how can you blame me for saying their fans were ding-a-lings who'd never heard bikini kill. HOW?
Given the disparity in sales between Bikini Kill and S-K, definitely fair to say that a good number of S-K fans had never heard Bikini Kill. On the other hand, given that S-K themselves never really sold that many records, I think reducing their non-Bikini-Kill-hearing fans to ding-a-lings is less fair. They were a cult band even at their biggest, not something you just wandered into while looking for a Sheryl Crow CD.
Also, fwiw, I had heard Bikini Kill before I heard Sleater-Kinney, and I still liked Sleater-Kinney a lot more.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
On Reddit in just under 90 minutes...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1901986_799306576795375_5327093098123334434_n.jpg?oh=97ba2703f9b6bbbac51b58862d17c804&oe=55153B98&__gda__=1426118565_4d58c9a39b812fafd99fca1d54d2d5e2
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
New song:
https://soundcloud.com/sleater-kinney/surface-envy
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Sounds like S-K. Thumbs up.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
Getting (more) excited!
Here's the reddit session: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2o26rc/we_are_sleaterkinney_aua/?limit=500
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
[–]-Bathtub-Gin- 7 points an hour ago What is an artist you've always wanted to cover, but haven't gotten the chance to?permalink[–]Sleater-Kinney[S] 15 points an hour ago Devo.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
Wow, the new song. Like they never left.
Half hour interview on NPR from a week or two ago: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/11/20/365464686/sleater-kinney-2-0-the-band-talks-about-its-first-album-in-10-years
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
haha Trapt - The Acoustic Collection is a real doozy from that AV Club least essential list
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
wrong thread! But yes, you are correct.
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
lol sorry sleater-kinney!
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 16:17 (nine years ago) link
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2o26rc/we_are_sleaterkinney_aua/cmj1i17
^_^
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
SK will be on The Chris Gethard Show tonight. 11pm EST, streaming live here:
http://thechrisgethardshow.com/
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Thursday, 4 December 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
New song rocks. It's like Judas Priest or something.
Got tickets for the Chicago show, totally psyched.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 4 December 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
So two authorized preview tracks now, also
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/blog/581/bf116bd2.jpg
if won't show cover, it's a mixtape
― dow, Thursday, 4 December 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
a stupid fake mixtape
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 4 December 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
i guess it kind of makes sense for pitchfork to celebrate the return of a band gone for nearly a decade by doing some "lol what if indie rockers were rappers" humor from more than a decade ago
― da croupier, Thursday, 4 December 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
This new track is a lot better than the first one.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 4 December 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onrHBN1cNFc#t=42
love the band for being such good sports about this show. taken me a long time, but i think i'm finally "getting" this band.
also, wrong to say, i guess, but i think i have a crush on all three members of sleater-kinney.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 5 December 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
I'm 7 minutes into that and Tom Scharpling has been not paying attention and texting the entire time... What's he doing there?
― Evan, Friday, 5 December 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
He makes an awkward and shitty backdrop to the otherwise fun atmosphere.
― Evan, Friday, 5 December 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
never heard of the host but his nerdiness is kind of endearing.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 5 December 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
I feel like I've seen him more than once but the one place I can remember him being in was a Real Estate video.
― Evan, Friday, 5 December 2014 23:21 (nine years ago) link
omg i wanna kill scharpling watching this
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 December 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
Dan - Chris Gethard is sort of a mid-level NY comedy institution. V hip. I think someone on the AV Club had mused (impossibly; improbably) that he should have taken over Late Night after Fallon went to Tonight Show
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 6 December 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
Having seen Seth Meyers' attempt to do that, I'd agree.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 6 December 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Scharpling ruled on the Gethard show
― i blow goat farts, aka garts for a living (waterface), Monday, 8 December 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
They just broke up again
― salthigh, Monday, 8 December 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
More Dates!
03-02-15 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy04-16-15 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater04-17-15 Austin, TX @ Stubbs04-18-15 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live04-19-15 New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre04-21-15 Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle04-22-15 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz04-23-15 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works04-24-15 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant04-25-15 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note04-26-15 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater04-28-15 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater04-29-15 Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre05-01-15 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium05-02-15 San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic05-05-15 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom05-06-15 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom05-08-15 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox05-09-15 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
Presale starts tomorrow 10:00 AM local time.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
Aww sweet!
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
SF show on a weekend too!
I'm supposed to be in Austin that weekend and free the night of their show.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
Still really weird that I get to see the first show, kind of like they're warming up in front of the rubes before playing the real places.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
Scored a ticket for Austin!
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
Can't get the SK site to load, it's just going through Ticketmaster, right?
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
Christ, Seattle sold out in ~30 seconds for both dates.
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 18:15 (nine years ago) link
Ugh I blame Portlandia.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
Xps I did it through the S-K main page, which links through to a non-Ticketmaster ticket site.
Remember though, this is just a presale allotment of tickets--more will be available soon.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Apparently SF sold out in seconds as well, so a lot of fun nonsense.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Before the general onsale Friday there will be a LiveNation pre-sale tomorrow at 10 AM in some markets. You can access this presale if you have the LiveNation Mobile App or with a password. Does anyone have the password?
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
The password is "presents" not sure if this is for all markets (this is for the SF show)
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
thanks. the SF sale on the site today was a pain in the ass.
― akm, Thursday, 11 December 2014 03:07 (nine years ago) link
Got my LiveNation presale, more expensive than the SK presale but general sale is almost definitely going to be a frenzied rush.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
what is the SF password? presents doesn't seem to work
― akm, Thursday, 11 December 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
maybe the whole thing went to shit as usual with these presales
― akm, Thursday, 11 December 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
oh it was a flash issue. why the fuck are they still using flash on ticketmaster/LN? jesus. ticket obtained.
― akm, Thursday, 11 December 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
I think I asked this once before but didn't get any responses, so: is this one of the few exceptions to the "Don't wear a band's t-shirt to their concerts" rule?
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Thursday, 11 December 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
i have a picture of me and janet weiss at a 2002 show in which i'm wearing a SK shirt, which has always kind of embarrassed me :(
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 11 December 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
You need to get that picture on a shirt and wear it to the show.
― how's life, Thursday, 11 December 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
And get another picture with Janet, naturally.
― Evan, Thursday, 11 December 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link