I have to say that if it weren't for Portlandia I would never have heard of Sleater-Kinney. So glad I did...been listening to as much of their work as I can lately and I can't get enough. It's punk but it often has the catchiness of pop music without being trite or watered down or repetitive, and the raw energy in every song is so fucking good. I'm late to the party but I'm loving it anyway.
Never prouder to be a SK fan. The new album immediately stands up to everything they've done up until now. They haven't lost a lick of originality and they're still writing the book.
Carrie is so freaken talented. Hard to believe this rock star is the same brilliant zany comedian. I would fall in love with her so hard if I met her in real life
These ladies are musically, good. I've always loved the interplay of guitar riffs that they employ. They choose odd notes and string them together in a way that works. They're never boring, typical songs, with arrangements. Very psychedelic, pink floyd ish mid section. But they bring it all down in the middle and into the the verse. .
Portlandia has REALLY gotten this band noticed!! I know they have been around awhile.. I get to hear ( On PearlJam Radio, Sirius XM), a concert cut of Carrie with Ed and the gang singing "Keep on rockin in the Free World" back from 2013..
+Ash Wiggins neeewwwp. It's a les paul alright, but that's a telecaster thinline. Sounds quite different from a strat. equipboard.com/items/reuben-cox-custom-thinline-telecaster
Awesome retro New Wave! This group would have been the coolest think since hot fudge if they were around in 1981. Hell, these girls are the coolest thing now!
Excellent comment! Check out a few live performances of Rock Lobster... They did it for the encore and a few times Fred Armisen would join them on stage. This trio is just amazing and Carrie is, well, simply hot. They truly are one of the best live bands around.
Are you referring to Corin’s guitar? Both Carrie and Corin tune their guitars to D flat but Corin is the stand in for a bass player since the band doesn’t have one.
+Jenay Elder I'll go ahead and assume you're not being facetious. Yes, that's Carrie Brownstein. This is what she did originally, though -- the acting and all that came much later. Sleater-Kinney are seminal in the feminist indie rock world, and this song is from their new-ish reunion record. Google "riot grrrl" for more info.
And yer sure about that huh? LOL...when you have nothing else...you resort to the same childish insults you pretend to protest. For you, it's like legitimately criticizing a black president..."how dare you you racist".
Sleater-Kinney has made some of my favorite music in the world, but I have found their new music after All Hands on the Bad One to be, for the most part, less compelling than their earlier work, particularly Dig Me Out and The Hot Rock. They did some truly excellent live work in their last years before the hiatus, but the records leave me mostly cold. Seems like this is true of the new one too. Most fans do not seem to notice this, so I realize that it might just be me. Still, I am glad they are at it again. I am gonna go see them when they come to town.
David this is an on-going debate I have with other avid Sleater-kinney fans too. In my opinion there has not been a cohesive album since All Hands on the Bad One (which gets dismissed by most critics for being their "pop" record). For me it was the shift from vocal counter melodies sung simultaneously by Carrie and Corin to a call and response dynamic that made their songs seem more conventional and less vital. Production on the Woods obscured their signature guitar interplay in waves of grinding distortion and feedback, a bold borrowed and vintage sound that made middle aged rock critics remember when Rolling Stone covered the counter culture instead of corporate trends, but made me hope for a better record to follow. Instead they went on hiatus for nearly a decade and returned with a secret album of songs that I am grateful for, but find derivative. In an interview Janet Weiss said that the band avoided integrating popular nostalgic rock revivalism (plundering from the 1980s) because it would date the record. But, when I listen to No Cities to Love I can isolate textures and sounds that originate in New Wave and Stadium rock from that era. No Anthems sounds like The Cars, No Cities to Love sounds like Boston, Fade sounds like every metal band that used vocal modulation, A New Wave....is New Wave, in other songs their is a Pat Benatar and Lita Ford energy. I am glad that they resumed playing music together (though I never minded Corin Tucker Band or Wild Flag), but I remain ambivalent about the albums, though I still listen to them. If it is very easy for them to write Sleater-Kinney songs structurally similar to "Burn Don't Freeze" and "Pompeii" (with overlapping vocals that sound like they belong in different songs) why do they push themselves to write more straight forward and conventional material? Though I do appreciate their desire to evolve and think that Corin's vocals are better than ever!
What am I missing? If there was a melody I couldn't hear it. And it sounds like the band was playing one song and the singers were singing another. If Carrie, who I dig, has something to say I can't hear it in this medium.
All these people and their "omg I love Carrie" comments. Its a band, not an episode of Portlandia. Corin is a way better singer than Carrie with her phony awkward stage presence and her forced ass so-called singing. Back to watching the 90s performances before was it all about the self indulgent cash cow.
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I have to say that if it weren't for Portlandia I would never have heard of Sleater-Kinney. So glad I did...been listening to as much of their work as I can lately and I can't get enough. It's punk but it often has the catchiness of pop music without being trite or watered down or repetitive, and the raw energy in every song is so fucking good. I'm late to the party but I'm loving it anyway.
