Little RopeAlbum by Sleater-KinneyReleased 19 January 2024Indie RockProduced by John CongletonRating – 7/10 Inspiration in the face of grief. – In a world of victory laps and coasting, Sleater-Kinney would rather find new ways of adapting grief to an already-ideational discography than sit back and polish their medals. The planning of eleventh album Little Rope […]
Dig Me OutAlbum by Sleater-KinneyReleased 8 April 1997Punk RockProduced by John GoodmansonRating – 9/10 Breaking new ground, paving new ways. – Dig Me Out is the most important Sleater-Kinney album. The band’s individualistic sound, and role in indie rock, is confirmed by album number three, alongside its influence on contemporary and subsequent artists, so much […]
Call the DoctorAlbum by Sleater-KinneyReleased 25 March 1996Riot Grrrl / Punk RockProduced by John Goodmanson / SKRating – 9/10 The true arrival of Sleater-Kinney; there’s blood and guts everywhere, better call the doctor. – Figuring things out never sounded so succinct. Whilst unmeasured, Sleater-Kinney’s dynamic second album departs from the surreally unmeasured setup of the […]
Sleater-KinneyAlbum by Sleater-KinneyReleased 25 June 1995Riot GrrrlProduced by Tim Green & Sleater-KinneyRating – 9.5/10 It’s Sleater-Kinney; even an atavistic debut album is still beautiful. – As I return to writing, I’d like to start a new series on one of my all-time favourite rock bands. Back in 2021, I published a Sleater-Kinney ‘Worst to Best’ […]
BabyAlbum by Petrol GirlsReleased 24 June 2022Punk Rock / Post-HardcoreLabel – HassleRating – 8/10 Channelling DIY punk, and the uncooked Londoner yowls of Poly Styrene, Petrol Girls become the necessary punk voice of 2022 with Baby. – The most noteworthy occurrence on June 24th of this year was the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Rode […]
I recently uploaded worst-to-best reviews for Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Death Cab for Cutie. I decided to use fairly illustrative exposition for both, well, mainly the former, and you can decide for yourselves just how illustrative it was. For Sleater-Kinney, which is this article’s subject, all I need to tell you is that today, […]
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