The band’s first album with new drummer Janet Weiss, Dig Me Out almost sounds like the work of a completely different band-and in all fairness, it is 33 percent of a new band. But they didn’t achieve perfection until their third album, Dig Me Out, a 13-track rollercoaster of two-guitar, no-bass punk rock. Their second album Call the Doctor only expanded the possibilities of their music, incorporating darker textures and greater nuances between impassioned yelps of desire to be someone’s very own personal Joey Ramone. Below, check out the Courtney Barnett cover of “Words And Guitar,” the Sleater-Kinney original, and the tracklist for Dig Me In.Sleater-Kinney‘s self-titled debut laid down a solid foundation for the Pacific Northwest trio’s artful yet furious punk. But they might bring out interesting new shades from the originals. None of these covers are going to be better than the originals that’s simply not possible. The cover also underlines the thing we’ll have to remember about this tribute. For the tribute-album version of “The Drama You’ve Been Craving,” we’re swapping out Corin Tucker’s unearthly wail for another - that of TV On The Radio leader Tunde Adebimpe.Īlong with the tracklist, Sleater-Kinney have also shared Courtney Barnett’s version of “Words And Guitar.” Barnett’s version is certainly a departure from the original, and it’s cool to hear her giving that song a bemused deadpan read. Married couple Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are getting together for “Not What You Want.” Sleater-Kinney collaborator St. Wilco, for instance, are taking on “One More Hour.” Low are doing “Dance Song ’97.” The honor of covering “Little Babies” goes to actual little babies the Linda Lindas, which should be a lot of fun. The band has just dropped the tracklist, which answers a lot of questions. The forthcoming compilation is called Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album, and it looks sick as hell. Vincent, Low, more - covering the songs from that classic. That band’s got like five masterpieces.) Earlier this year, the band announced plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dig Me Out with a new all-star tribute record, with different artists - Wilco, St. (I can’t, in good conscience, say that Dig Me Out is Sleater-Kinney’s masterpiece. Back in 1997, the great American rock band Sleater-Kinney released Dig Me Out, which might be their best-loved album.
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