[ATTENDED: October 27, 2019] Sleater-Kinney
I saw Sleater-Kinney in New York City in 1999 and 2000.
Back in those days I didn’t try to get up close to the stage and I have one or two pictures of them from far away.
When S-K made their reunion album in 2015, I didn’t feel compelled to see the tour because I had seen them twice already. I now regret it because it was at Union Transfer and that would have been an amazing place to see them. Although looking at that setlist, aside from songs of that new album, I didn’t miss a whole lot that wasn’t played at my show, so my regret is now low.
There were some weird things going on with this tour before it even began. People didn’t like the new record. Then, amazing drummer Janet Weiss abruptly quit a few weeks before the tour started (I saw that people actually asked online about getting a refund (!)). And my show had the weird detail of being listed at two venues. Was it at the main room of the Fillmore? Or was it in the tiny Foundry (as their site listed). Now The Foundry would have been an insanely wonderful place to see them, and I wondered if the new album wasn’t selling or that without Janet, maybe they could only fill The Foundry.
But clearly that was a mistake because the Fillmore was well crowded (but not packed). I have been really down on the Fillmore as of late because super crowded shows there really suck. But I managed to get a good spot around nicer people and was close enough that I wasn’t in the halo of the bar, so it was all good. And the sound in the Fillmore is outstanding, of course. (more…)