mercredi 7 septembre 2011

Super music, not just a super concept

There?s always been something self-congratulatory about supergroups, as if the mere idea of getting all those Wilburys into the same room was half the achievement. Was that a drum fill or the sound of the band patting itself on the back?

That?s why Wild Flag is a supergroup that doesn?t feel like one at all.

The self-titled debut by the indie band ? singer-guitarist Carrie Brownstein and drummer Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, singer-guitarist Mary Timony of Helium and keyboardist Rebecca Cole of the Minders ? lands next Tuesday, covered in all the sweat and grit and uncertainty that makes great rock-and-roll great. With power pop melodies, classic rock riffage and a punk heart beating furiously throughout, the foursome sprint through the album?s 10 tracks as if Wild Flag was the first band they?ve ever played in.

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