Sleater-Kinney

Five Best Guitar Moments at Coachella

See also*The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs*Coachella: Five Signs You're An Aging Hipster*Radiohead at Coachella: No Alarms and No SurprisesThis year's Coachella lineup mostly favored artists not necessarily known for guitar prowess, but let it be ... More >>

[UPDATED With a Comment From the Real Echo Echo] Echo Echo May Have Some Competition From James Mercer's Fictional Band

Portlandia/IFC​Steve Carson, Echo Echo's frontman, said the band was well aware of the show using their  name. In a phone interview he said, "The producers of the show contacted us to asked permission to use our band name last year and permission was granted.  I'm not sure if they are ... More >>

[VIDEO] 'Portlandia': See What's Coming in January

​ Yay! Our favorite metafictive show, Portlandia, is back in January. And because we've already shown you a list of the five best cameos in the comedy series created by and starring Fred Armisen (SNL) and Carrie Brownstein (vocalist/guitarist, WILD FLAG, Sleater-Kinney), we'll just go ahead and sh ... More >>

The Go Go's at the Greek Theater Last Night

Falling James/LA WeeklyBelinda Carlisle!​The Go-Go'sAug. 17, 2011Greek TheatreThe Go-Go's are having their second coming. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark debut album, Beauty and the Beat, as well as getting their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the band traipsed onstage ... More >>

Big In Japan Feat. Cibo Matto, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Yoko Ono Last Night

​Big In Japan Featuring Cibo Matto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Buffalo Daughter June 26, 2011The Hollywood Bowl Despite the huge, sophisticated venue, Big In Japan had all the trappings of a cheesy cultural show at Little Tokyo: paper lanterns lined the walkways; cherry blossoms were project ... More >>

Corin Tucker Band

The Glass House

The Corin Tucker Band Play Mom Rock!

The ex-Sleater-Kinney member has the pulse of post-consumer-culture America

Listening To Music All Day Linked To Depression: Here's Five Songs to Get Your Mope On

Jezebel yesterday published a story saying kids who listen to music are most likely to be depressed, while kids who read books were least likely. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine studied 106 teens, 46 of whom were clinically depressed, over five weekends, and surveyed ... More >>

Wild Flag, Wu-Tang, Erykah Badu and Yelawolf: What Went Down at the Village Voice/Frank 151 SXSW Party

Shannon Cottrell/Houston PressWu-Tang Clan​Village Voice/Frank 151 SXSW PartyMarch17, 2011Austin Music Hall Of course you wish you were there. According to Houston Press, the all-night line-up for the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 Showdown at SXSW  was one of the festival's most anticipate ... More >>

Announcing: the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 SXSW Party, With the Wu-Tang Clan, Yelawolf, Wild Flag, Fishbone, and More

Ian S. Port/SF WeeklyWild Flag in San Francisco last November​If you're one of the lucky few heading over to Austin in three weeks, it would behoove you to make an appearance at the 2011 Village Voice SXSW party, presented in concert with Frank 151. Who's going to be there? The Wu-Tang Clan, Fi ... More >>

TGIF: Wild Flag is Coming to Pomona on Sunday! (Expect a Rolling Stone Cover or Two)

​In this week's print feature by Billy Gil, Wild Flag's Carrie Brownstein talked about the aftermath of her previous band's breakup.Most of the buzz about Wild Flag has to do with the fact that both Janet Weiss and Brownstein used to be in veteran riot grrl band Sleater-Kinney; Mary Timony (of Hel ... More >>

Wild Flag's Ceremony

Two ex-members of Sleater-Kinney start a new band, no one knows if they're any good

Bellhaunts' Cutting Edge

[Locals Only] The Santa Ana garage/post-punk quartet keeps it real and sometimes real graphic

Carrie Brownstein Calls Weezer the 'Ultimate Novelty Band'

Former Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein has a blog on NPR called Monitor Mix (stick with me), and yesterday she called out Weezer for being "the ultimate novelty band." Specifically, she targeted two of their new songs, "I'm Your Daddy" and "The Girl Got Hot," which the band debuted ... More >>

Records for Sale

I'm way behind the times when it comes to technology. Hell, I just got a cell phone six months ago and that was because my dad -- who works for a company that will not be named -- gave me one. But it's 2009 and I gotta get up to date on what the kids are doing. Hence, I got an external hard drive to ... More >>

Caws for Celebration: Nada Surf Are Better Than Ever

Sprawl of Sound

Love Goes On—and So Do the Beats: A Sonic Memorial to a Go-Between, Dee Jay Cocoe’s New EP

The Feminine Mystique

How Mika Miko carve out their pony thrash

The Yul Brynner Fan Club

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

This Is the Voice

The Gossip could follow a botched cockfight

Pleasing Everyone

Saxon Shore

Mediocre? You Can't Be Serious

In defense of Coachella

Get Out!

April 27 - May 4: the Slaughtahouse

Two Days in the Valley

Coachellas always gritty and stinky and yet were still going. Again

Death Before Dishonor

Quasi is good/Heavy is good

Scourging: the Only Word

The week in nightlife and more: Sept. 1 - Sept. 8

Oh, Dread

Nightlife and more: June 30-July 7

Fingerprints

Oh Little Light

Sleater-Kinney: How do you do it?

Smushed!

Awe Yeah!

Homework before rock with Smoosh

The Ghost of Jello

The Dead Kennedys come alive

Joyful Noise

Tons of tunes for your holiday mixtape

Bad Meetings With Great People

Are We Keeping You Awake?

Artists like Sleater-Kinney rock, fans zone, Jesus weeps

Last Week, the DJ Saved My Life

Kitsch Bars John and Avalons Garron drive me crazy in a good way

Remembering a Fallen Friend With an Angels Voice

Stereolab vocalist/guitarist Mary Hansen, 1966-2002

It Was Dark, and We Were Laughing

Position Wanted

I want to play in the Briefs

I'm Not Dead Yet

Punk lives in Songs for Cassavetes

Earsand Assesare Ready

C.O.C.O. reanimate corpses, teach dance and party

Fest-O-Mania Wrap-Up

More Power Pop than You!

Defining the Bangs

Be Kind, Rewind

The great gigs of 99

Whats the Answer

Void/Telecast/Velcro
Chain Reaction
Saturday, Nov. 27

High Ahhht

New Adventures in Lo-Fi

Guided By Voices takes the alterna-rock world by surprise