The Pixies Announce (Singular) Tour Date
Just record another album already...
What's the best part about being an underappreciated indie rock band? Is it the lasting fame after you've broken up? The revival of your career in an apocalyptic anti-establishment movie based on a Palahniuk novel? Maybe the royalties from Hot Topic all of a sudden realizing they can sell your shirts?
No, the best was yet to come for The Pixies. For them, it's definitely the killer internet hype you can create with a single statement of your band either reuniting or not. After a reunion in 2004 that included performances at Lollapalooza and Coachella, the band has been bouncing back and forth about a full reunion tour and new album ever since. After numerous statements of efforts fizzling out on a tour and no public progress on a record, The Pixies have just announced their first gig since 2007: they'll be playing The UK's Isle of Wight Festival.
Is this a sign of good things from The Pixies? Perhaps a renewed (once again) ambition to get back together? Perhaps the beginning of a European stint to support some new material? Or just a one-time payday sort of gimmick that you get to pull off when everyone from 8th grade neo-indies to 30-somethings worships you. I don't care. I'll take any chance I can to have the Pixies ask me where my mind is, once again.
The Pixies playing "Where Is My Mind" in 1988.
Posted by Mark Steffen on Mar 13, 2009 @ 6:00 am
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