The Pixies release gigantic Minotaur

April 27, 11:10 AMMusic ExaminerLinda Laban

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While there's no sign of the Pixies heading to the studio to record new material,   the  pioneering  alt/rock band is keeping its name in the news with a gigantic, full hipster pun intended, reissue of its back catalog. Its five studio album releases, recorded  from 1987 through 1991,  are going to be reissued as both limited edition and deluxe edition collector's sets entitled "Minotaur." 

The Deluxe Edition will include all five Pixies -- the Boston-bred group included singer/guitarist Black Francis, guitarist Joey Santiago, singer/bassist Kim Deal, and drummer David Lovering - studio albums: "Come On Pilgrim" (1987), "Surfer Rosa" (1988), "Doolittle" (1989), "Bossanova" (1990), and "Trompe le Monde" (1991) - on 24k layered CD and Blu-ray (five discs total), with reinterpreted artwork by Vaughan Oliver, the graphic designer who created all of the artwork that accompanied the Pixies' studio albums. Also included in the Deluxe Edition will be a DVD of a Pixies 1991 performance at the Brixton Academy in London, the group's videos, and a 54-page book, all housed in a custom slipcase. The Minotaur Limited Edition version will include everything in the Deluxe Edition, as well as all five albums on 180 gram vinyl, a Giclee print of Oliver's artwork, and a 72-page hardcover book, all housed in an over sized custom clamshell cover.

The releases will be via A+R (Artist in Residence), an archivist label responsible for versions of releases by Nine Inch Nails, Beck, and Sigur Ros. "Minotaur" will be available for pre-order at www.ainr.com beginning June 15. The Minotaur Deluxe Edition will retail for $175, while the Minotaur Limited Edition will be priced at $450.