We love Carrie Brownstein, always have, always will. She's best known as one of two guitarist/singer/songwriters of Sleater-Kinney and one of two actor/writers of Portlandia (pattern here?). (Her partner in Sleater-Kinney was/is Corin Tucker, while Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen is her Portlandia partner. She's pretty good at picking people to collaborate with!)
I just read her excellent Sleater-Kinney-era memoir Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl and I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for her other supergroup Wild Flag (with Mary Timony as the other great singer/songwriter/guitarist this time) as well as Carrie's gig as a reporter on NPR's All Songs Considered podcast. When I was in Japan, listening to that podcast on my way to work helped keep me feel like I had some clue what was happening in the U.S. indie music scene at a time when many interesting things were happening (circa 2007).
Here's Carrie's take on social media, featuring Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, amongst others....
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