April 13, 2001
The following is from Kill Rock Stars:
SK show! Sleater-Kinney are playing a show in Seattle on August 4th with Patti Smith, which will probably be their only show of 2001. The show is part of the Summer Nights at the Pier series - for more info and tickets visit http://www.summernights.org
also a quick update from Carrie of Sleater-Kinney:
we have all been busy with various things and haven't had a chance to write
new songs, so we won't be playing anything new at this show. we don't really
want to play until we have new material but we couldn't turn down a chance
to play with patti smith. corin and i will begin working on the record this
fall while janet tours with quasi.
-carrie
April 10, 2001
Sleater-Kinney has just announced a very special show.
They will open for Patti Smith in August at the Summer
Nights at the Pier show in Seattle.
April 1, 2001
Well if you havnt heard yet, Marshall Tucker Bangs was born March 8th CONGRATS to Corin and Lance!!!
Carrie plays guitar on one of the tracks of the Tracy + The Plastics cd (which will be out mid-may on Chainsaw)
January 21, 2001
I got the following information from Rachel B. (raquelita8@yahoo.com)
There's a new book coming out in February or March called We Owe You Nothing - Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews. There's a S-K interview (and photo of Corin) from when AHOTBO was released and also interviews with Kathleen Hanna, Thurston Moore, Jody Bleyle, Ian MacKaye, Ted Leo, Steve Albini, Noam Chomsky, etc. It's published by Akashic, which is run by Johnny Temple of Girls Against Boys. More info at www.akashicbooks.com
January 18, 2001
Sleater-Kinney have been nominated for a GLAAD award. They are up for Outstanding Album. For more info go to the articles section.
December 21, 2000
Janet Weiss will be a guest on the CD "Girls" by the Magic Magicians and will be out on Febuary 20, 2001. Also on the cd will be John from 764-HERO and Joe from Black Heart Procession. It will be put out on Suicide Squeeze.
December 11, 2000
At a past recent Gossip show, Carrie took Nathan's place and played guitar. I dont know too much about it. I believe Nathan was out of town at the time?? If you were at the show or have any more info please email me.
Also you kind find Sleater-Kinney in a few magazine's this month..such as Bust, Alice and a tour diary from Carrie in INDEX magazine.
November 15, 2000
The new Turbo's Tunes 2001 Sampler CD which will be available on January 23 from Kill Rock Stars will feature a track from Sleater-Kinney
Ocotber 20, 2000
From: Carrie
"I am pleased to announce that Sleater-Kinney is taking some time off.
During this break I plan on taking classes in Seattle, writing, reading,
exercising, cooking, and seeing films. Mary and I are (slowly) working on a
full length Spells record but I am mostly interested in non-musical activities
during these coming months. As for S-K, we will slowly begin writing songs but I
don't think we'll have another record out until Fall 2002..........
Sadly, there is no band gossip to report. There has been no mountain
climbing, no karaoke, no little league coaching, and the one person in the band
with the bad habit gave it up for good (bingo can be so addictive). It's true,
we've simply been basking in the light cast by our own moral rectitide.
Remember, "Go monastic, it's fucking fantastic!!! xo Carrie"
Ocotber 16, 2000
The November/December issue of Index magazine will have an s- k european tour diary by Carrie. www.indexmagazine.com
Ocotber 10, 2000
There is a sleater-kinney picture and article in the new rolling stone (w/ jakob dylan on the cover)
September 30, 2000
KRS VIDEO FANZINE #2 now available
Includes videos for Get Up and You're no Rock 'n' Roll Fun
http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS300
The new Go-Betweens (featuring Sleater-Kinney) record is out now.
September 16, 2000
In the new Chickfactor, Carrie interviews Amy Linton of the Aislers Set.
August 21, 2000
The Spells are recording new songs right now with Rachel Carns *the need* on drums.
August 11, 2000
August 7, 2000 issue of TIME has an article in there entitled "Olympia Ladystyle" featuring Sleater-Kinney.
August 9, 2000
You can find an article and pictures of Sleater-Kinney in Raygun magazine - summer 2000
July 24, 2000
The following was emailed to me by Amanda Patten:
ELLIOTT SMITH, members of SLEATER-KINNEY and PAVEMENT's STEVE MALKMUS have all combined on the recording of a new album by Australian veterans THE GO-BETWEENS.
