So if I'm understanding this correctly, some discs will be available at each show, regardless of whether they sell out on the site?
Pixies fans
Originally posted by bunnyman:That almost looks too good to be true (at least for me). Any word on other aspects of the show though? Great songs - but how'd they sound in this re-incarnation?
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
Originally posted by grotty:Well, if you know how to work torrent downloads, you can get a copy of the show here
Originally posted by bunnyman:That almost looks too good to be true (at least for me). Any word on other aspects of the show though? Great songs - but how'd they sound in this re-incarnation?
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
The link above is flac.torrent
The link below is mp3f.torrent
http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=173
The general consensus is that they're as good, if not better, than they were on the Bossanova tour. Tight as hell, and Black Francis still has the screams to go with it. And apparently they are just thrilled by the reception they are getting from fans. Just heard Wilco pulled out of Coachella…maybe the Pixies will get some of their time slot :)
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:I am downloading the show off of sharing the groove, it almost seems too easy to get copies of these shows out, people are just putting up the discs from disc live.
Well, if you know how to work torrent downloads, you can get a copy of the show here
The link above is flac.torrent
The link below is mp3f.torrent
http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=173
Originally posted by pollard:What's the difference between .flac.torrent and .mp3f.torrent?
I am downloading the show off of sharing the groove, it almost seems too easy to get copies of these shows out, people are just putting up the discs from disc live.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:not sure, i have only used shn and flac, i am fairly new at this, but I do know that mp3s are frowned upon in the torrent community, maybe it is a flac created from mp3s rather than the original source
What's the difference between .flac.torrent and .mp3f.torrent?
Originally posted by pollard:I'm new to it as well. You're right, the torrent community can be militant about no mp3s.
not sure, i have only used shn and flac, i am fairly new at this, but I do know that mp3s are frowned upon in the torrent community, maybe it is a flac created from mp3s rather than the original source
The size difference in the two file would indicate .flac is much better.
I noticed that the download rate for the Pixies show was considerably (4-5x) faster from the pj site than from the sharingthegroove site. (last night at least).
the minn show is going for over $100 on ebay
Originally posted by bunnyman:did you know that they are doing 4 nights at the aragon?
Just got tickets for 2 nights at the Aragon in Chicago…woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:I will have to check out the pj site, I think my pixies download should be complete by now, just left it on overnight.
I'm new to it as well. You're right, the torrent community can be militant about no mp3s.
The size difference in the two file would indicate .flac is much better.
I noticed that the download rate for the Pixies show was considerably (4-5x) faster from the pj site than from the sharingthegroove site. (last night at least).
Yeah, but the first night sold out too fast for me to get tickets and I've got to be back in DC for the 4th night. I'm sure I can get tickets to the first night somehow though.
flac and shn are lossless files, while mp3s are "lossy" files. mp3s lose some of the frequencies when wav files are compressed. with flac and shn, the compression is just enough as to not lose any frequency. so why flac or shn as opposed to wav, wav files are still bigger than either flac or shn.
http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html
http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html
I just got this Pixies show review for Minn. The email did not list source:
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. In the Pixies' case, a dozen years away from the stage has only helped their legend – not just a consistently brilliant catalogue that converts thousands of new listeners every year, but
the sense that the Pixies' tremendous effect on other bands (Nirvana pledged allegiance, for a start) was about to be rewarded commercially as well as aesthetically. Instead, the band broke up, and while bassist Kim Deal's Breeders and frontman Frank Black's solo career did just fine, neither one ever eclipsed the Pixies, as music or as legend.
"Legendary" isn't exactly how Black, Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago, or drummer David Lovering appeared at the outset of their reunion trek at Minneapolis' Fine Line on Tuesday night. Instead, they appeared as hard workers transported by their craft, frequently keeping their heads down as they ripped through a career-spanning set, from 1987's "Caribou" through
1991's "U-Mass," taking a detour for Neil Young's "Winterlong." Frank Black (or Black Francis, as he was known in his Pixies days), clad in flannel and jeans, scrunched his eyes shut as he hollered gleefully at the climax of
"Debaser" (the song that got the loudest applause). Deal, all in black, grinned like mad behind a face full of hair. A long-haired and black-capped Lovering appeared – and played – like he'd won the rock-drummer lottery.
The dapper Santiago, looked like the Son of Zorro, glanced around the stage like a host concerned about making his guests comfortable, while reeling out one perfect lead after another.
The choice of venue might have had something to do with that work ethic. Minneapolis's Fine Line houses 800 maximum, a number the club kept steadily to despite a horde of anxious fans hoping to get in. (There were still
seventy-five or so even after the show – which sold out in a reported four minutes – had finished.) The space's intimacy could have given the Pixies room to meander if they'd wanted, but there was nothing sloppy about the show. They landed on every mark while still seeming casual, and although the band didn't talk much between songs there was a real sense of generosity in
the air: twenty-seven songs covering the entire catalogue. And the audience shouted along with damn near everything, giving as good as they got.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. In the Pixies' case, a dozen years away from the stage has only helped their legend – not just a consistently brilliant catalogue that converts thousands of new listeners every year, but
the sense that the Pixies' tremendous effect on other bands (Nirvana pledged allegiance, for a start) was about to be rewarded commercially as well as aesthetically. Instead, the band broke up, and while bassist Kim Deal's Breeders and frontman Frank Black's solo career did just fine, neither one ever eclipsed the Pixies, as music or as legend.
