I super love Ballad Lady Man on AHOTBO and just referred someone to You're No RnR Fun for something poppier to start with.
― Yerac, Monday, 19 August 2019 00:26 (four years ago) link
I think Hot Rock/All Hands is the peakAll Hands is probably my fav, I know lots of ppl who love it, I didn't know people didn't like it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 August 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
Ugh, The Bsllad of a LadyMan. I feel obligated to correct this somehow.
― Yerac, Monday, 19 August 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
or Hot Rock is the best, I go back n forth
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 August 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link
I think Call the Doctor, Dig Me Out and The Hot Rock came out during an optimal time period for indie. Once the century turned over, it was fast churning over.
― Yerac, Monday, 19 August 2019 00:30 (four years ago) link
I am listening to Ballad of a Ladyman and those lyrics. Ugh. so good.
― Yerac, Monday, 19 August 2019 00:32 (four years ago) link
Huh, I forgot All Hands existed, not because I didn't like it because I only listen to this band so often, and when I do I usually go Dig Me Out or One Beat. Dunno when or if I'll listen to the new one, but I like your collective enthusiasm.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 August 2019 01:01 (four years ago) link
Like I said, I love the album. I relished how well they wrote about their bodies, and the arrangements reflect this development.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 August 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
after two listens i'm with JF, it never lets you forget that it's been *produced*
― call all destroyer, Monday, 19 August 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
It's not even that. It would've sounded great to me in... 2007, where it lives.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 August 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
as that era of indie rockers matures it makes sense to expect that a lot of them would start to lag the times, wouldn't it? like 70s rockers who release albums in the 80s that affected 5+years dated sounds maybe
― j., Monday, 19 August 2019 01:37 (four years ago) link
Yep.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 August 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
I love AHOTBO and One Beat - from Call the Doctor through One Beat I don't think there's a peak, they're all great and pretty different.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 19 August 2019 03:19 (four years ago) link
I've always said the closest point of comparison may be Fugazi. All the albums are very different, but it's not a linear evolution so much as an ... expansion?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 August 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
finally listening to the new one for the first time and...it's really not that huge a departure? it's certainly still primarily guitar-driven!
― Simon H., Monday, 19 August 2019 06:55 (four years ago) link
And generally speaking the synths tend to be doing guitar-like things.
― Simon H., Monday, 19 August 2019 06:58 (four years ago) link
yes, otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 August 2019 11:03 (four years ago) link
agreed
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 19 August 2019 11:04 (four years ago) link
Here's a review that gets it wrong.
But on the new album, the guitars are constrained, ceding space to keyboards and electronic beats; often, they’re content to repeat neatly deployed hooks. Instead of tense, fluctuating human friction, there’s layered pop architecture.
Bullshit. Flesh and blood vs machines, inspiration vs craft. I thought Pareles was too wise for these binaries.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
breihan struggling with a record is a pretty sure sign i'll like it and think he's a wiener, reliable as the sunrise
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, August 15, 2019 1:24 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
i like the record, and i think it's funny that the one song Breihan singled out as "the one true miracle" (LOVE) is probably my least favorite song on first pass
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
just jammed this on the subway and i love the entire second half, especially "bad dance" and "the dog/thebody" (one of the best s-k tracks ever imo)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
"the dog/thebody" (one of the best s-k tracks ever imo)
man otm, it's like a hot rock-style verse with a chorus they borrowed from, like, ex hex
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
that song stuck out to me too.
― ☮ (peace, man), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
the best
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
Yep that was the only one I immediately played again the first time thru.
Really enjoying this album overall. It might end up being my most-played new SK album since All Hands.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
My boy.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 03:07 (four years ago) link
https://www.gofundme.com/f/janet-weiss-healing-fund
― maura, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
Man that's fucked up. But now I'll just pretend she couldn't do the SK tour because of injury .
I completely forgot that One Beat existed until now. TBH to me SK's great albums are Doctor and Dig, and Hot Rock to a lesser extent. Though 'you're no rock and roll fun' is still my favorite song of theirs.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
one beat is still their best imo
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
disagree but it has their best song (sympathy)
― devvvine, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
I found the opening track disappointing when I first heard it a few weeks ago, but I love it now. This is one of their greatest records, and I probably (slightly) prefer it to The Woods (though One Beat is still my fave).
otm.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
And their first post-Janet show is tomorrow night. Any word on who's drumming with them?
I was thinking of going but the venue has already been changed because of Dorian and at this point I don’t foresee my ass being willing to drive in the deluge to get there
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
St. Vincent made Dorian
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
"Dorian" does sound like the name of a person she'd sing about.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
I like this record a lot, but are there really only 3 tracks with lead vocals by Corin? Kind of feels like it’s a bit of a waste to keep her/her voice on the sidelines on so much of the record. I know Sleater Kinney as The Carrie Brownstein new wave band is much more marketable at the moment, but I miss their interplay.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
(I think it's 4 tracks w/Corin on lead actually)
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 5 September 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
So this show happened, right? Who is the new drummer?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 September 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
angie boylan of freezing cold
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 6 September 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-boylan-a86b0365
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 September 2019 03:54 (four years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/sleater-kinneys-new-drummer-is-angie-boylan-watch-their-first-show-together/
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 September 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
Oh wow I didn't know Janet left the band!
― Piano Mouth, Saturday, 7 September 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
Um...
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 September 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
Janet's...been through some stuff recently.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 7 September 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
Took a while but I've finally realized that "Ruins" is wholly rad. Also, got teary-eyed during the chorus of "Can I Go On" today.
― geoffreyess, Friday, 20 September 2019 04:46 (four years ago) link
Awesome show last night. They played "Step Aside"!
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
Scorching in Austin tonight. Carrie is in full Rock Star Mode. It was Corin's birthday. Angie Boylan is a sure-footed & fast drummer. A bunch of the older numbers were practically thrash--even "Good Things" was sprightly! Checking out setlist.fm, I see they doing fairly locked-down setlists aside from the encores. And I do believe they played everything from The Center Won't Hold, plus the new vinyl & digital single "Animal". 29 songs total.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 November 2019 07:50 (four years ago) link
Great interview with Janet about the break up and her career
https://www.thetrapset.net/230-janet-weiss-quasi-sleater-kinney-wild-flag-elliott-smith-etc/
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
That was quite moving. Janet seems like an awesome person.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 December 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link