Win Tickets ($90): Sleater-Kinney Little Rope Tour @ Crystal Ballroom | Indie Rock

We are giving away a pair of tickets to Sleater-Kinney Little Rope Tour @ Crystal Ballroom on April 5. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed March 11.



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From our sponsors:
Sleater-Kinney Little Rope Tour
April 5, 2024
6:30PM Doors, 8PM Show | All Ages
$39.50-$49.50 ADV, $45-$55 Doors
More info: crystalballroompdx.com

Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209

Sleater-Kinney has announced their eleventh studio album, Little Rope, which will be released January 19, 2024 via Loma Vista Recordings with a hauntingly intimate music video for lead single “Hell”, directed by Ashley Connor and starring Miranda July. Recorded at Flora Recording and Playback in Portland, Oregon with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton,

Little Rope is a powerfully honest and soul-baring album by one of modern rock’s most vital bands.

Little Rope is one of the finest, most delicately layered records in Sleater-Kinney’s nearly 30-year career. To call the album flawless feels like an insult to its intent – it careens headfirst into flaw and brokenness – a meditation on what living in a world of perpetual crisis has done to us, and what we do to the world in return. On the surface, the album’s 10 songs veer from spare to anthemic, catchy to deliberately hard-turning. But beneath that are perhaps the most complex and subtle arrangements of any Sleater-Kinney record, and a lyrical and emotional compass pointed firmly in the direction of something both liberating and terrifying: the sense that the only way to gain control is to let it go.

In the autumn of 2022, Carrie Brownstein received a call from Corin Tucker, who herself had just received a call from the American embassy in Italy. Years earlier, Brownstein listed Tucker as her emergency contact on a passport form, and while she had since changed her phone number, Tucker had not. The embassy staff were desperately trying to reach Brownstein. When they finally did, they told her what happened: While vacationing in Italy, Brownstein’s mother and stepfather had been in a car accident. Both were killed.

Although some of the album had already been written, aspects of each song-a guitar solo, the singing style, the sonic approach-were pulled into a changed emotional landscape. As Brownstein and Tucker moved through the early aftermath of the tragedy, elements of what was to become the emotional backbone of Little Rope began to form – how we navigate grief, who we navigate it with, and the ways it transforms us. The result is a collision of certainty and uncertainty evident from the first few spare seconds of the record’s opening track and first single, “Hell.” Over an agoraphobic expanse of tone and a trickle of chords, Little Rope’s emotional thesis statement begins to take form:

Hell don’t have no worries Hell don’t have no past
Hell is just a signpost when you take a certain path

It’s a restrained, controlled prologue, but control is fleeting. A few seconds later, well, all hell breaks loose.

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  1. Kayla on October 24, 2023 at 6:05 pm

    Would be a dream come true! ✨

  2. Chris on October 25, 2023 at 5:06 pm

    Would love to see them!

    • Aimee on November 13, 2023 at 11:48 am

      They’re live show is life changingly amazing

  3. Joshua B on October 26, 2023 at 10:46 am

    I would love to see this band.

  4. Kate on October 26, 2023 at 3:00 pm

    Teenage me with a riot grrl ‘zine could not dream of more

  5. Dahlia Martinez on October 26, 2023 at 4:46 pm

    Theres is no greater bull than the one that effs up the china shop. Gimme some tickets 🐥

  6. Joseph on October 27, 2023 at 12:42 am

    I’m no rock and roll fun.

  7. Cory on October 27, 2023 at 3:20 pm

    Going to be a great show!!!!

  8. Cassandra on October 30, 2023 at 1:55 pm

    Dream concert 😊

  9. Molli Lillian Taylor on October 31, 2023 at 8:13 am

    i have never seen sleater kinney live and have always wanted to!

  10. Carmen on October 31, 2023 at 2:43 pm

    Would be thrilled to see these ladies rock out! Such an iconic Portland band.

    • Lauren on November 14, 2023 at 12:52 am

      I want tickets to this so badly! I love Sleater Kinney!!!

  11. Channing S. on October 31, 2023 at 3:04 pm

    Love Sleater-Kinney and would love to see them live!!

  12. Lorraine Kaye Wesolowski on October 31, 2023 at 3:06 pm

    This would be so AMAZING

  13. Kamron G on October 31, 2023 at 3:15 pm

    I love them

  14. Brent Hunsberger on October 31, 2023 at 3:15 pm

    Haven’t seen them since 2005; they never put on a bad show.

  15. LJ on October 31, 2023 at 3:51 pm

    It’s my birthday! Pick me pretty please with edible glitter on top!

