It’s been a good six months for music in the first half of 2021, with both a slew of great albums and concerts making their return to the calendar. The Young Folks asked its music staff to compi…
Album review: Sleater-Kinney – ‘Path of Wellness’
Keith Richards once said: “There couldn’t be a Rolling Stones without Charlie Watts.” The implication being that Watts’ drumming is so crucial to The Rolling Stones’ sound, everythin…
Album Review: Sleater-Kinney – “The Center Won’t Hold”
Sleater-Kinney made a great album (Call the Doctor) before drummer Janet Weiss came on board and it’s likely that they could make several more, despite her announced departure in July. Yet losing one …
Album Review: Ex Hex – “It’s Real”
There are two Ex Hexes. The first was Mary Timony’s third and final solo album. The ’90s saw the indie rock powerhouse hopping from band to band, project to project; She was the frontwoman of the accl…
Interview: Skating Polly
It’s clear that the members of Skating Polly were born to rock. Stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse started the self-proclaimed “ugly pop” band in 2009, when they were 9 and 14 year…
From The Record Crate: Sleater-Kinney — “Dig Me Out”
Long before the triumphant No Cities to Love, before Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen teamed up to create Portlandia, before the comprehensive boxset, the Bob’s Burgers music video, and Stereo…
Melody on Music: Sheer Mag, Sleater-Kinney, Allison Crutchfield
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. Beginning in 2016, Melody relaunch…