Sleater-Kinney at the Roundhouse

Sleater-Kinney

U.S. Girls

Black Belt Eagle Scout 

Roundhouse, 10 November 2023

A few months ago I decided to listen to Sleater-Kinney's back catalogue chronologically and, maybe as I hadn't listened to them in quite a while, was blown away at how good it was. I had fallen out of love with them a little when they changed direction on The Center Won't Hold and the beloved Janet Weiss left the band, but hearing just how fantastic those albums sounded convinced me I needed to go give them another chance and a last-minute ticket was purchased, and it turned out to be a very good decision indeed.

Sleater-Kinney at the Roundhouse

Sleater-Kinney

Pins

Roundhouse, 23 March 2015

"We're very happy to be playing for you and very happy to be a band again," Corin Tucker tells us during the show tonight and if Sleater-Kinney's passionate performance is anything to go by, then it's clear they really mean it.

New Sleater-Kinney!

I'm so, so excited about the Sleater-Kinney reunion. There's a new album, No Cities To Love, out in January and they are touring next year too!

Wild Flag at the Electric Ballroom

Wild Flag

Peggy Sue

Electric Ballroom, February 1, 2012

Thinking back, one of the best things about the 90s was all the fantastic girl bands there were. I'm not talking about the Spice Girls, although they had their positive points too I admit, but mainly the grunge scene and the riot grrl movement. There were so many amazing women who played their own instruments, wrote their own songs and rocked as hard as the boys, to inspire and look up to. I actually feel very lucky in that respect. These women weren't just exceptions to the rule or the sole girl fronting a bunch of men, they were integral to the scene and were different and varied from L7 to Hole to Luscious Jackson to Belly. Now, while there are many wonderful female singer-songwriters, there seems to be a dearth of female rockers, especially those raised on punk music, so I guess it makes sense that probably the best girl group to come along in years, Wild Flag, is born out of the 90s, with members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium and The Minders.

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