The record, 'The Friends Of Rachel Worth', will be released through Circus on September 11. It is the first from the hugely-influential band since '16 Lovers Lane' in 1988.
Go-Betweens mainstays Robert Forster and Grant McLennan decamped to Portland, Oregon during February to record. Such is the following their new wave pop has amongst the American loaf rock community that Malkmus immediately volunteered his equipment for the studio sessions, and Smith is said to have jumped at the chance to play keyboards.
The rest of the backing band are Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney) on drums, Sam Coombes (Quasi) on piano, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) on guitar and vocals and Adele Pickvance on bass.
In true Go-Betweens economic style, there are only 10 tracks on the record. The tracklisting is as follows:
'Magic In Here', 'Heart And Home', 'Spirit', 'Surfing Magazines', 'The Clock', 'Orpheus Beach', 'German Farmhouse', 'Going Blind', 'He Lives My Life', 'When She Sang About Angels'.
News story sent courtesy of nme.com
July 17, 2000
Sleater-Kinney will be in a segment called "Bad Girls" on The Rock Show on VH1 on July 24.
Look for the new Time magazine which will have an article on Olympia/Ladyfest
The full Bumbershoot lineup is up.
July 13, 2000
Sleater-Kinney are in this months Rockpile magazine.
July 9, 2000
The full Ladyfest schedual is up.
Sleater-Kinney will be playing Ladyfest on August 5th.
July 4, 2000
The 2nd kill rock stars fanzine (which includes Sleater-Kinney and tons of other great bands) will be out in stores on September 11. 2000.
Sleater-Kinney will be going to Europe this week for their European tour and will be coming back at the end of July.
June 29, 2000
The Experience Music Project website has Sleater-Kinney as their "artist of the week".
June 15, 2000
From s-k's manager:
SK will be featured in this Sunday's edition
of the New York Times Arts & Leisure section.
June 18
June 13, 2000
Hear a VERY cool version of i wanna be yr joey ramone on mp3 from bernicle *bernicle@kittymail.com*
May 28, 2000
Sleater-Kinney are featured in this months PULSE
May 27, 2000
You can find a really cool pic and article of Sleater-Kinney in Select
May 26, 2000
The spells plan on doing a second recording
May 23, 2000
Watch Sleater-Kinney from the Chicago show from May 12, 2000 on www.supersphere.com
Tickets for Ladyfest are now on sale at www.ladyfest.org
May 20, 2000
Sleater-Kinney are in this week's issue of the Voice.
May 18, 2000
Another new sleater-kinney show has been announced. I also got this information from the Sleater-Kinney Concert Reviews web site
May 24 @ Maxwell's in Hoboken. This was suppose to be a secret show, but the cat's out of the bag. Tix on sale for this VERY TINY SHOW today at noon EST.
May 17, 2000
There has been a new sleater-kinney show announced. I got the following information from the Sleater-Kinney Concert Reviews web site
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Sleater Kinney
Elfpower
Crooked Fingers
Orenda and Maria (from Little Red Rocket)
The Gossip (from Olympia and Arkansas)
If you need to ask something, try memorialshow@hotmail.com
Please don't bring any idiots or do anything obnoxious, as we are hoping to put this on as a fun/safe/free event without getting swarmed by cops.
If it rains or we get shut down we will announce the backup location and scatter. >>
May 11, 2000
Sleater-Kinney's video is going to be on 120 minutes on mtv this
sunday, may 14th
Also, i will be at the chicago and detroit shows, look for a blond grrl about 5'3 wearing blue and white nike's or docs and say "hi"
May 4, 2000
FROM KRS:
"You're No Rock N' Roll Fun" was directed by a woman named Brett Vapnek in
New York City. We asked her to work with us after seeing her videos for
Catpower and Mary Timony, which we all really liked. We shot the video in
one (very long) day in late February of this year. The hardest part of the
video was lip syncing (along with listening to the song over 100 times).
What I like most about the video is that it captures the absurdity of video
making. It is hard to take yourself seriously when you're singing into a
camera; it is very removed from the actual process of songwriting or live
performance. I would rather acknowledge this difference than pretend that it
doesn't exist. I think the video also illustrates the fun that the three of
us have in this band. If you look closely, you can see Neve Campbell in the
background of one of the shots.
