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The Kills — Keep On Your Mean Side [reissue]

By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) May 12, 2009 11:26 am

People who first heard of The Kills through their catchy dancefloor track "Cheap And Cheerful" need to familiarize themselves with their earlier work, because this shit is way better. This re-released 2003 album has a gritty '60s/'70s feel thanks to being recorded on an eight-track recorder. It's provocative and filthy — the kind of...

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Kills Sexier Than Horrors Are Moody

By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) May 8, 2009 3:09 pm

"As soon as The Horrors are done, I'm, like, gone," the petite goth with the Karen O hairstyle standing beside me said with a giggle, and it was easy to imagine this was a sentiment shared by many at the Phoenix. In fact, if one were to divide the venue between Team Horrors and Team Kills, it'd have been evenly split between black-...

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The Kills One Of The Sexiest Shows Of The Year

By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) May 7, 2008 1:00 pm

It was without a doubt the hottest 30 seconds in rock 'n' roll this year. As Alison "VV" Mosshart and Jamie "Hotel" Hince — the duo known as The Kills — polished off the final refrain of "Wait" from their 2003 disc, Keep On Your Mean Side, the two groaned their lyrics into a single microphone while engaged in a...

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The Kills — Midnight Boom

By Matt Reeder (CHARTattack) March 18, 2008 5:12 pm

Spawned during a string of late-night recording sessions, The Kills' aptly titled third full-length is yet another batch of minimalist rock noir. And as usual, there's plenty of irreverent goodness to go around. "Time ain't gonna cure you, honey/Time don't give a shit," sings the London duo's female half VV on "Tape Song," just...

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The Kills — No Wow

By Noah Love (CHARTattack) March 15, 2005 2:11 pm

No Wow starts out so unpromisingly that it comes as quite a shock The Kills manage to pull off a pretty good album. The opening title track, which sounds like a female-led Rammstein, screams mediocre. Thankfully, the rest of the record is anything but. By the time the band get around to the epic two-part "I Hate The Way You Love," singer...

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Kills Documentary On The Wedge

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 13, 2011 1:47 pm

The Kills released their fourth studio album, Blood Pressures, last Tuesday. Given that every band under the sun is releasing documentaries these days, it's not really surprising that one was made about the making of that album.A short film made by directors Will & Dylan that's about singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince's...

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I Read The News Today... For March 30, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 30, 2011 2:26 pm

Will Currie & The Country French have been working on their Awake, You Sleepers! LP for a while now, but it should finally be out in October, fingers crossed. In the meantime, get a free download of new song "Tommy Douglas" over at their website. Toronto alt.country singer/songwriter Lindi Ortega is releasing her Little Red Boots debut album...

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Song Of The Day: The Kills' "DNA"

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 14, 2011 5:37 pm

The Kills return with their fourth album, Blood Pressures, on April 4. If you've been following Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince since their 2003 Keep On Your Mean Side debut album, new tune "DNA" will probably be just what you're used to from the band. That's not an insult, either, as it features the type of bluesy, raw guitar and snarly vocals...

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I Read The News Today... For March 14, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 14, 2011 4:45 pm

Want to see a guy screaming into a microphone while a silent film plays in the background? Head to this year's Images Festival, then. 54-40 are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year by releasing a new album entitled Lost In The City. It's their 13th studio LP and it's out June 14.The Kills are offering a free download of "DNA" from their...

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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 27, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 27, 2011 2:01 pm

Toronto's Dinosaur Bones will release their My Divider debut album on March 8 through Dine Alone. It was produced by Jon Drew, who's handled discs by Tokyo Police Club, Fucked Up and Arkells, so hopefully it'll be pretty good. Born Ruffians have just announced a Canadian tour that'll take place from mid-March to early April. They're out in support...

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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 12, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 12, 2011 4:26 pm

M.I.A. has released a surprise EP of remixes of "Internet Connection," which was a bonus track on last year's /\/\ /\ Y /\. —Pitchfork The Kills are releasing a new album titled Blood Pressures on April 5. It's the follow-up to 2008's Midnight Boom and was recorded at Michigan's Key Club Studios. Guitarist Jamie Hince produced it. Gorillaz have...

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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 6, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 6, 2011 3:26 pm

Damon Albarn is scoring a short film called The Boy In The Oak. It's a film adaptation of the book of the same title that was recently released by his sister, Jessica Albarn. Jude Law will narrate the movie. —The Playlist Amon Amarth want you to grow your best viking beard to win a prize pack that includes a lock from vocalist Johan Hegg's beard...

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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 15, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 15, 2010 3:00 pm

D-Sisive will no longer be known as D-Sisive after Nov. 27. He'll play his last show under that name on that night at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern. At that same show, D-Sisive will perform 2009's Polaris Music Prize long listed Let The Children Die in entirety, and the set will be filmed for a live DVD release. —D-SisiveSeattle's Experience Music...

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The Dead Weather — "I Cut Like A Buffalo"

By CHARTattack Staff October 2, 2009 4:25 pm

The video for The Dead Weather's "I Cut Like A Buffalo" is nothing short of weird, with bowler hats, weird beams of light over people's eyes, hula-hooping and lots of other strangeness. Jack White directed it, and you creep me out, Jack White. "I Cut Like A Buffalo" is on Horehound, which is in stores now.

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Kate Moss Drowns Kills' New Album

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 24, 2009 10:22 am

Kate Moss has committed a multitude of stupidity-related sins — including dating Pete Doherty — but this might just top them all: She's destroyed the new Kills album. Hince and Moss had been at the supermodel's home for a "romantic weekend," according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail tabloid. They started fighting "out of nowhere,"...

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Mosshart Says She Didn't Fight White

By CHARTattack Staff May 20, 2009 10:55 am

Alison Mosshart has shot down reports she got in a fight with her Dead Weather bandmate Jack White at a New York bar after a major bender. Mosshart, who's also a member of The Kills, issued a statement refuting the claims made in an article in U.K. tabloid The Sun that they came to blows. "I don't usually bother responding to ridiculous...

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