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  carrie brownstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
carrie brownstein is that sweet little thing with the shock of dark hair that sings and plays the gee-tar in sleater-kinney.
once, when i saw them play, carrie dedicated "Little Babies" to her grandmother who was in the audience because 'it's one of the song she actually likes.' it was adorable.
carrie used to play in Excuse 17 Begin typing here.....
www.members.tripod.com /~breakcake/sk/carrie.html   (61 words)

  
 Sleater-Kinney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The band was founded by Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein.
Corin Tucker was formerly in the influential Riot Grrrl band Heavens to Betsy.
Carrie was formerly in the queercore band Excuse 17.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sleater-Kinney   (533 words)

  
 Excuse 17 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1993 Carrie Brownstein, Becca Albee and CJ Phillips came together to form Excuse 17, a band that would only last a few years but would prove to be influential.
Carrie and Becca both played guitar and sang and CJ played the drums.
Corin Tucker from Heavens to Betsy struck up a friendship with Carrie Brownstein and they dated each other for a time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Excuse_17   (316 words)

  
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Dig Me Out, their first unremitting masterpiece, in which the tempos occasionally slowed, and the dynamics were more varied, all the better to allow the lead singer, Corin, to emerge from the howl somewhat, and for Carrie's more vulnerable voice to be more melodious and frontal than before.
Carrie sounds like Cindy Wilson from the B-52s, or Lene Lovich, and her guitar playing uncannily mimics Peter Buck on Document-era R.E.M. There is wah-wah, there are synthesizers, there are sing-along choruses, there are hints of the blues, and, so I am told, they even started dancing onstage.
Carrie's got shiny fl Converse on, we head to the basement, and they play me a little song they've got called Dig Me Out.
www.sleater-kinney.com /history.html   (1614 words)

  
 Hot Rock by Sleater Kinney (lyrics & reviews)
Carrie Brownstein's guitar electrifies with precision, Janet's drums keep the songs together, without her the songs would not work.
Not only do we get to hear the energy of Corin's voice, but Carrie Brownstein comes in to many songs, often inter-weaving voices, which is so natural that it becomes one whole part, one person alone.
Carrie's solo effort on the album, The Size of Our Love, is so brutally honest I only hope she contributes more in later albums.
www.19.5degs.com /album/hot_rock/16791   (1139 words)

  
 Splendid: Features: Sleater-Kinney
Carrie Brownstein: I don't think there is a formula, but I do try and stay away from anything trite or clichéd.
Carrie Brownstein: "Sympathy" is a song about Corin's experience with having her baby born prematurely.
Carrie Brownstein: Yes, we both love Television, and I do hear a similarity on occasion, in terms of the dialog between the two guitars.
www.splendidezine.com /features/sleater   (1729 words)

  
 Sleater-Kinney
Kate Pierson, while lead guitarist/second vocalist Carrie Brownstein often adds a second unrelated vocal line, and they counterpoint their guitars similarly.
The Spells are Brownstein and Mary Timony (formerly of Helium), both on electric guitar and vocals, with occasional rudimentary drumming.
Brownstein and Tucker continue to find interesting new things on guitar, without being self-consciously experimental ("#1 Must Have"), while Weiss holds her own with inventive, continually shifting drum patterns.
www.warr.org /sleaterkinney.html   (2251 words)

  
 Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein
Tucker and Brownstein were both raised by single fathers; Tucker's was a folk musician.
One day when they were sitting around the kitchen table, Tucker suggested that she and Brownstein start a side project band, and before they knew it, they had written songs and were auditioning for a drummer.
Sleater-Kinney declared 2001 to be a year of rest, and Brownstein and Tucker pursued side projects, the former taking more classes and acting in a film, the latter giving birth to her first child.
andrejkoymasky.com /liv/fam/biot2/tuck3.html   (395 words)