-Carrie
there are two streaming options, both in RealVideo 5.0 format
for 56k modem users
for broadband users (ISDN, DSL, cable modem)
For those who want the best quality video and audio, there is a
QuickTime 4 version which is downloadable but cannot be streamed.
Beware, this file is 24 megabytes!
Also, you can find Sleater-Kinney on Seattle Weekly *page 69*
May 2, 2000
ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE is out NOW!
Join Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss for a washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion on Tuesday, May 2, at 2 p.m. EDT. Tucker and Weiss will answer your questions about the band's upcoming tour and its brand new CD, "All Hands on the Bad One." washingtonpost.com
April 29, 2000
Check out the new video at launch.com or at KRS (not for sensitive computers)
April 27, 2000
From KRS News
Sleater-Kinney is touring in May and June with the Gossip (who just recorded
their album for KRS this past weekend). You can also hear them online! An
interview with the band will run on KUOW 94.9 FM in Seattle May 4 at 10:30 a.m.
(pacific time) The program is called "Weekday". KUOW is the local affiliate
for NPR.
listen online! http://www.kuow.washington.edu/
The band will do an interview on KCMU 90.3 FM in Seattle on May 5 at noon.
(pacific time)
listen online! http://www.kcmu.org/
Sleater-Kinney is also doing an online chat for the Washington Post on May 2 at
11 a.m. (pacific time)
http://www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2000
Gigmania.com and the Echo Lounge (Atlanta, GA) have partenered up to give away tickets to the Sleater-Kinney/The Gossip/Sarah Dougher show on May 27th. A pair of tickets is being given away to a random entry Here April 17, 2000
You can hear samples from "All Hands On The Bad One" at cdnow.com
April 10, 2000
Get the mp3 for "All Hands on the Bad One"
here
FROM KRS April 7, 2000
There is a short interview, including a picture of the band in the new issue of CMJ.
April 6, 2000
Addicted to Noise will have an interview with Sleater-Kinney, Patti Smith, Cat Power and more! on May 1st!
April 2, 2000
FROM Julie *s-k's manager*: April 1, 2000
FROM KRS NEWS:
One thing that constantly plagues Olympians is the fact that we have very little in the way of an exciting past. In order to compensate for our bland history, we have a day called "What if it Had Happened Here?". This day allows people to imagine what it would have been like if real historical events had actually taken place in our very own back yard. Past "What ifıs" have included: "What if the Civil War had happened here?", "What if Waco had happened here" and "What if the 'Bridges of Madison County' had been filmed here?" (a slight variation, I know). This year the theme was "What if Moses Had Parted the Red Sea Here in Olympia?" In order to reenact this event, organizers dumped 500 gallons of red food coloring into Capitol Lake. Since it is a man made lake and capable of drainage, they were able to utilize the already existing hydraulic system to create a rift in the lakeıs center, thus creating the illusion of the red sea parting. Many people tried out for the part of Moses, including K records' own Calvin Johnson, but in the end it went to Joe Preston because he already has a beard.
There is very little S-K news to report. We have all been taking a break before all of the touring begins. After I posted that Janet went to karaoke with The Go-Betweens, wherever she went she was bombarded with offers from fans wishing to take her to their favorite karaoke joint. She was even offered a sponsorship from one company that builds portable machines that people rent for parties. (She turned this down). She grew so weary of the karaoke questions that sheıs turned in her mike and has called it quits. People, this is the equivalent of Jordan retiring from basketball. The quality of this great American past time is sure to decrease now that one of its innovators is gone. As for Corin, she used this month off as an opportunity to accomplish one of her life long dreams, scaling the summit of Mt. Ranier. She and a team of ten climbers embarked on a week long trek up the 14,410 foot summit. She describes the experience as "life-changing", so I donıt really know what to expect, but I imagine her calves look great. (Luckily the album title "Mountains" is already taken, thanks to Mary Timony). As for myself, I used this month to complete the rest of the training hours I needed to become a volunteer fire fighter. Once we return from tour in June, Iıll be able to join my brave comrades in fighting forest fires. The training was so rigorous and intense that I find myself hyper aware of potential fire hazards. After hearing that some of the clubs weıre playing may not be up to fire code, we are now insisting that there is an aisle, three feet in width that divides the center of the floor, that can be used as a pathway in the event of the emergency. They will use a barrier to create this path but Iım told it wonıt be distracting.
