Breeders

Kelley Deal: ‘I threw a TV out of a hotel window with Nirvana’

The Breeders and R Ring member answers your questions on twin telepathy with sister Kim, humming Ewoks and why knitting is rock’n’roll

As told to Dave Simpson

26, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

Post your questions for the Breeders’ Kelley Deal

Do you want to ask the guitarist and rocker about being in a band with her younger sister (by 11 minutes) Kim Deal? Or touring with Nirvana? Or shaking up the knitting world? Get your questions in now

Shaad D'Souza

13, Jan, 2023 @3:31 PM

Lost worlds of sex and magic: Vaughan Oliver's album sleeves for 4AD

By collapsing history in on itself, designer Vaughan Oliver – who has died aged 62 – created complex images that heightened music by Pixies, Cocteau Twins and more

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

30, Dec, 2019 @12:56 PM

Kim Deal: 'Misogyny is the backbone of the music industry'

The Breeders’ singer and guitarist talks rehab, Pixies and caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s

Barbara Ellen

03, Mar, 2018 @6:00 PM

The Breeders: All Nerve review – reunited rockers get dark and deep | Alexis Petridis' album of the week

Kim Deal’s cult band – having returned to the lineup of their classic Last Splash – deliver an album that blends ancient monuments and crushed beetles into a spectral brew

Alexis Petridis

01, Mar, 2018 @12:00 PM

The Breeders on kicking drugs, Kurt Cobain and life after Pixies

The beloved Last Splash lineup are back with their first new album in decades. Here, they reflect on the 90s alt-rock scene and the cocktail of drugs, disappointments and bust-ups that saw them break up

Rebecca Nicholson

07, Oct, 2017 @6:00 AM

The Breeders – review

Sisters Kim and Kelley Deal are on boisterous form as they mark 20 years of Last Splash, writes Graeme Virtue

Graeme Virtue

18, Jun, 2013 @5:24 PM

Pixies won't be the same without Kim Deal

Jon Dennis: Kim Deal has left the Pixies after 25 years. The band will struggle without her breathy vocals, snaking basslines and winning grin

Jon Dennis

14, Jun, 2013 @3:14 PM

'It used to be about music. Now, without the drink, it's good to go back to that'

Revered by Nirvana, Blur and Radiohead, Kim and Kelley Deal of 90s indie sensations the Breeders are rock survivors, says Jude Rogers

Jude Rogers

02, May, 2009 @11:01 PM

Pixies reunite to headline 2009 Isle of Wight festival

Frontman Black Francis said the band would only re-form if they were working on fresh material, so a reunion could mean a new album – or just a fat cheque

Sean Michaels

16, Mar, 2009 @11:03 AM

Bestival review: The Breeders

You really can't go wrong with the Breeders. And with a set featuring lots of impressive material from their recent album Mountain Battles, it looks like they are back for good

Daniel Martin

08, Sep, 2008 @11:36 AM