I'm tired of a world without Sleater-Kinney

TS: Corin vs. Roger Daltry

Daltrey!

(fuck, I can't believe I did that)

Roger on record or Roger in performance? Because watching that guy adds all kinds of negatives over simply listening to him. But I think, either way, I vote Corin Tucker.

Carrie Brownstein vs. Pete Townshend?

They're both very animated onstage, great secondary singers and pretty good writers.

I miss S-K a lot, but I don't miss the hand wringing that followed each album and whether or not Dave Fridmann + Sub Pop is any more/less authentic than Goodmanson + KRS. Then again, I've always thought that bands should release less.

As an aside, I like Carrie (and Fred Armisen's) ThunderAnt videocast

As another aside, all y'all can love Madonna if you want, but 'Beautiful Stranger' makes me physically ill even if I think about it... BRB

That's my favorite Madonna single fo the last 10 years.

I thought this thread was gonna be all creepy suicide note but instead it's in-depth analysis of what carrie brownstein thinks of madonna

of course it is!

:(

I like to read about music, but this thread is like an undergrad paper in Indie Fuxor Studies.

i know a lot of people who couldn't really connect with s-k until they saw them live. Dig Me Out is a classic album but compared to the live shows it's actually a little restrained; this was probably because of the limits of the recording at the time. By the time fo the woods though, those limits (ie: budget and time and expensive studios) were probably gone; as a result the Woods SOUNDS more like they were live (assaultive), I just don't like it very much, ironically.

I've never seen a bad S-K show. There was though an admirable misfire when Pearl Jam asked them to open for their 2003 tour. Not only don't S-K's dynamics work in an amphitheatre setting, but the crowd was boorish (two beardos in front of me wondered 'who the fuck are these dikes').

I can probably saw confidently that they were the best live band I ever saw and I tried to see every bay area show they played. And I hardly ever listen to the records!

Carrie Brownstein vs. Pete Townshend?

They're both very animated onstage, great secondary singers and pretty good writers.

Brownstein's a Who/Townshend fanatic. She wrote a short piece about him in Rolling Stone some years back, and her side project The Spells recorded "I Can't Explain."

Corin has a solo album coming out on KRS, possibly by the end of the year. Carrie is in a new band with Janet, and believes a SK reunion will happen within 5 years.

Exciting!

doesn't quasi have a new album?

I believe the phrase I am thinking of is:

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

doesn't quasi have a new album?

Yep, American Gong. Pretty good.

Yes, exciting! Though I never really had a least favorite aspect of this band, Corin-as-vocalist wasn't among my favorites. Her voice was much nicer in the later years of S-K, so I'm hoping that carries over to whatever this new record sounds like.

J0hn's words upthread almost broke my heart a second time.

Q: is it "kwa-zee" or "kwa-zeye"?

I don't think I've ever discussed the band with anyone else out loud, so in the event that I ever do, I'd hate to sound like a goon.

haha -- that's happened so many times to me!

I've always heard "kwa-zeye" out loud, but often say "kwa-zee" to myself. This is like when I found out The Notwist were pronounced "No Twist" and not "Knot wist." I still say Mary Timony as "tim-moan-ee" even though I am pretty sure that's wrong.

This could be an amusing thread to start.

Corin Tucker Band tourdates

Apparently the album is due out on October 5th

Quasi for Swayzi

http://www.mbvmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/corin-tucker-band-cover.jpg

Hello...Wild Flag?

I miss this band so much. Wild Flag best be awesome but but but no corin makes me so sad.

Corin's solo album was pretty great.

yeah, Tucker Band grew on me a lot; but as much as i love Carrie WF just aren't for me

Wild Flags are a bore, alas.

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 corinchorus
OH 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 lyrics
so on paper they might as well be jeff buckley. it's like using hendrix to prove rockism

so yeah wild flag gross

are you guys nuts

wild flag live + album both awesome

If you hate Interpol on first listen, you're going to muster every bit of armature and sophistry in your behalf.

better grab some penicillin also

plus "Entertain" isn't a cudgel; it's a rare misstep, sung by the band's resident Mother Jones reader.

mojo's a very worthwhile mag soto don't front

Mother Jones is too.

the band's resident Mother Jones reader

how dare u

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.

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 Permalink

better grab some penicillin also
― balls, Monday, September 5, 2011 10:21 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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

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.

Also, Start Together and Quarter to Three are perfect.

So glad the world has Sleater-Kinney in it again!

Just now, on FB:

Sleater-Kinney. Produced by St. Vincent. 2019.

this....hmmm.

the promo photo going around with that makes it seem like no one in S-K is happy about it.