With an electrifying set, the Pixies left the stage full of energy for Jack White’s main presentation at the Road to Primavera that took place last night at Costanera Sur, in advance of the first edition in our country of Primavera Sound, which will take place next November.
The emblematic band of noise rock was in charge of raising the voltage with a vigorous show that had its most celebrated moments in the review of the famous album “Doolittle” and found just a few respites when the songs of “Doggerel”, the new album, released just two weeks ago.
The quartet commanded by Francis Black, which has the Argentine Paz Lenchantin on bass, did not leave classic without touring with titles like “Debaser”, “Gounge Away”, “Hey”, “Monkey Gone to Heaven”, “Wave of Mutuation”. ”, “Where’s is my Mind” and, of course, “Here Comes Your Man”, among others.
There, the personal sound of guitarist Joey Santiago and David Lovering’s powerful drums marked their presence.
However, the group reserved space for the new songs, with a more melodic tone although without abandoning their characteristic distortions and dissonant sounds; as could be seen in “There’s a Moon On”, “Who’s More Sorry Now”? and “The Lord Has Come Back Today.”
Thus, Pixies left the table served for the closing of the day by Jack White.
Previously, Cat Power crowned her sixth visit to Argentina with an engaging performance, where she showed off her well-known song exploration based on folk and black sounds, such as blues and soul.
Based on her ability to charm the public, like a kind of indie Patti Smith, the American singer-songwriter reread many of her best-known pages, such as “Say”, “The Greatest” and “Unhate”, as well as gave a new look to popular classics like “New York, New York” and “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”, whose attraction lay precisely in how unrecognizable they were.
For example, the tune whose most famous version has the voice of Frank Sinatra, with its approach from a soul base, led to a fantastic soundtrack of the less glamorous and bloodier side of “The Big Apple”.
Before Cat Power, the local band Las Ligas Menores had the honor of opening this debut of the traditional Catalan festival in our country with the set that justified this choice.
The group whose visible face is Anabella Cartolano made it clear why it is the great jewel of local indie and is usually a regular host of the original edition of this musical encounter, as well as others of this style.
In this context, Las Ligas Menores approached sonorities early on that served as a prelude to what the Pixies would display later.
