My guess is that it's just too difficult for a band like Sleater-Kinney to afford staying together. They probably don't make much money (from record sales or tours), and it's becoming too difficult for musicians to keep making records without the financial security once provided by major labels. Look at Grandaddy, another example of a band that made TV appearances, sold a song for a car commercial, and still couldn't cut it. And I wouldn't be surprised if Peaches sold the song "Do Ya" to the Gap so that she could finance her current tour. Her venue was originally Roseland in NYC and moved to Irving Plaza. It's a damn shame, but that's probably just how the business is these days.
Sleater-Kinney roll call
According to a Rolling Stone article, Corin wants to spend time with her 5 year old…
I remember seeing them in 2000 (in San Francisco). Corin was very pregnant!
I remember seeing them in 2000 (in San Francisco). Corin was very pregnant!
Originally posted by Tom Servo:
Excellent show. I don't know why that band is going on hiatus, they're at the top of their game. Corin looked so happy and peaceful up there. They didn't look like a group that was just itching to give it up.
Originally posted by Joe M.:Does she have the herpes?
According to a Rolling Stone article, Corin wants to spend time with her 5 year old…
I remember seeing them in 2000 (in San Francisco). Corin was very pregnant!
Originally posted by The Bombay Doors:RED CARD
Originally posted by Joe M.:Does she have the herpes?
According to a Rolling Stone article, Corin wants to spend time with her 5 year old…
I remember seeing them in 2000 (in San Francisco). Corin was very pregnant!
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Who was that girl group, singing something about Jealousy? Anyone know?
There were none of the usual suspects DJing last night as the band was controlling the music between sets. Didn't hear all of it but liked the nice selection of punk, soul and girl group that were choosen. At one point I was startled by a really favorite soul track of mine, thinking wow I could have selected that one.
Originally posted by Joe M.:Just my 5th, but this one was probably the best.
Just curious, how many times have you seen Sleater-Kinney?? (this is for everyone).
This was my 19th time and was one of the best!
Now streaming from Lollapalooza
So I missed my one and only chance to ever see Sleater-Kinney, because it was rescheduled so quickly. Just perfect.
In Oregon
Sleater-Kinney go out with a bang.
By Brian J Barr
To better take in the very last show Sleater-Kinney played, my fiancée and I deemed it wise to steer clear of the animal pit down front and stood in back, beers in hand. The scene at the front of the stage was wild. A mass of crowd surfingâ??legs a-flyingâ??guttural screams and girls in tears. One report had it that some adoring fans had waited outside the Crystal Ballroom close to nine hours to secure their spots under the noses of Sleater-Kinney. These were the ones no doubt buckling at the knees when Corin Tucker unleashed one of her ear-piercing wails.
Peter Buck from REM floated in and out of the crowd with his buddy Scott McCaughey. James Mercer and his wife stood arm in arm. Hell, even Eddie Vedder was there to open the show, singing a solo acoustic anti-Bush folk number as well as a duet on ukulele with Janet Weiss. And yet even with all the A-List talent on the premises, the overall affair didn't feel like some swine- infested music-industry gala. It was much closer to a hometown rock show, albeit one that could have been held in a bigger venue in a bigger town. But Sleater-Kinney chose to say their goodbye on their terms, in their hometown of Portland, Ore.
Their farewell set was culled mostly from The Woods, their latest album and easily the best record of 2005. And it was performed while a sweaty mass of insane fans stomped their feet, whistled, screamed, and, of course, cried. The noise didn't stop for the better part of three hours.
Diehards were treated to a heavy shot of older material as an encore. When it was all said and done, a few folks offered flowers to the women, tokens of gratitude for 11 years of great rock and roll. Before they left the stage, the three members of Sleater-Kinneyâ??Tucker, Weiss, and Carrie Brownstein (one of the great rock guitarists of all time)â??all came together for a big hug. Simply put, it was one of the most touching moments I have ever witnessed, in a rock club or elsewhere. Then the lights came up, the people filed out the door, and we went to a modest after-party downstairs.
