I know its taken me a week to talk about seeing the Pixies at Brixton Academy. It was just awesome…the atmosphere was something like I’ve never experienced before. They came on to Head On and just unleashed a volley of songs, U-Mass, Debaser, Broken Face…song after song, with no pause, no talking. I don’t remember them ever being this good, its like the years have made more powerful and closer to perfection than they ever were. Most of the songs came from the first three albums, these are what real pixies fans listen to, and the only moments when the band looked at each other were during Joey’s solo on Vamos. After seeing Frank Black, replendent in country and western shirt, with his hired hands, playing warm and eccentric songs with The Catholics; tonight he was Black Francis, wearing the biggest pair of Jeans we’ve ever seen…and filling them. The songs were taught, fiery and viscious. When the four horsemen ride from the apocalypse, they’ll be listening to Wave of Mutilation on their walkman’s.
Just a few links for you…great reviews here and here. All four shows to download from Disclive and if you order quickly, you’ll recieve a limited edition boxed set of all four Brixton shows.
Just a note, the support was Badly Drawn Boy who was just so chuffed to be supporting “The Greatest Band in Living Memory”
Our star spotting was a bit pants, only Adam from Adam and Joe, but apparently Jude Law was there too.
