include their only new song, "Bam Thwok," which fans had downloaded en masse from iTunes earlier this year. Furthermore, of their earlier material, their selections inordinately favor their biggest album "Doolittle." Fully half of "Hey!: Live Pixies" is drawn from songs recorded during the "Doolittle" sessions, including versions of twelve of the 1988 album's fifteen tracks.
Because of this glut, their other albums, most notably "Surfer Rosa," unfairly get considerably less attention. 70% of the tracks on the band's greatest hits compilation, "Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies", are seen here. So where are "Tame" (supposedly stunning live) and "Where Is My Mind?" (made semi-famous by its inclusion in David Fincher's "Fight Club") -- both of which were performed frequently on the tours? Other quasi-hits like "Allison" from 1990's "Bossanova" and "Alec Eiffel" from 1991's "Trompe le Monde" were also conspicuously absent. These inexplicable exclusions point to the band's failure either to accurately replicate their stage sets or simply collect their hits.
Furthermore, the only major changes to any of these songs are the acoustic "Here Comes Your Man" from the Newport Folk Festival and the extended (and boring) distortion jam in the middle of "Vamos." The otherwise by-the-books renditions vary regrettably little from the studio versions. The Pixies certainly sound like they're having fun (and for that matter so does the audience) but that joy, translated through the recordings, only suggests that it might have been cool to have attended one of the shows, and not have to listen to it on CD.
One Pixies legend has it that the officious Francis informed bassist Kim Deal that she could write a song for their 1988 debut LP "Surfer Rosa" as long as she included the word "gigantic". She passive-aggressively responded by naming the song (her sole songwriting credit -- and one of the best songs -- on the album) "Gigantic," and composing the chorus almost entirely of the word "gigantic" repeated over and over.
In contrast, the song concludes the second CD of "Hey!: Live Pixies" and thus the imagined concert that the album constructs. In the final minute the four band members lovingly and jokingly wish each other goodnight, an incredibly touching moment. Yet as an album finale it's equally misguided. "Hey!: Live Pixies 2004-2005" should reintroduce the Pixies to the world, not put them to bed.
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- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 09:11:45
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http://www.avclub.com/content/node/44743
Music In Brief
January 25th, 2006
By Keith Phipps
Click, play, pay: Online exclusives
When rumors of a Pixies reunion started to swirl a few years ago, it seemed impossible. After all, those guys hated each other, right? But sure enough, the rumors turned into a full-blown tour that's turned into an ongoing—and by all reports, harmonious—revival. So far, Pixies 2.0 has released only two new studio recordings—a track for a Warren Zevon album, and the fun, iTunes-only throwaway track "Bam Thwok." The eMusic.com exclusive release "Hey"—Live Pixies 2004-2005 doesn't change that, but it does offer fans a generous selection of live tracks cherry-picked from reunion dates all over the globe. The sound will be familiar to anyone who caught one of the shows; the band sounds vital but clearly has nothing to prove. It's a collection to warm the hearts of old fans, not win new ones, and it even includes a version of "La La Love You" in which Frank Black, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering tell each other "I love you." Ahhh... |
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- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2006 : 03:44:27
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http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=170918
eMusic Launches Awareness Campaign
February 2, 2006
eMusic, the digital music download service that sells more than 4.5 million tracks monthly, has unveiled a multi-million dollar advertising and branding campaign that will appear on channels like Comedy Central, The History Channel, Spike, FX and Fuse, among others. The integrated campaign will brand eMusic as the “soul of independent music” as well as the haven for groundbreaking artists like Ray Charles, Tom Waits, Coldplay, Johnny Cash, the Pixies, Jerry Garcia and others.
"We are not a commodity music service like others in the space, nor do we want to be,” said David Pakman, CEO of eMusic and managing director of Dimensional Associates, the private equity arm of JDS Capital that owns eMusic, The Orchard and Dimensional Music Publishing. “We are the largest and most prominent independent music brand at a time when the independent music market is exploding -- our only challenge has been getting the word out and this campaign changes that. From our exhaustive library and in-depth content, to the fervor with which we pursue great music, eMusic champions of the soul of independent music and everything it represents."
The new campaign is set to pay homage to independent music through a montage of concert footage, music videos and still frames of bands and fans. Among the songs featured in the TV spots are Bloc Party’s “So Here We Are” and The New Pornographers’ “Bleeding Heart Show." The campaign also will include print ads targeted to avid music fans and non-traditional elements including interactive/online, transit posters, street team promotions and postings in several major markets. |
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 09:45:08
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| nah, not exited by this at all im afraid, i've got lots of pixies compilations, both live and recorded, and ive seen them live, i really dont see the point of releasing this, its sounding less and less likely that we'll be getting anything new |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 11:30:24
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I'd say count on something new, and probably fall/winter of this year. But that's just a guess. :)
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 12:01:31
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Dean
stop teasing us and tell us what you know
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 13:49:16
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I don't know anything, that was just a guess, really!
I know FB has written some new Pixies songs, I know that he and Kim in particular want to record an album, and I suspect that that will happen this spring since summer will be a busy time with the Pixies touring, the remote possibility of touring to promote Fastman/Raiderman, and so on. I further suspect that those who see the Pixies this summer will hear some new songs live, provided they all feel the songs are good enough (I imagine this will be tough since the gang is anxious about being compared to their former selves).
If there's not a new Pixies album by the end of the year, I'll be very surprised.
[edit] Incidentally, the rumour almost a year ago was that the Pixies were looking at studio time this Feb, but no news on that at all since then. And definitely nothing remotely official.
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 20:07:06
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| Thanks Dean you rock! Your news is much appriciated :) |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 02/14/2006 : 02:46:27
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I still believe Chickenwithtwoheads though
which means that I'm sure there are new Pixies demo's since 2004.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 02/14/2006 : 02:46:57
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btw, Dean you rock indeed
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 02/14/2006 : 06:07:07
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| Yeah Dean, thanks :) |
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New Pixies live album
