It started off with one song and ended with a four track EP named for it. The Breeders, the baby of Pixies bassist Kim Deal and twin sis Kelley, recorded "Fate and Fatal" at Fortress studios in London. It didn't stop there. They eventually took the project to Kim's basement where she also invited Screaming Trees/Queens of the Stone Age/Gutter Twins guitarist/vocalist Mark Lanegan over for a sin...
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Before the music industry's own personal credit crunch - caused, to varying degrees, by the ascent of the MP3, overpriced albums and the failing, ephemeral, television-created popstar - a good way for people to discover new bands (especially before the internet existed), was by record labels issuing cheap samplers displaying their wares.In fact, label samplers such as Cooking Vinyl's Delicatess...
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Any Breeders fans in the house? Perhaps their last album in 2002 left you hesitant to respond, after all, who can get excited about something called Title TK? Well, Kim Deal and sister Kelley Deal, along with Jose Medeles and Mando Lopez are hoping to win back fans with a new album next April! (Apparently Tanya Donnelly is not Breeding anymore) And this time, it has a name that just resonat...
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I've seen many a bands play McCarren Pool, the former public pool turned music venue in Brooklyn. So it's a littel disturbing to hear that a decomposed body was fished out of a shed on the premises on Thursday morning.Workers told police of "a foul odor coming from a shed at the pool for months." It was reported that the shed was part of the main entrance at the venue, that is frequented by hom...
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The Breeders will be in Glasgow, in the middle of their next tour, when their new album Mountain Battles hits the streets (April 8th). First, they will wow audiences at Canadian Music Week and SXSW in N. America. Then, a string of UK shows before returning West for Coachella. Ideally, a full N. American tour would follow the Cali music festival which ends the current list of dates on April 2...
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Sled Island Festival: June 24-27, 2009(CALGARY) The Sled Island Music and Arts Festival -- taking place at various venues in Calgary, Alberta from June 24 to June 27 -- is pleased to announce the initial line-up and the inclusion of Olympic Plaza as the main venue on Friday, June 26. This year will include over [...]
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The sisters Deal are breaking a long-standing habit. Instead of waiting 5 or 6 years to give us new material, they are set to release a new EP one scant year after they gave us the Mountain Battles LP. Fate To Fatal is set for an April 21st release.The four song EP will include guest vocals from Mark Lanegan and a cover of Bob Marley's "Chances Are".The track listing for Fate To Fatal look a
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The Breeders follow-up to 2003's "Title TK," will be available in April 2008, according to frontwoman Kim Deal. "There are 13 songs. working with producer Steve Albini, the album includes 13 tracks. "Mando Lopez is still on bass, Jose Medeles on drums, Kelley Deal, my evil twin, on guitar and vocals, and I'm playing guitar and vocals," Kim Deal told VenusZine, which is dedicated to women in mu...
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I replay an interview I did with Matt Ogborn of the Proper Nouns. They have a cd release show at Cafe Bourbon Street this Friday night, May 2. There are other bands, shows and singles hyped. It's all about the hype.Stream: http://patradio.org/blix/wimpy.phpDownload the show by right-clicking ( or Cntrl + click for Macs) and selecting "Save-As" or whatever it's called in your browser:http://pa...
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If it seems like Deal has too much going on right now, you're just not keeping up. Her work with the hugely influential Pixies and indie icons the Breeders and the Amps has made her a legend.
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Last week we shared the news that the Pixies’ plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their epic album Doolittle with some European tour dates. This week in Pixies-related news comes word the band’s bass player, Kim Deal, has announced plans to hit the road with her other band - The Breeders - this August. The band has lined up a 16 date run that includes a two-night stand at NYC’s Bowery
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The Breeders have announced a respectably sized US tour for this coming August. The all female collective, fronted by ex-Pixies member Kim Deal will set off on a round trip of fifteen dates, starting in Kentucky on August 5th and finishing on the 23rd in Ohio.
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...last week, The Breeders dropped their second release in as many years, the Fate to Fatal EP. Now, for most bands, this would be a non-issue, but for The Breeders to issue two releases so quickly is notable. Somehow, we were able to arrange an in-person interview with Kim and Kelly Deal. For us, this was a very big deal as we're very much in love with their work over the years. So, on a grey ...
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Just one year after their 2008 LP 'Mountain Battles', The Breeders are set to release some new material in the form of an EP. Fans are usually used to waiting around the four year mark for some new Breeders material but it seems they may be having a bout of new found creativity as the EP comes literally just over a year after their previously mentioned fourth LP.
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The Breeders have announced a few dates on the West Coast still supporting their latest album released earlier this year, Mountain Battles. I saw them in March at SXSW at the Mess with Texas 2 party and didn't manage to get photos myself (but Prefix Mag has me covered there). I was totally [...]
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