Showing All "Sleater-Kinney" Posts
Feb 6th 68 Comments
Sleater-Kinney: the name suggests a joint sociological survey, or perhaps a university residence hall. Turns out it's the Lacey, WA street on which the band held practices. It's a fitting name for a…   Read Story »
Sep 10th, 2012 2 Comments
Former Sleater-Kinney de facto leader Corin Tucker is one of indie rock's magical people, so a new album from her is something worthy of your attention. Next week, she'll release Kill My Blues, the…   Read Story »
Aug 20th, 2012 50 Comments
A couple of weeks after I graduated college, as a sort of birthday present to myself, I drove down to Washington, D.C. to see a couple of my favorite bands to play a show together at D.A.R.…   Read Story »
Aug 9th, 2012 5 Comments
Corin Tucker has been making music longer than some of you have been alive. Bursting out of the burgeoning music scene in Olympia, Washington in the early '90s, Tucker sang her heart out in Heavens…   Read Story »
Jul 31st, 2012 6 Comments
This fall, the former Sleater-Kinney lead yowler Corin Tucker and her Corin Tucker Band return with their new album Kill My Blues. We've already heard the fiery lead single "Groundhog Day," which is…   Read Story »
Jun 27th, 2012 2 Comments
Corin Tucker, the former de facto leader of Sleater-Kinney, recently announced plans to drop Kill My Blues, the second album from her Corin Tucker Band, and a press release promised a sonic return to…   Read Story »
Jun 18th, 2012 1 Comment
Last year, two thirds of the great Sleater-Kinney came back swinging when Wild Flag dropped their self-titled debut. But if Sleater-Kinney had a leader, it was Corin Tucker, whose unhinged howl was…   Read Story »
Apr 2nd, 2012 8 Comments
The New York Times reports that Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag co-leader Carrie Brownstein, who's lately become weirdly famous as one of the two people behind Portlandia, has signed on with Riverhead…   Read Story »
Dec 22nd, 2011 40 Comments
Our annual list of late night television's best performances has quickly become an annual exercise in big-upping Jimmy Fallon's music talent booker. Way to go, person responsible for pointing those…   Read Story »
Dec 20th, 2011 144 Comments
The next stop on the Gummys express is Your Top 20 Indie Rock Crushes Of 2011; ten females, ten males, one Gosling. Hit the gallery to check out the winners of this award, truly the people's…   Read Story »


