  16. Sarah on October 31, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    what a treat!

  17. Sarah on October 31, 2023 at 3:53 pm

    would be an honor to see these guys!

  18. Marco Robles on October 31, 2023 at 4:15 pm

    Seeing them live would be aaaaammmaaaazzzing!

  19. Jake J on October 31, 2023 at 5:58 pm

    Would love to score tix!!!

  20. Anthea Proulx on October 31, 2023 at 9:11 pm

    They put on a great show! Would love to attend!

  21. Mons on October 31, 2023 at 9:47 pm

    I remember hearing them for the first time, it was otherworldly! The woods has a special place in my heart 🖤

  22. Arianne Kimberly on November 1, 2023 at 1:47 am

    This has got to be a Hellish Great show!!!! Even if it took tragedy for these to curate this masterpiece, we are applauding CB for sharing it with the world …. I’d love to attend.

  23. Nikki on November 1, 2023 at 9:06 am

    I would love to see some of my favorite bad-ass ladies rock the Crystal!

  24. Angelab on November 1, 2023 at 6:12 pm

    Would love to see them!

  25. Kelly G on November 2, 2023 at 9:22 am

    I can’t ever drive past the I-5 exit in Lacey WA without screaming out Sleater-Kinney! I would love to scream that once without being in my car.

  26. Erica on November 2, 2023 at 11:22 am

    Yes, please. 🍒

  27. Melissa on November 2, 2023 at 6:38 pm

    I would love to see them live! 🎸 🎤

  28. Melissa on November 2, 2023 at 7:24 pm

    They rock hard and so do I. We must rock together!

  29. Richard Potts on November 2, 2023 at 7:36 pm

    Yes please, thank you!

  30. Carla on November 2, 2023 at 11:53 pm

    They are icons of the PNW, I would love the chance to see them live!!

  31. Kelly Campbell on November 4, 2023 at 10:41 pm

    The last time I saw Sleeter Kinney was at the crystal in 2005. I would be so delighted to see them again.

  32. Ric on November 6, 2023 at 10:16 am

    One of my all time favorite bands. Would be so dang rad to see them!

  33. Ashley on November 6, 2023 at 10:39 am

    Would LOVE to win these tickets and take my best friend! 🤟

  34. Noa on November 6, 2023 at 11:46 am

    I need to win this, life has been insane and I need something to make me happy!

  35. Christine on November 6, 2023 at 6:33 pm

    Oh, wow! Seeing this show live in Portland would certainly be a treat!

  36. Karen C on November 7, 2023 at 2:05 pm

    Yes, please. A thousand times over.

  37. MD on November 7, 2023 at 2:08 pm

    Hell is just a signpost when you take a certain path—and I would so love this show to be on my path! 😆

  38. madeleine on November 7, 2023 at 2:09 pm

    trying my luck twice!!!! please PDX pipeline treat me right!!!!

  39. April on November 7, 2023 at 3:11 pm

    Oh yes! Im loving the new song Hell 🔥so good. Will be a great show.

  40. Summer B on November 7, 2023 at 3:15 pm

    Of course I’ll go, thank you so much!

  41. Dineen O’Rourke on November 7, 2023 at 3:17 pm

    So fun!

  42. shen on November 7, 2023 at 5:35 pm

    Oh please!

  43. Dani on November 7, 2023 at 6:48 pm

    “When I went to school…. In Olympia!!!” Oh wait- wrong band 😅

  44. David k on November 7, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    How, after being a big fan for years, I recently turned my young daughter on to Sleater Kinney. Would love a chance to take her to see these new heroes of hers.

  45. Jennifer on November 7, 2023 at 8:24 pm

    Would love to win! 🤞🏼

  46. Dannica on November 7, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    I would LOVE this!

  47. Shanelle on November 7, 2023 at 11:38 pm

    This sounds like such an emotional album, it would be an honor to be in the room with them for this performance.

  48. Kathleen Mc on November 8, 2023 at 8:02 am

    Count me in!! Thanks!!!

  49. Bowe on November 12, 2023 at 10:26 am

    Yes please, new album is amazing! 💓

  50. jack frank on November 13, 2023 at 11:55 am

    need to see them at the best portland venue for our heroes!

  51. Serena S on November 13, 2023 at 12:04 pm

    cannot wait for the new album

  52. MrsKV on November 13, 2023 at 4:13 pm

    We have not seen them live and would be such a fun evening!

