Music Review: Mountain Battles by The Breeders

I’ll be perfectly honest—I have a giant girl-crush on Kim Deal.  It first started when I was in junior high and The Breeders’ smash hit “Cannonball” was all over the alternative airwaves.  I was absolutely devastated when I was forbidden to attend Lollapalooza ‘94 to hear them perform live.  It really should have been no surprise given my overprotective mother and her dislike of my music.  In retaliation, I picked up The Pixies’ 1988 album Surfer Rosa after learning that Deal was the bassist and backup vocalist, and she quickly became my idea of the coolest girl in the world. (more…)