We feel compelled to make some sort of Mogwai and Pixies joke -- you know, Gremlins versus those cute winged things (and Bob Geldof's daughter) -- but the Scottish noise-gazers do such a overloaded, gouging take on "Gouge Away," we'll let it rest.The tune's a major standout from Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies, which collects fifteen homages to Frank, Kim, and the boys by the likes of They Might Be Giants, British Sea Power, The Rosebuds, John P. Strohm, and others. Check out the tracklist, and listen to what Mogwai do to that Doolittle classic after the jump.
Nice and crunchy, like an Albini swarm-rocker. Here are Pixies four doing it live in London, 1991.
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Totally bad-ass. Of course none of the Dig For Fire bands top (or even come close to) the originals, but we're fond of that Mogwai track, along with the Strohm, Julie Peel, Elk City, OK Go, and some others. Here's the list:
01 Morning Theft - "Ana"
02 The Rosebuds - "Break My Body"
03 Dylan In The Movies - "Down To The Well"
04 Joy Zipper - "Wave of Mutilation"
05 OK Go - "Gigantic"
06 Bedroom Walls - "Stormy Weather"
07 Mogwai - "Gouge Away"
08 Knife & Fork - "Motorway To Roswell"
09 They Might Be Giants - "Havalina"
10 Bunnies - "Alec Eiffel"
11 Elk City - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
12 Fashion Victims - "Hey" (Double Dragon Remix)
13 The Commons with Elizabeth Harper - "Here Comes Your Man"
14 John P. Strohm - "Where Is My Mind?"
15 British Sea Power - "Caribou"
iTunes Bonus EP
01 David Miller & Castle Arms - ?Manta Ray?
02 Elk City - ?Number 13 Baby?
03 Charles Douglas - ?Bone Machine?
04 Julie Peel - ?The Happening?
05 PC Munoz - ?I Bleed?
06 Fashion Victims - ?Hey (Blue Version)?
07 Joe Harvard Band ?In Heaven (Everything is Fine)? (Oddly, not a Pixies song)
You can head over to Pixiesmusic.com, enter some personal info, and listen to much of it in streaming form.
Dig For Fire's out 11/27 on American Laundromat. If you can't wait, you can get it via iTunes on 11/13 (main record or thebonus EP).
