Sleater-Kinney breaks up

hearing "bury our Friends" just now. RE: another thread where I besmirched Weiss's skills —she's finally grooving! So it's the first SK sawng I've liked.

i guess i always thought she was good, but she has definitely kept up playing a lot and touring with lots of other ppl

Always loved Janet, definitely one of the greats...but watching that Letterman performance, she's taken her shit to another level.

seen JW live w/both SK and Quasi and she's pretty remarkable

The 2 bonus tracks to the album seem Woods-esque. Glad to hear them, as I was secretly wanting more than 10 songs from this reunion, even if the album is great as-is. Have been imagining in my head all day a half-tempo reggae version of the title track called "No Cities To Dub."

I think "A New Wave" is the popcorn/summer jam funtimes track I've been looking for on this album.

Show was pretty great. Some jokes about "oh shit we're in Spokane, how many of you are actually from here?". A couple of timing screw ups. More older material than I expected. Was cool to see who played what guitar-wise, and Carrie's Portlandia money seems to have bought her a couple more guitars and a tech while Corin played the same Les Paul that she tuned herself. Both voices were great live, and I sometimes find Carrie's voice sort of shrill on record. No covers which was kind of sad as Wild Flag and Corin's band both did awesome covers when I saw them. Opening act was pretty rad as well, and I got a nice screen printed poster for $25. Worth it despite the stress of leaving the baby home alone for the first time with my conveniently visiting parents.

Who opened? I have tickets for the Phoenix show, and haven't been able to find any info on who's opening. Granted, the Phoenix show is at the end of April, so it will probably be a totally different opening act than the current shows, but I'm still curious.

Opener was a rapper named Lizzo - she had a pretty great voice, was pretty tight live, had a live drummer which made it kind of fun and it was cool because a decent part Sleater-Kinney crowd seemed sort of confused about why there was a rapper on stage.

Lizzo is a huge deal in here Minneapolis

OMG Lizzo RUUUULES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQaRQe86suA

Yeah she was rad, they had baskets of cookies they were tossing out to the crowd.

GO4's Andy Gill likes the album: http://thetalkhouse.com/music/talks/andy-gill-gang-of-four-talks-sleater-kinneys-no-cities-to-love/

OMG Lizzo RUUUULES

this is p cool - never heard of her before

I take that Gill piece as being the preface to him asking S-K to be the new +3 to his next Go4 move.

Hello.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1htX3q-F0

Love it all, but especially for how detailed the instruments are.

two of my favorite things colliding

i went to the show this past saturday

really great valentine's day night out for me & my wife

lizzo was great, started out with her grrrl party crew coming out w/dj shannon blowtorch playing classic grrl punk - runaways, slits, bikini kill, etc

then lizzo rapped w/her crew for awhile and transitioned to solo set (w/ new live drummer who was great)

overall she was really excellent, gonna be a star i think, obviously big hometown show seemed like a big deal to her

sleater kinney was great, a few moments seeming tentative but overall really played excellently, janet might be better than ever as as drummer....good setlist, good mix, played quite a few new songs and they really stood up to the old stuff live, seemed better than when I'd listened to it online

anyway, they are great band and the crowd was definitely grateful to see them again as was i

Didn't see them here this week (horrible cold), but I love reading stuff like

Was cool to see who played what guitar-wise

they had a utility member, can't remember the name, they said it though...but that was kinda lame they did the whole 80s hair band thing of not lighting the extra member so she was in the shadows the whole time which like fine but it's not like we don't know she's there and there's nothing wrong with wanting an extra guitar part w/weird efx or keyboard part if you want

they had a utility member, can't remember the name

it's katie harkin from sky larkin

They mentioned Katie at the Boston show tonight, which was awesome. Really enjoyed how much Corin was into belting out "What's Mine Is Yours." Also cool that Corin sings the whole chorus to "Entertain" now.

They played "the end of you" for the first time this tour, and Carrie actually forgot the lines to the first chorus. I also noticed they changed the thurston Moore reference in Joey ramone to Kim Gordon.

The new songs sounded excellent live, even better than the old stuff. Corin singing "gimme love" while dancing around without a guitar was a surprise highlight.

Also cool that Corin sings the whole chorus to "Entertain" now.

That's what she did in the original version before they wrote the chorus on the record:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8AaUqV2wk&feature=youtu.be

I also noticed they changed the thurston Moore reference in Joey ramone to Kim Gordon.

so cool.

