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Originally Posted by swimintheundertow
I think you might like them. I don't know, maybe. They're sort of like Pavement, almost kind of. Doolittle and Surfer Rosa are a good place to start.
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Wow...I've never heard that comparison before. I guess it's kinda fair (though they're really not all that close). As in: Pixes are to Pavement as the Stones are to the Beatles...or something like that. In their loose style of delivery they're similar bands, but they make their homes in completely different territories when it comes to the tone of their content. Introducing someone to Pixies, I'd probably go for the easy Nirvana comparison. Since both bands take pop structures and twist them to become darkly abrasive, and Nirvana had a collective Pixies obsession which seems to have played a big part in shaping their sound. They also sound like Sonic Youth circa
EVOL which was like Sonic's goth album...when they were in slightly sinister mode.