What: The Pixies, in concert.
When: 8 p.m. Feb. 19.
Where: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway, Portland.
Cost: Sold Out.
Information: 800-273-1530 or http://portland5.com
The hopes of many fans for new Pixies music began to get answered last summer when the group released a single, “Bagboy” and then in the fall followed up with a four-song release titled simply “EP-1.”
Now the Pixies have doubled the fun, with a second four-song collection, “EP-2,” As with its predecessor, there was no advance fanfare for the new EP. It was simply made available for purchase through the Pixies’ website on Jan. 3.
These releases marked the first new music (other than a 2004 one-off single, “Bam Thwok”) from the influential group, which reunited in 2004 and had gone on to do a series of well received tours. During that time, the question of whether the reunion would produce new music always hung over the Pixies.
As it turns out, on at least two occasions, singer guitarist and songwriter Black Francis, guitarist Joey Santiago, drummer Dave Lovering and bassist Kim Deal tried to the find magic that produced an EP and four studio albums from 1987 to 1991 (including two of the most influential albums in alternative rock history — “Surfer Rosa” and “Doolittle”).