Music Jan 21, 2015

Never Heard of 'Em

Sleater-Kinney

by Anna Minard

Comments

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I had the same reaction when I heard this album 18 years ago. It made 17 year old me want to go fuck shit up and burn it all down. It makes 34 year old me want to go fuck shit up and burn it all down in a sensible minivan.
Jessica on January 22, 2015 at 8:13 AM · Report this
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SK were & are a great band. The whole 'all-female/riot grrl' fuss was just media hoo-hah. Their oeuvre stands up to that of any of their penis or non-penis equipped contemporaries.
Achaiwoi on January 22, 2015 at 12:47 PM · Report this
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Here's the amazing thing about "Dig Me Out":

It's not even close to being their best album.

You have some serious treats in store for you.
Doctor Memory on January 22, 2015 at 12:50 PM · Report this
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Finally, a review from you of a band I've heard of. Oof.
6 on January 22, 2015 at 1:00 PM · Report this
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I'm not ready for this record to be 18.
Matt from Denver on January 22, 2015 at 1:23 PM · Report this
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does anyone else find the singing actually painful?
Azzam on January 22, 2015 at 1:56 PM · Report this
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@6: speaking as a huge fan of this band, Corin's vocals are definitely something that a lot of people legitimately don't like. They work for me, but I'm not entirely unsympathetic to anyone for whom they don't.

Some of their later albums are a little less wail-y, especially when Carrie is doing the lead vocals, cf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAmIm3XF…
Doctor Memory on January 22, 2015 at 2:01 PM · Report this
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Personally, I find Carrie's occasional shrieking from the early days to be less tolerable, but that was in keeping with the riot grrrl sound.
Matt from Denver on January 22, 2015 at 3:09 PM · Report this
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@6: Me. Weiss is a monster drummer; but I prefer her in a Quasi or Malkmus setting. I just can't take Tucker's warble.

Maybe its' a male ear/female voice thing? Mrs. Solomon cannot stand Dylan or Young for the same reasons. Which is pretty much a tragedy for me.
Max Solomon on January 22, 2015 at 5:45 PM · Report this
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@6: Yes. @9: Female ear here; I can tolerate Dylan and actually enjoy Young's ethereal falsetto. But Corin Tucker... I just can't. Which sucks, because Sleater-Kinney is a legitimately great band.
Mischa Vainburg on January 22, 2015 at 10:56 PM · Report this
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Same same same. I'm A woman who cannot stand the wail. It's such a shame. I feel like a bad PNW native and a bad feminist for not being able to stomach SK. The music is fantastic, the songwriting superb, but when Corin opens her mouth I simply can't.
ingopixel on January 22, 2015 at 11:31 PM · Report this
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Olympandia where Mr. Johnson and others go to perspire
Freedie on January 23, 2015 at 7:11 PM · Report this