THE REVOLT OF THE WEIRDOS
A quarter-century since they first kicked down the barriers of a male-dominated rock scene and cemented themselves as a force of blunt, unwavering fury, Sleater-Kinney are still fighting the good fight – with, by way of necessity, more incandescent fervour than ever. And despite losing their drummer mere weeks before album #10’s release, and wading through a political landscape that would revel in their atrophy, the Pacific Northwest punks have never been in such bright spirits.
It stands to reason The Center Won’t Hold would be an especially poignant Sleater-Kinney record. And it is: across its kaleidoscopic 11 tracks, the shredder-singer combo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker wrestle uncomfortable feelings and reckon with unsavoury times – but inspired by the wonderfully left-field Weirdo Night in LA, and
