In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Carrie Brownstein talks about her unlikely journey from shredding onstage with Sleater-Kinney to getting laughs on IFC's Portlandia. We photographed the multi-talented singer-guitarist-comedian at home in Portland, where she's lived for more than a decade. Read on for outtakes from the RS photo shoot, plus Carrie's commentary on life in Portland – and read our full profile from the latest issue of the magazine here.

Photos by We Are the Rhoads

Interview by Simon Vozick-Levinson