The Pixies are tearing it up on stage on a beautiful summer night at Jones Beach. I have never seen the band before tonight and it is clear why they are considered legendary indie rockers. The Pixies sound great, heavy and the band is right as hell. 

Last night I caught the second night of the Foo Fighters at Madison Square Garden. Dave Grohl and band are the current standard bearers of rock and roll. While U2 rely on stage effects and gimmicks these days, the Foo Fighters just relentlessly rock harder then anyone else in the world on tour at the moment and with a boisterous, adoring crowd dancing, singing, and screaming at the top of their lungs, FF had the Garden shaking and they damn near blew the lid off of the joint. The show was pretty similar to the one at Jones Beach on Saturday but they did throw in a little “You May Be Right” in honor of Billy Joel’s 100th Madison Square Garden headlining performance happening tonight. The Foo Fighters restore faith in the power of arena rock and roll and are the best act on the road south of 70.

Weezer up next.

Tomorrow Beck is ambitiously performing in the big arena at Madison Square Garden and next week it’s a family trip to the Newport Folk Festival (no rain, no rain, no rain).

I got two turntables and a microphone.

Rock on!

GQ