Up until last week, I had yet to cast my lot in the 20+ year debate regarding the Pixies’ merits as a live act or lack thereof. Which is a fancy way of saying that I had never seen the band play before. Granted, I was all of six years old when the Pixies first toured on Doolittle, though rest assured, I would have done my level best to see them, had my young mind not been held so firmly in the grip of the Beach Boys’ comeback hit “Kokomo” at the time. Regardless, I was disappointed to find that the Pixies circa 2009 are not so much performers as musical reenactors. While every note of Doolittle was reproduced faithfully and with great care, the band’s passionless, largely sedentary performance left a lot to be desired. Head over to DCist and PopMatters for my photos and full-length review.

Up until last week, I had yet to cast my lot in the 20+ year debate regarding the Pixies’ merits as a live act or lack thereof. Which is a fancy way of saying that I had never seen the band play before. Granted, I was all of six years old when the Pixies first toured on Doolittle, though rest assured, I would have done my level best to see them, had my young mind not been held so firmly in the grip of the Beach Boys’ comeback hit “Kokomo” at the time. Regardless, I was disappointed to find that the Pixies circa 2009 are not so much performers as musical reenactors. While every note of Doolittle was reproduced faithfully and with great care, the band’s passionless, largely sedentary performance left a lot to be desired. Head over to DCist and PopMatters for my photos and full-length review.

Dec 9 2009

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