Kathy Foster

Slang (Janet Weiss, Drew Grow, Thermals) announce debut LP - watch "Wilder" video

Slang, the Portland group that includes Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi), Drew Grow (Modern Kin, Pastors’ Wives), Kathy Foster (The Thermals), and Anita Lee Elliot (Viva Voce), have finally announced their debut album…

tours announced: Bush Tetras, Caithlin De Marrais, Ozzy/Priest, Hurry Up, more

Plus: Ex Hex / EZTV, Sloan, Snail Mail, Aaron West, Lost Girl (Jenny Hval & Havard Volden), Hand Habits, and more tour news.

Janet Weiss' band Slang debut new lineup (with Kathy from Thermals) and song

Not only did Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss join Thermals bassist Kathy Foster’s new band Roseblood, Kathy also joined Janet’s band Slang…

Roseblood is Kathy from The Thermals' new band; Janet Weiss is drumming!

The Thermals are no more, but bassist/backing vocalist Kathy Foster is staying busy with her solo project, Roseblood, who just played their first two shows with new drummer Janet Weiss (of Sleater-Kinney), opening for Speedy Ortiz.

Quasi releases protest comp ft. mems of Sleater-Kinney, New Pornographers, Built to Spill, Pavement, more

Quasi (aka Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss) have put together a new compilation protest album called Battle Hymns that features tons of exciting guests. It’s a pay-what-you-want download, and proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood, ACLU, and 350.org.

Hutch and Kathy of The Thermals pressing their 2002 self-titled LP on vinyl for #RSD15, touring (dates, streams)

Before they got louder in The Thermals, Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster made folky pop as Hutch and Kathy. Their 2002 eponymous album is getting its first-ever vinyl pressing for Record Store Day 2015…