Coachella Day One: The Breeders

One of Friday’s most anticipated performances came from the Breeders, who haven’t toured since 2002. Front woman Kim Deal is considered rock royalty for her time with the Pixies, and the crowd fawned over her – and her twin sis Kelley, whose guitar skills have increased exponentially since she first joined the band in the early ‘90s – and her songs. Even the false start that kicked off the gig was met with rapturous applause.

The quartet – with an added guitar player ("Cheryl from Florida" was how she was introduced) started out on the rough side, with some technical glitches, but they rebounded nicely and hit their stride with a particularly driving take on "No Aloha," followed by the winning "Pacer" (from Kim Deal’s side project, the Amps). The dated "Iris," however, nearly brought things to a halt, with Kim even noting that the tune may be "too heavy for a festival." They bounced back with the closing number, the ode-to-summer "Saints" from "Last Splash." Funny side note: Bassist Mando Lopez translated some of the Deal sisters’ banter into Spanish.

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Posted by David Lewis.

Comments

[jobobby]

Sounds like the Breeders kinda missed the mark at Coachella. The Times agrees with you.

http://theguide.latimes.com/blogs/soundboard/2008/04/25/sisters-act-2-breeders-brood-in-desert/