March 28, 2000
From KRS news: March 11, 2000
Sleater-Kinney are on the cover of
DIW magazine. Check the concert reviews section and the pictures section for more about that house party s-k played at.
March 7, 2000
Sleater-Kinney played a house party on Saturday. Thats all the info i got for now, i'll post more about when i find out more info.
March 2, 2000
SLEATER-KINNEY NEWS
It seems we are once again quite busy with music. However, in our spare time
we have recently partaken in the following activities (not together, of
course): Read "Confederates in the Attic", "The Brothers Karamazov", and a
midievil murder mystery. Seen the movies "Boys Don't Cry", "Boiler Room",
and "Nashville". Listened to the new records by Yo La Tengo, The Need, and
Mary Timony. Two of us received nice haircuts by professionals while the
other continually tries to cut her own hair, resulting in a pseudo-mullet
due to the lack of mirrors, lighting, and general skill.
Things I missed out on while I was away: The premier of the Oly band
Frenchie and the German Girls, The Need record release show, 'Princess
Mononoke' at the Capitol Theater, and the KRS showcase in Seattle.
That is all for now. xo Carrie
February 23, 2000
So far the the tickets for these shows are on sale NOW!
Also if you don't get the Oxygen channel, you can still see s-k on Trackers on the Trackers web site on Thursday February 24 at 4-6 pm ET
February 19, 2000
From s-k's manager: February 18, 2000
April 18th, 2000 (Expected Release Date): February 17, 2000
From Jimmy
"All Hands on the Bad One" video February 14, 2000
From KRS news:
February 10, 2000
Sleater-kinney will be in the KRS Video Fanzine #2 which will be released in September 2000, TENTATIVELY featuring: Julie Ruin, Deerhoof, Men's
Recovery Project, Sue Fox, Witchypoo, The Lies, Sharon
Cheslow, Slim Moon, Bonfire Madigan, Penny Arcade, Mocket, with short films
by Matt Steinke, Gary Fembot, and Tiny Laundry
insound.com are having a Valentine's Day poll about which
NXNW band you love most. Sleater-Kinney are in 3rd place. If you would like to see them at #1 vote for them here Here!
Sleater-Kinney KRS news from Carrie:
As you may have seen on other sections of the KRS site, our tour is being
firmed up though some of the venues are still TBA. We'll post the venues
once everything is confirmed. Those who are worried that we'll never make it
to the lone star state can be rest assured that we'll pull through there by
the end of this year. We wanted to try a different route than the one we
took last time we traversed the lower forty eight. We are excited to be
bringing a band called The Gossip along with us on the entire tour. Aside
from them, we'll be joined by The Bangs, The Butchies, Sarah Dougher, Holly
Golightly, Gene Defcon, Aisler's Set, and Bratmobile in the various regions.
Here in Olympia the new craze is committees! Committees have replaced
parties as our favorite past time. Soon bands won't be bands, they'll be
committees. What started this trend? Why Ladyfest, of course. If you're
reading this than you're probably Internet savvy and have seen the Ladyfest
web page. (http://www.ladyfest.org) It is shaping up to be a great event.
Non S-K activities for the three of us in the past few weeks (that we're
willing to share with all of you): Reading "Angle of Repose" and "The Sound
and the Fury", renting the movie "Nashville", trading in an old car for an
even older one, seeing a Jem Cohen movie called "Smoke", hearing the
magnificent new Lois Maffeo/Brendan Canty CD "The Union Themes", finally
meeting Sasa-the KRS web master-who is great, jogging, and last but not
least, one of us bought fake leather pants but you'll have to wait for tour
to see which one.
I have also been warned by my more Internet loving friends that people have
been posting as members of S-K on some of the message boards, and I just
want to say that if you didn't read it here, it's probably not from us.
Until next time.....