If you can handle listening to Nerdist, S-K episode is up this morning: http://www.nerdist.com/pepisode/nerdist-podcast-sleater-kinney/

I also noticed they changed the thurston Moore reference in Joey ramone to Kim Gordon.

so cool.

I don't appreciate this Mary Timony erasure.

Sorry for the dumb joke.

I don't get the dumb joke, but I'm woefully uneducated about Mary Timony.

There's a live recording of "I Wanna Be..." from a number of years ago (way before Thurston shot himself in the foot) where they replaced him with Mary Timony.

Yesterday’s show was fantastic. A few unedited notes:

- Mostly young crowd. Mostly female.
- While there’s few punk kids, the few are respectably scummy.
- They spent a few minutes shaking hands, talking to fans, and collecting homemade zines from the stage. They haven’t changed. They are still super nice.
- Most of the applause was for material from The Woods and No Cities to Love. A New Wave, Jumpers, and Modern Girl.
- “We’re Sleater-Kinney from Portland, OR.” I frequently ran into Janet in Portland. I ran into Carrie a few times too. Yet I was still surprised they weren’t Sleater-Kinney from Olympia. I’m old.
- Sleater-Kinney is the best rock band of my generation. Carrie remains my favorite guitarist.
- Corin referenced Kim Gordon rather than Thurston Moore. Audience erupted.

They mentioned Katie at the Boston show tonight, which was awesome. Really enjoyed how much Corin was into belting out "What's Mine Is Yours." Also cool that Corin sings the whole chorus to "Entertain" now.

They played "the end of you" for the first time this tour, and Carrie actually forgot the lines to the first chorus. I also noticed they changed the thurston Moore reference in Joey ramone to Kim Gordon.

The new songs sounded excellent live, even better than the old stuff. Corin singing "gimme love" while dancing around without a guitar was a surprise highlight.

We should have a drink.

The new songs sounded excellent live, even better than the old stuff. Corin singing "gimme love" while dancing around without a guitar was a surprise highlight.

Yes! Punk as fuck.

I am rly, rly excited they started playing "Sympathy" and "Youth Decay" and I am hoping in my heart of hearts that they play one or both of those when they play in Philly but tbh I'm already pissing myself abt getting to see "Oh!" so

thx Allen, great review

i listened to the new album at the gym

good workout music and it was nice to just listen & enjoy it without being all wrapped up in how good it was or whether it was a worthy comeback album blah blah blah

http://www.npr.org/event/music/388196234/live-tuesday-sleater-kinney-in-concert

I remember many permutations of the "Entertain" chorus while seeing them live circa 2003-2004. I preferred one of the earlier ones to what they finally ended up with, but on the DVD that came with The Woods, they still sing the older version. I do like Corin singing both her and Carrie's part though.

I also had that mp3 where Corin sings "I want to be your Mary Tim-moan-ee," therefore ruining my pronunciation of "Timony" forever.

How do you pronounce it??

Or better yet how does she pronounce it?

I've always said Tim-Min-Nee, but I could be wrong.

When I saw Mary do a solo show way back when, it was pronounced Tim-uh-nee. Pretty sure I heard an interview/review of Ex Hex on NPR where they said Tim-uh-nee too.

criminy!

I saw Mary Timony open for Sonic Youth in 2002 at the same venue I'll be seeing S-K at in April. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS.

Ah, NPR online video streaming tonight's show in DC (I see upthread). Going to Wednesday's DC show

Yep it's started now:
http://www.npr.org/event/music/388196234/live-tuesday-sleater-kinney-in-concert?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20150224

Cool.

Why did they feel the need to get a fourth person on stage? I never felt they were lacking.

Well that was fucking great. Seemed like it took 2-3 songs to achieve lift-off, but they played so many more, almost non-stop (a four-five song encore, after the only break) Most if not all of the new album, plus "One Beat," "Dig Me Out," "Modern Girl," etc etc.
Will be archived "maybe tomorrow, this week for sure."
Katie Harken added just a bit of guitar, organ, harmony, a sprinkling of live "overdubs," as they appear on record (not really so noticeable, but maybe a reassuring placebo effect for a band what hasn't toured in like a decade)

Good lord that live show/stream filled me with as many feels as being there on Sunday. So glad to hear "Little Babies" and "Turn It On" too.

I don't think I've ever seen Carrie in a skirt or heels, much less both at the same time.

Corin's voice has an almost palpable shape to it, can't wait to see them in May. I predict I will cry during "Turn It On."

Wow, they already posted it: http://www.npr.org/event/music/388196234/live-tuesday-sleater-kinney-in-concert?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20150224