Video: Sleater-Kinney Modern Girl

Since my favorite member of my favorite band just released a not-Sleater-Kinney-good-but-st ill-good solo album, now seems like a good time for a brief dip into obsessive fandom, yes? In a nostalgia-bolstering coincidence, I just finished reading Sara Marcus' Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution . It's a good, comprehensive read, and Corin Tucker plays a prominent role, at least in the chapters documenting the early days of the moment. One of the three bands Marcus identifies as riot grrrl's most influential (along with Bratmobile and Bikini Kill) was Tucker's Heavens [...]

MP3: Sleater-Kinney - Entertain #11 - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods Sub Pop Records 2005 Joey On Album: This album still rocks harder than anything in the past couple of decades. Sleater-Kinney went out beyond on top, closing the curtain on the best album they ever made and maybe that Sub Pop could ever put out since. "Entertain" is the ultimate fuck off song to the music industry at the time and, what a surprise, it still applies today. Download this album. [...]

• Sleater-Kinney - Entertain

As you all relax poolside, drinking beer and eating jello, remember there's nothing more American than the All American Girl. Maybe my example won't be the top choice to grace the pages of Maxim or FHM, but hey, butternuts. Sleater-Kinney: Modern Girl (Buy The Woods ) They write some of the most compelling lyrics. One of my biggest regrets is [...]

• Modern Girl » sleaterkinney_moderngirl.mp3

I didn't mean to get your hopes up by indicating there was some sort of news pertaining to Sleater-Kinney. I just came across this video today and I wanted to say, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BREAK UP SLEATER-KINNEY I LOVE YOU. That's it.