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I am incredibly excited to see tonight’s Sleater-Kinney show. It is in a theater, which is less intimate than a club but it increases the chances that I will be able to sit down. And I have listened to the new album several times already, and it is fantastic. Not that they have ever recorded a bad album, but the past few have not been particularly memorable; the songwriting is much less inspired than the Call The Doctor through The Hot Rock. The new one is loud and raw and complex and weird and sounds strangely like Led Zeppelin covering Sonic Youth. Suddenly they seem urgent again. And even as their album quality was stalling, their live show has gotten consistently stronger every time I have seen them. Plus it is a quasi-home-town show, and the opener is Mary Timony, the driving force behind the excellent band Helium. (This is my third Mary Timony or Helium show, and they have all been as opening acts. I assume she tours on her own at times.)

The show did not disappoint. Check out the tour or album if you get the chance.

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