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Sleater-Kinney trio
combine politics,
intricate melodies
The feminist rock outfit
softens the raw punch
of its music and lyrics
with a pop sensibility
By Ryan Nyburg
Senior Pulse Reporter
There are few things more uplift
ing than a great rock 'n' roll show.
The volume, the communal joy and
the wicked tempo of the experience
all work together to make one hell
of an event.
this is precisely the experience rock
ers Sleater-Kinney offered at the Mc
Donald Theatre on Tuesday night.
From the looks on the faces of the
crowd, there were quite a few takers.
The concert featured three North
west bands and began with the
"mystery band," the Grails, whose
performance went largely unadver
tised (not to mention relatively un
attended). The band specializes in a
style of droning rock instrumental
with an emphasis on country and
Celtic stylings, mostly provided by
an amplified violin. It's an interest
ing and unique sound, if at times
rather plodding.
Next up was the duo Quasi, a
group which has to stand as one of
the most developed pop groups
working in America today. A lot of
upstart bands talk about doing pop
music while keeping an experimen
tal edge. Quasi actually does it,
opening its set with nearly five min
utes of drilling keyboard and drum
noise. And then, without even miss
ing a beat, they play pop music.
The band's combination of sweet
ly melodic lyrics and abrasive key
board riffs can at times be a tough
pill to swallow, but when working at
top form they define a fiercely inde
pendent form of rock music. Quasi
sounds simultaneously familiar and
It can
CONCERT
REVIEW
leave a con
certgoer
feeling de
lightfully
empty and
mellow, and
like nothing you have ever heard be
fore, a paradox which only the truly
adept can pull off.
But for truly adept rock 'n' rollers,
it's hard to beat Sleater-Kinney. With
the twin guitar assault of Corin
Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, and
Janet Weiss (also drummer for Qua
si) banging out militant beats, the
band is a formidable trio.
They're also fun to watch. Tucker
wails the anthemic melodies with
conviction while Brownstein does a
dance that looks like a combination
of the Robot and the Time Warp. It's
great to see a band that enjoys mak
ing music so much, though maybe
they had some incentive since Tuck
er's family (she's a Eugene native)
was in attendance.
The set was a combination of older
and newer material with a lot of em
phasis in their last release, 2002's
"One Beat." The band has come a
long way from their riot grrl begin
nings, with the melodies becoming
more intricate, the influences more
eclectic and the music more powerful.
It is also worth noting the band's
strong political convictions, which
have become more sophisticated
over the years. Take the song "Far
Away," off of "One Beat." In it, Tuck
er describes watching the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks on television with
her newborn baby on her lap. The
song takes that inherent sadness and
changes it into righteous anger di
rected at the Bush administration.
The correlation between the two
emotions is strong, and the power
house riffs drive the point home like
a nail into a coffin.
It's great to find a band this good
so close to home, and since they ap
parently have plans for another al
bum, we'll all have something to
look forward to in the next year or
so. Tuesday's performance was an
example of a group working at the
top of its abilities, yet, since the
band has advanced with every pass
ing year, it seems they still might
have more to offer.
Contact the senior Pulse reporter
at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com.
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