I’ve been a huge fan of the Pixies, and then The Breeders, for a long while. Testament to this is a scrapbook I found recently with photos and gig tickets from the mid-90s, including one from 1993 in The Tivoli with The Breeders (supported by Grant Lee Buffalo, if I remember right).
Revisiting my distant youth I couldn’t pass up a chance to see The Breeders again. Kim’s been through the wars (the usual), but her voice remains unchanged and instantly recognisable. The opening few tracks were from the new album, Mountain Battles, which I’m not familiar with yet, nevertheless they got the gig off to a flying start. No Aloha from the Last Splash was the first oldie and the crowd was onto it straightaway. The other tracks they played were New Year, Divine Hammer, and of course Cannonball which really had the crowd going.
Treats from Pod, my favourite, included Happiness is a Warm Gun (so, so good!), Fortunately Gone, and Iris. For good measure a couple of tracks from The Amps album were thrown in.
Couple of gripes, they only played for an hour, did one encore, I think everyone expected them to come on for a second, no dice. And, mid-way through the gig the sound went to shit for a while.
But, I do love ‘em still.
And they're playing Electric Picnic, so I'll see them again ;~)
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I am still bitter about that 1993 gig. I had the ticket for the original show but then they rescheduled to the 30th and I couldn't go because I had to go on holidays with my family. I sulked my way through the entire holiday...
Funny, nothing like a sulky teen on hols! If they're playing Electric Picnic maybe they'll be at other European festivals this summer?
Saw them last night in Amsterdam - really really great - also fairly short but then most of there songs are just over two minutes so they still ended up doing tonnes of songs :-)
Excellent! Yep, they did get through most of their hits in Dublin.
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