"Are you hungry? Did you eat before the POLL?"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY (VOTING ENDS Tuesday April 22nd at Midnight CST)

and anyway PEARL JAM?

Haha. I thought it was cool of Pearl Jam to put bands like S-K and Jesus Lizard and Sonic Youth on their tours, but it always struck me as the equivalent of Television opening for Night Ranger.

Exactly. And I don't really hate Pearl Jam, but I would have been going to see S-K, paying a fairly high price (I seem to recall the cheapest tix were still $40+ before surcharge & tax) to see a show probably not unlike the one Alfred wrote about upthread (surrounded by mooks loudly wondering "Who are these dykes?").

It reminds me a little of the last time PJ Harvey came to Houston, as the opener for U2 on the Elevation tour. This was when they were back down to headlining arenas (albeit big ones: just over/under 20,000 seats), but still: If the idea of Sleater-Kinney in a summer shed is bit odd, PJ Harvey in an American basketball arena is pure WTF?

Shout-out to people who live in major markets that are for some reason bypassed by most touring acts!

My hometown of Phoenix being a major example.

when they opened for PJ in 2003 Eddie Vedder joined them for a version of "Hunger Strike." Corin Tucker has no reason to envy Chris Cornell.

Wow, no shit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnCTR0wx-YI

PJ & S-K together (Janet doing the Moe Tucker thing w/double toms)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHhnMGqZ2KU

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sent, hooray!

I drove to Atlanta to see them twice, on the Hot Rock and AHOTBO tours. Totally worth the 4-hr drives.

Sterling Clover, please report to the white courtesy telephone to clarify something w/yr friendly neighborhood pollster.

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Another PJ/S-K standard, doing the Who's arrangement of Eddie Holland's "Leaving Here":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJqGEYI9uA

(lol at the "those chicks ruined the song!" comments)

Maybe I listen to more straightup noise than some ppl bt I'm listening to The Woods on earbuds for the first time and the production/mastering isn't sounding all that severe. Also this is still my fav S-K album, and they're such an ALBUM band to me that picking songs is tricky

listened to the whole catalog over the weekend and I only have three spots left to fill!

Call The Doctor and AHOTBO totally rule, btw

I got to see S-K twice. Once at a festival where Carrie had some tech-problems (Mogwai played right before or right after and also had tech problems) and once at a club right before The Woods came out.

Before the festival concert I hadn't really listened to them before, but they converted me during the gig. Especially when someone shouted a request for Words + Guitar and they launched in to a great version with a long jam in the middle. And the club gig was even better. The played a lot of songs from The Woods and they were all great.

In my mind they were the best band in the world between 1997 and 2006.

::applause::

Oh FFS I left Good Things off my poll

NO!!! Fix that ballot.

I think I'll trust in enough other ppl voting for it that it doesn't matter, but fuck, really. That's just weird

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will send one this afternoon

Getting ready to submit, just futzing around with the order and the last couple spots.

Thing I've noticed while listening to their discography: S-K songs rarely fade out. They usually end with a final chord or riff as an exclamation point for the rest of the song. Can anybody think of any examples where they fade out?

Offhand, "A Quarter to Three" at the end of The Hot Rock; "Modern Girl" fades out on the final drone.

Voted! My list was very Hot Rock and Dig Me Out heavy but as previously mentioned the biggest surprise was how many great songs I wanted to include from All Hands. I enjoyed One Beat a lot more than I remembered, but only found room for a couple of tracks.

Just wanted to mention that I've been going through old NME/Melody Maker end of year lists from the 90s recently listening to albums I've never heard before. I was surprised to see that both magazines just about ignored all Sleater-Kinney's albums (All Hands was very low on the last Melody Maker list) They really should ashamed of themselves.

The non-SK side-poll has led me to hastily conclude that Carrie slays choruses while Corin's songwriting is strongest in the verses.

I'm not a Who fan but whatever else the Face Dances singles aren't leaden. The weak link at this point is Daltery, who sings like the guy Bryan Ferry is making fun of in "Love is the Drug."

There's this thread: TS: Roger Daltrey vs. Corin Tucker

and Bryan Ferry wrote a song Roger Daltery covered too!

Ferry could do a nice job on "One More Hour".

Def on "The Size of Our Love"

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This is hard. Can I just say I vote for Carrie sings lead songs?

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OK! I promise I will send one this afternoon

Alright, just voted!

My musical friends, let me urge you to give a last minute listen to the mother of all SK side projects, Cadallaca. Particularly their debut album, Introducing. That is a phenomenal record that has held up remarkably well. If you are unfamiliar, you are in for a musical treat.

Dig June 'n July
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkavEUCwm0M

YES. I didn't vote in the side projects poll because Cadallaca is really the only one I know and love, but that album is great.

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by the time you're twenty-five...you'll have 12 hours

Finishing it up here.

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