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[Posted Friday, October 3rd, 2003 14:40:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

In a recent and widely-cogitated interview with online zine/radio program Babes in Boyland, Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist Corin Tucker lamented that the band's record label, Kill Rock Stars, might soon be closing its doors. While discussing the consequences that arise from releasing music for independent record labels, Tucker also said that she believes One Beat (Sleater-Kinney's sixth full-length, which ranked at #14 on our list of the top 50 albums of '02) might be their last record released on Kill Rock Stars.

"It is partly because of financial demands, and partly because Slim [Moon], who runs the label, doesn't really want to do the label anymore", Tucker remarked. "I do not think we will be signing onto a major label any time soon, but it is really difficult, it has got much leaner in the States. I mean the whole economy is going down the tubes, but the music industry is very much like you're either on a major label or you're really struggling."

But Kill Rock Stars owner Slim Moon, who's run the label since 1991, tells Pitchfork another story entirely: "I absolutely and categorically deny that KRS has any plans to shut down, or that I have any lack of interest in doing the label," Moon declared to us via electronic post. "I plan to do this until I die. I'll bet you a thousand dollars that KRS is still going long after Sleater-Kinney has broken up and Corin has lost interest in being in a band. Hell, we've signed six new bands in the last six months, and just signed a five-year lease in a new office/warehouse. My bet is that Corin was misquoted."

Sleater-Kinney is currently on hiatus following extensive touring and the release of One Beat, and drummer Janet Weiss' quirky pop duo Quasi have recently released their fourth full-length, Hot Shit. As previously reported, Quasi is currently on tour through November; dates are in our previous story linked below.