JANET WEISS: When we were in the early stages of writing the material for The Woods, we were touring with Pearl Jam in these massive, 20,000 capacity stadiums.Huge, cavernous rooms with all this air ...

Portland's Quasi will be visiting the Rhythm Room on Monday in support of their excellent new double-album, Mole City. The band, which turned 20, features two accomplished vets of the Northwest ...

It could even be one of the artist’s own songs. For this Forgotten Songs, Janet Weiss of Quasi and Wild Flag (and formerly of Sleater-Kinney) writes about Elyse Weinberg’s 1968 song “Houses” (released ...

Drum goddess Janet Weiss announced she’s leaving Sleater-Kinney on Monday — surprising news for fans, given that the band is on the verge of releasing their excellent new album and tickets ...

Janet Weiss opened up about her exit from Sleater-Kinney and her difficult decision to leave the band for the first time in a new interview. “The roles changed within the band, and they told me ...

The song samples the chants from the recent Portland protests, and Sam and Janet trade off lines like ”left hook to the racist mind's eye / bye bye miss American lie” over a droney organ dirge.

Not only did Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss join Thermals bassist Kathy Foster‘s new band Roseblood, Kathy also joined Janet’s band Slang, who have existed for a few years but used to just ...

Sleater-Kinney’s upcoming album produced by St. Vincent will be the last one with longtime drummer Janet Weiss. On Monday morning Weiss announced that after 24 years, she has left the beloved ...

Sleater-Kinney's Janet Weiss (left), Carrie Brownstein (center) and Corin Tucker (right) join All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton to discuss new album No Cities To Love ...

After months of silence, Janet Weiss has elaborated on her decision to leave Sleater-Kinney. In July, Weiss announced on Instagram that she had left Sleater-Kinney, citing the band's "new ...

Six weeks ahead of a new Sleater-Kinney album release, drummer Janet Weiss has exited the band. In a post on social media captioned “Big changes,” Weiss wrote, “after intense deliberation ...