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August 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won’t Hold

Sleater-Kinney  The Center Won’t Hold  Mom & Pop Music  Do you remember that movie Boxing Helena? I kept thinking about that trashy 90s movie when I listened to this, either the brand new Sleater-Kinney album or, more likely, a St. Vincent record that has been Trojan Horsed into the world via what used to be one of the greatest indie-rock bands; two-thirds of […]
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January 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris

Sleater-Kinney Live In Paris Sub Pop Records Here is the official live document of the Sleater-Kinney reunion shows. If No Cities To Love was the hint that the band had something new to say then the shows in support proved they could effortlessly integrate the new material with the old, putting on a party for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, France, Janet Weiss, Live, Live Album, Live Gig, Live in Paris, Live Review, Paris, Sleater-Kinney ·

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December 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

To See The Really Great Gigs You Must Travel: Overseas Highlights

Earlier this year I missed seeing The Cure, I missed a band I always wanted to see. But there’ll always be a few you don’t get to. I’ve seen more than most. Also, I was on holiday in America. So I couldn’t really complain – and didn’t. Also that same night I scored one of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged America, Live Gigs, Live Music, Paul Williams, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Robby Krieger, Sleater-Kinney, Sting, The Cure, The Doors, To See The Really Great Gigs You Must Travel: Overseas Highlights, Travel ·

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October 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering The Go-Betweens: Such A Band

I always say that the very best thing about reviewing music is the discovery – the joy in that discovery; it’s wonderful to get to share that too. You kiss a lot of frogs though. So it’s always special when something really sticks. When something arrives to you – it really does feel like a […]
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March 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 741

Sleater-Kinney, The Woods (2005) I always liked Sleater-Kinney right from when I first heard them/first read about them even…but I think I liked the idea of them as much as the music. Right up until I heard this. This – their final album in their original run – is the masterpiece. I’m sure of that. So […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2005, Auckland, Entertain, Gig Review, LP, No Cities To Love, One Beat, Record, Sleater-Kinney, The Vinyl Countdown # 741, The Woods, Vinyl ·

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March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Sleater-Kinney (February 29, Akld)

Sleater-Kinney The Powerstation, Auckland Monday, February 29 There was a feeling, definitely, that it was just good to be there – to see them. Whatever happened it was going to be okay…this was palpable right from the energised, well-meaning and ultimately very good opening set from Wellington’s Mermaidens. When Sleater-Kinney took to the stage (“jetlagged […]
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February 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Carrie Brownstein: Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl

Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl: A Memoir Carrie Brownstein Riverhead Books This feels like the perfect music-memoir, or musician’s memoir – since you get the emotional baggage around the band, the development of the artist, the aims and ambitions, from naivety through to the second-wind of a reunion run. But we’re not bogged down […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Autobiography, Book, Book Review, Carrie Brownstein, Corrin Tucker, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl: A Memoir, Janet Weiss, Memoir, Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney ·

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January 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 769

Sleater-Kinney, No Cities To Love – Deluxe (2015) It was the first great record of last year – even if it took me a wee while to get some thoughts down about it. I had the album, the review-link, late in 2014 and I thrashed those songs across the summer break this time last year. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2015, Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, Deluxe Edition, Etched 12", Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, Janet Weiss, LP, No Cities To Love, Record, Sleater-Kinney, The Fog and Filthy Air, The Vinyl Countdown # 769, Vinyl, White Vinyl ·

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June 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Sleater-Kinney: No Cities To Love

Sleater-Kinney No Cities To Love Sub Pop Records There’s a certain type of ‘reunion/comeback’ record that sounds so much the same as the artist’s old/earlier work that there’s really no point in hearing it – it’s usually a case of the times moving on, leaving that particular sound in the dust. A current example is […]
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December 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 972

Sleater-Kinney, One Beat (2002) What a great group. Love Sleater-Kinney. Couldn’t afford/justify springing for the full box-set of all the records – but was enjoying the sampler-CD far too much to just have that. Decided I had to take the plunge – get one. That’s the way it always starts. There’ll be more to follow. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2002, LP, Oh, One Beat, Oscar, Sleater-Kinney, Vinyl ·

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September 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney – Start Together

Next month Sleater-Kinney will be discovered/rediscovered by many. Sub-pop is re-releasing the band’s seven-album catalogue in a Ltd Ed (3000 copies) box-set. Coloured vinyl, a 44-page hardcover book and a limited edition print. You’ll also be able to get the albums as standalones on black vinyl and/or CD. I’ve been listening to a sampler CD […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Preview, box-set, CDs, LP, Ltd Ed, Oscar, Reissue, Sleater-Kinney, Start Together, Sub Pop, The Friends Of Rachel Worth, The Go-Betweens, Vinyl ·

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October 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Portlandia: Series Two

Portlandia Series Two Umbrella Fred Armisen (SNL) and Carrie Brownstein (the great band Sleater-Kinney) hit on something kind of wonderful with Portlandia; a laidback-but-sharp spin on sketch comedy that pokes fun at contemporary hipster culture, that all but lines up the topics discussed in/on Stuff White People Like and shoehorns them into sketches and borderline non-sketches […]
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