~Sleater-Kinney~

VEDHEAD27

El Riot Actor wrote:

Sleater kinney are featured in the music section of this weeks TIME magazine and they are praised as the best band of the last decade, well congratulations!!!

Nice! RIGHT ON GIRLS!!!

Thanks for the heads up El Riot Actor.

jammergurl

I am new to Sleater Kinney, what can I expect? Do they sound like any other bands? I am going to the show on 10/3 in Philly. (Wachovia Arena)

PissBottleMan

Very different sound. Some Pearl Jam folks have a hard time getting used to Corin's voice.

I like what I hear though.

PBM

MeddleDeal

viggs20 wrote:

Its a compilation called "Moving into the VilliVallakula" or something like that. There is an awesome cover of More than a feeling also.

I was just listening to that...very awesome cover!! Didn't sound like the original one at all...go Janet on drums!!

PJ_GA

jammergurl wrote:

I am new to Sleater Kinney, what can I expect? Do they sound like any other bands? I am going to the show on 10/3 in Philly. (Wachovia Arena)

they blow ass...heh...

indiffgrl

They are great!! Some people wouldn't know good music if it hit them in their fat heads!! You should give them a try and listen to some of their stuff. You either love them or hate them!!

MeddleDeal

indiffgrl wrote:

They are great!! Some people wouldn't know good music if it hit them in their fat heads!! You should give them a try and listen to some of their stuff. You either love them or hate them!!

I totally agree w/you!!

Everyone basis it on Corin's voice, either take it or leave it! I could understand why some people don't like them, but come on, give respect for these women who can write an awesome song!! Have you read their lyrics people?

~JUMPERS~
I spend the afternoon in cars
I sit in traffic jams for hours
Don't push me
I am not OK

The sky is blue most every day
The lemons grow like tumors they
Are tiny suns infused with sour

Lonely as a cloud
In the Golden State
"The coldest winter that I ever saw
Was the summer that I spent..."

The only substance is the fog
And it hides all that has gone wrong
Can't see a thing
Inside the maze

There is a bridge adored and famed
The Golden spine of engineering
Who's back is heavy
With my weight

Be still this old heart
Be still this old skin
Drink your last drink
Sin your last sin
Sing your last song
About the beginning
Sing your song loud
So the people can hear
Let's Go
Be still this sad day
Be still this sad year
Hope your last hope
Fear you last fear
Your not the only one
Let's Go

My falling shape will draw a line
Between the blue of sea and sky
I'm not a bird
I'm not a plane

I took the taxi to the gate
I will not go to school again
Four seconds was
The longest wait

intodeep

MeddleDeal wrote:

I totally agree w/you!!

Everyone basis it on Corin's voice, either take it or leave it! I could understand why some people don't like them, but come on, give respect for these women who can write an awesome song!! Have you read their lyrics people?

~JUMPERS~
I spend the afternoon in cars
I sit in traffic jams for hours
Don't push me
I am not OK

The sky is blue most every day
The lemons grow like tumors they
Are tiny suns infused with sour

Lonely as a cloud
In the Golden State
"The coldest winter that I ever saw
Was the summer that I spent..."

The only substance is the fog
And it hides all that has gone wrong
Can't see a thing
Inside the maze

There is a bridge adored and famed
The Golden spine of engineering
Who's back is heavy
With my weight

Be still this old heart
Be still this old skin
Drink your last drink
Sin your last sin
Sing your last song
About the beginning
Sing your song loud
So the people can hear
Let's Go
Be still this sad day
Be still this sad year
Hope your last hope
Fear you last fear
Your not the only one
Let's Go

My falling shape will draw a line
Between the blue of sea and sky
I'm not a bird
I'm not a plane

I took the taxi to the gate
I will not go to school again
Four seconds was
The longest wait

I love jumpers. It is possibly my favorite song to come out in 2005 so far. It infects me. Sitting in atlanta traffic sometimes makes you want to find a bridge that might be why (just kidding obviously it's not that bad)

I put the woods in on my way to work and jumpers finishes right as i arrive to work without fail.

tekno_junkie

indiffgrl wrote:

They are great!! Some people wouldn't know good music if it hit them in their fat heads!! You should give them a try and listen to some of their stuff. You either love them or hate them!!

