Pixies - Death to the Pixies (bonus disc)

Pixies : Complete 'B' Sides

Flipsides to epochal singles from one of the most influential bands of the last twenty years...

Paradoxically, it was the Pixies-inspired American alternative renaissance that sowed the seeds of the Boston quartet's destruction. Had Nirvana never happened - and 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' owes everything to Black Francis' sense of proportion and propulsion - chances are they'd be huge right now. This, though, is to disregard the sheer wilfulness that nestles...

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• Feb 28, 2001

Live Review: Pixies

Much ado about ’little. Brixton Academy, London, Tuesday, October 6

• Oct 19, 2009

Pixies: Apollo/Alexandra palace, Manchester/London, Tues Aug 30/Wed Aug 31

The nicest guy in rock (official!), Ross Millard from The Futureheads, gets giddy with excitement at being allowed to support his childhood heroes, the Pixies

• Sep 19, 2005

Pixies give away free four-track EP

Band offer up four tracks from their 2004 Coachella live set

• Apr 18, 2012

The Pixies play special fan club show in Hollywood

The iconic rockers performed over 30 songs to the Los Angeles crowd

• Nov 20, 2011