Great bands break up all the time, but it is hard to place the feelings one has upon the breakup of Sleater-Kinney. On the way home, my fiancée said that the breakup feels like a letdown, as if the band had gone out leaving behind plenty of unfinished business. After all, each record brought them more and more mainstream attention. Who knows where the next one might have taken them? But goddamn, they did what most bands rarely do; they went out at the top of their game and left behind one hell of a legacy.
When we rolled up Hawthorne Boulevard at 3 a.m., the sidewalks clogged with after-hours staggerers, the lighted sign at the Bagdad Theater boasted that the band's work would not be soon forgotten. For earlier that night, participants from the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls had displayed their new chops in a benefit for the camp. You couldn't help but smile. We drove home and slept the sleep of those who are at peace.
Sleater-Kinney go out with a bang.
By Brian J Barr
To better take in the very last show Sleater-Kinney played, my fiancée and I deemed it wise to steer clear of the animal pit down front and stood in back, beers in hand. The scene at the front of the stage was wild. A mass of crowd surfingâ??legs a-flyingâ??guttural screams and girls in tears. One report had it that some adoring fans had waited outside the Crystal Ballroom close to nine hours to secure their spots under the noses of Sleater-Kinney. These were the ones no doubt buckling at the knees when Corin Tucker unleashed one of her ear-piercing wails.
Peter Buck from REM floated in and out of the crowd with his buddy Scott McCaughey. James Mercer and his wife stood arm in arm. Hell, even Eddie Vedder was there to open the show, singing a solo acoustic anti-Bush folk number as well as a duet on ukulele with Janet Weiss. And yet even with all the A-List talent on the premises, the overall affair didn't feel like some swine- infested music-industry gala. It was much closer to a hometown rock show, albeit one that could have been held in a bigger venue in a bigger town. But Sleater-Kinney chose to say their goodbye on their terms, in their hometown of Portland, Ore.
Their farewell set was culled mostly from The Woods, their latest album and easily the best record of 2005. And it was performed while a sweaty mass of insane fans stomped their feet, whistled, screamed, and, of course, cried. The noise didn't stop for the better part of three hours.
Diehards were treated to a heavy shot of older material as an encore. When it was all said and done, a few folks offered flowers to the women, tokens of gratitude for 11 years of great rock and roll. Before they left the stage, the three members of Sleater-Kinneyâ??Tucker, Weiss, and Carrie Brownstein (one of the great rock guitarists of all time)â??all came together for a big hug. Simply put, it was one of the most touching moments I have ever witnessed, in a rock club or elsewhere. Then the lights came up, the people filed out the door, and we went to a modest after-party downstairs.
Great bands break up all the time, but it is hard to place the feelings one has upon the breakup of Sleater-Kinney. On the way home, my fiancée said that the breakup feels like a letdown, as if the band had gone out leaving behind plenty of unfinished business. After all, each record brought them more and more mainstream attention. Who knows where the next one might have taken them? But goddamn, they did what most bands rarely do; they went out at the top of their game and left behind one hell of a legacy.
When we rolled up Hawthorne Boulevard at 3 a.m., the sidewalks clogged with after-hours staggerers, the lighted sign at the Bagdad Theater boasted that the band's work would not be soon forgotten. For earlier that night, participants from the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls had displayed their new chops in a benefit for the camp. You couldn't help but smile. We drove home and slept the sleep of those who are at peace.
setlist for the final show:
The Fox
The End of You
Wilderness
Jumpers
One Beat
Step Aside
The Hot Rock
Rollercoaster
All Hands On The Bad One
Night Light
What's Mine is Yours
Stay Where You Are
Modern Girl
Let's call It Love
Entertain
Sympathy
Words and Guitar
Encore:
Milkshake 'n' Honey
You're No Rock 'n' Roll Fun
Not What You Want
Steep Air
God is a Number
Oh!
