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Hear Courtney Barnett on Lead Track From Sleater-Kinney Covers LP
Sleater-Kinney has revealed full details of a previously announced 25th anniversary covers collection in tribute to its beloved album Dig Me Out. The aptly named Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album will be released Oct. 21 and is led by Courtney Barnett’s rendition of “Words and Guitar.” Also featured on the album are St. Vincent, Wilco, Margo Price, TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, Low and The Linda Lindas. 25% of net proceeds from the Dig Me In will go to the SMYRC (Sexual & Gender Minority Resource Center). “The artists who appear on Dig Me In have not so much covered the 13 original songs, but reinterpreted and reimagined them,” the group says. “Through added layers or the subtraction of guitars and drums, they provide a new way into the songs. Fre...
Watch Sleater-Kinney, Courtney Barnett and Fred Armisen Cover Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’
Following the recent death of Grease and music star Olivia Newton-John, Sleater-Kinney and comedian Fred Armisen joined Courtney Barnett on stage Sunday (Aug. 21) for a cover of the icon’s 1981 hit single “Physical.” Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker, Armisen and Barnett donned ’80s neon headbands during the performance at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Wash. Funny guy Armisen did some jumping jacks and jogging-in-place while backing-up Tucker’s vocals. [embedded content][embedded content] Newton-John died on Aug. 8 following a decades-long battle with breast cancer. Numerous artists have covered her songs in the days since, including Coldplay and The Chicks, the latter of whom tackled “Hopelessly Devoted to You.” Barnett is currently on the road with her multi-artist touring fe...
Live Sleater-Kinney Track Leads Courtney Barnett Charity Compilation
A previously unreleased live version of Sleater-Kinney’s “Complex Female Characters” has hit Bandcamp ahead of the Aug. 19 arrival of the Courtney Barnett-steered charity compilation Here and There: B-Sides, Live Tracks + Demos. All proceeds will benefit the National Network of Abortion Funds and Advocates for Youth. The album is named after Barnett’s in-progress festival tour, and features a number of artists performing as part of it, including Julia Jacklin, Bedouine, The Beths, Faye Webster, Hana Vu, Caroline Rose and Barnett herself. The artist contributed a demo of “If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight,” which was released last week as part of the eight-track collection. Here and There: B-Sides, Live Tracks + Demos is being issued by Barnett’s Milk! Records on a limited run of 600 cassett...
Sleater-Kinney to Issue Dig Me Out 25th Anniversary Covers Album With St Vincent, Jason Isbell, Wilco
On this date 25 years ago, Sleater-Kinney released their breakthrough album, Dig Me Out. Wait, can you believe it’s been 25 years?! Whew. In honor of the album’s big anniversary, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein lowkey dropped the news on their socials that there will be an accompanying tribute album to Dig Me Out. Its list of contributors is quite impressive, put it quite mildly. Though we don’t know who will cover each song, the participants include St. Vincent, Wilco, Courtney Barnett, Low, rising rockers The Linda Lindas, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, Self Esteem, Margo Price and many more. Some of the proceeds of the sales will go to SMYRC, a Portland-based LGBTQIA+ youth center. “To commemorate 25 years of Dig Me Out, we’re releasing a cove...
The 90 Greatest Albums of the ’90s
This article originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of SPIN. “You must be high.” We heard that a lot during the time we spent preparing this issue. Which is understandable. Pronouncing the 90 greatest albums of the ’90s is a somewhat presumptuous thing to do. When you’re measuring the music this decade is offering to history—the sounds we partied with, copulated to, fought about, and wept over—everyone has an opinion. That ours should be more valid than yours is debatable. But hey—it’s our magazine. What, then, you ask, constitutes “greatest”? Don’t even start. Suffice it to say that, after much heated discussion and countless veiled insults, it came down to the factors of both remarkable artistry and cultural shock value. Sometimes a record’s knock-you-off-your-Skechers impa...
The Beat of a Different Drummer: 10 Albums Where a New Drummer Put a Spring in the Band’s Step
The drummer is the job in a rock band with the highest turnover rate — a cliché lampooned memorably in This is Spinal Tap. And if it takes a few albums for a group’s definitive lineup to click into place, the drummer is often the final piece of the puzzle to arrive. But it’s often that change behind the drum set that makes a good band great, thanks to the addition of faster, louder, or more complex rhythms. Sometimes a versatile percussionist can even expand the band’s sonic palette and contribute to the songwriting. Here are 10 albums where the arrival of a new drummer marked an important transitional moment in an artist’s catalog. Nirvana – Nevermind (Dave Grohl) [embedded content][embedded content] Nirvana let go of early drummer Chad Channing in 1990 before they had a permanent replace...
The 50 Best Rock Bands Right Now
First, let’s take care of the obvious. Despite the still-persistent narrative that such music is “dead,” there are way more than 50 excellent rock bands out there. And there’s no exact science to scooping the cream of the crop. Our list includes arena-packing veterans but also semi-obscure indie acts who’ve barely escaped their basements. There are no hard rules here. Our methodology was simple: ask our writers and staff which rock bands feel worthy of recognition right now. But we did aim for a wide scope — throughout, you’ll find flavors of psych, post-punk, hardcore, metal, even country. If it feels like rock, it’s on the table. Consider SPIN‘s 2021 roundup — just like last year’s — a thermometer, taking the temperature of modern rock in all its various mutations. Altın Gün Ho...
30 Artists Reflect on 30 Years of Pearl Jam’sTen
The story has been told thousands of times, but it bears repeating: Pearl Jam should never have happened. The ’90s had just begun. In March 1990, the promising Seattle rock band Mother Love Bone was about to unveil their debut album. But on the eve of the release, the band’s lead singer, Andrew Wood, died tragically of a heroin overdose. His band members, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament were blind-sided, devastated, and decided to end the band. Over the next few months, Gossard slowly found his way back to music. He made a few demos that landed in the hands of a surfer from San Diego via Chicago who got them from ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. The surfer’s name was Eddie Vedder. The songs he sent back? “Alive,” “Once,” and “Footsteps.” Pearl Jam formed around t...
Sleater-Kinney Perform Songs From Path of Wellness on New Live EP
A few weeks ago, Sleater-Kinney released their latest album, Path of Wellness. On Thursday, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker unveiled Live At The Hallowed Halls, a four-track Amazon Original EP of songs recorded live at the album’s namesake recording studio in Portland. All of the songs come from Path of Wellness. Live At The Hallowed Halls is available to stream and buy only on Amazon Music; live videos of each song can be accessed in the Amazon Music App. The EP features live versions of “High In The Grass,” “Worry With You,” “Method,” and the title track of Path of Wellness. Listen below. The recordings were first debuted and performed live on Path of Wellness with Charles Hewett, which streamed on Amazon Music’s Twitch Channel on June 10. Interspersed throughout the live performance ...
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...
The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s
Why now? Because — and there’s no reason to ignore the elephant in the room: SPIN stewardship has changed hands many, many times since we made the online jump — we got our chance. Because plenty of our favorite albums of the last 10 years could still use a boost. Because some of the already unanimously beloved music on this list still merits further praise. Because we relish excuses to sound off on the music that’s affected us the most and to enlist some of our favorite writers to do so. Because the works of art below serve as a reminder that the 2010s weren’t all bad. Because lord knows we need the distraction. Because it’s fun. There’s a lot of music that isn’t on this list. Which, duh, but plenty of artists whose work defined the decade for many, many people, including many of us, ...
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