Courtney Barnett and the Breeders have some history together. Obviously, the heavier guitar-rock side of Barnett's sound shares more than a little DNA with what the alt-rock legends were doing in the '90s, and she covered the Breeders' iconic hit "Cannonball" in 2014 and appeared on the Talkhouse's podcast with Kim Deal the following year.

Back in 2016, the Baltimore-based band Post Pink released I Believe You, OK, an excellent tape built around snarling hooks and nervy rhythms. They've been quiet since then, though far from inactive: They recently wrapped up a West Coast tour run opening for the Breeders and they've been working on an album. Today, they've put…

Last night's episode of the BBC live music show Later… with Jools Holland was heavy on the '90s music icons. In addition to Björk's first TV performance in eight years, it also featured a performance from alt-rock greats the Breeders, who just reunited for their first album in 10 years. They performed "Wait In The…

Next week, the Breeders return with All Nerve, their first album in 10 years (since 2008's Mountain Battles and the first with the classic lineup of Kim and Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson since 1993's Last Splash. We've heard two songs from it so far, "Wait In The Car" and the title track,…

Australian singer performs her take on song that helped inspire debut album