  53. Rachel on November 13, 2023 at 6:08 pm

    would love to see them live

  54. Meg on November 14, 2023 at 6:30 am

    Please & Thank you!
    Seeing them play in Portland would be a dream.🖤

  55. Davina on November 14, 2023 at 9:53 am

    So excited for this show – plus just saw that Palehound is opening 🤩

  56. Marc W on November 14, 2023 at 11:46 am

    Never had the pleasure of seeing SK live… PDX is definitely the place to do it!!!

  57. Renata on November 14, 2023 at 2:17 pm

    Would love to see them live at the Crystal Ballroom! Such a memorial venue for them to play!

  58. Mel on November 14, 2023 at 2:33 pm

    Super rad, missed them at Edgefield and would love this opportunity!

  59. Robin on November 14, 2023 at 2:51 pm

    This would be great!

  60. Brian on November 14, 2023 at 3:19 pm

    This would be amazing!

  61. Rose on November 14, 2023 at 5:56 pm

    Would be so cool to see them live!

  62. David on November 14, 2023 at 10:13 pm

    I drove to Spokane to see them for my first post-Covid concert after they started playing again. I’d love to see them again.

  63. Angie B on November 14, 2023 at 10:27 pm

    Would be so great!

  64. Amber on November 16, 2023 at 3:26 pm

    My boyfriend is obsessed with Sleater-Kinney. I’d love to suprise him with tickets!

  65. Ann on November 16, 2023 at 6:51 pm

    Best in Portland

  66. Lisa on November 18, 2023 at 7:32 pm

    Would love to go!

  67. Arianne Kimberly on November 19, 2023 at 1:12 pm

    Oh yes …. I haven’t seen them since I was a wee one in the 90s-really fan gurrrrled out to their shit back then & even more now!! I am ready for this one!!!!

  68. Jennifer on November 21, 2023 at 12:27 pm

    Yes please!

  69. Enya C. on November 21, 2023 at 2:08 pm

    Corin Tucker is the best!

  70. Madeline Royse on November 21, 2023 at 2:09 pm

    I would love to see them again! Saw them back in 2003 when tix were like $10. I saw Carrie Brownstein in the lobby of The Crystal Ballroom at that show and she totally signed my stub. It was so tight! She is sooo cool.

  71. Nam on November 21, 2023 at 5:05 pm

    This is gonna be a rad show

  72. Amy on November 21, 2023 at 5:23 pm

    I would love to go to this show!! I saw Sleater-Kinney over 20 years ago at the Crystal when I was in high school so would be rad to see them there again!

  73. sarah on November 21, 2023 at 10:50 pm

    love them! I have never been to their show. Would be honored to go.

  74. Gayle Plantz on November 23, 2023 at 10:54 pm

    What could be more Portland than seeing these ladies?

  75. Amy H. on November 24, 2023 at 12:46 pm

    Would love to go!

  76. Scott Pierce on November 27, 2023 at 2:54 pm

    I have never seen them live before. Now would be nice.

  77. Jenna on November 28, 2023 at 2:07 pm

    I grew up playing music and was heavily influenced by Sleater Kinney, would be a lifelong dream come true to finally see them live 🙂

  78. Jenn L on November 28, 2023 at 2:07 pm

    this would be a dream!

  79. K on November 28, 2023 at 2:20 pm

    I would love to go to this!

  80. Libby on November 28, 2023 at 3:05 pm

    🤞🏻🤘🏻🤞🏻

  81. Brian on November 28, 2023 at 3:09 pm

    Would love to go.

  82. Heidi on November 28, 2023 at 8:01 pm

    I would love to take my daughter to this show!

  83. Stephen T Mahoney on November 28, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    I have never seen Sleater Kinney, even though I’ve lived here and gone to see shows since the warly ’90s. I know this would be an incredible experience seeing them here in Portland!

  84. Halo on November 30, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    Pick me! Or someone else. But me would be cool, for me 😎

  85. Chris on November 30, 2023 at 1:36 pm

    My wife loves them! It’d be great to have for a date night.

  86. Maggie on December 1, 2023 at 2:22 pm

    Sleater-Kinney is my favorite provocative, all-
    female bands of all times. Would love to hear
    songs from their new album, “Little Rope” at one of my favorite venues, The Crystal Ballroom. With their talent and status, hopefully, they’ll continue to be the articulate and incendiary voices the world needs!!

  87. Danita on December 1, 2023 at 8:33 pm

    I’ve always wanted to see Sleater-Kinney live. I’d take my cousin and introduce her to life in the PNW music scene.

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