Carrie Brownstein
Irma Vep is a Refreshingly Meta Take on the Lines Between Art and Life: Review
The Pitch: Mira Harberg (Alicia Vikander) is an A-list Hollywood action star, hot off a Marvel-like superhero film called Doomsday whose smash success is colored by losing her assistant and lover, Laurie (Adria Arjona), to the film’s director during the shoot. Licking her wounds, she takes a break from blockbusters to fly to France to shoot a limited-series remake of the 1910s French serial Les vampires, in which she’ll play the iconic cat-suited criminal Irma Vep. But the shoot is suitably manic and unpredictable, from its director, René Vidal (Vincent Macaigne), being such a volatile, insecure mess that the financiers won’t insure him to her prima donna castmate, to Vincent Lacoste’s Edmond, who keeps trying to change his dorky detective character to better flatter his machismo, and...
Sleater-Kinney Share New Tune ‘Method,’ Announce Variety Show
Rock band Sleater-Kinney has shared another track –“Method” — from their forthcoming tenth studio album, Path Of Wellness,which is out this Friday, June 11, via Mom+Pop. “Method” arrives with a lyric video by Lance Bangs which shows the band’s Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker in the studio, overlaid with a filter that makes the two rockers look like drawings from a-ha’s iconic “Take On Me” video. Watch the lyric video for “Method” below. [embedded content] “Method” follows the release of the first two singles “High In The Grass” and “Worry With You” which were met with critical praise. “Worry With You” was the first new music from the band music since 2019. Fans will be able to watch Sleater-Kinney live on June 10 on Amazon Music’s Twitch Channel and in...
Sleater-Kinney Share ‘Worry You’ Single Ahead of Upcoming Path of Wellness LP
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker — collectively known as Sleater-Kinney — return with a new single and video entitled “Worry With You,” the duo’s first new music since 2019. The song also heralds the arrival of the group’s tenth full-length studio record, Path Of Wellness, arriving on June 11 via Mom+Pop. The accompanying visual, which was shot in Portland, Oregon was directed by Alberta Poon and stars Fabi Reyna and Megan Watson. Brownstein and Tucker wrote and recorded the album in Portland during the lockdown, and for the first time, the band self-produced the 11-track offering. Local musicians guest on Path of Wellness and for the first time, they’re officially a duo. Their previous album, 2019’s The Center Won’t Hold, was produced by St. Vincent and wa...
