Monday, September 11 saw indie-rock legends Pavement perform at Brooklyn Steel for the first of four shows, amid a reunion tour that has stretched on since 2022 and is wrapping up with a performance at The National’s Homecoming Festival.
Drummer Steve West welcomed the crowd, saying, “Hi, we’re the Pavement Band,” setting a tone for the night, kicking off with “Heckler Spray” off 1993’s Westing (By Musket and Sextant). The lengthy first set included “Embassy Row,” “Kennel District,” “Gold Soundz” and “Serpentine Pad,” closing out the show with “Major Leagues.”
Prior to the three-song encore, frontman Stephen Malkmus thanked the audience and the openers for the evening, Kiwi Jr, from Toronto, joking with the fans and thanking them for coming to see ‘some washed up losers.’ The band wrapped up the show with “Father to a Sister of a Thought,” “Cut Your Hair,” and “Stop Breathin.”
Pavement – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn – Monday, September 11, 2023
Setlist: Heckler Spray, Feed ‘em to the (Linden) Lions, Embassy Row, Starlings of the Slipstream, Perfume-V, Kennel District, She Believes, Gold Soundz, Black Out, Silence Kid, Serpentine Pad, Folk Jam, Spit on a Stranger, We Dance, Box Elder, The Hexx, Painted Soldiers, Harness Your Hopes, fight This Generation, Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse), Debris Slide, Type Slowly, Major Leagues
Encore: Father to a Sister of Thought, Cut Your Hair, Stop Breathin
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