Sleater-Kinney - Entertain

What this video is

Released in May 2005 as the lead single from The Woods — Sleater-Kinney's first album on Sub Pop — 'Entertain' arrived at a pivotal moment: a celebrated underground band entering a larger commercial infrastructure while the song itself interrogated the very notion of entertainment and spectacle. The Woods was produced by Dave Fridmann and recorded largely live in the studio, and the video's austere,…

Why it matters

A landmark document of mid-2000s feminist indie rock at its most confrontational. The video's performance-only format — devoid of narrative distraction — amplifies the song's rhetorical force, positioning it within a lineage of punk anti-spectacle. As the lead single from what many consider…

The director

Molly & Mariah are an indie music video directing duo active in the mid-2000s, associated with the Sub Pop Records roster. They directed videos for Sleater-Kinney and Rosie Thomas, among others, and were noted by industry observers for thematic coherence and…