This is an incredibly good ’87-’96 tribute: Pixies, Posies, Replacements, Nirvana, Weezer, Matthew Sweet, the theme to “That 70s Show,” and (my favorite Seattle band of the era) Flake, all in a single song. What’s more, the official music video, below, is packed with dozens of smile-inducing visual homages to ’90s slacker film and TV. …
Total Warr’s “Where Is My Mind” (Pixies cover) turns the hit into a buzzing, beat-driven jam complete with a sample from “Empire State of Mind.” The video builds from a simple live performance of the classic into an all out house party full of entertaining characters.
This from Colette Moran, author of the fine blog, Clearly Nebulous: “I discovered this song because a young actress in a movie my kids like said it was on her iPod because her mom turned her on to the Pixies. (Apparently it was also in “Fight Club.”) So I go to YouTube and found this …