Pixies’ Santiago goes commercial

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Pixies fans, rejoice! Everyone else, prepare to hear commercial music that just might make you scratch your head. Pixies lead guitarist Joey Santiago has become “a featured artist, working exclusively in the realm of television commercials," for EliasArts. The sound and music house last night sponsored a screening of loudQUIETloud, a documentary, also playing at the Tribeca Flim Festival, about the band’s 2004 “sellout tour.” Santiago, who is shown in the film working on a documentary score, summed up his reasons for tackling commercials with the line, “I enjoy making music,” before adding that “Dave has his magic.

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