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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kitty Empire

Wild Flag: Wild Flag – review

Carrie Brownstein – former Sleater-Kinney, current Wild Flagger – deserves a place in the pantheon of unsung guitar heroes. Her searching, needly style has been sorely missed since the end of Sleater-Kinney in 2006. Wild Flag sees Brownstein reunited with S-K drummer Janet Weiss, plus Helium's Mary Timony and keyboard player Rebecca Cole in an effervescent celebration of the fun of being in a band. Musical eras fold into each other in this new wave Nuggets-like set, full of pithy pop songs such as "Boom". Interlocking guitarists Timony and Brownstein take turns singing, and yet this post-riot grrrl super-group offering is as cohesive as it is exuberant.

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