O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, March 18
IT may not have seemed likely when he first yelled about slicing up eyeballs, but Black Francis has grown up to be a retracer. Indeed, the Pixies frontman has practically written the manual on how bands of his generation can enjoy a long and prosperous second life by alternating workable new material with specific retro-focused ventures like this one, which turns out to be a whole