For Carrie Brownstein, Music Fandom Started At The Record Store
As a teenager, the Sleater-Kinney guitarist's local record shop, Rubato Records, became the site of an awakening. "I felt like I had discovered a treasure chest," she says, "and I dove in."
has made a name for herself as creator and star of and as one-third of the beloved riot grrl band , whose seminal album recently turned 20. But before all that, Brownstein was just another music fan — and as she tells NPR, her