AJ C and bob's burgers
Lmao, you obviously don't know what punk is.
Pop punk
Never prouder to be a SK fan. The new album immediately stands up to everything they've done up until now. They haven't lost a lick of originality and they're still writing the book.
That's what I'm talking about, Gener.
It's a very good song.
...
Lol.
Love the drummer!
Saludos desde Monte Grande, Argentina!
Clever lyrics. Complex music. Great vocals. Fantastic musicanship. Not obscurity :-)
venomous and thrilling
Even the screwed up chord at the beginning sounds good. They are awesome.
Carrie is such a babe.
Mom rock beats dad rock all day long!
VERY proud owner of SK newest CD-- here in Australia!!!!! Now, just wish I could afford their Perth concert!!! I
The older Carrie gets, the higher her kick is. By the time she is 70 she will be kicking roofs off.
Yeah, that is awesome!! I want some pants like that!
She'll be kicking out light bulbs like Sammo Hung!
Carrie is so freaken talented. Hard to believe this rock star is the same brilliant zany comedian.
I would fall in love with her so hard if I met her in real life
Love these ladies.
Glad they are back.
I love you Sleater-Kinney
DEAD. I AM DEAD. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE TRACKS ON THE RECORD.
These ladies rip!!! I like it!!
This is refreshing - something with a bit of personality!
some genius happening here... complexity+form+personality+originality.....if you cant hear it, then you cant hear. Keep tryin...
It's not the same without the Bob's Burgers kids dancing to this.
These ladies are musically, good. I've always loved the interplay of guitar riffs that they employ. They choose odd notes and string them together in a way that works. They're never boring, typical songs, with arrangements. Very psychedelic, pink floyd ish mid section. But they bring it all down in the middle and into the the verse. .
Love this band!
I love Carrie Brownstein and your three bands: Excuse 17, Wild Flag and Sleater Kinney
Perfection Plus
Watching Janet staring down at her pedal, the look on her face; I know that expression.....I relate. It's probably loose or acting up....
beautiful
I remember seeing them in East Vancouver at a tiny venue in 1998 or 99 for "the hot rock" album.
Fuck I love Carrie!
And Corin Tucker gets prettier each year.
Respect
Portlandia has REALLY gotten this band noticed!! I know they have been around awhile.. I get to hear ( On PearlJam Radio, Sirius XM), a concert cut of Carrie with Ed and the gang singing "Keep on rockin in the Free World" back from 2013..
"Take it away kids"? Thanks ucle Dave! Pretty rockin' performance once they got into it, yeah Carrie actually did look way younger than her age here.
She's so cute :)
"kids, take it away," they're like 40 in this
nonetheless badass
This is the first Letterman performance where you can actually hear the bass.
Graham Kristensen lol, there is no bass.
That's the joke.
Devour the powerrrr..
portlandia brought me here!
this is too good iam gonna explode
Woo hoo! I don't care if I like it or not...at least somebody's doing it on tv
They kind of kills this
when no other words but 'perfect' will do
The ol' strat/les paul combo... good job ladies.
+Ash Wiggins neeewwwp. It's a les paul alright, but that's a telecaster thinline. Sounds quite different from a strat.
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kavika13 meh...fender/gibby combo then...jeez,y'all r so darn literal on here.
+kavika13 the double cut tele is beautiful
Awesome retro New Wave! This group would have been the coolest think since hot fudge if they were around in 1981. Hell, these girls are the coolest thing now!
No "DJ press play" here. Sleater Kinney is amazing.
I love Carrie Brownstein and your three bands: Excuse 17, Wild Flag and Sleater Kinney
Goddesses
Like how Janet's wearing middle-aged aunt clothes.
your comment made me laugh out loud, she's such a bad ass she doesn't care though. But thanks for making me laugh. Have a wonderful night and day!
A little ode to the B-52's maybe..
Excellent comment!
Check out a few live performances of Rock Lobster... They did it for the encore and a few times Fred Armisen would join them on stage. This trio is just amazing and Carrie is, well, simply hot. They truly are one of the best live bands around.
That's what I thought!! Definitely an influence
funny seeing carrie being serious.
+ras jvon I know! I keep thinking of women and women first.
Only complaint: no dancing Gene. Other than that 9/10!
carrie brownstein
Just thinkin' what it would have been like if she sang for Devo.... (!)
where is the bass sound coming from?
Are you referring to Corin’s guitar? Both Carrie and Corin tune their guitars to D flat but Corin is the stand in for a bass player since the band doesn’t have one.
sexiest women on the planet
Hard to believe this was 2015 already
Yeah……Carrie looked so good here. And now their new album without Janet 😢
Goddamn fucking boss.
Okay, I am now convinced that Brownstein is a Townshend fan.
The one looks just like Nancy grace 😄
Did “Bob’s Burgers” bring anyone here?
a o river
get the gear
This was dope. I just wish their harmonies were all the way on point. But yeah, sick performance, I'm hype for when they come the A come April.