I have never heard of them before so I downloaded some of their songs... I can't get into it... I just don't like them... sorry...

PissBottleMan

tekno_junkie wrote:

I have never heard of them before so I downloaded some of their songs... I can't get into it... I just don't like them... sorry...

It took me a few listens to get into them too. I started with I wanna be your Joey Ramone. Good fun song to start with.

PBM

tekno_junkie

PissBottleMan wrote:

It took me a few listens to get into them too. I started with I wanna be your Joey Ramone. Good fun song to start with.

PBM

yeah thats one of the ones I downloaded... I dunno I think I just have a hate on for chick bands... I know alot of people like them here so I will not say they suck and they don't... they are just mediocre...

tybird

MeddleDeal wrote:

i got mine through soulseek

How about telling the un-informed a little about soulseek. Is it a good deal? What's available there? Compatiable w/ipods?

colorsblend

RAT! wrote:

seen sleater kinney a couple months ago at the moore in

seattle they were fuckin great played almost all of the woods

along with a few oldies and covered danzigs mother

When I saw them in nyc in june they covered mother. Such a great take on it.

PissBottleMan

colorsblend wrote:

When I saw them in nyc in june they covered mother. Such a great take on it.

From what I gather in this thread, they are playing that one a lot these days. I look forward to hearing it.

PBM

MeddleDeal

tybird wrote:

How about telling the un-informed a little about soulseek. Is it a good deal? What's available there? Compatiable w/ipods?

http://www.free-soulseek.com/

it is kind of like napster and limewire. I got mine for free though, I don't know how it is now. There is a good search engine you can use, if you can't find it when you search, you can always put them on your wishlist, so whenever the name comes up, you will get a list of the songs that are available for download.

I would have NO idea if it is compatiable w/ipods, since i don't have an ipod player.

MeddleDeal

BUMP for these girls in rock that aren't afraid to take any chances when it comes to their music!!

They are on the front cover of DIW (Devil In the Woods) indie magazine

I don't know if I posted about this song on this thread, but it is a great song and everyone should listen to it

This song is one powerful song, and to me, i think it is the hard part of breaking up, and going through that awkward transition.

~Good Things~
got this feeling when i heard your name the other day
couldn't say it, couldn't make it go away
it's a hard place, can't be friends, we can't be enemies
it's just too much, feel the weight crushing down on my face

the hardest part is things already said
getting better, worse, i can not tell
why do good things never wanna stay?
some things you lose, some things you give away

broken pieces, try to make it good again
is it worth it, will it make me sick today
it's a dumb song, but i'll write it anyway
it's an old mistake, but we always make it, why do we

the hardest part is things already said
getting better, worse, i can not tell
why do good things never wanna stay?
some things you lose, some things you give away

this time, it'll be alright
this time, it'll be okay
this time, it'll be alright
this time, it'll be okay

the hardest part is things already said
getting better, worse, i can not tell
why do good things never wanna stay?
some things you lose, some things you give away
some things you lose, some things you give away

markymark550

Great band! They take chances with their music and it is awesome. Had no idea who they were before I saw them open up for Pearl Jam in 2003. Put on a great show in Charlotte and got me interested. Now I am becoming a big SK fan.

MeddleDeal

Right ON markymark550:D I think a lot of us on the forum was exposed to them b/c they opened up for PJ,which I think it is rad!!:)

Before they opened up for PJ, I only heard one song from working at the college radio station, but man, those girls can kick some SERIOUS ass!!:D

For all of you S-K fans out there...their new video for "Jumpers" is on myspace.com :cool: I really dig it!! They left Carrie's vocal parts on that song...WOHOOOHO!

http://videos.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=videos&Mytoken=20050823120653

PissBottleMan

Just out of curiousity, my copy of Modern Girl starts out fine, but then gets very distorted. Is it suppose to be that way?

PBM

Iampatriot

PissBottleMan wrote:

Just out of curiousity, my copy of Modern Girl starts out fine, but then gets very distorted. Is it suppose to be that way?

PBM

Mine's like that too. I've been listening to The Woods a little more in preparation for the upcoming shows and I liked it to begin with, but I'm liking it even more with each listen.