Pixies & Weezer To Embark On BEST TOUR EVER This Summer!

Weezer and the Pixies will be co-headlining a massive seven-week tour this summer. Not only that, The Wombats will be opening on the June 23-July 15 dates!

Dates are below. Tickets go on sale on November 10th.

6/23/18 Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
6/26/18 New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square
6/27/18 Dallas, TX @ Starplex Pavilion
6/29/18 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
6/30/18 Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater
7/6/18 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
7/7/18 Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7/8/18 Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
7/10/18 Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion
7/11/18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
7/13/18 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/14/18 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
7/15/18 Syracuse, NY @ Lakeview Amphitheatre
7/17/18 Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
7/18/18 Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
7/20/18 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
7/21/18 Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
7/22/18 Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
7/24/18 Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
7/25/18 Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
7/27/18 Atlanta, GA @ Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
7/28/18 Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater
7/29/18 Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
7/31/18 Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
8/1/18 West Valley City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
8/4/18 Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
8/7/18 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
8/11/18 Chula Vista, CA @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
8/12/18 Phoenix, AZ @ AK-Chin Pavilion

First Look/Listen: Pixies, "What Goes Boom"

Concert Review: Pixies, Bowery Ballroom

There is just no good way to write a review for the Pixies without first lamenting the loss of Kim Deal and David Lovering's sturdy and sure rhythm unit forged from years of familiarity and hard work. That said, I will tell you that their Friday night concert at New York's Bowery Ballroom was fantastic.

Gone was the attitude of smug indifference that permeated the air when I caught their show in Asbury Park on the Doolittle Lost Cities tour back in 2011, and in its place, there was new energy and a mutual feeding frenzy between audience and band. New bassist Kim Shattuck (formerly of the Muffs and The Pandoras) did a fine job; I daresay from the back of the venue and without your glasses on, you might not have noticed the lack of the beloved Deal. Will Frank Black ever pour his heart out between songs and chat lovingly with audience members? Probably not. But they plowed through plenty of Pixies favorites with gusto and even managed to deliver the newly-released songs to the crowd, making them sound as solid and well-worn as the favorites we grew up on. Joey Santiago, who never fails to impress me, even with his lack of stage interaction, managed to crack at least two knowing smirks during the show. The evening's set list was wildly varied with "Velouria," "Allison," "Nimrod's Son," and "Vamos" firing up the floor of the Bowery Ballroom into a jumping hothouse and whipping its sweaty patrons (myself included) into delighted frenzy.

There is something to be said for what I assume was the strange tension-fueled and thinly-veiled aggression that sometimes spilled over into their studio albums and live shows, making us love the chaotic uncertainty of their very existence (would they even be a band in the morning?). But seeing them together onstage offered proof that their face-punching delivery and skills haven't waned much with the passage of time and we wouldn't want it any other way.

Song Of The Day: Pixies, "Wave Of Mutilation"

From 1989, here's the Pixies with "Wave Of Mutilation."

Enjoy!



And as an added bonus, here's the "UK Surf" version as well:

The Pixies Have A New EP Out!

The Pixies announced this morning that they have released a new four-song EP. The four songs are "Andro Queen," "Another Toe In The Ocean," "Indie Cindy," and "What Goes Boom" and can be purchased on their website.

Here's the video for "Indie Cindy:"

New Music Fridays: Pixies, "Bagboy"

Yes, those Pixies. And you can download it for free!

Pixies, David Lowery, And The Rob Ford Crackstarter: Gogo Pledge To Kickstart This!

Welcome to our new column, Gogo Pledge To Kickstart This! Each week, we'll scour Kickstarter, PledgeMusic, and Indiegogo and report back with three projects worthy of your money or your ridicule. It's up to you to decide.

PIXIES: A Visual History (Exclusive Ltd. Ed. Hardcover)

Description: Sean T. Rayburn, one of the founders of the Pixies fansite that later became the Pixies official site, PixiesMusic.com. He and the band have been posting vintage photos of the band for the past two years and the fans have been loving them. So they're trying to compile them in a lovely coffee table book.

Perks Of Note: Unfortunately, none of the perks contain anything from any of the band members.
 

"Get Off This" | A Film About Music + Perseverance

Description: This looks like it will be a pretty kickass documentary about Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery. But I'm a huge fan, so color me biased.

Perks Of Note: If you have a spare $10,000 collecting dust somewhere, it can get you a postcard of the film's cover artwork, a 30-minute sneak peak of the director's cut via digital download, a special thanks in the film credits and a digital download of the completed film, unreleased tracks of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven songs from the film's production, the official movie poster shipped to your door, the official DVD of the completed film, a special edition DVD of the completed film signed by David Lowery, a song request at a Cracker or Camper Van Beethoven show of your choice, the official movie t-shirt in your size shipped to your door, a limited edition lithograph of the official movie poster signed by David Lowery and members of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, complimentary tickets for you and a friend to a show of your choice with all access passes and a meet and greet with David Lowery and the band backstage, an honorary Associate Producer credit in the film, a day on set while they shoot David Lowery with Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven performing (travel and lodging not included), two tickets for you and a guest to attend the premiere screening with David Lowery and members of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven (travel and lodging not included), and David Lowery will fly to your home for a private acoustic performance for you and your closest friends. If you buy it, feel free to invite me!

Rob Ford Crackstarter

Description:Gawker has been offered a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack that they would like to purchase and publish on their website. It will cost them $200,000. That's where you come in.

Perks Of Note: 10 grand will get you the iPhone that recorded the video.

Top 20 Pixies Songs (Nos. 1-5)

For this week's Ranked!, we decided to rank our twenty favorite Pixies songs. Here are 1-5:

5. "Planet Of Sound"

Top 20 Pixies Songs (Nos. 6-10)

For this week's Ranked!, we decided to rank our favorite Pixies songs. Here are 6-10:

10. "The Happening"

Top 20 Pixies Songs (Nos. 11-15)

For this week's Ranked!, we decided to rank our favorite Pixies songs. Here are Nos. 11-15:

15. "Here Comes Your Man"