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The Kills “Black Rooster E.P.”

sfilzen — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:43:23 +0000

The Kills “Black Rooster E.P.” 2002/2017 (limited edition RSD reissue, 750 copies, red vinyl). Domino Records. Featuring VV and Hotel (VV=Alison Mosshart and Hotel=Jamie Hince), Black Rooster was The Kills’ debut EP, five tracks of lo-fi garage punk. Side A has “Cat Claw” (edgy indie power pop with serious riot grrrl attitude) and “Black Rooster (Fuck and Fight)” is dark and slinky and on which Mosshart and Hince share vocals, reminding me of Boss Hog’s Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez. Side B has three tracks: “Wait” (which borders on alt-country), a darkly gritty Velvet Undergroundesque-freakout cover of Captain Beefhart’s “Dropout Boogie (‘live’ at the Paint It Black 4/4/02),” and the seriously creepy and disturbing “Gum (Intermission ‘Red Meat Heart’).”

The (very old) review of Black Rooster on Allmusic is hysterical (in hindsight): “Both singers, the guy and girl team of VV and Hotel, have their own distinctive, stylish voice and they sound great together. Their music has a fair amount of sexiness and the listener will undoubtedly want to hear more. But there’s only four songs here and the second two are fine, but don’t live up to the potential of the first two. Who knows? This could be a great band.” Hahaha!

Runout groove Side A: HEY SAY WHAT BOZZA ALCHEMY Runout groove Side B: FUCK THE PEOPLE

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The Dead Weather “Hang You From the Heavens”

sfilzen — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:50:14 +0000

The Dead Weather “Hang You From the Heavens” b/w “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” 2009. Third Man Records. The debut single from the indie supergroup, the first 150 copies (which I’m pretty sure this is not one of) given out to the audience at the band’s first performance in 2009 at the Third Man offices, reached #8 on the US singles chart. The B-side is a cover of Gary Numan’s band the Tubeway Army’s “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” so it has a very weird, very cool blend of sleekly ominous new wave synth with dirty, dark garage rock. “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” was the first song that Jack White (White Stripes), Alison Mosshart (the Kills), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (the Raconteurs) recorded together; the formation of The Dead Weather came soon after, with their debut LP Horehound, upon which “Hang You From the Heavens” is featured, dropping the summer of ‘09.

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The Kills “Keep On Your Mean Side”

sfilzen — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:04:28 +0000

The Kills “Keep On Your Mean Side” 2003. US release on Rough Trade Records. Keep on Your Mean Side is the debut full-length release from duo Alison Mosshart (also vocals for Discount and the Jack White collaborative effort The Dead Weather) and Jamie Hince (also songwriter/guitarist for Scarfo and notably married to ubermodel Kate Moss until last year). Bluesy, sparse with more than a hint of darkness, Keep on Your Mean Side has a sneering DIY punk flavor fronted with Mosshart’s stellar vocals and Hince’s droning yet undeniably catchy guitar. My favorite tracks are the hard-driving chugga-chugga blues of “Pull A U,” “Fried My Little Brains” and “Hitched.” “Black Rooster,” which also appeared on their 2002 EP Black Rooster, feels like a blend of Velvet Underground and classic southern blues for a track that has a hypnotic effect like watching a locomotive tear through the countryside.

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The Dead Weather “I Cut Like a Buffalo”

sfilzen — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:46:05 +0000

The Dead Weather “I Cut Like a Buffalo” 2009. Third Man Records, limited 500 pressing. This 12″ single was the sixth release (TMR 006) on Jack White’s Third Man Records after the label moved from its ephemeral location in Detroit to a tangible location in Nashville in 2009. It’s single-sided, the B-side blank save for the etching of the Third Man logo.

“I Cut Like a Buffalo” was the third single from The Dead Weather’s debut album Horehound and though primarily sung by the Kills’ Alison Mosshart, Jack White’s vocals are mostly up front for this track (it is also the only song to be written solely by White on the album). The single’s 7″ counterpart does have a traditional B-side, the riff-heavy raucous track “A Child of a Few Hours Burning to Death.”

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The Kills “Live at Third Man Records”

sfilzen — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:04:14 +0000

The Kills “Live at Third Man Records” recorded live on October 10, 2012. Third Man Records. Today, November 23rd, is Kills’ singer Alison Mosshart’s birthday (b. 1978). She is also the singer for Jack White’s supergroup The Dead Weather. We picked up this “live to acetate” album when the Third Man Rolling Record store came through last spring.

The live record showcases the band’s bluesy sparse garage punk, Mosshart’s cut with a razor blade sultry vocals front and center, backed with Velvet Underground-inspired droning beats and guitar. Songs on the album span back to their earlier releases including from Keep on Your Mean Side (“Kissy Kissy”), the 2008 album Midnight Boom (“Tape Song”) and 2011′s Blood Pressures (“Future Starts Slow,” “Heart is a Beating Drum,” “Baby Says” and “The Last Goodbye”). My favorite track is the slow-jamming New York Dolls-esque grooving “DNA” from Blood Pressures.

Run-off groove etchings:

Side A – “Dr. Groove is in the house!”

Side B – “Is it live and direct to disk?”

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