  
 Carrie Brownstein fans' Journal
one of my friends on myspace commented on a picture of mine, initially thinking that i had a picture of carrie brownstein up, and was going to ask where i found the picture.
as we all know, carrie has gone to the emergency room twice in the past four months for allergy problems and they had to cancel their uk tour.
basically, we are all going to send this one guy get well letters, pictures, mix tapes, and whatever else for carrie, and he is going to put them all together in a scrapbook or some such thing and send it to subpop.
community.livejournal.com /welovecarrie   (709 words)

  
 When tofu attacks - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au
Portland punk trio Sleater-Kinney were playing the final show of last year's US tour when guitarist Carrie Brownstein started to feel a bit woozy.
Add Brownstein and you have the three-piece set, but their music suggests the might of many more.
Brownstein says that all Fridmann did was show Sleater-Kinney's true colours.
smh.com.au /news/music/when-tofu-attacks/2006/01/19/1137553689027.html   (1088 words)

  
 Sleater-Kinney at the Bowery Ballroom: Ass-Kickin' Girl-Cock Rock (NY Rock)
Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney are the saviors of rock.
Brownstein cordially greeted New York City, saying that it was good to be back here so soon.
Brownstein would play with her back to the crowd for uncomfortably long seconds, and not one of her famed slo-mo karate kicks accompanied the raucous playing.
www.nyrock.com /reviews/2000/sleater.asp   (1049 words)

  
 San Jose Museum of Art | EVENT INFORMATION
SJMA presents "It’s Only Art, But I Like It," an animated discussion with artist Yoshitomo Nara, rock critic Josh Kun and writer and singer Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney on Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 6:00 pm at the San Jose Repertory Theatre.
Carrie Brownstein is a writer and musician from Portland, Oregon.
Brownstein, a classically-trained pianist, is also better known as a guitarist, songwriter and singer in the rock band Sleater-Kinney.
www.sjmusart.org /content/events/event_info.phtml?itemID=183   (440 words)

  
 Glorious Noise - You're No Rock and Roll Fun
And, ever true to their ideals, guitarists/vocalists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein and drummer Janet Weiss haven’t let acclaim damage their agenda as a group confronting emotional, cultural, and political issues inside 3-minute blasts of punk rock.
Brownstein is an accomplished guitarist who intersects intricate lead parts with jagged shards of power chord glory, complete with a modified Townshend kick.
It was a strange moment, and when coupled with the supposed subject matter of the earlier song, it could be said that Brownstein was railing against the perception of her band as just another alternative rock group, sharing space on the pages of Rolling Stone with other women rockers.
www.gloriousnoise.com /articles/2003/youre_no_rock_and_roll_fun.php   (2058 words)

  
 Willamette Week Online | News | COVER STORY | The Greatest Portland Band... EVER? (7/31/2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tucker and Brownstein had their musical to-the-barricades moment during the salad days of riot grrrl, a feminist punk movement of the early '90s.
Brownstein sharpened her instructional skills by doing some substitute English teaching while the band was on hiatus.
The irony, of course, is that Sleater-Kinney springs from the punk scene, the one subset of modern pop that greets success with suspicion.
www.wweek.com /editorial/2839/3023   (3134 words)

  
 index magazine interview
Hiring me was a way of sidestepping the usual studio routine of sending a professional documentary crew to the set for a couple of days to get behind-the-scenes footage for the film’s "Electronic Press Kit" — which is usually just talking head interviews with the actors and the director.
CARRIE: One thing that I’ve noticed about you — having known you for the last four or five years — is that you’re particularly good at gaining the trust of people who are usually very closed-off.
CARRIE: It seems like there’s a fine line between what you’re doing and the Reality TV fervor that’s swept over America — there’s the shared element of voyeurism.
www.indexmagazine.com /interviews/lance_bangs.shtml   (1351 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Sleater-Kinney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sleater-Kinney's three members, Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss are a modern rock and roll success story.
Inspired by riot grrrl bands such as Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney (named after an intersection of roads near a practice space) translates their feminist energy into rock with technically mind-blowing guitar and powerful, soaring vocals.
The band is currently touring with Pearl Jam, and Ink 19 talked to guitarist/vocalist Carrie Brownstein, who doesn't see herself or her band as the role models they've become.
www.ink19.com /issues/june2003/interviews/sleaterKinney.html   (1110 words)

