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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Selena Fragassi - For the Sun-Times

The Breeders throw Riot Fest back to the ‘90s with full album play of ‘Last Splash’

The Breeders perform on day one Riot Fest in Douglass Park on the Southwest Side. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Of the many things Riot Fest is special for, getting bands to play seminal albums in full is high on their achievement totem pole.

This year alone there are seven album plays scheduled, one of the most anticipated being The Breeders offering “Last Splash” to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ‘90s-defining disc (so much so that even alternative era contemporaries like Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon were seen watching from the stage wings during the band’s Friday afternoon set).

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