What I am listening to - The Pixies (Live from Murat Theatre, Indianapolis June 7, 2005)

Over the years, the Pixies have released albums of somewhere around 17 concerts they have performed. These were released as limited edition vinyls in pressings of 1000 copies. They have also slowly been releasing these concerts to streaming services over the last couple of years. I am a big Pixies fan, and though the classic lineup has maybe six albums worth of material (albums, EPs and Bsides), it never gets old to me. (As an aside, it’s hip not to like the Pixies Mk. 2, but they have had a few worthwhile moments and I haven’t counted out the possibility of a later era masterpiece). Of all these shows, I gravitated to the June 2005 performance at the Murat Theater. The reason was because of all the performances, the location most pertinent to my experience was Indianapolis. Without speaking to other concerts, this one is a pretty high energy show. The fidelity isn’t perfect but it’s good enough given the quality of the show. Like many of the performances that were committed to vinyl, this was from the band’s last tour with Kim Deal. Bizarrely, the set list for this show was performing the songs in alphabetical order. Probably not surprising, the set list is Doolittle heavy (12 of 27 songs) with Bossanova limited to two, and Trompe le Monde solely represented by “UMass”. Of note, other set list additions are “Into the White” (“Here Comes Your Man” b-side the band loves) “In Heaven” ( from the movie Eraserhead, another Pixies concert staple) and “Winterlong” ( the Neil Young song from the Tonight’s the Night era featured on Decade that would become an addition to the Pixies Mk 2 set list)