"Legendary" isn't exactly how Black, Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago, or drummer David Lovering appeared at the outset of their reunion trek at Minneapolis' Fine Line on Tuesday night. Instead, they appeared as hard workers transported by their craft, frequently keeping their heads down as they ripped through a career-spanning set, from 1987's "Caribou" through
1991's "U-Mass," taking a detour for Neil Young's "Winterlong." Frank Black (or Black Francis, as he was known in his Pixies days), clad in flannel and jeans, scrunched his eyes shut as he hollered gleefully at the climax of
"Debaser" (the song that got the loudest applause). Deal, all in black, grinned like mad behind a face full of hair. A long-haired and black-capped Lovering appeared – and played – like he'd won the rock-drummer lottery.
The dapper Santiago, looked like the Son of Zorro, glanced around the stage like a host concerned about making his guests comfortable, while reeling out one perfect lead after another.
The choice of venue might have had something to do with that work ethic. Minneapolis's Fine Line houses 800 maximum, a number the club kept steadily to despite a horde of anxious fans hoping to get in. (There were still
seventy-five or so even after the show – which sold out in a reported four minutes – had finished.) The space's intimacy could have given the Pixies room to meander if they'd wanted, but there was nothing sloppy about the show. They landed on every mark while still seeming casual, and although the band didn't talk much between songs there was a real sense of generosity in
the air: twenty-seven songs covering the entire catalogue. And the audience shouted along with damn near everything, giving as good as they got.
Originally posted by igor:Thanks. Very helpful link.
flac and shn are lossless files, while mp3s are "lossy" files. mp3s lose some of the frequencies when wav files are compressed. with flac and shn, the compression is just enough as to not lose any frequency. so why flac or shn as opposed to wav, wav files are still bigger than either flac or shn.
http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html
Originally posted by bunnyman:I might be wrong, don't recall all the songs on each album, but only one song from Bossanova? They should at least play "the Happening", maybe their best song.
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
Bone Machine
Wave of Mutilation
U-Mass
Levitate Me
Broken Face
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Holiday Song
Winterlong
Nimrod's Song
La La Love You
Ed Is dead
Here Comes Your Man
Vamos
Debaser
Dead
Number 13 Baby
Tame
Gigantic
Gouge Away
Caribou
Encore:
Isla De Encanta
Velouria
In Heaven->Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
Where Is My Mind?
Into The White
Don't know if this is redundant, but individual MP3 files from the MN show are here:
http://klepshimi.blogspot.com/
http://klepshimi.blogspot.com/
More dates from pixiesmusic.com
SEPTEMBER
4 Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR
6 Bumbershoot/Memorial Stadium, Seattle, WA(headlining Main Stage)
18 Austin City Limits Music Festival/Ziker Park, Austin, TX (Texas Stage)
20 Mesa Amphitheatre, Phoenix, AZ (on sale Friday, May 7)
24, 25 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA (SOLD OUT)
30 Magness Arena, Denver, CO
OCTOBER
8 USF Sundome, Tampa, FL (on sale Saturday, May 15)
14 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA (SOLD OUT)
16 Voodoo Festival, New Orleans, LA
17 Reliant Arena, Houston, TX (on sale Saturday, May 15)
19 Next Stage, Dallas, TX (on sale Saturday, May 8)
NOVEMBER
10 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (on sale Saturday, May 1)
11 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (SOLD OUT)
13-16 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
20 State Theatre, Detroit, MI
24 Arrow Hall, Toronto, Ont. CANADA (SOLD OUT)
25 Arrow Hall, Toronto, Ont. CANADA (on sale Thursday, April 29)
26 CEPSUM Arena, Montreal, Que. CANADA
DECEMBER
4 Tweeter Center, Philadelphia, PA
SEPTEMBER
4 Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR
6 Bumbershoot/Memorial Stadium, Seattle, WA(headlining Main Stage)
18 Austin City Limits Music Festival/Ziker Park, Austin, TX (Texas Stage)
20 Mesa Amphitheatre, Phoenix, AZ (on sale Friday, May 7)
24, 25 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA (SOLD OUT)
30 Magness Arena, Denver, CO
OCTOBER
8 USF Sundome, Tampa, FL (on sale Saturday, May 15)
14 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA (SOLD OUT)
16 Voodoo Festival, New Orleans, LA
17 Reliant Arena, Houston, TX (on sale Saturday, May 15)
19 Next Stage, Dallas, TX (on sale Saturday, May 8)
NOVEMBER
10 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (on sale Saturday, May 1)
11 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (SOLD OUT)
13-16 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
20 State Theatre, Detroit, MI
24 Arrow Hall, Toronto, Ont. CANADA (SOLD OUT)
25 Arrow Hall, Toronto, Ont. CANADA (on sale Thursday, April 29)
26 CEPSUM Arena, Montreal, Que. CANADA
DECEMBER
4 Tweeter Center, Philadelphia, PA