I love that you love Sleater-Kinney so much. Not sure I like them as much as you - wait, no. I KNOW I do not, but I do like them. And their band name is top 5, of all band names.
Beyond this, I still always hear this old chestnut in my head when I read about bands:
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
You know how much I love Sleater-Kinney. They are one of my favorite bands. A few years ago my wife had a custom chefs knife made for me and the handle’s material includes a piece of a cymbal from one of their shows and vinyl from one of their records.
My favorite songs have always been Heart Factory from Dig Me Out and Hollywood Ending (Janet’s finest moment and a perfectly in sync band at the height of their powers). Hell from the new one is REALLY fucking good and when I heard that I was like, oh shit, they are back!
(It’s not that I didn’t like No Cities to Love, The Center Won’t Hold, and Path of Wellness, they just didn’t seem like Sleater-Kinney records, if that makes sense.)
As I write this, another dozen songs come into my head and I realize this might be a fool’s errand for me. I still listen to the first seven records ALL THE TIME and my favorites shift based on circumstance and mood. A guitar lick or a lyric will pop into my head and I just gotta listen to it and then I end up listening to the whole album. I’m still hooked all these years later.
They also created for me an affinity for female-forward bands (Spotify’s algorithms are deeply in tune with this) and I find myself drawn to bands clearly influenced by SK. Check out Ride Your Heart by Bleached and Wet Leg’s eponymous album - Chaise Longue is as addictive as anything I’ve heard in a long time. I’ve got dozens of other examples (Alvvays, Big Thief, Cherry Glazerr, Dum Dum Girls, Black Honey, Courtney Barnett, Tennis, and of course the truly phenomenal Heartless Bastards).
I should probably just make a playlist, like a sensible person.
I love that you love Sleater-Kinney so much. Not sure I like them as much as you - wait, no. I KNOW I do not, but I do like them. And their band name is top 5, of all band names.
Beyond this, I still always hear this old chestnut in my head when I read about bands:
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
You know how much I love Sleater-Kinney. They are one of my favorite bands. A few years ago my wife had a custom chefs knife made for me and the handle’s material includes a piece of a cymbal from one of their shows and vinyl from one of their records.
My favorite songs have always been Heart Factory from Dig Me Out and Hollywood Ending (Janet’s finest moment and a perfectly in sync band at the height of their powers). Hell from the new one is REALLY fucking good and when I heard that I was like, oh shit, they are back!
(It’s not that I didn’t like No Cities to Love, The Center Won’t Hold, and Path of Wellness, they just didn’t seem like Sleater-Kinney records, if that makes sense.)
As I write this, another dozen songs come into my head and I realize this might be a fool’s errand for me. I still listen to the first seven records ALL THE TIME and my favorites shift based on circumstance and mood. A guitar lick or a lyric will pop into my head and I just gotta listen to it and then I end up listening to the whole album. I’m still hooked all these years later.
They also created for me an affinity for female-forward bands (Spotify’s algorithms are deeply in tune with this) and I find myself drawn to bands clearly influenced by SK. Check out Ride Your Heart by Bleached and Wet Leg’s eponymous album - Chaise Longue is as addictive as anything I’ve heard in a long time. I’ve got dozens of other examples (Alvvays, Big Thief, Cherry Glazerr, Dum Dum Girls, Black Honey, Courtney Barnett, Tennis, and of course the truly phenomenal Heartless Bastards).
I should probably just make a playlist, like a sensible person.