SOUNDS GOOD TO ME
Sleater-Kinney are currently on indefinite hiatus, but now two-thirds of that great punk rock trio are, once again, in a band together. Singer/guitarist
Carrie Brownstein and drummer
Janet Weiss are members of the new outfit
Wild Flag, which also features former
Helium leader
Mary Timony and
the Minders' Rebecca Cole.
The band has signed to
Merge and are currently recording their first album, with plans to release it next year. They've also got
a Facebook page and a few West Coast dates coming up; we've got those listed below.
Besides the Sleater-Kinney history, the members of Wild Flag have all sorts of connections. Brownstein and Timony released a great EP as the Spells in 2000, and in 2008, Brownstein
released a few more tracks that they recorded during those sessions. Weiss and Cole are both members of the side project
the Shadow Mortons. And all the members' previous bands toured together in various configurations. These ladies know each other well.
Talking to Pitchfork earlier this year, Brownstein told us that she and Weiss had worked on a film score together, but she also shot down reports that she and Weiss had started a new band together: "Let's not say that there's a new band [
laughs]. We'll let you know when there is." And now, hey! Look at that! New band!
http://pitchfork.com/news/40144-slea...oup-wild-flag/