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Story by Brett Taylor This hardly mattered to the near sellout crowd at the Eagles Ballroom on Saturday night. It seemed that every hipster doofus in the tri state area packed into the cavernous room to bathe in the nostalgia. The band entered the stage with the French surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou" by director Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali casting its eerie shadow in the background. The film's disturbing images of eyes being sliced open with a straight razor and ants emerging from a wounded hand held the audience captivated before the music began. Once the Pixies took the smoke filled stage, they continued to hold the crowds' attention. As bassist Kim Deal MC'd the show, they began with some B-Sides from the Doolittle era. Deal even remarked that the band had to go back and listen to some of these forgotten tracks to re-learn the material. The band then moved to the main course of the night, serving up Doolittle proper. The stage show kept the familiar music interesting by offering up full audio visual presentations tailored to every song. Smoke, lighting and video presentation highlighted the artistic and avant-garde songs that make up their performances. Especially satisfying was the soulful "Hey" which featured Black's tortured vocals that were backed up with the lyrics broadcast on the giant video projection. The band followed up the Doolittle portion of the show with encores that offered up "Caribou" and the crowd pleasing first single "Gigantic." Although they continue to tour without showing signs of releasing new material, the Pixies presentation still felt fresh and interesting. |
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Dancing at the Manta Ray Weird at My School Bailey's Walk Manta Ray Debaser Tame Wave of Mutilation I Bleed Here Comes Your Man Dead Monkey Gone To Heaven Mr. Grieves Crackity Jones La La Love You |
No. 13 Baby There Goes My Gun Hey Silver Gouge Away Encore: Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) Into the White Encore2: Caribou Bone Machine The Holiday Song Nimrod's Son Where is My Mind Gigantic |
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