Thunderant lifts ten times its own weight

Posted by Dan December 18th, 2007 at 11:03am In Internets TV

I came across Thunderant a while ago on various hipster blogs, but never really felt compelled to write anything about them. Now, well… I do.

Thunderant is made up of SNL’s Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of the now-defunct, legendary punk trio Sleater-Kinney. Their show is basically just eccentric sketch comedy in the vein of Kids in the Hall, only with hipster leanings.  For instance, they had an episode centering around a feminist bookstore a while back (take a look, if only because the theme song is awesome and it’s not on the embedded clip below).

I have to say, though, they’ve really come into their own with their latest sketch — The Perfect Song. The sketch finds Armisen and exchanging snippets of songs via voicemail. Take a gander:

I’m really pleased to see Brownstein’s sharp comedic instincts — I love it when someone famous for one craft shows that it translates to another field.

In any case, to take a look at more of their stuff, click here.