February 1, 2000
The KRS sampler "Jackson's Jukebox" is out today and has an unreleased track from Sleater-Kinney
January 22, 2000
Sleater-Kinney are in ROCKGrRL's 50 greatest women of all time. S-K are #21 with madonna at #1
I have to correct myself on Cadallaca's "Out West". It is not a new album, it is going to be a 4 song CD-EP.
January 20, 2000
Here is the info on the new record!
Sleater-Kinney's new album will be called: All Hands on the Bad One
Realese date:May 2, 2000 Produced by John Goodmanson
Here are the songs on the new album:
The Ballad of a Ladyman
From KRS news: Back to music news: We have a song on Jackson's Jukebox, the KRS sampler, it is an out take from 'The Hot Rock' sessions. As for the future, we will post record release shows and tour dates as soon as they are available. I do know that the tour starts in early May and that we head across the top of the US first."
~Carrie
January 9, 2000
from Kevin:
There will be dancing afterwards in the Quality Building next door, dj action provided by Krush Girls.
We expect set times to be roughly as follows
9:30 to 11:00
8:00 to 9:15
7:00 to 7:50
6:30 to 7:00
6:00 to 6:30
+++ Sleater-Kinney's "You're No Rock n' Roll Fun" video is up +++
(ps: please send me any reviews and/or pics of this up coming tour)
+++ SLEATER KINNEY CD OUT +++
Sleater-Kinney's All Hands on the Bad One CD (KRS 360 - $10) is now available
through mailorder, as is the "You're No Rock n' Roll Fun" / "Maraca" 7" (KRS
364 - $3.50). The LP will be in on Friday, and it comes with a big free poster
(through mailorder only). All Hands on the Bad One CD/LP and the 7" will be in
stores on Tuesday, 5/2. New t-shirt designs are coming soon. The current
shirt styles are going out of print and will not be remade when we run out of
stock.
a note on ebay:
We've been noticing promo copies of "all hands on the bad one" CD, as well as
the new posters, for almost $50 (each!). We understand people are really
excited to hear the new album, but it's totally lame for the sellers to be
making all this money off the CD and ripping people (and the band) off. So
we're cancelling any of these auctions that come to our attention. There are a
couple of other bands who have requested that we remove bootleg and unlicensed
merchandise, and we'll be doing that too. We don't care if you tape shows and
give it to your friends or trade them or whatever, but selling them isn't
cool. However, we'll only remove bootlegs when bands ask us to. By the way,
most of the KRS stuff on ebay listed as "rare" or out of print is NOT. The
only stuf that fits that description is the Karp 7" (which is still in print on
PNMV) and the mailorder freaks singles, which are limited, but most are still
available from us. For a full discography and accurate information on each
release, refer to the discography here:
http://killrockstars.com/basement/discography.html
ok, that's enough about that.
There will be badges (you know, pins) for All Hands.
There is one of each band member and one that says
Sleater-Kinney. I think they will be sold as a bunch at
the shows. Plus stickers too. And the usual tee shirt
extravaganza.
I want to write this update before the band leaves for England. No, we arenıt touring there (not until July), in case you were wondering........Spring has arrived and with it a rare compliance by the sun to show its face in a timely manner. Olympia comes alive in the Spring with annual events that bring this small community together. Kite flying is really popular here this time of year. The second week in March marked the 3rd annual kite flying contest, "I'm Not High But My Kite Is" which aims to encourage both craftsmanship and a healthy lifestyle. The staff at Killrockstars entered the contest for the second year in a row, this year asking papercut artist Nikki McClure to make a life size kite of company mascot Jackson the dog. "Jackie Paper" as we called him, taken from the "Puff the Magic Dragon Song", came in second place this year!! We were beat out by two Evergreen Students who, from what I gather, got stoned and did an interpretive dance of a kite.
Well that is all for now. Take care. xoCarrie
+++Sleater-Kinney/Holly Golightly news:
Unfortunately, Holly Golightly will not be able to play the opening shows of
Sleater-Kinney's spring tour. We're all sad because we were really excited
about seeing her play in Olympia! We'll let you know as soon as we hear of a
replacement! Also in Sleater-Kinney news: the You're No Rock n' Roll Fun 7" has
been delayed and will now be released the same day as the album. You'll still
get an early taste though - I promise to put an mp3 up in mid-April.
