SOUNDTRACK: PIXIES-Tiny Desk Concert #334 (February 3, 2014).
I had been planning on going in reasonable order with the Tiny Desk reviews, but when The Pixies come in, you throw order to the wind and move on.
The Pixies! Holy cow. I saw them many many years ago opening for The Cure (a great show). And I’ve loved everything they’ve done. I was a little less than excited with the reunion (2013 was a little too mcuh with the reunions) and I didn’t love “Bagboy” their first single (but that may have been because Kim Deal wasn’t in the reunion). But I really like the two new songs they play here.
And, as it turns out Paz Lenchantin fills in for Kim Deal’s role quite capably (she plays violin and sings vocals here).
So, yes there are three songs. “Greens and Blues” appears on the new EP2 (I haven’t heard the EPs). It’s a mellow acoustic song (at least in this version) and sound like classic slow Pixies. “Silver Snail” is so new it hasn’t appeared on an album yet. It’s another slow song, but it has that kind of sinister slowness that the Pixies do so well. And then they bust out “Monkey Gone to Heaven” in a mellow acoustic version that is ever so much fun.
It’s pretty great to see them reunited, and I may just have to check out those EPs too.
[READ: January 5, 2014] “Family Meal”
I didn’t realize until reading this essay (one of five on a food related topic), that the “theme” of these essays is “Take Out” (it says it right there at the top of them).
And this may be the most unusual version of food take out I’ve heard of (as the poor delivery boy confirms at the end of the essay).
But, as most good food stories do, this one starts talking about something else entirely. Turns out that Baby T showed up on time for work at the restaurant, but she was bloodied and confused. So Gabrielle took her to the hospital. (more…)
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