The article begins by describing Sleater-Kinney as a band that worked to pave the way for females in rock music. Sasha Frere-Jones describes what each member brought to the band by mentioning that “Brownstein… is the lightest of hearts, fond of reclaiming rock moves like high kicks and windmilling arms. Weiss, the drummer, supplies the band’s elegance and power.” She also says that “Some of her (Tucker’s) prowess is technical… but her voice also presents itself as simply bigger.” In the fifth paragraph, Frere-Jones analyzes one of the band’s songs “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone.” The song that the author says originally feels like a love song is actually a song to an audience member. Calling it “an anthem that had been waiting to be written,”
