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Charles 'Black Francis' Thompson, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering formed the Pixies in Boston in 1986, enjoying only moderate success.

"DOOLITTLE" MIGHT BE the most poppy album about rape, mutilation, murder and nuclear bombs ever made.

No, I am not seeing one of the 5 Pixies shows this week here in the city. Yes, 5 amazing shows celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album, Doolittle.

The Pixies have been playing every song on their classic 1989 album Doolittle at shows across the United States.

Pixies played Fallon & Hammerstein again "Lovering just DESTROYED the triangle part on the slow version on WAVE OF MUTILATION." - John Hodgman Pixies @ Hammerstein - 11/24/2009 "The Pixies are a strange story, getting stranger.

ANDREW CATLIN The Pixies as they looked around the time they created "Doolittle.'' Devoted fans of bands that have broken up are like casualties of divorce.

Coke or Pepsi? PC or Mac? Album version or 'U.K. Surf?' As with all great questions, there's no easy consensus when debating which iteration of Pixies ' 'Wave of Mutilation' is best.

The mostly-predictable setlist started out with four Doolittle b-sides followed all of Doolittle which was followed by two encores that ended with two of their biggest hits back to back .

The Pixies have never stopped being cool, and they won't let you forget it. If playing their 1989 classic Doolittle album in entirety on tour and selling out every date wasn't enough, they've also struck gold with a merch deal.

A couple of weeks ago the Pixies brought "Here Comes Your Man" to Conan . Last night Doolittle 's seminal opening track, was of the band's own choosing.

The Pixies make do on Dolittle in a reverent anniversary show The Pixies Alternative rock November 19, 2009 at the Aragon Ballroom by Selena Fragassi In the 25 years since the groundbreaking album Dolittle made its mark on the post-punk, pre-grunge landscape of modern music, the Pixies have spared no minor moments of rock and roll iconoclasm, ...

Pixies seem to have given up slicing up eyeballs in favour of releasing an iPhone app .

Last Friday night in Chicago, the Pixies managed to make the gimmick of playing an entire album from start-to-finish feel fresh.

The Pixies are currently in the throes of the North American leg of their Doolittle tour, a wormhole of a trek wea ve been quick to spill much digi-ink over in these parts recently.

Record Club is a project more or less headed by Beck that is devoted to the recording - in one day - of an album deemed worthy by RC's rotating members.

Jed Gottlieb writes about music, film and pop culture for local, regional and national publications.

Wea TMre doing three shows in Chicago and three in L.A.Wea TMre not going to the small towns and Ia TMll tell you why right now: Pixies tried to play Dayton and we sold 500 tickets and I live there.The hicks wona TMt come out.They like country music and therea TMs nothing wrong with that, but people will have to drive to Columbus or Chicago to see ...

Aside from his penchant for starring in bad Queen Latifah movies , Jimmy Fallon's usually got the public's interest in mind.

Steve Albini helped define the sound of 1990s indie-rock without having a trademark sound of his own.

When a group of revered and influential rockers come back together after a decade of acrimonious separation and/or inactivity, all but the most hard-hearted punks can grant them one lap around the reunion circuit playing the old should-have-been-hits, if only to collect the accolades and the cash that probably eluded them the first time.