By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorLet's be honest: The Grammys are a great spectacle and fun bit of junk food TV, but few of us take it seriously as any kind of measurement of musical innovation. Even this year, when… more »

By Tobi Vail, eMusic ContributorWhen Corin Tucker first appeared, fronting Heavens to Betsy 1991, her ability to viscerally connect with an audience and fill a room with her voice was immediately apparent. Starting with that group, continuing through her… more »

The Corin Tucker Band, Kill My Blues

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Kill My Blues

The Corin Tucker Band

2012 | Kill Rock Stars / Redeye

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorKill My Blues is the second Corin Tucker Band album from the former Sleater-Kinney singer-guitarist. eMusic's Lindsay Zoladz says: Corin Tucker has a superhero voice — soaring, nimble and hitting with the blunt force of a speeding bullet. Throughout the '90s and early aughts, she lent its powers to riot grrrl trailblazers Heavens To Betsy and political punk powerhouse Sleater-Kinney, and then she decided to (as she says herself in the invitingly conversational new single "Groundhog Day") "be a mom, have some kids." But on Kill My Blues, her second album with post-Sleater-Kinney project The Corin Tucker Band, Tucker sounds like the iconic hero in the opening scene of a long-awaited sequel, sighing at the state of affairs that's forced her return to her old job as a professional ass-kicker. "I thought we had a plan, move things forward for us and women around the globe," she sings. "Instead of going… more »

By Lindsay Zoladz, eMusic ContributorCorin Tucker has a superhero voice – soaring, nimble and hitting with the blunt force of a speeding bullet. Throughout the '90s and early aughts, she lent its powers to riot grrrl trailblazers Heavens To… more »

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By Jason Diamond, eMusic ContributorWe love in good magical times when members of Sleater-Kinney are free to roam the creative landscape, making all sorts of great new music while the world awaits word if the trio is ever really… more »

By Tobi Vail, eMusic ContributorI grew up with a rock 'n' roll mama. Even though my dad was the one who played in bands, it was my mom who saw the Beatles (twice!) and the Rolling Stones and Miles… more »

By Nick Marino, eMusic ContributorFrom their formation in Washington State in the mid-1990s to their amicable split in 2006, Sleater-Kinney were more than just the standard-bearers of riot grrrl, transcending both gender and the signature post-grunge sound of the… more »

By Nick Marino, eMusic ContributorOf all Sleater-Kinney's albums, this one probably best illustrates the sweet-and-sour vocal interplay between Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker. Their voices are all over each other — overlapping, competing, popping up, dropping out, adding up… more »

By Nick Marino, eMusic ContributorWith their third record in three years, Sleater-Kinney showed signs of fatigue. The hooks here are dulled, the energy feels blunted. It's as though the band finished off its masterpiece Dig Me Out and wasn't… more »

By Nick Marino, eMusic ContributorWithout losing any bite, Sleater-Kinney's sophomore release was more fun, more self-assured, rangier and just plain better than the band's self-titled debut. The band showed real growth, especially considering how quickly this record followed the… more »

By Nick Marino, eMusic ContributorReleased the year after Kurt Cobain's suicide, Sleater-Kinney's first album signaled an evolution not just for guitar rock from the Pacific Northwest, but for anyone who cared about underground music. Riot grrrl was a fully… more »

By Caryn Ganz, eMusic ContributorIn 2006, when one of the most acclaimed bands in rock called a time-out, Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist Corin Tucker shifted her focus to another trio: her family, which expanded to a quartet two years later. After… more »