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...like a cut from a Pixies reunion concert 25 years from now. "Gigantic" has Kim Deal wailing at about half the speed of the original recording, and the effect is about half as inspiring. The Pixies are a thinking person's "alternative;" lyrics are acrostic or contain the first theramin since the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." Their concerts, from their beginnings in Boston, often included over 40 songs in a set. It's not so much that's they're ultra-prolific, but to take only a handful of their already short songs and call it representative does a great...

Author: By Whitney K. Bryant, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Death' to the Pixies' Record Executives | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

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