The Pixies November 20, 2011

For more than ten years, since the Pixies ended their run with a meltdown that left pretty much everyone pissed off, the chances of this group ever getting back together were basically nil.
But like star systems in an expanding universe, each of the Pixies would feel the pull, sooner or later, back toward the center, where once they had exploded and showered the musical vacuum with pointed, ironic, blackly humorous, and unforgettable songs. It took a few years – twelve, to be exact. But in late 2003, against all expectations, they did get there.

The Pixies are, perhaps, the definitive alternative rock band. Across five records and six years, the quartet perfected a brand of spiky, abrasive, coiled-up songwriting that made amazing use of dynamic shifts from quiet to loud. Though their legacy is utterly legendary, in their day The Pixies were only modestly successful, commercially.

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