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Download a Live EP From the Pixies

Celebrate the belated 20th anniversary of 'Doolittle' with four live tracks from Pixies' recent tour.

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October 19, 2010 2:42 PM ET

The Pixies masterpiece Doolittle had its 20th anniversary in April 2009 — and in fact, the band's follow-up LP Bossanova just turned 20 this past August — so the reunited rockers are giving fans a free download of a live EP featuring four songs recorded during the band's recent tour. Head over to the Pixies site to download three tracks from the album Rolling Stone named as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time — "Gouge Away," "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and "Crackity Jones" — plus the b-side "Dancing the Manta Ray."

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