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[PUNK] You’ll probably start seeing Sleater-Kinney’s latest record, No Cities to Love popping up on various year-end best-of lists this week. After nearly a decade-long hiatus, the band’s longtime line up—founding members, vocalist/guitarists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, and drummer Janet Weiss—reunited just as suddenly as they had disbanded in 2006 with the announcement of a new record and the release of a new single, “Bury Our Friends.” The resulting full length record, No Cities to Love—released by Sub Pop Records in January— is a record that is as much defined by its reinvigorated angular punk sounds as Tucker and Brownstein’s radical lyrics, which remain a signature of the band. The power-trio doesn’t betray their legacy in the least on No Cites—a lurking fear among fans of any influential band—quite the opposite, it builds upon and progresses the hungry, feminist punk ideals that fans appreciated on records like Dig Me Out; cleaning up without sanitizing, and maturing without losing relevance. Sleater-Kinney comes to Babeville’s Asbury Hall on Thursday, December 10 with support from Waxahatchee—presented by Dan Smalls Presents.