Sleater-Kinney just returned from a trip to not-so-sunny Los Angeles and to
a strangely warm New York City. The purpose of our travels was to do some
promo for the upcoming record. It was difficult to be talking about our art
yet not be able to actually create it. It made all of us look forward to May
when our travels will carry with them a more concrete and inspiring purpose
(ie. tour). We did have some fun adventures amidst the frivolity.
Highlights? Being photographed with baby goats and Janet's dalmatian.
Naturally, after picking out one of my favorite shirts to wear, the goat
poops when it is placed on my lap. Very glamorous indeed! We also filmed a
video for 'You're No Rock N' Roll Fun' with a woman named Brett Vapnek who
has made videos for Helium and Catpower. This turned out to be both an
exhausting but very fun venture. (We filmed 'Get Up' in a frozen field in 20
degree weather so it was a nice change to be indoors.) The concept is very
performance oriented with some cheesiness thrown in for good measure. Maybe
you will see this video someday, somewhere.
On my last day in NYC, a friend treated me to the Emerson String Quartet
performing Shostokovitch quartets No. 13, 14, and 15. Shostokovitch is my
favorite 20th Century composer so this was the best part of the trip for me.
May 4 - Showbox/Seattle
May 5 - Seattle
May 12 - Metro/Chicago
May 13 - Majestic/Detroit
May 14 - Grog Shop/Cleveland
May 17 - Middle East - Cambridge
May 18 - Middle East
Hey everyone
looks like Sleater-Kinney is going to be
on TRACKERS on the Oxygen Network
next Thursday Feb 24 from 4-6 p.m. !!
They are going to play a couple of songs...
KRS 364 Sleater Kinney You're No Rock n' Roll Fun b/w Maraca 7"
soon to be filmed in NYC by Brett Vapnek
SLEATER-KINNEY plans to tour parts of Canada and go across the southern most part of the US. They can't possibly go everywhere, so please resist the urge to email me to convince me why they should go to your town.
THIS TOUR IS NOT SCHEDULED YET!!
If you write & ask where they're going, I'll answer that I don't know. The most up to date news anywhere will be posted on the SK page
It is a sunny afternoon here in Olympia. Corin is in Georgia and Janet is in
Portland starting her first day of recording with The Go-Betweens. I heard
that she has already taken them to her favorite karaoke spot. Weird!
xoCarrie
Kill Rock Stars USA
Matador UK Europe
Engineered by Larry Crane
Ironclad
All Hands on the Bad One
Youth Decay
You're No Rock n' Roll Fun
#1 Must Have
The Professional
Was It A Lie?
Male Model
Leave You Behind
Milkshake n' Honey
Pompeii
The Swimmer
"Sleater-Kinney can hardly wait to get out of town. Now that we have recorded our record, entitled 'All Hands on the Bad One', we are eager to play shows and travel to various parts of the world (US, Europe/UK, Japan, Australia). What shall we do to keep ourselves occupied? Corin is up for some home improvement. She has picked 'honey dew' as the color to grace her bathroom walls and I hear that she has purchased a sewing machine as well. Keep your eye out for some original, home made fashions. Janet has been asked to play drums on the next Go-Betweens record, a true honor. She will record with them in February. Even before that, she will lay down drums on the next Sarah Dougher record, coming out on Mr. Lady in May. [If you want Janet to play drums on your record call 1.800.GOJANET.] And when Janet isn't playing drums? Well, I believe she is setting up a recording studio and recording her friends in Portland. As for me, I have recently inherited a new cat named Lucy, she is 12. Aside from acclimating her to the house and to my other cat, I will be vigorously reading, joining a writer's group, and going to Tumwater Valley, my new favorite hot spot.
Carrie Brownstein & Mary Timony are in a tv commercial for Priceline.com. I havnt seen it yet but im told it runs during the VH1 "Storytellers" series. Try to find Carrie and Mary in the background.
songs for cassavetes, the movie directed by justin mitchell that features
s-k, the make up, unwound, the peechees etc. will be showing in Portland, OR on January
14th at the northwest film centre as part of some music movie
festival they're having.
details on songs for cassavetes & other movies (such as radiohead's 'meeting
people is easy') are available at www.nwfilm.org
