Niki N. Phaser

The Pixies have some good news for European fans: they will celebrate Doolitle‘s twentieth birthday with several shows, in UK, Holland, Germany, France and Belgium. The tour starts in octomber. In The Cure-Trilogy tradition, they will play their 1989 album in its entirety. Most dates will be in the UK, since this is the place where they were first embraced, Doolitle charting at number eight here, at the time of its release.

In case you are not that familiar with the tracklisting of said album, don’t worry, you will hear a whole bunch of your favourites, even though Where Is My Mind? might miss, since it was recorded on their first full-length venture. Still, you’ll get to hear Frank Black scream both Tame and Hey, while your more melodic needs will be met by crowd-pleaser Here Comes Your Man or love-song parody La La Love You. For those craving for some raw Kim Deal bass, Debaser and Gouge Away will have your stomach vibrate, be at peace.

One thing is sure: this is a great chance to see a band that becomes more and more comfortable with their legend status and those of you who do attend, be sure to make a lot of noise, cheer like crazy, maybe one of these day they might just decide to drop some new material on us.

THE PIXIES PERFORM Here Comes Your Man LIVE

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It seems that The Pixies have done a little bit of promotion (i.e. some gigs) in order to create a buzz around the release of their mega-ultra-super boxset Minotaur, which will include supposedly… everything. Avid fans, who collected Pixies stuff since the 80′s are probably not too happy that some rich kid, who’s been listening to them for a couple of years will have an equal treasure. Still, I guess there is also the vintage element when it comes to collectables.

I guess that this is another step in their whole revival-reunion thing, since when The Pixies are no longer The Pixies, but “the band that Kurt Cobain was trying to rip-off when he wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit“. We know that they are cashing in on their newfound legends status, but how can we not forgive them, when their stuff is so unique and original. Of course, we understand and love them and maybe we’ll even buy Minotaur, considering that all 3,000 copies of the limited edition (costs almost 500 bucks) will be signed by the band.If you are just finding out about the band, you can take Frank Black’s advice: “The Minotaur is not for someone who hasn’t heard the Pixies first. If that’s what you’re after, it might be more appropriate to burn it off the internet for free”, says the frontman for Wired’s Underwire.