The Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side
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Artist: The KillsEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2003-04-01
Music Label: Rough Trade
Soundtracks:
- Superstition
- Cat Claw
- Pull A U
- Kissy Kissy
- Fried My Little Brains
- Gypsy Death & You
- Hand
- Hitched
- Black Rooster
- Wait
- Fuck The People
- Monkey 23
Free Music Notes for Keep on Your Mean Side
Free Music Review: Not for everyone
Hit: 5 Stars
Be wary, this disc is not for everyone. In fact, I'd hazard a guess that most people would really dislike this album. I also don't think giving this album a once-or-twice-over at a friend's house would be necissarily beneficial. Borrow it from someone for awhile if you really want a first impression, but it takes a few listens to get used to the differences between this and alot of other bands. If you're willing to take a chance, go for it, buy this disc and don't give up on it until you're thoroughly convinced it's either fantastic or terrible.
Keep on Your Mean Side Poster
The Kills' debut is a stark 21st Century blues album, the sort of thing that would have struggled to find an audience before the White Stripes broke into the mainstream. So it's lucky for them--and us--that they had such respectable coattails to ride on. The duo--Alison Mosshart, a.k.a. VV, and Hotel--play a music that's blues influenced with a garage rock edge, and that's where the similarities end. Sure, the Kills use a drum machine instead of a live drummer, but the differences run much deeper than that: The Kills's blues rock is dirtier and more sex-drenched version of blues rock, a result of the shared vocal duties of Hotel and VV. The sultry "Hitched" says it all ("I'll get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get hitched"). These are songs that sweat sexual menace, recalling Boss Hogg or early PJ Harvey (on "Superstition" and "Wait," VV's voice is a dead ringer for young Polly Jean's). Best of all, these songs are stuffed with hooks. In a sea of pretenders, the Kills are capable of providing some genuine competition for the White Stripes.--Robert BurrowAlternative Rock Music CDs
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