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Spotlight: The return of Sleater-Kinney

By Chris Riemenschneider

February 12, 2015 at 7:21PM
-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE JAN. 4, 2015. -- Janet Weiss, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney in New York, Dec. 2, 2014. The all-female band Sleater-Kinney, sorely missed in indie-rock since 2006, is set to release a new album. (Chad Batka/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: MIN2015012715112873
From left, Sleater-Kinney’s Janet Weiss, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Saturday: It's true, Sleater-Kinney was one of rock's most influential yet unfamous bands of the late-'90s and early-'00s, not just within the sorely missed riot-grrrl movement but really throughout the post-grunge indie-rock scene. Now the Olympia, Wash.-reared trio can also be called one of today's most exciting rock bands. That's an easy statement to make after the release of their nerve-racking new Sub Pop album, "No Cities to Love," which follows a decade-long hiatus that found co-leader Carrie Brownstein ironically gaining fame as the TV star of "Portlandia." It's time to remind folks what she does best. Lizzo opens. (9 p.m. Sat., First Avenue, sold out.)

Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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