Corin's solo album was pretty great.
― Status Update...in my Seether? (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 5 September 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, Tucker Band grew on me a lot; but as much as i love Carrie WF just aren't for me
― quaff the spud you warbling milkbag (outdoor_miner), Monday, 5 September 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Wild Flags are a bore, alas.
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 September 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
sleater-kinney is one of my favorite bands but using them as an example for anything is probably bad.
they're traditionalist shits who get to brag because they invented their own singing and guitar style that has never been duplicated even very well by their own spin-offs. so unlike alfred and some others i actually enjoy "entertain" because they Have the Right - it's like listening to lil wayne eating "fake hiphop artists"
like oh hi franz ferdinand btw you suk let's eviscerate your whole career with just one typical corinchorusOH OH OH
though it was wrong of christgau to apply it to interpol just because he hates interpol, when they specifically cite "1984" as the year and joy division wasn't a thing in 1984 cuz i'm pretty sure new order was already on their like 5th remix album
anyway sleater's the rare case of histrionics that justify bad lyricsso on paper they might as well be jeff buckley. it's like using hendrix to prove rockism
― john maus: a survivor's tale (kiss out the jams), Monday, 5 September 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
so yeah wild flag gross
― john maus: a survivor's tale (kiss out the jams), Monday, 5 September 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
are you guys nuts
wild flag live + album both awesome
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 5 September 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
If you hate Interpol on first listen, you're going to muster every bit of armature and sophistry in your behalf.
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 September 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
better grab some penicillin also
― balls, Monday, 5 September 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
plus "Entertain" isn't a cudgel; it's a rare misstep, sung by the band's resident Mother Jones reader.
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 September 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
mojo's a very worthwhile mag soto don't front
― balls, Monday, 5 September 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Mother Jones is too.
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 September 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
the band's resident Mother Jones reader
how dare u
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
John D left a lot of bodies on this thred. man i miss this band. i feel like everything I've liked since 2006 is just trying to replace the sensation of seeing them live.
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 April 2014 04:46 (ten years ago) link
If you hate Interpol on first listen, you're going to muster every bit of armature and sophistry in your behalf.― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, September 5, 2011 10:18 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkbetter grab some penicillin also― balls, Monday, September 5, 2011 10:21 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
better grab some penicillin also― balls, Monday, September 5, 2011 10:21 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― endzone selfie (bernard snowy), Friday, 25 April 2014 07:21 (ten years ago) link
Can anyone give me a good reason to like this band?
― brightscreamer, Monday, 2 June 2008 01:58 (5 years ago)
brightscreamer please name one band you didn't like and then somebody told you "here's a reason to like them" and then you were like "oh ok well then I see, they are my favorite now"
― J0hn D., Monday, 2 June 2008 02:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
J0hn D. - Animal Collective.
― brightscreamer, Monday, 2 June 2008 02:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 25 April 2014 11:37 (ten years ago) link
Non-contribution: I liked Neskowin off Corin's last solo record more than most SK songs. It's my #4 most played song on iTunes. The kind of song that drew me to them but with none of the "This Is An Important Band" baggage that became overwhelming after they broke up.
Can't hardly listen to The Woods anymore. Go back to Hot Rock a lot.
― kaleb, Saturday, 26 April 2014 08:52 (ten years ago) link
Also, Start Together and Quarter to Three are perfect.
― kaleb, Saturday, 26 April 2014 09:05 (ten years ago) link
So glad the world has Sleater-Kinney in it again!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 October 2014 13:27 (nine years ago) link
Just now, on FB:
Sleater-Kinney. Produced by St. Vincent. 2019.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
this....hmmm.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link
the promo photo going around with that makes it seem like no one in S-K is happy about it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
tbf St-V's records don't sound that good so I'm not that excited about this (yet)
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
Always nice to hear about another S-K record. But outside of Jeff Lynne, I'm not sure there's a producer whose sound I like less.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
otm, sadly
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:14 (five years ago) link
the replies to the tweet were all basically YASS KWEENS SLAY and my response is basically =|
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link
St-V records have been produced by John Congleton, except the last one (Congleton and Antonoff and somebody else) and the acoustic re-imagining of the last one (St. V and Thomas Bartlett) and at this point I think she probably is equipped to be herself as good or better a producer as any of her producers
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
sent to a friend earlier: "I mean eno/byrne works so I guess. It does kinda sniff of “all my new famous friends” but idk. I can’t say anything bad about any of them"
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 22:58 (five years ago) link
SK are a strong enough band to shine through whatever production they choose, so i'm happy they're making another record. hopefully it's as good as the last one
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 23:07 (five years ago) link
I kind of would like them to aim a little higher (haven't felt the desire to listen to No Cities since the reunion tour).
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link
No Cities has been a surprisingly fitting soundtrack to the Trump years.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
Maybe she'll be their Daniel Lanois. (Which I'm not even sure if I mean as a good or bad thing.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 03:11 (five years ago) link
I wanna be your Daniel Lanoisput reverb on everything, make it sound like gauze
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 15:55 (five years ago) link
I like St. Vincent best when she's rocking out the aggro covers (Pop Group, Big Black) so I'm optimistic
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
agree with fgti here. not sure if i like that best as much as maybe "appreciate that bit the most." man i've never really thought about that feeling, when you look at an artist and think "i love that she goes _there_," rather than "this is what she does BEST"!
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
I saw her a bunch on the St. V tour and found myself looking forward to those covers extremely, the moment when she and her band go off-click and just rock out. "Like her best when she's" is accurate for my experience, but like, I think the contrast between her slaved-to-a-click main set and those aggro digressions is partially responsible for why I liked those moments so much
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
haven't felt the desire to listen to No Cities since the reunion tour
OK this was kind of dumb of me to say, as I listened just now and it was great -- "Fade" is kind of an SK metal song!
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Saturday, 19 January 2019 00:13 (five years ago) link
St. Vincent too fussy.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 January 2019 01:04 (five years ago) link
NSFW Tweet teasing... something
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 13:06 (five years ago) link
ITT: a butt
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
they're playing the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh in September, hopefully the album will be out by then? (I'm not clicking that link)
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
i think it's teasing a new single
― Accidentally Gets High By Touching LSD Left in Vintage Buchla (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 14:55 (five years ago) link
not a big st. vincent fan so was a bit worried but first single rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5uAH0vNn2s
― devvvine, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
could maybe do without the reverby yelps
― devvvine, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
this sounds very much like what i'd expect sleater-kinney produced by st. vincent to sound like
― ufo, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
I like it! Never have really listened to St. Vincent, so to me it sounds like a less noisey The Woods.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
otm xp
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
Missed this charity album track from '17 (not on youtube): https://open.spotify.com/album/3BEQvcAzhYWoYVu41ySTdd?si=dIHsWEd5Q724zQew6N6Yxg
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
I'm really digging this, and ufo otm. It's weird (but good) that there's so much bass in the mix, though, considering Janet said a few years ago, "That big bass sound that hits you in your gut is unpleasant!"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
Really liking this
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
Miranda July! I always forget about her.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link