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As evidenced by their impressive discography, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney know their stuff when it comes to guitar music. The indie rock duo nods towards bands like Sonic Youth, Bikini Kill, Gang of Four, and, of course, the one and only Patti Smith.
When Brownstein and Tucker first discovered Patti Smith’s legendary debut album, Horses, an artistic earthquake occurred in both of their lives. They were blown away by Smith’s challenging lyrics and fearless melodies, as well as Robert Mapplethorpe’s stunning portrait on the album’s cover. On this episode of The Spark Parade, the two discuss how Horses has remained a constant source of inspiration in Sleater-Kinney’s decades long career.
“We have taken the unconventional nature [from] it, but also the belief in music, the belief that even the stuff that’s a little wrong works,” Brownstien explains. “Even if it’s very unapologetically challenging at times, because it just believes in art.”
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Listen to Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney talk about Patti Smith’s Horses via the player above. You can also hear the complete Spark Parade catalog using he playlist below. Sleater-Kinney’s new album Little Rope, is out January 19th, and you can get tickets to their upcoming tour supporting the LP here.
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Host Adam Unze (The Opus) explores creativity in all its forms on The Spark Parade by asking musicians, artists, comedians, and other creators to share the single cultural work that has most inspired them. Whether it comes from the world of music, film, comedy, visual art, or literature, we all have something that sparks our own creative desires. On The Spark Parade, guests reveal the single piece of art that ignites within them to fire of creation.