Concert Review: The Breeders with Colour Revolt at the Bottleneck, 05/09

The Breeders with Colour Revolt

The Bottleneck

By ANDY VIHSTADT

It’s been 15 years since the Breeders’ biggest hit. Now championed as alt-rock veterans, Kim and Kelley Deal deserve a toast for never going on a “Cannonball” run. Aside from the aforementioned, they’ve never strived for radio rotation, which means anything goes when it comes to the setlist.

Along with Mountain Battles, there was a good balance of Pod and Last Splash thrown into Friday night’s 70-minute show (although, Title TK went almost completely ignored) as well as a couple from the Kim’s short-lived side project, the Amps. The older material has held up incredibly well over the years and despite the young crowd, songs like “Fortunately Gone,” “Iris,” and their version of the Beatles’ “Happiness is a Warm Gun” were met with the same applause as newer ones, and even “Cannonball” for that matter, which was placed midway through the set.