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If December represented a rather frivolous month filled with excess, intrigue and ATP then January, by (excessively, almost unfairly stark) contrast feels all the more enthusiasm-exhausting, ultimately, utterly dismal. How fitting then that come the first of February, the time by which we'll all presumably be waving white socks in surrender to the relentless sombreness of the worst month of the Gregorian calendar, Wild Flag return to cajole us back into a mirthful sense of worth. Are we in need? To paraphrase the self-professed "veterans", Oh Yeah. Ahead of the quartet's debut UK show at a wet-through [...]

Over the next two weeks we'll be counting down our 10 favorite records released in the Pacific Northwest in 2011. Follow along! - #8. Wild Flag - Wild Flag (Merge) Composed of two-thirds of Sleater-Kinney and members of Helium, Quasi, and The Minders, Wild Flag has certainly got, as they say, chops. It's not surprising [...]

Wild Flag's eponymous debut record , brazenly great as it may be, came plastered in hints, winks, and nudges to endeavours both previous and precious. Quite literally and indeed physically, a sticker in a hue of lighthouse-glare yellow reels off this previous with the sterile precision of a Wikipedia entry, attracting drifters to Carrie Brownstein and Mary Timony's jagged cliffs of guitar and Janet Weiss and Rebecca Cole's crashing torrents of rhythmic and quintessentially robust rock'n'roll goodness. Live of course, with the quartet darting about on retinas and within (what would indubitably be lecherous and exceedingly inappropriate) touching distance, [...]

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 [...]

Wild Flag: "Electric Band" Official Video Appropriately arriving during this week's MLB World Series, Wild Flag took to a local Little League baseball diamond for the new video off their self-titled debut. The clip above, which was co-directed by Andrew Ellmaker and Lara Gallagher, finds Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, Janet Weiss, and Rebecca Cole decked out in Bad News Bears yellow as they take on their grizzly-masked opponents. I won't spoil it by saying which team wins, but suffice it to say that rock prevails.

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 [...]

Much has been made of recently rejoined Sleater-Kinney bandmates Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, who, along with Helium's Mary Timony and Rebecca Cole of the Minders, are now Wild Flag . The quartet's self-titled debut is one of the year's most talked-about records.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Wild Flag - "Romance" Directed by Tom Scharpling. Fountains Of Wayne - "The Summer Place" Directed by David Dutton. The Pajama Club - "Tell Me What You Want" Directed by Jason Dempsey & Chris Stapp. Beirut - "Santa Fe" Directed by Sunset Television. Youth Lagoon - "Montana" Directed by Tyler T. Williams. Bookmark [...]

Wild Flag have released the video for the first single "Romance" from their upcoming S/T record. The video features animal masks, super-herione masks, buckets of coffee, yard sales and more! Wild Flag loves comedy. Buy Wild Flag's debut album September 13th on Merge Records and check them out on tour this fall! (I think their live show is WAY more dynamic than their recordings...so even if you aren't a fan of the recordings, see them live!) Wild Flag - Romance from [...]

Kick off the week with two highly anticipated new records, now streaming ahead of their respective release dates… Wild Flag — the indie rock supergroup featuring two-thirds of Sleater-Kinney, the Minders' Rebbeca Cole, and ex-Helium leader Mary Timony — have unveiled new material onstage, covered Patti Smith, and shared the opening cut off their debut record, but now their self-titled LP is here in all its raw, live-recorded glory over at NPR . Following the country-bound title track and Grateful Dead-inspired [...]

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 [...]

I was recently asked by Spin Magazine to hang out at Stephen Malkmus' house and talk to him about random objects that were ineteresting or held some sort of significance to him. I closed the e-mail, changed my underwear and schemed how I would call in sick to my day job in two weeks. "There's something going around," I schemed. I rarely get star-struck these days-only Rhett Miller holds that distinction-but that's only because he's so darned good-looking. Malkmus is a pretty handsome fellow, too. And aside from a few more gray hairs, he's hardly [...]

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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic. Download "Senator" (mp3). Stephen Malkmus returns with his fifth post-Pavement album. His adroit songwriting and enigmatic guitar skills are apparent throughout this album. Produced by Beck, the music volleys between the raucous sound Malkmus is more associated with and a few songs that are more mellow. Supported by the Jicks (and this is, sadly, Janet Weiss's last album as part of the band), the songs have a diverse and deft sound. Click here for a list of albums released this week.

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Wild Flag | Photo by Audrey Leon Supergroups like Wild Flag have a lot to prove. The band's pedigree is well-known and much revered (Sleater-Kinney, Helium, The Minders, etc.), which is why fans have no problem flocking to the band despite not having released a full-length record, yet. However, the few offerings that have leaked out to various websites has been exciting and exceptional, and Wild Flag more than proved at Subterranean that it is worth the early hype. When [...]

Tweet Who misses Carrie Brownstein's live wit and dry humor from NPR's All Songs Considered - the constant mocking of producer Robin Hilton and his droopy-poopy (yet still awesome) music picks? It was safe to say that I was a little depressed to find out that Carrie was leaving the show; however, she's since ventured off to new endeavors, introducing Wild Flag. Who best to make music than someone that knows good music - someone that understand the importance of depth and dimensional sounds, [...]

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Wild Flag Share New Single, "Romance" Carrie Brownstein , Janet Weiss, Mary Timony , and Rebecca Cole unleashed our first taste of their forthcoming self-titled debut LP as Wild Flag over the weekend on WFMU , but now we have an official stream of "Romance" — by far the most promising material I've heard from the punk supergroup so far — via their label, Merge Records. Rock out to the Sleater-Kinney-style tune above. Previously: Watch Wild Flag Debut New Songs // Patti Smith Cover

Everyone's favorite teenage dream super-group, Wild Flag, have announced details on their upcoming debut album. The record will be self titled and released by Merge Records on September 13. The band will then embark on a 2 month North American tour. Full disclosure, I don't really like Wild Flag's music that much - however, I saw them at SXSW and their live show was great. BUT - in my old(er) and wiser age, I've learned that my mind can be changed, so maybe the record will surprise me and/or grow on me. Either way, you can bet [...]

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