Sleater-Kinney breaks up

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

Seeing them at Terminal 5 tomorrow, gonna be awesome. Crossing my fingers for Dance Song '97, but not getting my hopes up for that one.

They are on the red button (BBC freeview 301) now, alternating with Neneh Cherry

Pittsburgh show Sunday, can't wait!

seeing them tonight

so stoked

I was there too (second night at 930 Club). Good time mostly (some songs sounded kinded samey and dragged)

I just saw them in NY for probably the 15th time, but first time in a decade. They sounded absolutely fantastic, have not lost a step at all. Janet Weiss is a fucking powerhouse. If anything, she's even better now.

i danced all night

Janet Weiss is a fucking powerhouse

this was my takeaway from watching that streamed NPR show, god DAMN

Janet playing harmonica with the Neil Young thing while playing drums is pretty amazing from a cardiovascular perspective

Saw them last night as well. My main takeaway: they just have so many kickass songs, each one slayed.

A rare and thrilling live experience to hear 25 great songs played with the energy they had yesterday.

The sound mix on the video from the Seth Meyers show is awful - you can barely hear Carrie playing. "Price Tag" is probably the worst song on the new album anyway...

No way, I love "Price Tag," "Gimme Love" is worse.

Gimme Love is awesome. There isn't a bad song on that record. Get the shit out of your ears.

Gimme love live was one the best things and made me appreciate the song even more.

I've found it interesting how the newer songs, as well as the ones from the woods, really sound amazing in these larger venues (ie 1000+ people instead of 100-500 people). In contrast, "get up" now sounds rather chilled out, relaxed, and on a smaller scale.

Get Up is still one of my all-time favorite songs though.

Get Up sounds better on record than it does live. Last night, the songs from The Woods got the biggest reaction from the audience. My favorite thing they did was Sympathy, or maybe One Beat.

Since the first time I listened to the album, "Price Tag" has stood out as being overly on the nose. I dunno, it sounds good but it rubs me the wrong way lyically.

"One More Hour" came up on Spotify this morning - I don't think I've ever had a breakup that bad but goddamn that song still hits hard almost 20 years after I first heard it.

How can something be "overly on the nose"?

Never mind, I don't feel like arguing. Dislike the songs you want to dislike. I mean, god knows I do.

list tracking what songs are being played on this tour:
http://www.setlist.fm/stats/sleaterkinney-3d6ed5b.html?tour=No+Cities+to+Love

Pittsburgh show was fantastic - drove in with a friend from Cleveland and they played to a sold out house. Loved Lizzo and her DJ. After her performance, I told my friend "I guess we've got a riot grrl Nicki Minaj now" and he said he had been thinking the exact same thing.

This was my first time seeing S-K, and my friend's fourth, but I've seen both Wild Flag and the Corin Tucker Band. The tightness and confidence they all have in playing together is a totally different thing, though. Off the new album they played Surface Envy, Fangless, A New Wave, No Anthems, Gimme Love (weird to see Corin singing and not playing!), Bury Our Friends and Price Tag. Nothing off Call the Doctor, but we got Entertain and Jumpers in an amazing one-two punch, Words and Guitar, One More Hour, Dig Me Out, Get Up, Let's Call It Love, Oh!, Start Together, One Beat, Modern Girl and Light Rail Coyote. The sound in the venue was absolutely fantastic.

Distant pic I took:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10942497_10205229243867365_4773196686939643371_n.jpg?oh=074a774f12812f0eeee6a13361138d6e&oe=55732E80&__gda__=1435110399_6009172f302b1757b62df41578f225d8

so fuckin jealous you got Youth Decay AND Let's Call It Love

though we got Little Babies and Sympathy (!!!!!!!) in Philly so I guess it's a fair trade

totally cried at least 4 or 5 times during the show

What's funny is as they got towards the end of the set my friend said, "Hey, maybe I'll get lucky and they'll do 'Let's Call It Love,' but it's awfully long." I'm going to let him pick Powerball numbers for me.

Oh Stevie I was at the Philly show as well! I thought the sound was a little flat... band likely not at fault, but we still had SUCH a great time! Brought me right back to seeing them on one of their last shows in 2006 right around the corner.

Like something about the mixing made some of the hooks in particular feel really flaccid despite being played wonderfully, like No Anthems and No Cities To Love.