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Carrie Brownstein Talks Spells, Book, Sleater-Kinney

2008-11-21 09:00:00 by Amy Phillips in Pitchfork: News
 
...Kinney went on hiatus in 2006, she has kept plenty busy, blogging for NPR Music , teaming with "Saturday Night Live"'s Fred Armisen as the comedy duo ThunderAnt , and freelance writing for various publications. But one thing she hasn't been doing is playing music. Unfortunately for fans of Brownstein's lightning-rod guitar work, she isn't too...
 
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Mixtape Stream: Carrie Brownstein (Ex-Sleater-Kinney)'s Monitor Mix Picks on NPR

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2008-05-15 11:30:00 by Heidi Vanderlee in The LimeWire Music Blog
...Kinney , has a feature on npr.org in which she essentially blogs about music, discussing everything from the meaning of lyrics in our lives to her favorite listening devices for different genres of music. Remember, this is radio, and public radio at that, so her project, entitled Monitor Mix , also includes a healthy dose of nice, meaty audio...
 
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The Golden Dawn - Power Plant (Great US Psychedelia 1968)

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2008-05-23 07:45:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Kinney grew up with Roky Erickson , attending the same schools. While in high school the two played together in a local garage band The Fugitives. With The Fugitives collapsing, Kinney moved on to join The Chelsea (along with future 13th Floor Elevator guitarist Powell St. John). When that group called it quits, he was invited to join fellow...
 
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Hollywood Ending: The Shins James Mercer, Sleater-Kinneys Carrie Brownstein, YACHT in New Film

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2008-11-20 18:56:15 by MICHAEL MANNHEIMER in local Cut
...Kinney, YACHT, and Patton Oswalt, among othersis just putting to bed his first feature film Some Days Are Better Than Others , and today former Sleater-Kinney guitar goddess/NPR blogger Carrie Brownstein revealed a few tantalizing details on the project The film is currently in post-production, and will feature Browstein and James Mercer as...
 
Tags: film, mercer, james mercer, matt mccormick, matt, feature film, yacht, project, wes anderson project
 
 
 
 
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Get Ready to Fly: Pop Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults

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2008-01-20 06:00:12 by Doug in 1st4music.net
...Kinney, Chad Vangaallen, Love as Laughter, The Fruit Bats, Wolf Parade, The Elected, Rogue Wave, and the mighty Mudhoney. Generally these promos are fairly low budget and in line with the indie alterantive axis - ideal for those who remember the alternative. Very few of these promos would trouble MTV, or MTV2 really, those with the best...
 
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Carrie Brownstein, James Mercer Star in Feature Film

2008-11-20 14:10:00 by Amy Phillips in Pitchfork: News
 
...Kinney singer-guitarist Carrie Brownstein to talk about the songs she recently unearthed from a 2000 recording session with the Spells , her long-lost collaboration with Mary Timony . During the course of our chat, Brownstein filled us in on the story behind the Spells, and what she's been up to lately . We'll post the full interview...
 
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THE GREATEST 90S ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, PART 4

2007-12-27 10:00:33 by Infonistacrat in The Music Blog of the Infonistacrat!
 
...Kinney song is not from the 90s, its from 2000, but I identify them with the 90s, and I love the song, and it IS my blog, so its here It seems that be the end of the decade the alternative scene had kind of mutated from the post punk, rocking grunge influences of the early years to something a lot mellower. I think its probably the huge...
 
Tags: 90s, mid-90s, 90s trip, lot mellower, lot, kinney song, sleater kinney, mighty mighty bosstones, song
 
 
 
 
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Jan Lundgren And Jessica Williams In Concert

2008-01-14 09:05:00 by dramsey in Rifftides
 
...Kinney, principal percussionist of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and a seasoned jazz drummer. In an interview at the rehearsal, Kinney told a television reporter, "Sixteen bars into the first tune, I felt as if I'd been playing with this guy all my life." That's how the three sounded Saturday night at The Seasons performance hall. It was a...
 
Tags: jessica williams, jessica, williams, monk, monk interpreters, thelonious monk, fresh sound records, rehearsal saturday afternoon, rehearsal
 
 
 
 
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New Jersey Hipster Approved: New York Times

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2008-04-14 09:45:00 by Dan Wassington in New Jersey Hipster
...Kinney's punk rock attitude. One of their greatest assets, however, lies in lead singer Rebecca Roulette. If Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein had a love child, Roulette's voice would be the result. In songs like "Burn" and "Monster Eyes," Roulette shows traces of the amazing wail of SK lead singer Tucker. She also exhibits signs of...
 
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