Tag: Pixies

Watch: Pixies' Joey Santiago, David Lovering talk 'Doolittle' in 30-minute 4AD promo

Watch: Pixies’ Joey Santiago, David Lovering talk ‘Doolittle’ in 30-minute 4AD promo

In conjunction with the release this month of the 25th anniversary reissue of the Pixies’ classic second album Doolittle, the 4AD label has produced a 30-minute promotional film in which guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lowering reflect back on the making of the record.

New releases: Pixies, Ministry, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Yo La Tengo, Love and Rockets

New releases: Pixies, Ministry, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Yo La Tengo, Love and Rockets

This week’s new releases include expanded reissues of the Pixies’ “Doolittle” and Yo La Tengo’s “Painful,” a box set of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry recordings from 1982 to 1987, a vinyl reissue of MInistry’s “Twelve Inch Singles,” a collection of Boris Blank’s output and a Blondie vinyl box set.

Pixies' 'Doolittle 25’ 3CD reissue to include 21 previously unreleased demos, Peel sessions

Pixies’ ‘Doolittle 25’ 3CD reissue to include 21 previously unreleased demos, Peel sessions

The Pixies will mark the 25th anniversary of their classic sophomore album Doolittle with an expanded 3CD, 50-track reissue this December that will feature, as bonus material, the record’s B-sides, two of the band’s Peel sessions in their entireties, and a full disc’s worth of demos.

Contest: Win a copy of 'Pixies: A Visual History' autographed by Black Francis

Contest: Win a copy of ‘Pixies: A Visual History’ autographed by Black Francis

For any diehard fan of the Pixies, the just-published “Pixies: A Visual History” — a gorgeous, 215-page hardbound coffee-table book jammed with scores and scores of you-are-there photographs chronicling the ascent of the college-rock favorites — is a must-have.

Pixies release new album 'Indie Cindy' on cassette in cassingle-style sleeve

Pixies release new album ‘Indie Cindy’ on cassette in cassingle-style sleeve

The Pixies already have released their first new album in 23 years on CD and vinyl (both on 12-inch and across three separate 10-inch EPs), and as a digital download, but now comes the most retro format of all: an ultra limited-edition cassette release of Indie Cindy.

Contest: Win a deluxe hardbound edition of Pixies' 'Indie Cindy' with bonus live disc

Contest: Win a deluxe hardbound edition of Pixies’ ‘Indie Cindy’ with bonus live disc

The Pixies roared back into record shops this spring with Indie Cindy, their first album in more than two decades, and now, thanks to the fine folks at PIAS America, we’ve got copies of the limited-edition, hardbound 2CD release of the album to give away to three lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Watch the Pixies dissect new album 'Indie Cindy' track-by-track in this 19-minute video

Watch the Pixies dissect new album ‘Indie Cindy’ track-by-track in this 19-minute video

With the Pixies’ first new album in 23 years out this week, the band — Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering — sat down to discuss Indie Cindy track-by-track, an interview that’s been packaged as an 18-minute video that you can see here.