Top Five Local Sleater-Kinney Landmarks

By MATTHEW SINGER

1. Southwest Broadway 

The photo on the cover of 1999's The Hot Rock depicts the band hailing a cab downtown, the Schnitz's iconic "Portland" sign visible in the background a few blocks away.


2. La Luna

Southeast 9th Avenue and Pine Street.

Sleater-Kinney played the defunct Portland club (now the building that houses Biwa) frequently in the '90s, including release shows for Call the Doctor and Dig Me Out. It's also where Janet Weiss first saw the band prior to joining in 1996. 


3. Claudia's

3006 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

The sports pub appears briefly in Sleater-Kinney's first video, for the song "Get Up," which was directed by Miranda July. (The majority of it was shot in a field in Olympia, Wash.) 


4. Jackpot! Recording Studio

Southeast Morrison Street and 20th Avenue.

All Hands on the Bad One and One Beat were recorded at the studio's original location, which Elliott Smith helped build—literally and figuratively.


5. Portland International Airport MAX stop

In 2002, a coyote boarded the MAX Red Line at the airport, inspiring One Beat's "Light Rail Coyote," the song that solidified Sleater-Kinney as a true Portland band.

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