The Kills
The Kills Are Ready to Roar
At the old Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, fans are wound up for a smoldering night of jagged, turbocharged punk and deep blues. The Kills have come to reignite the present and reflect on their past amid the room’s angular, pre-Columbian temple decor and packed dance floor. At stage left is singer Alison Mosshart, with a mane of startling platinum, wailing to the riffs of “Murdermile,” a bleak tune from 2005. She grabs her mic stand and snaps her head forward and back, convulsing to the raw bursts of guitar from her creative soulmate, Jamie Hince, now blasting through his amplifiers. Together, Mosshart and Hince pause between riffs to growl and purr, “It’s a train wreck/You got me on the wrong track, honey.” This is only their third night back in the spotlight since 2019, part of a ...
The Kills Announce 17th Anniversary Double Album Reissue of No Wow
The Kills announced a 17th-anniversary (interesting number choice but sure why not) deluxe reissue of their 2005 album No Wow out June 3 via Domino. The reissue features the original recording and a new mix by Tchad Blake. Blake’s mix of the title track “No Wow” is out now alongside an accompanying music video. Directed by Sally Walker-Hudecki, it features a collage of Super 8 footage with elements of the original 2005 video directed by Kenneth Cappello. [embedded content][embedded content] The deluxe edition features a gold foil gatefold LP jacket, black-and-gold smoke vinyl LP, an exclusive 5×7 print, and a four-page booklet. A 2 CD including both versions, a single LP version of the Tchad Blake Mix 2022 on black vinyl and indie exclusive gold vinyl, and a single LP version of the origin...
St. Vincent Covers Nine Inch Nails to Honor NIN’s Rock Hall 2020 Induction
In honor of the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony happening this weekend, Amazon Music just released a special series of covers honoring this year’s class of inductees. St. Vincent and Jehnny Beth of Savages put their flair on Nine Inch Nails’ “Piggy” and “Closer” respectively. Eyelids took on Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” off 1990’s Violator, while Real Estate covered “What a Fool Believes” by the Doobie Brothers. And while T. Rex was honored with a tribute album of covers this year, The Kills will be covering their iconic track, “Cosmic Dancer.” To honor the late Whitney Houston, Brandy will be covering one of the singer’s tracks, which will release in 2021. In other Amazon Music news, the service re-released The Birth of Biggie on the&nbs...
The Kills Announce Rarities LP, Share ‘Raise Me (Demo)’
The Kills will be bringing fans a treat at the end of the year. The duio will release Little Bastards a new compilation of B-sides and rarities culled from 2002 to 2009. It will include the never-before-heard demo of “Raise Me from the band’s Midnight Boom period; “I Call It Art” from the Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited covers compilation; a performance of “Love Is A Deserter” from an XFM radio session and covers of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Forty Four,” Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell on You” and Dock Boggs’ “Sugar Baby.” And the LP will be available in CD, digital and LP formats and will be the first-ever vinyl pressing for some of the songs. The title of the new LP comes from the duo’s nickname for the drum machine that allowed them to start off and survive as a duo. “It was a Rolan...
