May 4th, 2009 3:39pm
The Kills’ “Keep On Your Mean Side”
thekills.tvWhile I’m very much on record as believing The Kills’ 2008 release Midnight Boom to be a superb album, I’m sure part of that was due to the fact that it was the first Kills record I’d heard. Their reputation to that point was as a garage-blues-scuzz-punk rock duo and that’s not generally my thing, so discovering them to be - at least on that record - all those things but also exceedingly pop was a most pleasant surprise. But this shift in direction, while garnering new fans like myself, probably cost them some as well. Such is the karmic balance of the universe. And with the reissue tomorrow of their debut album Keep On Your Mean Side, The Kills that those long-time fans fell in sleazy lust with is fully on display.
MP3: The Kills - “Black Rooster”
MP3: The Kills - “Cat Claw”
Video: The Kills - “Fried My Little Brains”
Video: The Kills: I Hate The Way You Love
MySpace: The Kills
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