  
 SuicideGirls > Interviews > Sleater-Kinney
Keith Daniels talks to Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney.
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN: Well, I don’t think that basic rock’n’roll ever went away.
I think the media sortof had a wonderful time saying that rock was dead and that guitars were passé’, and that electronic music was the new thing, but y’know, people were still playing rock in probably every city.
suicidegirls.com /words/Sleater-Kinney   (2574 words)

  
 Salon Entertainment | American bandstand
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein talks about politics, the president and simple pop songs.
With the just released "The Hot Rock" on the small, fervently independent Kill Rock Stars label, along with "Dig Me Out" (1997) and "Call the Doctor," (1996), the Olympia, Wash., trio has firmly established itself as one of the most important American groups to emerge in the last five years.
I spoke with Brownstein by phone from Portland, where she and bandmates Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss were about to embark on an extensive North American and European tour.
archive.salon.com /ent/music/feature/1999/03/04feature.html   (770 words)

  
 Sleater-Kinney.be - Carrie Brownstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Carrie Brownstein was born on september 27th 1974.
Her equipment: Rickenbacker 360, Fender Twin 1972, Marshall stacks, wah wah pedal.
Parallel and / or past projects: Excuse 17 - Tommy - The Tentacles - The Spells
www.sleater-kinney.be /carrie_en.php   (36 words)

  
 Sleater-Kinney, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
Group Members: Corin Tucker, Lora MacFarlane, Janet Weiss, Carrie Brownstein
The anthemic Olympia, WA-based punk trio Sleater-Kinney formed from the ashes of Heavens to Betsy and Excuse 17, a pair of groups that rode the first wave of the riot grrrl movement.
Singer/guitarists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein first met in 1992, when Tucker was one half of the duo Heavens to Betsy; Brownstein, a...
www.emusic.com /artist/11557/11557979.html   (298 words)

  
 Venus Zine: 'Politics Get Personal' with Carrie Brownstein
Venus Zine: 'Politics Get Personal' with Carrie Brownstein
I mean, “shock and awe?” That would have been a really good band name if Bush hadn’t thought of it first.
Read Part 1 of the Carrie Browstein interview in Venus issue No. 19 (spring 2004 / Von Bondies cover), in which the Sleater-Kinney guitarist tells you who'd she'd choose as her presidential running mate and her proposal to ban the concept of "super-size."
www.venuszine.com /stories/print/000739.html   (802 words)

  
 Onion Feature
Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein, and Janet Weiss had honed their sound: punkish, catchy songs built on two guitars, drums, and vocal harmonies.
The Woods is a startling departure from Sleater-Kinney's style, but it could also be the group's best work yet.
Just before its release, Brownstein spoke to The A.V. Club about complacency, classic rock, and her band's identity.
owsk.ms11.net /articles/onion.htm   (2945 words)

  
 YOSHITOMO NARA: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS - (NARA, YOSHITOMO). NARA, YOSHITOMO, BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, CARRIE BROWNSTEIN, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
NARA, YOSHITOMO, BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, CARRIE BROWNSTEIN, KRISTIN CHAMBERS, JOHN DOE, DAVE EGGERS, LARS FREDERIKSEN, DEBORAH HARRY, LEONARD NIMOY, PAUL PACHECO & INGRID SCHAFFNER
This is a strikingly designed and printed catalogue published in conjunction with a recent Cleveland Museum retrospective of works by the quirky Anime and Manga influenced Japanese artist, Yoshitomo Nara.
The celebrity-laden cast of textual contributors here includes Billie Joe Armstrong, Carrie Brownstein, Kristin Chambers, John Doe, Dave Eggers, Lars Frederiksen, Deborah Harry, Leonard Nimoy, Paul Pacheco, Ingrid Schaffner, and Nara himself.
www.antiqbook.com /boox/ara/008245.shtml   (196 words)

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