Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love (Sub Pop)
First off, the mere existence of this thing is cause for celebration: One of the greatest rock bands of the past 20 years springs upon the world the news that they’re back together after nearly a decade and, oh yeah, they’ve got a new album loaded up and ready to go. And even if No Cities isn’t the best Sleater-Kinney album, a ridiculous thing to ask for, it’s still Sleater-Kinney back together and sounding like a band again, bouncing spring-loaded riffs and soaring harmonies off of each other. And that’s still better than almost everything else. –Tom
