PIXIES
The Beacon Theatre
New York City NY US
May 27, 2015
taper: inez
source: AT831 (SP-CMC-2) > SP-SPSB6 > sony PCM-M10 (wav, 24/48)
location: rail, stage left (under the hanging stack)
Mastering (BLG/inez): Adobe Audition > iZotope Ozone 5 > wav > Audacity > tracked > flac
So, 3 consecutive nights in NYC - and no tapes? No tapes from this tour AT ALL?! That’s just not right.
I was at the 2nd Beacon show - what an energy filled gig!! My god, these guys won’t slow down for a second. I had a lot of fun tracing given that there are hardly beginnings and ends of songs!! They show no emotion, not audience interaction up until the end when suddenly the whole place exploded with laughter, smiles, giggle and a whole lot of happiness! And the theatre was on fire! Yeah yeah yeah - I know - no Kim. But listen, Paz DOES fit - there is an awesome dynamic in the group now - and I have seen them with Kim, Kim-2 and now Paz…
Now recording-wise - I was basically at the stage, on Paz’s side below the stage left hanging stuck. I went for the front row knowing that Pixies, in particular, just don’t want you to tape from the front row :) What I mean is that you get awesome guitars and bass BUT Black Francis’ vocals is gonna be light. And it is. It’s pretty buried in guitars in loud parts (I think more so at the beginning of the show - perhaps they adjusted?). I tape up-front at the Beacon all the time - every band there sounds fantastic - so I am beginning to suspect we need to write a letter to the Pixies sound guys tell them to bring vocals up a notch! :) Anyway - I think it is still a very enjoyable recording, especially after BLG’s touch-ups for brightness!
Setlist
01 Intro and Something Against You
02 Isla de Encanta
03 Subbacultcha
04 U-Mass
05 Head On (The Jesus and Mary Chain cover)
06 Tame
07 What Goes Boom
08 Mr. Grieves
09 Magdalena 318
10 The Sad Punk
11 Monkey Gone to Heaven
12 Snakes
13 Cactus
14 Velouria
15 Here Comes Your Man
16 Ana
17 Where Is My Mind?
18 Nimrod's Son
19 Greens and Blues
20 In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (David Lynch cover)
21 The Holiday Song
22 Indie Cindy
23 Gouge Away
24 River Euphrates
25 No. 13 Baby
26 I've Been Tired
27 Caribou
28 Wave of Mutilation
29 Debaser
30 Encore break - the band never left the stage just thanked us and bowed and laughed - very happy
31 Vamos with Joey’s super solo
32 good byes - outro
total time: 1h 39 min 45 sec
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Seeded to dime May 29th, 2015