The Breeders are Coming! The Breeders are Coming!

Mistakenly regarded as a Pixies spin-off band, the Breeders have always been an entity to themselves. Sure, the band is helmed by Pixies bassist Kim Deal started the Breeders with (Throwing Muse) Tanya Donelly when the Pixies were in a tailspin and headed for a breakup way back in the early '90s. The Breeders released the excellent Pod (still a fave of ours and Kurt Cobain's) in 1990 and followed it with their platinum album, Last Splash in '93 - but they have consistently released excellent music since their inception.

OK, so the Pixies have regrouped a couple of times and will pass through Boston again on November 27th in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their album "Doolittle" (tickets for their Wang Center show go on sale on September 12th) - BUT the Breeders will be playing the Paradise this Monday, August 17th, in support of their new release, the "Fate to Fatal" EP (sure you can get the MP3s online but they will have vinyl at the show). We can't wait to see them and wonder where former Bostonian Kim Deal will go hang out. We also wonder if current Bostonian and former bandmate Tanya Donelly will show up at the gig.

Whispertown 2000 will be the opener at what is sure to be a great show.

Who: The Breeders
Where: The Paradise
When: Monday, August 17th, doors at 7:00pm
What: Fate to Fatal EP

[Updated: Thanks 'crushed'! We now recall how psyched we were when Kelley Deal joined the band!]