Boston Globe Article on Boston Rock and Roll Friday August 14, 2020

 

By David ScharfenbergF

irst that sneaky bass line, and the odd, distant howl. Then Kim Deal all quiet and breathy and winking, “And this I know, his teeth as white as snow, what a gas it was to see him. . . .”

Now come the drums and the pregnant hum of a guitar on the verge. And suddenly we are loud. We are very, very loud: “Gigantic! Gigantic! Gigantic! A big, big love!”

I’m listening to the single greatest song this town has ever produced — “Gigantic” by the Pixies — on the concrete stoop outside Nuggets Records in Kenmore Square Globe Staff,Updated August 14, 2020, 1:13 p.m.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/14/opinion/aerosmith-cars-pixies-boston-used-be-rock-n-roll-capital-where-has-all-music-gone/