Spoon/Pixies Concert
by pb on 9/19/25The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds) - ChicagoRating: 5 out of 5Very good show, Spoon played for an hour, and the Pixies played for 90 minutes they were both amazing. Wished Spoon had played longer.

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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...
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Very good show, Spoon played for an hour, and the Pixies played for 90 minutes they were both amazing. Wished Spoon had played longer.
I've seen the Pixies several times. Again, they outperformed expectations. The new bassist hits ALL the notes and her style absolutely rocks. The venue was wonderful and intimate. I hope to see them again next year!!
I have said it before and I will say it again.... We love going to concerts at Salt Shed. I was looking for Spoon concerts and was so excited to see they would be here. And with Pixies! Both were amazing. I had never heard of Fazerdaze but they were really good and I would go see them again. The staff members at The Shed are always friendly. The beer and food choices are great! I don't have to pay $15 for mediocre beer. I think the beer was $11-14 but it was good beer :) The pizza was really good too. And say what you will about city traffic but it is quicker and easier to get home to the burbs from Salt Shed than it is from the suburban venues. We will be back!
Fantastic performance, great acoustics and crowd too. Go see the Pixies.
Spoon & Pixies put on phenomenal show. I always enjoy shows @Stiffel
First time at the Salt Shed what a great venue.. Awesome show Spoon to me is a must see and The Pixies were better than expected
Altogether the whole show was amazing! I personally am not a big fan of Spoon and that's okay because I did enjoy the first band that played and obviously loved the Pixies! The whole set was amazing and the crowd was well behaved! I really enjoyed their show and would definitely go see them again if I have the chance to! Definitely go check them out and see how they rock out!
Salt Shed have an exclusive vibe. Thanks guys, the show was amazing in a great place.
The Pixies brought the heat for this show! My 14 yo daughter was blown away and I was too. I saw both Spoon and The Pixies previously and The Pixies stepped it up for this show. Black Francis was feeling the guttural screams. Great experience!
Fantastic experience, all 3 bands, the gathering, and Pixies better than never.!