Self-Titled Summer | Wild Flag (2011, US)

Our final entry in this series is a spotlight on number 346 on The List, submitted by mfennvt. This Portland- and Washington D.C.-based indie rock band was the quartet of Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, Rebecca Clay Cole, and Mary Timony, previously of bands such as Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, The Minders, Autoclave, and Helium. This s/t was their debut and ultimately only album, but each member has continued to make kick-ass music elsewhere, including the reformed Sleater-Kinney, Pavement, and Ex Hex.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/09/30/self-titled-summer-wild-flag-2011-us/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://wildflag.bandcamp.com/album/wild-flag

Happy listening! And with that, I’ll now be taking about a month (maybe more) off from writing up new 1001 Other Albums blog posts. Take care of yourselves, and I'll meet you back here in November with more excellent Fediverse-recommended music.

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Self-Titled Summer | Wild Flag (2011, US)

And here we have our final entry in the Self-Titled Summer series, a spotlight on number 346 on The List, submitted by mfennvt. Here’s a quick rundown:

• Point of origin(s): This indie rock band was a bona fide supergroup based on opposite sides of the US, with Carrie Brownstein (vocals, guitar) of Sleater-Kinney (et al.), Janet Weiss (drums, backing vocals) of Sleater-Kinney and Quasi (et al.), and Rebecca Clay Cole (keyboards, backing vocals) previously of the Elephant 6 band The Minders all coming from Portland, Oregon, and Mary Timony (vocals, guitar) of Autoclave and Helium coming from Washington D.C. The group played their first live show in September 2010, around the same time as the production of season 1 of Brownstein’s TV show Portlandia was going on. This s/t, Wild Flag’s debut, was released a year later.
• Tasting notes: Fantastic indie rock; apparently the sound of an avalanche taking out a dolphin or what you get when you cross a hamburger with a hot dog (according to the band)
• Standout track: “Glass Tambourine”, “Electric Band”, “Racehorse”
• Where are they now?: This was the only album Wild Flag put out. They played their last show (with Mission of Burma) in August 2012, and at the end of 2013 announced they were done, primarily due to logistics. All members have continued with other projects. Soon after, Timony formed garage rock band Ex Hex. Weiss has continued with Quasi. Cole is currently a touring member of Pavement, and also has a project called Clay Cole that I believe is still active. Sleater-Kinney reformed in 2014 with both Brownstein and Weiss, though Weiss left in 2019.
• Websites: Bandcamp, Wikipedia

Happy listening! Hope you’ve found something you like in this long string of self-titled albums. I’ll now be taking about a month (maybe more) off from writing up new 1001 Other Albums blog posts, so see y’all in a bit. Take care of yourselves.

• Bandcamp: Wild Flag – Wild Flag
• Discogs: Wild Flag – Wild Flag

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