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  Sisters Outsiders: The Oral History of the 'Bikini Kill' EP

  November 15, 2012 – Bikini Kill were more than a band — and intentionally so. They were a beacon and a call to arms. They were "Girl you can do this, too" writ large. The band initially began as a radical feminist trio comprised of vocalist Kathleen Hanna, scene-nexus drummer Tobi Vail, bassist Kathi Wilcox, and later, only boy Billy Karren on guitar. …
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• Corin Tucker Band, 'Kill My Blues' (Kill Rock Stars)

  September 19, 2012 – "Don't you want to play with the big boys?" Corin Tucker teases on the wonderfully titled "Summer Jams." Translation: Get on her level. With PJ Harvey and Youssou N'Dour somewhat in remission, Tucker possesses the only active larynx that can match Kurt Cobain's throat-dissolving coda to Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" for sheer transcendent intensity. …
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  Corin Tucker Honors Poly Styrene in Rambunctious 'Neskowin' Clip

  September 18, 2012 – If girls just wanna have fun, that still doesn't mean all girls just wanna have fun the same way. Corin Tucker Band's new video for "Neskowin," from the former Sleater-Kinney belter-led outfit's second album Kill My Blues (out today on Kill Rock Stars), has hit NPR, and it's an alt-girl's coming-of-age tale fit for an edgier John Hughes film. Directed by Alicia J. …
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  SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

  May 3, 2012 – To celebrate the new generation of shredders profiled in our May/June "Loud Issue," the SPIN staff decided to find some wheedle in a haystack, taking on the impossible task of ranking our favorite guitar players of all time. …
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  Indie Rock All-Stars Wild Flag Rev It Up in Austin

  March 22, 2011 – Wild Flag is a new band, and most of their gigs at and leading up to SXSW were typical new band fodder: a tiny club in Brooklyn, a bike shop in Austin. Oh, yeah. And Radio City Music Hall, for two nights supporting Bright Eyes. …
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  Indie Supergroup Wild Flag Debut in Olympia

  November 11, 2010 – "We are Wild Flag. We've never played a show outside our practice space so thanks for coming to this one." Those were Carrie Brownstein's first words at the first show for her new supergroup, featuring 90s indie icons Mary Timony of Helium, the Minders' Rebecca Cole, and Brownstein's Sleater-Kinney bandmate Janet Weiss. The location? Olympia, Washington, the city where many of the era's finest riot grrrl bands formed. …
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  Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker: Solo Album, Tour

  June 8, 2010 – After taking a four-year hiatus to become a full-time mom, Northwest indie rock vet Corin Tucker is ready to return to music. The former singer for all-girl punk group Sleater-Kinney will make her solo debut with the Corin Tucker Band, whose yet-to-be-titled first album will drop on October 5 via Kill Rock Stars.The 11-song effort was recorded in Tucker's hometown of Portland, OR, with drummer Sara Lund (Unwound) and bassist-keyboardis …
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  Hear it Now! Eddie Vedder and Sleater-Kinney Singer Collaborate

  November 12, 2008 – Eddie Vedder's been busy recording Pearl Jam's forthcoming album. And former Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist Corin Tucker's been preoccupied by raising funds for school children. …
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  Portland's Rock Elite Attend Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks' 'Gardenia' Video Premiere

  August 18, 2008 – Portland, OR's indie rock upper crust -- including members of Spoon, Sleater-Kinney, the Thermals, Quasi, and many more -- packed the air-conditioned confines of Valentine's Saturday night (Aug. 16), swilling drinks and boogying at the downtown haunt frequented by the city's creative underclass. The occasion? …
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