Corin Tucker Band: Kill My Blues – review

Before Hurricane Ditto the loudest riot grrrl on the west coast was Corin Tucker , wind-tunnel frontwoman for Sleater-Kinney. With S-K still cleaved in half, Tucker is on her second solo album, a return to rocking ways after 2010's quieter 1,000 Years. Accompanied with sass and subtlety by bits of Unwound and Stephen Malkmus's Jicks, Tucker opens with a rallying cry about feminism treading water. Of course you can dance to Groundhog Day, as you can to Neskowin , a punk-funk coming-of-age single. Most intriguing of all, perhaps, Kill My Blues actually features a really good blues track – Blood, Bones and Sand; not what you'd expect from a latterday punk rock heroine.