Dig Me Out
Encore 2:
Good Things
Turn it On
One More Hour
The Fox
The End of You
Wilderness
Jumpers
One Beat
Step Aside
The Hot Rock
Rollercoaster
All Hands On The Bad One
Night Light
What's Mine is Yours
Stay Where You Are
Modern Girl
Let's call It Love
Entertain
Sympathy
Words and Guitar
Encore:
Milkshake 'n' Honey
You're No Rock 'n' Roll Fun
Not What You Want
Steep Air
God is a Number
Oh!
Dig Me Out
Encore 2:
Good Things
Turn it On
One More Hour
Thanks for those postings on the last show….
Janet Weiss Joins the Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks!!!
Posted by Chas Bowie at 11:05 AM
Last night, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks kicked off the third annual Affair at the Jupiter Hotel art fair down on lower Burnside with an amazing set that included 4 or 5 brand new songs. In the open air courtyard of the hotel, with countless stars overhead, it was an incredible way to see old Malk, and to witness no small moment of Portland music history. On drumsâ??to almost everyoneâ??s surpriseâ??was Janet Weiss, of dearly departed Sleater-Kinney! Not a one-shot deal, it seems that Weiss is an official member of the Jicks now (evening the gender ration to a straight 50/50!), and she didnâ??t hold back on her signature bombast of controlled explosions on songs like â??Post-Paint Boy,â? â??Water and a Seat,â? and â??Baby Câ??Mon.â? They also played 4 or 5 brand new songs, which sounded predictably terrific, including one with an enormous, sludgy bassline and one of Malkmusâ??s most insane guitar-god solos to date. Toward the end of the set, somebody shoulted out a request for â??Jenny and Ess-Dog,â? to which Jicks bassist Joanna Bolme replied that Janet hadnâ??t had a chance to learn that one yet. â??Itâ??s just too tricky for her,â? Bolme laughed. Then Stephen said â??this next songâ??s for Perry Farrelâ? and launched into an especially jamtastic version of â??Do Not Feed the Oyster.â? Corrin Tucker was in the audience, as were a few hundred members of the national Art Mafia, seeing as this was a big art fair with galleries from across the country. The newly revamped Jicks absolutely killed it with their set, thoughâ??aided perhaps, not only by the incredible addition of Janet Weiss, but Malkmusâ??s creepy new moustache.
Posted by Chas Bowie at 11:05 AM
Last night, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks kicked off the third annual Affair at the Jupiter Hotel art fair down on lower Burnside with an amazing set that included 4 or 5 brand new songs. In the open air courtyard of the hotel, with countless stars overhead, it was an incredible way to see old Malk, and to witness no small moment of Portland music history. On drumsâ??to almost everyoneâ??s surpriseâ??was Janet Weiss, of dearly departed Sleater-Kinney! Not a one-shot deal, it seems that Weiss is an official member of the Jicks now (evening the gender ration to a straight 50/50!), and she didnâ??t hold back on her signature bombast of controlled explosions on songs like â??Post-Paint Boy,â? â??Water and a Seat,â? and â??Baby Câ??Mon.â? They also played 4 or 5 brand new songs, which sounded predictably terrific, including one with an enormous, sludgy bassline and one of Malkmusâ??s most insane guitar-god solos to date. Toward the end of the set, somebody shoulted out a request for â??Jenny and Ess-Dog,â? to which Jicks bassist Joanna Bolme replied that Janet hadnâ??t had a chance to learn that one yet. â??Itâ??s just too tricky for her,â? Bolme laughed. Then Stephen said â??this next songâ??s for Perry Farrelâ? and launched into an especially jamtastic version of â??Do Not Feed the Oyster.â? Corrin Tucker was in the audience, as were a few hundred members of the national Art Mafia, seeing as this was a big art fair with galleries from across the country. The newly revamped Jicks absolutely killed it with their set, thoughâ??aided perhaps, not only by the incredible addition of Janet Weiss, but Malkmusâ??s creepy new moustache.