Infamously cantankerous studio rat/national treasure Steve Albini doesn't like to be called a record producer. He prefers the term "recording engineer." That's a dry, clinical term for what Albini…   Read Story »

Kim and Kelley Deal turn 50 today. The twins have quite a cake helping them celebrate the occasion: (via @kelleydeal) Kelley, notes, "I'm the one on the left - obviously." Also note the…   Read Story »

At this point people know what to expect from Kutscher's: The faded Catskills resort's crumbling walls held together by mold, broken everything (we were forced to do our own DIY toilet plumbing,…   Read Story »

Based on past experience, New York's All Tomorrow's Parties has become the festival you buy tickets for lineup-unseen. But for those who need to know, ATP just expanded the lineup of bands for this…   Read Story »

When the All Tomorrow's Parties festival first launched, the idea of canonizing an iconic album with a track-for-track live performance was still a novel concept. A decade later the album-recreation…   Read Story »

A few weeks ago we posted an early take of "When You Were Born" (aka "When Yer Born") from The Long Count. At the time, Aaron Dessner told us the track would eventually include Kim Deal singing on…   Read Story »

Bradford Cox has never been shy about his love of the Breeders and the Deal sisters in general, so this live collaboration on the Amps' "Bragging Party" must have felt like some sort of dream come…   Read Story »

It's hard to say for sure, but this link at www.ainr.com does look like evidence that something, namely a new record called Minotaur, is afoot. The page specifies that pre-order is 6/15. (A+R/Artists…   Read Story »

By now Breeders fans have likely already read up on the band's rollerderby video for the Fate To Fatal EP's title track. Well, it's done. You can check out the thrills and spills and lipsticked…   Read Story »

When the Breeders play (and curate) All Tomorrow's Parties UK in May, they'll have new material: The Deal sisters have "discovered the treble knob" on their forthcoming four-song Fate To Fatal EP,…   Read Story »