#3651: The Pixies : New Sounds-Style
For this New Sounds, hear songs of the Pixies as arranged “New Sounds-Style” by everyone from the Asphalt Orchestra (the punkass marching band from Bang on a Can) to the Polaris Prize winner, Tanya Tagaq, along with the not-gonna-be-pigeonholed-into-just-jazz trio The Bad Plus, and the multi-instrumentalist “indie” eclectics TV on the Radio.
As a New Sounds broadcast exclusive, listen to THREE tunes from the most excellent forthcoming “Asphalt Orchestra Plays Pixies- Surfer Rosa,” album coming November 18 from Cantaloupe Music. Hear un-slavish, biting and ferocious arrangements for marching band from this unexpected collection which definitely captures the rawness and power of, -and quite possibly improves upon- the originals. (There, the NSAPA has officially blasphemed. Read more about the Asphalt Orchestra record here.)
Then, hear Polaris Prize winner Tanya Tagaq and her ecstatic yet frightening version of the Pixies’ “Caribou,” which incorporates her unstoppable vocal acrobatic talents, not limited to Inuit throat singing. Also, the Norwegian singer Hanne Hukkelberg deconstructs “Break My Body,” (Frank Black Francis) complete with accordion, woodwinds and brushed drums, taking the song to a previously unanticipated level of masochism. Listen to the Bad Plus doing the Pixies' “Velouria,” which rises to a fever pitch of insanity with its Liszt-like piano pyrotechnics and an inspired avalanche of drums. Plus, from TV on the Radio’s first EP, listen to their doo-woppy “Mr. Grieves.” All that and so much more.
PROGRAM #3651 The Pixies, New-Sounds Style (First aired on 10/21/2014)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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The Pixies |
Surfer Rosa |
Gigantic, excerpt [1:40] |
4AD - #78030 (Reissued in 2003) |
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Asphalt Orchestra |
Asphalt Orchestra Plays the Pixies Surfer Rosa |
Gigantic (arr. Nathan Koci) [4:41] |
Cantaloupe 21103 |
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Curtis Hasselbring |
The New Mellow Edwards |
Ana [2:25] |
Skirl 003 |
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Vitamin String Quartet |
String Quartet Tribute To The Pixies |
Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons [2:41] |
Vitamin Records - #8874 |
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Asphalt Orchestra |
Asphalt Orchestra Plays the Pixies Surfer Rosa |
Bone Machine (arr. Peter Hess) [2:56] |
Cantaloupe 21103 |
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Hanne Hukkelberg |
Do Not As I Do single |
Break My Body (live in Oslo 2005) [4;17] |
Leaf / HANNE 1 |
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Rockabye Baby Music (Mike Baiardi) |
Lullabye Renditions of the Pixies |
Ana (arr. Mike Baiardi) [2:06] |
Rockabye Baby! - #9811 |
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The Bad Plus |
Give |
Velouria [5:36] |
Columbia #58331 |
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Asphalt Orchestra |
Asphalt Orchestra Plays the Pixies Surfer Rosa |
Where Is My Mind? (arr. Ken Thomson) [3:55] |
Cantaloupe 21103 |
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Miranda Sex Garden |
Suspiria |
In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) [4:06] |
Mute - #CDSTUMM 112 |
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TV on the Radio |
Young Liars |
Mr. Grieves [4:11] |
Touch & Go TG 252CD |
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Tanya Tagaq |
Animism |
Caribou (Arr. Jesse Zubot) [4:53] |
Six Shooter Records |
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British Sea Power |
Dig For Fire: a tribute to Pixies |
Caribou, excerpt [4:33] |
American Laundromat Records ALR-0011 |
