Helium "XXX" "XXX" is a revenge fantasy in which Mary Timony sings from the perspective of a prostitute who murders her johns. (Which is, of course, very much the opposite of how things typically go.) The song is effective in large part because Timony is so good at conjuring a sound that is as provocative and seductive as the image of her street walker vigilante: The guitar tone is totally lurid; it actually sounds like the male gaze. Her voice is overtly sexualized in the song, but her deadpan affect twists the knife at [...]
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LIVE: Wild Flag and Drew Grow & the Pastor's Wives at Doug Fir, 11.9.11 Supergroups are never super. Therefore, Wild Flag can't be considered a supergroup. The former Sleater-Kinney/Minders/Helium members have formed a great American rock band-incredibly fun songs, endless energy-I almost forgot what it's like to experience a real rock show. Rock 'n' roll mythology seems to be what fuels Wild Flag. They unabashedly celebrate it in their songs. They act it out onstage. And I love them all the more for it. So did the sold-out crowd at the Doug Fir, which [...]
To be more specific, this past Saturday, Terre T hosted on her Cherry Blossom Clinic , 2 live bands:: Wild Flag (all female quartet containing members of Sleater-Kinney, Minders and Helium) and UK DIY anarcho punk rockers Zounds ! Yowza, now that's a show! I was asked to engineer both, and responded with a HELL YES, and so our work was cut out for us! Check out the archive of the program . Shock and Awetober, indeed! Wild Flag is still out on tour; they played [...]
Not Seth Putnam One mind-blowing aspect of Devin Townsend's Deconstruction album is its coterie of guest personnel. A who's-who of pivotal screamers, the list includes that awesome dude from Gojira, legendary super-stud Ihsahn, and extreme metal's loveliest alto, Tommy Rogers from Between The Buried And Me. And though Townsend rightly rushes to downplay the distraction/sketchy [...]
Something of an ATP 'supergroup', a chinstroker's lucid dream atop a camp bed in a dilapidated chalet, Wild Flag are fronted by Carrie Brownstein and backed by drummer Janet Weiss, both once of Sleater-Kinney renown, with Mary Timony, once of Boston noise pop outfit Helium, on guitars, hooting, howling, and the like, with added spells cast from the keys of Rebecca Cole, long-standing drummer for Martyn Leaper's The Minders. Fitting that they should have been plucked out by Les Savy Fav to add further freak-out to December's Nightmare Before Xmas then. Regarding that [...]
Wild Flag from Portland consists of members from Sleater-Kinney, Helium, and The Minders. This is a cool, quirky, upbeat track that reminds me a bit of Fiery Furnaces. Contributed by Bruce Rave Wild Flag - Romance ( Facebook ) Catch Bruce on Moheak Radio Fridays 1-3pm PST
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What a backwards rock record The Dirt of Luck is. Seriously, think about it. Nevermind the double-edge of the title -- there's a mention of good fortune, but really this is just about the grit it coats itself in -- and just sit and listen to this record. It's a tricky bit of music. At first, it seems perfectly on the up-and-up, of its time and place, because there's something geographic about Mary Timony's sound. When she was in the all-girl band Autoclave in D.C. -- and their short Discography , released on [...]
If you're an indie rock-inclined human being of a certain age, there's a good chance you've been checking for updates on the Wild Flag album the same way 14-year-old girls are checking for updates on the Hunger Games movie. Here's why: Wild Flag's members include Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, which means two thirds of Sleater-Kinney are back together ! It also includes Mary Timony, which means all of the Spells are back together ! (Did you ever hear The Age Of Backwards , the 1999 EP from the Brownstein/Timony side project? You [...]
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Attention, ceci est une parenthèse années quatre-vingt ; Amateurs de coupes militaire s'abstenir. Monstres sacrés du revival eighties et des costumes repassés à la perfection , Chromeo et Mayer Hawthorne appartiennent en réalité à une seule et même secte méphistophélique . Ils sont les secrets instigateurs d'RFM Night Fever et de ces fameux dîners-croisières si tendance à l'heure actuelle. Est-il légitime de leur en vouloir ? Oui, mais ça génère du chiffre . [...]
Usciranno in Italia il 13 settembre i dischi di One Sixty Of Tommy e Liam Blake pubblicati da Cooperative Music ed Helium, l'etichetta del produttore Chris Hughes famoso per il suo lavoro con McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi e Tears for Fears . La band delle One Sixty Of Tommy è composta da tre ragazze che suonano un pop rock ed hanno fra le loro influenze Susanne Vega , Bright Eyes e Azure Raty. Liam Blake invece guarda al pop folk degli anni settanta di artisti quali [...]
In case you missed it, four of the most rocking women around decided to get back to making music and call themselves Wild Flag. Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, Mary Timony, and Rebecca Cole have quite a rock 'n 'roll pedigree, having logged time and miles in bands including Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Helium, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, and The Minders. It then goes without saying that Wild Flag's debut is both highly-anticipated and chock full of hard rocking riffs -- and, undoubtedly, a good time. The band recently released a trailer for their self-titled debut album, which features clips of a [...]
The all-girl quartet gets going Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
They are new, but they are not. Wild Flag are releasing their depute album on September 13, but this is not the first time we hear about the girls. The punk rock post riot grrrl superband consists of Carrie Brownstein (among others guitarist and vocalist at Sleater Kinney and actress, eg. in Portlandia) and Janet [...]
I am always late for everything and i take my time looking into the vast ocean of music. To effectively filter through endless posts of the blogosphere it makes sense to soak in it before you speak. Another day, another million artists being called the next big hype and EMA's first record, Past Life Martyred Saints , was one of the most blogged about names in 2011 thus far to slide into such a category. Erika M Anderson has learned well. [...]
After announcing its existence and playing SXSW, Wild Flag is finally gearing up to release a debut full-length. The band is kind of like a fem-rock Voltron, built of members from various indie rock bands of note: Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weis of Sleater-Kinney, Mary Timony of Helium, and Rebecca Cole from Minders. Merge records recently dropped the album track "Romance," and features some pretty eccentric vocals and some smooth transitions between the verses and choruses. Dig on the album art below, and look for the LP on Sept. 13th.
Two-thirds of Sleater-Kinney as well as members from Helium and Minders have formed a new supergroup called Wild Flag. Now, I haven't heard anything but this new track, but calling them punk might be a bit of a stretch, based...
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