Modern Girls

Did I neglect to tell you I think Sleater-Kinney's The Woods is the greatest rock album I've heard in something like two years, and their best album since Dig Me Out? All that annexation of Led Zep, the sharp political commentary--smart and not the least bit cynical--the seething operatic vocal runs and fluid sensuality in lyrics / intent. Fucking awesome. Were I not writing more for not-blogs, I'd elaborate. I will say this: seeing them at the Mercury Lounge a couple weeks ago with about 250ish others was so much like the first time, in 1997ish, the Middle East in Cambridge Mass; they were opening for Helium just after the release of Magic City* and Dig Me Out, and I was, as now, choking on my ill-functioning brain-sauce. But every time I spend a little time with the ladies I'm like, oh sure, there's hope. They are crafting light, and they always seem to be around when I really need them.