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...Sleater-Kinney...
...essentially a product of alternative culture's Riot Grrrl movement, an effort by new female bands in the early '90s to reclaim the brash, bratty sense of self-control that psychologists claim girls lose just before puberty. And in many ways, the movement succeeded, as any fan of Sleater-Kinney and even the Spice Girls will tell you. But even in the world of pop music, with the spirit of girl power behind it, the concept of feminism is often misapplied. Look how the label is tossed about: female singers like Meredith Brooks and Alanis Morissette are installed as icons...
...most exciting thing about the rock trio Sleater-Kinney is that it sounds as if its members are still learning how to be a rock band; they rip through their songs with a gleeful abandon, as if they had just discovered their instruments behind some old tires in the garage--they didn't pay for 'em, so who cares if they bust a few drumsticks or break a few strings...
...movement of the early '90s, in which groups of young women, inspired by the do-it-yourself aesthetic of punk, started fringy rock bands, fanzines and discussion groups that focused on issues relating to women (sexual abuse, lesbianism, female friendship and so on). The group's first two CDs, Sleater-Kinney (1995) and Call the Doctor (1996), received raves in the rock press as part of the general media hype about feminist rockers, but those albums were slight, tinny affairs that got by mostly on motion and emotion. They featured a few worthy songs, but the band was still discovering...
...outta my head." Tucker's wailing vibrato will annoy some listeners (Brownstein's voice is a bit calmer), but it's an apt vehicle to convey the trio's anarchic passion. Several of the tunes are old-fashioned paeans to rock, including the stomping Words and Guitar. But for Sleater-Kinney, rock is more than keg-party entertainment; it's a way of transforming one's personal problems into something useful and assertive. "Take take the noise in my head," Tucker sings. "C'mon and turn turn...