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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

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

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• Sep 19, 2005

Kim Deal quits the Pixies, confirmed by band

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