WILD FLAG

  • WILD FLAG

WILD FLAG/TIMES NEW VIKING
8:30 p.m., Stickyz. $10.

Advertisement

Even though they didn’t release a proper recording of a song until last weekend, when NPR broke the Britt Daniel-produced “Glass Tambourine,” the indie rock godmothers of Wild Flag have been the subject of much rock crit drooling for months, piquing interest by way of grainy YouTube videos, not to mention their lineup. Supergroup alert: The band is made up by Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, Janet Weiss and Rebecca Cole, members of The Minders, Helium, Quasi and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. Also, do you remember how Sleater-Kinney is, like, probably one of the best American rock bands of all time? Yeah, we never forgot, either. With Brownstein and Weiss, Wild Flag is half Sleater-Kinney. You’re pretty much required to go to this one.

Also playing: fellow Merge Records band Times New Viking, the ever-amazing lo-fi pop trio who are currently the fourth most-listened-to artist on my last.fm charts and, on some days, my favorite active American band, period. If you haven’t given “Move to California” a spin, you’re missing out on one of the best songs of the century, period.

Advertisement

Oh my God, y’all. This is a big one.

Check it out:
Wild Flag – “Future Crimes” (live @ Doug Fir Lounge, Portland)
Times New Viking – “Thing With a Hook” (Half Japanese cover, live @ The Cake Shop, NYC)

Advertisement

Arkansas Times: Your voice in the fight

Are you tired of watered-down news and biased reporting? The Arkansas Times has been fighting for truth and justice for 50 years. As an alternative newspaper in Little Rock, we are tough, determined, and unafraid to take on powerful forces. With over 63,000 Facebook followers, 58,000 Twitter followers, 35,000 Arkansas blog followers, and 70,000 daily email blasts, we are making a difference. But we can't do it without you. Join the 3,400 paid subscribers who support our great journalism and help us hire more writers. Sign up for a subscription today or make a donation of as little as $1 and help keep the Arkansas Times feisty for years to come.

Previous article Monday To-Do: The Body Next article Monday To-Do: Damien Jurado-Viva Voce