Carrie Brownstein Reveals Cover of Upcoming Memoir, ‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’

Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney revealed the minimal, black and white cover for her forthcoming memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl today (June 18).

The book – named for Sleater-Kinney's song "Modern Girl" from The Woods – is due out on October 27 and details Brownstein's life up until the band went on hiatus in 2005. It doesn't cover the making of her television show Portlandia or Sleater-Kinney's reunion this year. Check out the cover:

The book's publisher, Penguin, describes the memoir as a "an intimate and revealing narrative of her escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue... The book captures the experience of being a young woman, a born performer and an outsider, and ultimately finding one’s true calling through hard work, courage and the intoxicating power of rock and roll."

You can preorder the book at Penguin's website.

Earlier this week, Sleater-Kinney announced a new set of U.S. tour dates, to follow their appearance at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in July and the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City in November. The dates include a five nights at various venues in New York City.

Sleater-Kinney Tour
July 18: Chicago, IL -- Pitchfork Music Festival
Nov. 21-22: Mexico City, Mexico -- Corona Capital Festival
Dec. 4: Indianapolis, IN -- Old National Centre
Dec. 5: Columbus, OH -- Newport Music Hall
Dec. 6: Cincinnati, OH -- Bogarts
Dec. 8: Royal Oak, MI -- Royal Oak Music Theatre
Dec. 9: Cleveland, OH -- Masonic Auditorium
Dec. 10: Buffalo, NY -- Asbury Hall
Dec. 12: Brooklyn, NY -- Kings Theatre
Dec. 13: New York, NY -- Terminal 5
Dec. 14: New York, NY -- Irving Plaza
Dec. 15: Brooklyn, NY -- Music Hall of Williamsburg
Dec. 16: Brooklyn, NY -- Market Hotel

Sleater-Kinney – "Modern Girl" (Official Music Video)