Sleater-Kinney Tickets

i have been a huge sleater-kinney fan since i was 14 years old after a family friend gave me a riot grrrl mix cd with "sold out" on it. since i grew up in a small texas town i never had the privilege or money to see them as a kid. all this to say i waited a LOOOOOOOOONG time for this show and it did not disappoint. at all. it was beautiful and life-changing. everything was perfect. the mix of old and new songs. the energy. the sound. the performance. i don't even have words to describe the flawless execution of music performed by these talented people. they were SO good i bought tickets to see them in dallas and pittsburgh. the crowd was a bit limp, but that's probably cuz I was dancing like i was alone in my bedroom. i went with a group of 8 people with varying knowledge of S-K and they were all completely floored. lizzo was pretty amazing too. i am a hip-hop fan, but the crowd of aging riot grrrls didn't seem too impressed. it seemed like a weird opener choice, but i had a good time dancing to her stuff.

Even the awful Terminal 5 could not take away from the awesomeness that is Sleater-Kinney. They tore through most of their new album, "No Cities to Love," and mixed in a good selection of tracks from their previous records. I've been a fan from the beginning and haven't missed any of their shows in NY since I first saw them in 1996. So glad they are back. Terminal 5, though? Awful, awful venue. It''s pretty hard to see there unless you are quite tall or are in the front.

Great, high-energy show. Sleater-Kinney hasn't missed a beat since they last played six years ago; in fact, they are even better. I wish I had liked the opening act better, but could have done without it.

Welcome back, Sleater-Kinney, and don't leave us again! This was a phenomenal show - I would go see them again in a heartbeat.

SK put on an amazing show, as they always did before their hiatus. The band is in top form. I have seen this band and its members play 10 times or so over the years and this was definitely up there as far as performances go. Terminal 5 was awful as usual -- between the rude staff, terrible sightlines, bad speaker positioning, and frustrating and labyrinthine layout, they work really hard to make it a little painful to go to shows there. If you can see Sleater-Kinney at a good venue in another city, I would recommend that. Hopefully they'll play somewhere other than T5 next time around.

If I could go see Sleater-Kinney perform every single night I would. The energy of Corin's voice and Carrie's guitar playing and Janet's drumming is off the charts.

Sleater-Kinney have lost nothing in the decade since they went on indefinite hiatus. They played a tight, unrelenting show, with a great mix of new and old songs. On their own merits, I'd give them five stars. However, the House of Blues is the worst concert venue I've been to in my 30 years of concert-going. This is a corporate venue, with little personality, no soul, and a staff hellbent upon making the experience as unpleasant as possible. My ticket was for the Mezzanine level, which is a hellish experience save for those few patient enough to get there very early and secure a spot up front right against the banister. For everyone else, this is obstructed viewing. HoB's failure to indicate this is unacceptable. For the unlucky souls stuck on the Mezz, there are a few small flat screen TVs and a projector. The projector was not focused and there was a one-second delay between the music heard and the image displayed. I've included a picture of my view. Unfortunately, all of this pretty much ruined the experience for me and my companions. Never again.