Sleater-Kinney – live at Rock the Garden 2022 (full set)

As Sleater-Kinney walked on-stage, a full hill of fans erupted in cheers. The iconic punk rock band that formed during the Riot Grrl movement in the 1990s clearly hasn’t lost their relevance. Similar to the age of those dancing in the audience, the setlist spanned decades, pulling from 1997’s Dig Me Out to their most recent and first self-produced album, Path of Wellness, released in 2021.

The performance was incredibly tight. After 10 albums, Sleater-Kinney are seasoned and wicked smart musicians. Vocalists and founding duo, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein know exactly how to complement and make room for each other as they wove together wails and melodies. Their sound isn’t stripped down these days, but rather full with the support of a keyboardist, additional guitarist, and drummer Angie Boylan, replacement for long-time member Janet Weiss, who left the band in 2019.

The crowd kept jumping and screaming along until the very end, as Sleater-Kinney wrapped up with “Entertain” and “Modern Girl” - both from 2005’s The Woods and both prime examples of the band’s signature critique of consumerism, gender roles and sticking to the status quo.

As always, Sleater-Kinney played like they have nothing to prove and the only role they have to fill is the one they chose. - Darby Ottoson

Songs Played
00:00:00 High in the Grass
00:04:37 All Hands on the Bad One
00:07:33 Bury Our Friends
00:11:37 Worry With You
00:15:27 Surface Envy
00:18:32 Can I Go On?
00:22:15 I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
00:26:39 Price Tag
00:30:37 Shadow Town (plus band introduction)
00:35:49 No Cities to Love
00:39:14 The Fox
00:42:24 A New Wave
00:46:12 Reach Out
00:50:13 Modern Girl
00:53:26 Dig Me Out
00:55:48 Entertain

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[felina]

Really miss Janet but they are still great. From Argentina lots of love and inspiration for this incredible band <3

[matthewallen]

@TheCurrent The song you have tagged as "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" is actually "Jumpers". Whoops 🤭

[markeydusod]

Love this band, love this radio station

[venusallure]

I get chills when Carrie sings Modern Girl

[TVGuapoArcade]

Crazy how different they sound without Janet, especially during songs like Modern Girl. Still love 'em though!

[danbenoit]

Well, the addition of Fabi Reyna to this lineup was a masterstroke.

[Genny-Zee]

Thank you The Current for typing “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” instead of Jumpers :}

[steveott]

YES! MY OBSESSION WITH CARRIE IN COMPLETE!!! I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND HER!!! I LOVE THE WAY SK HAS UPDATED ENTERTAIN!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS SHOW!!!

[Patrick-Dubs]

J'adore.
Mais en attendant le nom de la "guitariste additionnelle" qui chante aussi n'est même pas cité dans le descriptif.
Elle s'appelle Fabi Reyna et elle est vraiment remarquable.

[immothebeardedguy]

Whatever the beef with Janet is/was, it needs to be fixed and they need her back. Too many guitars, not enough drumming force and the music sounds way too full. This isn’t Sleater Kinney

[bodeans]

What is the name of the additional guitarist in the band?

[steveott]

CARRIE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!! SUCH A GORGEOUS SMILE!!! I LOVE YOU

[steveott]

THAT SHOULD SAY, MY OBSESSION WITH CARRIE IS NOW AND FOREVER

[mauromax]

Fabi Reyna playing on St Vincent's Ernie Ball🎸✨🤘❤️

[billplatt]

The over produced stage show of modern SK just doesn't do it for me.

[thomaskemmer]

Still the greatest band in the world. Period.

[horstpollak]

Keyboards sind völlig überflüssig und passen nicht zu Sleater Kinney!!!S.K.sind
als Trio am besten.

[guitaleleoeuvre]

I'm worried about Carrie. That blood under her nose! (I hope it is just lip-stick smeared!)

[TheOatmealEater]

The new material is just awful. Carrie still rocks the guitar, but Corin - what has happened to "The Voice"? She has lost a lot of the power of her voice. The lyrics to the new song are just sad reminders that even great musicians rust. The percussionists rushes in some sections, drags in others. I can't believe how terrible this once great band sounds now.

As Neil Young said, it's better to burn out than to rust, but clearly Sleater-Kinney has grown rusty and less edgy. This new mustic and version of the old material sound like they were catering to grandmothers in their mid-60's. Yikes. I can't restate this enough. They have really lost their edge and this is painful to watch or hear.

[alaskie]

We need Janet back and Corin's voice to be healed. Seems like she tries to "take it easy" and sing like not so loud. I guess it is due to health issues. And more old stuff. See BRMC, they are mixing old and new stuff on scene very cool.