The Legacy Lives OnTuesday 6th-9th October 2009
Brixton Academy, London
With an array of supports and a set comprising of the entire ‘Dolittle’ album plus a few more hits thrown in, The Pixies residence at Brixton would have been hard pressed to disappoint.
The Big Pink did a fine job of opening proceedings on the first night with a wall-of-sound rock style that makes them hard to ignore. Bombay Bicycle Club jumped about a lot on the second night but didn’t seem to make that much noise – all show and no substance for me I’m afraid. Art Brut did their usual fine repetoire of socially observant comedy-laden hits, with a few funny-cause-they’re-so-bad jokes thrown in – I’ll never get sick of this band. And Friday’s offering of Dinosaur Pile Up was a mighty fine choice – a tight and rocky little 3 piece that could be set for big things if this set was anything to go by. It was their superb cover of The Beatles’ Please Please Me that won my vote – awesome! A good sound, a good set, a good rock’n’roll edge that should take them far.
It was announced prior to The Pixies shows that they’d be playing their Dolittle album in its entirety so we knew what to expect to an extent. It was so great to see them back on stage once again, and to see they hadn’t lost the pure indie rock feel that made them the legends they are today. Hits such as Debaser, Bleed, Gigantic and Monkeys were met with ecstatic applause, plus they threw in extra gems Hey, Into the White and Isla De Encanta. A mighty pleasant surprise.
There was little to no banter between band members on stage which might have disappointed some, but it only meant there was room for more songs and encores, of which there were 2 each night. They came, they played, they blew us away. Long may The Pixies legacy live on.
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