Sleater-Kinney | No Cities To Love

[verb_to_trust]

So we're all agreed that Janet is the hottest, right?

The boob factor in full effect

[Leatherhead]

The Woods is great, but I feel it's being overrated by a few posters here. One Beat is clearly #1.

[LoathedVermin72]

The Woods is great, but I feel it's being overrated by a few posters here. One Beat is clearly #1.

I think it depends what you're into musically. I tend to almost always gravitate to a band's heaviest, most intensely rocking album. The Woods is very clearly that for S-K. The blown out, Raw Power-esque production is a big part of why; none of their other stuff has that sound, that energy.

Of course, I'm not knocking One Beat at all. That album kicks ass. But it's all a distant second for me.

[BurtReynolds]

I feel like The Woods raw sound is a well you can only go to once, maybe twice at most. This isn't as good, but its a fun, tight rock album.

[dprival78]

So we're all agreed that Janet is the hottest, right?

corin's been my fave, especially since the "you're no rock and roll fun" video. tres cute.

[MadTIGERmaN]

This album isnt near the Woods... BUT, Its still a really really really really really good album. Its just lacking a Entertain or a Jumpers GREAT song, or, a Lets Call It Love great jam, or, the totally different Whats Mine Is Yours. Its basically an album full of Wilderness and Rollercoaster, with a Steep Air tossed in.

I dont think Carries going to change who she is because of the fame, if anything shes gotten over her stage fears and is a lil more open now. She really struggled with anxiety during the Woods tour, and Portlandia has helped her with that (so she says anyway) My fear, is the Portlandia fans showing up to a show not knowing what theyre in for. But with as fast as those tickets sold out, pretty sure its going to be a ton of SK fans.

[LoathedVermin72]

Uh, "Wilderness", "Rollercoaster", and "Steep Air" are all miles better than anything on the new album.

[BurtReynolds]

LV is not having any of your shit, MadTIGERmaN.

This album isnt near the Woods... BUT, Its still a really really really really really good album.

pretty much.

corin's been my fave, especially since the "you're no rock and roll fun" video. tres cute.

too "stern schoolteacher whose by-the-book approach is better suited for math but she's teaching creative writing" for me. Plus i'm a sucker for Janet's Cleopatra hair-do.


I wasn't suggesting earlier that Carrie was a sellout or anything. People change anyway. I just thought it looked silly doing the serious face band photo when I mostly know her from tv. whatevs.

[Kevin Davis]

As someone who always liked S-K but never had any real depth of connection with any of their records beyond simply thinking they kick ass, this new album has proven more satisfying as front-to-back listening experience for me than any of their other records. I realize those older records have all had 10+ years to marinate as personal favorites, but from a strictly musical/compositional standpoint it doesn't seem to me that they have lost any command over their craft with this new album. I couldn't be happier with it.

[LoathedVermin72]

As someone who always liked S-K but never had any real depth of connection with any of their records beyond simply thinking they kick ass, this new album has proven more satisfying as front-to-back listening experience for me than any of their other records. I realize those older records have all had 10+ years to marinate as personal favorites, but from a strictly musical/compositional standpoint it doesn't seem to me that they have lost any command over their craft with this new album. I couldn't be happier with it.

To me, it's not so much a compositional difference as a difference in overall sound. Every album prior to this was, first and foremost, a rock record. Sure, there were differences in the tone of how that was explored, but they were always rock. To my ears, NCTL is basically a noise pop/dance-punk album. It doesn't sound like pure S-K; it's, like I said before, S-K filtered through Wild Flag and St. Vincent. It's lighter, dancier. Sure, there's a lot of noisy guitar. But the poppy sound just doesn't do it for me.

[BurtReynolds]

[LoathedVermin72]

I CAN'T ALLOW THIS PRAISE TO GO UNCHECKED BURT

[dprival78]

noise pop/dance punk isn't anything new for them.

you're no rock and roll fun
dance song 97
rollercoaster
step aside

[BurtReynolds]

I CAN'T ALLOW THIS PRAISE TO GO UNCHECKED BURT

That's fine. I like killing joy too.

[digster]

noise pop/dance punk isn't anything new for them.

you're no rock and roll fun
dance song 97
rollercoaster
step aside

All Hands is way more of a pop record than this one, I'd say. Leave You Behind is way more of a catchy pop song than anything here. It's also brilliant.

[LoathedVermin72]

Having just listened to All Hands earlier today, I don't see how that's a pop album at all.

[Leatherhead]

Can we abbreviate All Hands on the Bad One, AHOTB1?

[zeb]

This is easily as good as One Beat but I don't think it can scale the mountain that is The Woods.

[zeb]

...from a strictly musical/compositional standpoint it doesn't seem to me that they have lost any command over their craft with this new album. I couldn't be happier with it.

KD gets it right yet again.

[Monkey_Driven]

This is easily as good as One Beat but I don't think it can scale the mountain that is The Woods.

My thoughts too.