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Kate Nash and Sleater Kinney

Kate Nash’s recommendation: “A band that I love is Sleater-Kinney because they write really heartfelt sincere vulnerable music but it’s also tough and has a lot of balls and they do what they want. It feels like a really raw uncensored expression of something, and I love that mix of lyrics that are vulnerable but tough.”

New to Sleater-Kinney? Kate Nash suggests you start with their third album, Dig Me Out

Watch Words and Guitar from Sleater Kinney here:

About the guest author, Kate Nash: Kate’s career is as Cindarella as it gets. She hoped to work in the theater, but a foot injury nixed that idea. She then turned to songwriting, posted some clips on Myspace, signed with Fiction records and had an album that debuted at #1 in the UK. Her new album is called My Best Friend Is You and she is currently on tour, making appearances at this year’s Lilith Fair. Check her website for more info and her catchy new single here:

Bonus: One of our favorite live clips pairs Kate and Billy Bragg. Yup…it’s a must see medley of Foundations and New England. LOVE IT!

Carly Rabalais of Golden Triangle and Kleenex

Carly Rabalais’s recommendation: “While I feel that soul music has moved me in ways that are unexplainable, I find it hard to pinpoint one artist to focus on. Instead I choose the raucous women of the band Kleenex. Kleenex has recently resurfaced in my world and I have had the chance to revisit my love for it. Since my initial discovery of the band, I have grown and changed, and discovered more music along the way. Still, upon my recent re-encounter, I’ve found it striking how unique it still seems. The music is just weird. The group often used unconventional instruments and experimental vocals. All the while they always managed to keep it rocking. It’s also empowering to think that this all-girl punk group came out of Switzerland in the late 70’s, a time that females were not dominating forces in the music world. Kleenex took chances and created music that is timeless.”
(Editor’s note: Kleenex had to change its name to LiLiPUT in 1979 due to a lawsuit from, you guessed it, Kleenex.)

New to Kleenex? Start here: “Kill Rock Stars put out a great compilation of their entire discography called Liliput/ Kleenex.”

About the guest author, Carly Rabalais: Carly is a vocalist for the Brooklyn based garage band, Golden Triangel. The band won a battle of the unsigned bands contest at South By Southwest and was quickly snatched up by Sub Pop. You can buy their catchy debut, Double Jointer at Insound Records or check a video for Neon Noose here:

Kate Nash recommends Sleater-Kinney

Carly Rabalais of Golden Triangle carries a torch for Kleenex