The Kills - Midnight Boom
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Free Music Review: Somewhere in a town or city near you...
Hit: 4 Stars
When I listen to this album, I get a vision of a subculture. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it ain't polite bourgeois society, folks. Just examine some of the lyrics. In "U.R.A. Fever", we find "We are a fever...we ain't born typical." In "Cheap and Cheerful", we hear "I want you to be crazy cos you're boring baby when you're straight" and "I'm sick of social graces/Show your shark-tipped teeth". And in "Tape Song" we learn that "Time ain't gonna cure you honey/Time don't give a {CENSORED}". And how about this, from "Getting Down": "I'm getting down with your cute cut wrist...I'm getting down with the young drunk lovers." Not all of the lyrics are quite that pointed. Most are tossed out like paint randomly slapped on a canvas; but they reinforce the picture of a no-nonsense, non-conformist lifestyle. And the music, sounding somewhat like Garbage with a touch of Velvet Underground, supports the lyrics. Masterfully done, it abounds with dissonant guitar; feedback; aggressive, sometimes primitive percussion; prominent bass; and a coldly impersonal lead vocal style. All tracks were written and produced by the performing duo (with some extra production added on 4 tracks), so this is their statement. I doubt that any of these tunes could be candidates for the Song of the Year Grammy, but then I imagine that The Kills themselves couldn't care less. They know what's really important in life. As they say in "Alphabet Pony", "Don't forget my cigarettes and get something that we can drink." Well said!Free Music Review: I'm bored of cheap and cheerful...
Hit: 4 Stars
I got this album last week and, listening to it, I couldn't find a single song I wanted to skip - it's that good, but it's also that brief (around 35 minutes). Brevity is a good thing in this case - one of those albums that you'll be putting on to get going and before you know it, you're singing along because it gets your blood going and your feet tapping and you're listening to it lying down and the muscles in your legs start to ache because of the beats (it can get kind of obsessive listening to it, as well) getting your toes to tapping. Maybe it's because of their move to Domino (Clinic and Franz Ferdinand have been once and/or future lablemates), but this is their most rhythmic and quite possibly one of the sexiest albums of the still young year (The Breeders and Portishead are in the Final Four here).Free Music Review: favorite band
Hit: 4 Stars
Boom goes the bass in this one. I love blasting my stereo to it. The Kills are a genius rock band and this album shows their power. The guys from the U.K., she's American, and now she's in an even better band HorehoundFree Music Review: What music used to be...
Hit: 4 Stars
I call this music "primitive punk" (my lame attempt to coin a genre).
No Beatles or Miles Davis break through here, but the best thing since. "What New York used to be" is the perfect song that opens new territory in the genre of modern pop rock with that undefineable edge that makes it all worthwile.
Free Music Review: they did good job!!
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm really like this album more than the one before, they are improved and make me surprise some new elements they put to their music now.