Had a great time
by Rhett on 6/5/24PNC Music Pavilion - CharlotteFirst time at a rock concert. I enjoyed it. The bands were good and the weather was great!
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Pixies have been acclaimed as the most influential, pioneering band of the late 80s alt/rock movement, having served as a major influence for artists like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, the Strokes, Weezer, and many more. And today, a whole new generation of music fans has been discovering and embracing the band's "loudquietloud" signature sound. Quirky, catchy melodies have always been Pixies' calling card; seven genre-defining studio albums, including the Gold-certified Surfer Rosa, and the iconic Platinum Doolittle, considered one of the all-time, quintessential alt/rock albums. Sell-out crowds all over the globe, Pixies' live shows are unadulterated magic, simultaneously electrifying and lo-fi. Seventy-five minutes of the band playing anything they want, in whatever order they want, the classics and the new gems. And no two Pixies shows are ever the same.
After disbanding in 1993, Pixies launched their reunion tour in April 2004, playing to sell-out crowds across the globe for 15 years, a far longer period of time than they were a band originally. But writing, recording, and releasing new music was something that the band had been wanting to do for a long time, so they secretly booked studio time in Wales for the fall of 2012. Six days into the recording, founding bassist Kim Deal decided to leave the band; Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering made the decision to carry on, finishing and releasing the band's first studio album in more than two decades, 2014's Indie Cindy.
As a prolific international touring band, Francis, Santiago, Lovering began working with a number of touring bassists, including former A Perfect Circle bassist Paz Lenchantin. The band are renowned for their emphatic live performances - where they play all four corners of the globe - their live sets regularly rack up to 30+ songs played - made even more impressive by the fact that there are no pre-planned setlists or soundchecks before the band walk onto the stage to play.
Twenty-sixteen's Head Carrier followed and marked the beginning of the band's long-standing collaboration with British producer Tom Dalgety. Twenty-eighteen's Beneath the Eyrie, the next full-length recording project with Dalgety, was recorded at Dreamland Studios near Woodstock, NY. The recording session was documented by the innovative "It's a Pixies Podcast," which captured a true un-edited record of the recording process. A deluxe edition followed, featuring unreleased demos from the Dreamland session.
Early 2022 saw the band and producer Dalgety settle into Guilford Studios in the woods of Vermont, armed with a true abundance of riches, more demos than were needed for the band's eighth album, Doggerel. Pixies renewed musical fervor saw a stand-alone single, "Human Crime," leap from the shadows in March 2022, and the band then headed out on the road to play sold-out shows in North America, headline BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in Cardiff, and play Mexico City's Vive Latino festival to 70,000 people. Pixies' first international tour since 2019 kicks off June 22 in Europe and will see the band performing in South America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
Doggerel (2022) is a mature yet visceral record of gruesome folk, ballroom pop and brutal rock haunted by the ghosts of affairs and indulgences, driven wild by cosmic forces and envisioning digital afterlives where no God has provided one.
Doggerel was toured worldwide to sell-out audiences across the entirety of 2022 and 2023 - with the very last show at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles. Despite the band approaching their 38th year together, the crowds remain as diverse as ever - with new generations of fans emerging year-on-year who were not even born during Pixies 1.0. Pixies will return in 2024...
First time at a rock concert. I enjoyed it. The bands were good and the weather was great!
Perfect. Great show. Great weather. It was such a fun show.
Great show! Sound was amazing. Wonderful night all around!
Great show! Sound was amazing. Wonderful night all around!
The Pixies were the headliners, but it was Isaac Brock's show. I've never seen such great performances from Cat Power, Modest Mouse or The Pixies, and it was obvious Brock was the energy behind the show. I've been telling everyone I know to buy tickets and see this once a lifetime concert before it's too late.
it was very cool to see the pixies and cat power, the pit wasn't that crowded so it was really nice since no one was squishing you
We absolutely loved the concert! The Pixies are an amazing live act that you have to see to believe! It was my daughter's first-ever show, and she had her fists up the entire time. When we left, she said, "I can't wait to see the Pixies again!"We will catch them anytime they are nearby, with even better seats than this time! Cat Power and Modest Mouse played well too, their sound mixing was a little muted, hopefully the person in charge of that smooths it out for future shows.
I paid for seats rather than the lawn. BIG mistake. The sound was completely garbled. Best sound is honestly in Area E parking. Skip the ticket and just tailgate there. Venue concessions are WAY overpriced ($24 for a, single-shot, vodka lemonade, $16 for a liquid death sparkling water). Burgers were literal burned patties on a bun with pickles. Seriously, skip the tickets altogether and tailgate in Area E. You'll be happy you did.
Pixies were great…but PNC Music Pavilion should be embarrassed. The sound was so poor that you often couldn’t tell what song they were playing until the chorus kicked in. Our seats were the first row behind the pit (close to the speakers). We moved around to a few different spots to see if the sound was better, but it never changed. I guess I can say I “saw” the Pixies, but I still hope to “hear” them live one day. See the Pixies, but not at this venue!
The Pixies were too dissonant. Cat Power was better, and Modest Mouse actually stole the show.