I'm tired of a world without Sleater-Kinney

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.

tbf St-V's records don't sound that good so I'm not that excited about this (yet)

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.

otm, sadly

the replies to the tweet were all basically YASS KWEENS SLAY and my response is basically =|

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

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"

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

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).

No Cities has been a surprisingly fitting soundtrack to the Trump years.

Maybe she'll be their Daniel Lanois. (Which I'm not even sure if I mean as a good or bad thing.)

I wanna be your Daniel Lanois
put reverb on everything, make it sound like gauze

I like St. Vincent best when she's rocking out the aggro covers (Pop Group, Big Black) so I'm optimistic

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"!

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

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!

St. Vincent too fussy.

NSFW Tweet teasing... something

ITT: a butt