VOTD: Modern Girl

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:02:25 -0800

This isn't a proper music video, it's a selection from Burn to Shine 03 and it is maybe my favorite S-K song and I think it's better than both Entertain and Jumpers, the official videos from The Woods.

Sleater-Kinney 4-Eva!

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Best Music of '06: Girls Rock

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:42:15 -0800

My Best of '06 answer in two parts. This is the second in a series of extended entries about those parts.

Rabbit Fur Coat

Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins

"I didn't intend to write a bunch of songs about God," she says. "I was surprised when I had all of the songs completed and there were so many God references throughout. I guess that's what happens when you're about to turn 30... I think being broken-hearted is not the only thing you want to sing about."

- Jenny Lewis Questioning God on 'Rabbit Fur Coat', All Things Considered, 02.22.06

Standing in the Way of Control

Gossip

Gossip's third album was partly produced by Fugazi's Guy Picciotto at the studio (Seattle's Bear Creek) where Lionel Richie recorded "Dancing on the Ceiling," which is all you really need to know about the band's new direction. Brace Paine's dirty guitar lines grind in the Olympia, Washington, tradition, and the addition of drumming powerhouse Hannah Blilie means the trio's unvarnished blues punk now strides confidently onto the disco tiles. The change suits Beth Ditto's Poly Styrene-meets-Patti LaBelle belting just fine, especially when the martial grind of "Keeping You Alive" explodes into a floor-filling chorus.

- Review by Peter Relic, Rolling Stone, 02.06.06

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VOTD: Modern Girl

Best Music of '06: Girls Rock