Cena, get on The Pixies.
Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are spectacular albums.
Super jealous of you getting to go see them, JDawg. The tickets for their November 2013 show in Manchester sold out ridiculously fast
Without a doubt 2 of the best rock albums ever. I won't apologize for that statement either.
Cena lid, watch this documentary first: [video=youtube;UjAhm82v1es]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjAhm82v1es[/video]
I think it will help give you a grounding in who they were and what they mean, and what they still mean.
Then fire up Doollittle and Surfer Rosa and move on to Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde.