Wild Flag (2011) For anyone who wore a "rebel grrrl" button in the '90s (and that includes plenty of guys), it's an indie-rock dream come true: Sleater-Kinney's Carrie… Wild Flag Rock Merge
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Wild Flag (2011)

Wild Flag
Reviewed by Melissa Maerz | Sep 14, 2011
GRRRL POWER Members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium, and the Minders bring together the first female-driven rock supergroup
GRRRL POWER Members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium, and the Minders bring together the first female-driven rock supergroup
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Sep 13, 2011; Lead Performance: Wild Flag; Genre: Rock; Production: Merge

For anyone who wore a ''rebel grrrl'' button in the '90s (and that includes plenty of guys), it's an indie-rock dream come true: Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, Helium's Mary Timony, and the Minders' Rebecca Cole, all in the same band. From the dual-guitar seesaw of ''Romance'' to the punk-rock huh-uh of ''Endless Talk,'' Wild Flag is rock's first great all-female supergroup album. And it's about time. A-

Download These:
Girl-group riot Romance
Guitar-pop shimmy Endless Talk

Originally posted Sep 14, 2011 Published in issue #1173 Sep 23, 2011 Order article reprints