Carrie Brownstein

…joined Sleater-Kinney guitarist and singer Carrie Brownstein and producer Jonathan Krisel to create the IFC sketch comedy show Portlandia, which was filmed in Portland, Oregon, and satirizes the city’s politically liberal, hipster lifestyle. Armisen had met Brownstein in 2003, and over the years they had made several video shorts, some…

…Modern Girl, Sleater-Kinney lead guitarist Carrie Brownstein wrote, “I think the music I both played and listened to, along with the unmasked, confessional writing in the fanzines, really created a vocabulary for me. Sometimes the works were smart or pithy, profound, poetic, and often they were really messy. But they…

…and rock musicians Chrissie Hynde, Carrie Brownstein, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Strummer, and Jonny Greenwood.