Pavement began their four-night run at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on Friday night (9/30), delivering a two-hour, 25-song, crowd-pleasing set of '90s indie rock classics. Nearly 20 shows into their reunion tour, Stephen Malkmus, Spiral Stairs, Mark Ibold, Steve West, and Bob Nastanovich -- along with tour keyboardist Rebecca Cole -- have their sea legs and sounded great. Coming out to rapturous applause, Pavement kicked things off with Brighten the Corners' "Fin," followed by early fave "Box Elder" and their #1 Spotify hit, "Harness Your Hopes."
From there, as it's been on this tour, Kings Theatre got a nice mix of college radio faves ("Trigger Cut," "Two States," "Gold Sounds," "Stereo," "Shoot the Singer," "Grounded," "Spit on a Stranger," "Here") and deep cuts ("Serpentine Pad," "Heckler Spray," "Unfair," "Painted Soldiers"). The main set ended with "Range Life," and they came back for a four-song encore of "Stop Breathin" and "Major Leagues," before capping things with a double-shot crowd sing-a-long of "Summer Babe" and "Cut Your Hair."