jamie hince Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/jamie-hince/ Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:27:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 The Kills “Black Rooster E.P.” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-kills-black-rooster-ep-20022017-limited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-kills-black-rooster-ep-20022017-limited Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:43:23 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/the-kills-black-rooster-ep-20022017-limited/ 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 [...]

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]]> 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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]]> 11113 The Kills “Keep On Your Mean Side” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-kills-keep-on-your-mean-side-2003-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-kills-keep-on-your-mean-side-2003-us Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:04:28 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/the-kills-keep-on-your-mean-side-2003-us/ 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 [...]

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]]> 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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