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...band has recently shifted away from the noisy, heavy distortion that characterized their style. They resist comparison to Sleater-Kinney, who also evolved out of polemic punk, saying that their move is simply a natural progression for a band whose members are maturing...
...band is made up of veterans of the Northwest pop scene: lead singer and guitarist Amy Linton, formerly of Henry’s Dress, and former members of Poundsign# and Track Star. In previous years, the band has opened for Sleater-Kinney, Belle and Sebastian and many other major figures in the current underground pop scene...
Veteran music critic Robert Christgau said once of Sleater-Kinney that, “The reason that they are as important as they are is that they’re not a lesbian band in any kind of limiting or definitive way.” Referring to the fact that despite riot grrrl’s genesis as a way for girls to play guitar whether they were “good” at it or not, Sleater-Kinney’s musical virtuosity transcends politics. But the band contains multitudes, and predictably enough, refuses to choose among characterizations...
...just palpable; it was crackling. The trio have a way of watching each other onstage, an easy, grinning conspiracy of companionship that has survived through six albums, multiple side projects and a short-lived romantic relationship between Tucker and Brownstein. No one fronts this triangular onstage configuration and Sleater-Kinney likes it that...
...Sleater-Kinney’s members are sexy for the same reason that those men were: they’re powerful. But despite their unapologetic musical muscle, their dominance over the stage has not a hint of brutality. It’s built from joy, righteous anger and a refusal to be meek...