Sleater-Kinney at the Codfish Hollow Barn -- September 16.
Wednesday, September 16, 8 p.m.
Codfish Hollow Barn, 5013 288th Avenue, Maquoketa IA
Currently traveling the country on their eagerly awaited "The Flannel & the Fury Tour," the alternative rockers of Sleater-Kinney headline a September 16 concert event at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, Carrie Browenstein's and Corin Tucker's wildly popular outfit named by Sterogum's Tom Breihan, in 2015, "the greatest rock band of the past two decades."
As stated at AllMusic.com: "Like many a great band, Sleater-Kinney inhabit their time so thoroughly it took an extended hiatus to realize the extent of their legacy. In many respects, they are the defining American indie rock band of the second half of the 1990s, the group that harnessed all the upheaval of the alt-rock explosion of the first part of the decade and channeled it into a vigorous mission statement. It was not incidental that Sleater-Kinney were an all-female band – prior to S-K, co-leaders Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein both started playing music in Northern Pacific riot grrrl bands, and their feminism and queercore roots were deeply embedded in their rock & roll – but calling them the best female rock band of their generation is too confining. By every measure, Sleater-Kinney were one of the best bands of their time, capturing the tenor of their era and then expanding at a rapid clip, delivering record after record that redefined their music without abandoning their punk rock (or political) ideals.
"Their hot streak began once drummer Janet Weiss joined for 1997's Dig Me Out and it ran until 2005's The Woods, after which they entered an 'indefinite hiatus' that lasted nearly a decade. During those ten years of silence, Tucker pursued a solo career, Weiss drummed with ex-Pavement leader Stephen Malkmus' new millennial band the Jicks, and, most surprisingly, Brownstein turned into a mainstream star due to her starring role on Portlandia, the comedy sketch show she created with fellow indie-rock refugee Fred Armisen in 2011. Portlandia helped push Brownstein and Sleater-Kinney into a mainstream they had never known, so when they returned in 2015 with No Cities to Love, it was welcomed by their largest audience yet. That album turned out to be as much a conclusion as a comeback. Janet Weiss left the band just prior to the 2019 release of the St. Vincent-produced The Center Won't Hold, an album that brought Tucker and Brownstein into new, adventurous territory they continued to explore on 2021's self-produced Path of Wellness and 2024's Little Rope."
Sleater-Kinney brings their "The Flannel & the Fury Tour" to Maquoketa on September 16, and more information on the 8 p.m. concert event is available by visiting CodfishHollowBarnstormers.com.
