Pixies @ the Fillmore Auditorium (Day 1) – Reverb
November 17, 2009
Charles Thompson IV, AKA Black Francis, AKA Frank Black, led Pixies through a triumphant telling of the "Doolittle" album last Monday night, and the young crowd loved it. (Photo: Joe McCabe/Reverb)
If you were a young adult anywhere near the “alternative” music scene in 1989 when the Pixies’ “Doolittle” album was originally released, you remember its buzz. This was no “ordinary” record, and it came from a decidedly un-“ordinary” band, at least for their time. Its significance has more than survived the test of time, which is exactly why the band was at the Fillmore Auditorium on Monday night to perform the whole damn thing — along with some subsequently released B-sides from around the same time.
If you were there, you’ve likely noted all of Pixies’ progeny — all those bands that call Pixies’ easy beauty their own style.
And even if you weren’t — like better than half the crowd Monday night, maybe you were more into Teletubbies or Barney than Black Francis or Kim Deal back then — chances are you still have a pretty good idea of their lasting influence… whether you know it or not.
Catch the entire review on Denver Post Reverb, and Sam Deleo’s review of the second show HERE!