No bass?
is that the lady from portlandia?
+Jenay Elder I'll go ahead and assume you're not being facetious. Yes, that's Carrie Brownstein. This is what she did originally, though -- the acting and all that came much later. Sleater-Kinney are seminal in the feminist indie rock world, and this song is from their new-ish reunion record. Google "riot grrrl" for more info.
+pjw2000 Your entire comment was basically a Portlandia skit. You should move here.
+Jenay Elder Yes!! she is!!
where is the bass guitar
Carrie is a fucking goddess! So gorgeous.
Still better than your band.
And yer sure about that huh? LOL...when you have nothing else...you resort to the same childish insults you pretend to protest. For you, it's like legitimately criticizing a black president..."how dare you you racist".
Rock chicks (i.e. women) rule!
yassssssss
No flip flops for Carrie
who's the buttmunch who chose to mix the kick drum like that?! he works with Slipknot the rest of the time?
Sleater-Kinney has made some of my favorite music in the world, but I have found their new music after All Hands on the Bad One to be, for the most part, less compelling than their earlier work, particularly Dig Me Out and The Hot Rock. They did some truly excellent live work in their last years before the hiatus, but the records leave me mostly cold. Seems like this is true of the new one too. Most fans do not seem to notice this, so I realize that it might just be me. Still, I am glad they are at it again. I am gonna go see them when they come to town.
David this is an on-going debate I have with other avid Sleater-kinney fans too. In my opinion there has not been a cohesive album since All Hands on the Bad One (which gets dismissed by most critics for being their "pop" record). For me it was the shift from vocal counter melodies sung simultaneously by Carrie and Corin to a call and response dynamic that made their songs seem more conventional and less vital. Production on the Woods obscured their signature guitar interplay in waves of grinding distortion and feedback, a bold borrowed and vintage sound that made middle aged rock critics remember when Rolling Stone covered the counter culture instead of corporate trends, but made me hope for a better record to follow. Instead they went on hiatus for nearly a decade and returned with a secret album of songs that I am grateful for, but find derivative. In an interview Janet Weiss said that the band avoided integrating popular nostalgic rock revivalism (plundering from the 1980s) because it would date the record. But, when I listen to No Cities to Love I can isolate textures and sounds that originate in New Wave and Stadium rock from that era. No Anthems sounds like The Cars, No Cities to Love sounds like Boston, Fade sounds like every metal band that used vocal modulation, A New Wave....is New Wave, in other songs their is a Pat Benatar and Lita Ford energy. I am glad that they resumed playing music together (though I never minded Corin Tucker Band or Wild Flag), but I remain ambivalent about the albums, though I still listen to them. If it is very easy for them to write Sleater-Kinney songs structurally similar to "Burn Don't Freeze" and "Pompeii" (with overlapping vocals that sound like they belong in different songs) why do they push themselves to write more straight forward and conventional material? Though I do appreciate their desire to evolve and think that Corin's vocals are better than ever!
r/iamverysmart
I think The Woods is an amazing album. No Cities To Love stands up with their best work as well.
They're like badass moms
Now this is where Carrie shines! As opposed to the mediocrity of Portlandia.
The Portlandia girl is in a band?!!!!????
What am I missing? If there was a melody I couldn't hear it. And it sounds like the band was playing one song and the singers were singing another. If Carrie, who I dig, has something to say I can't hear it in this medium.
Tell us you're an uneducated walnut. Cannot imagine being underneath this big of a rock.
This is a bit Hey Mickey.
I have really wanted to love this album...I just hate it. I have the sads.
oooh....I hurt someone's feelers.
Talentless fans suck.
nah, you just suck.
Pro tip: listen to I a lot, you'll start to like it.
Sounds like a girl band from the 90's.
Boy rob do I have news for you
Godammit nobody wants to play bass anymore sheesh!
This is an amazing tune, but Corin's voice could use a little work on those high notes, normally she sounds amazeballs.
gigi laroux you know how live performances go, sometimes you get that off pitch. Get her a cough drop!
Justin long on lead vocals
Messy, confused, un-catchy. so much love in the comments, i wish i could see/hear what ya'll see/hear
+Josh Mcdowell If we could get rid of that other girl and just have Carrie doing this by herself.
Don’t know much about the band but based on this song alone, not sure what all the hubbub is about
make it stop
Carrie is almost attractive, but, jesus, she's not much of a guitar player, is she?
Keep proving men on the internet only comment on women's looks. How original buddy.
All these people and their "omg I love Carrie" comments. Its a band, not an episode of Portlandia. Corin is a way better singer than Carrie with her phony awkward stage presence and her forced ass so-called singing. Back to watching the 90s performances before was it all about the self indulgent cash cow.
Pink Nosebleed Haha what
Someone sounds awfully bitter and mad about.... nothing. Therapy ma dude.
Thanks for posting! I'd share this, but I know it won't last long before THE INEVITABLE TAKE DOWN.