Keep On Your Mean Side - The Kills

The Kills are a boy/girl band formed in London by Jamie Hince ("Hotel") and Alison Moshart ("VV"). They have been compared to the White Stripes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Keep On Your Mean Side is their debut LP and is rather excellent. The Kills play a sort of bluesy garage rock in which vocal duties are shared by Messrs Hince and Moshart. They also use a drum machine. Moshart's vocals are very reminiscent of PJ Harvey and Hince's riffs are really, really catchy. In fact Hince's brilliantly constructed guitar riffs, Moshart's seductive vocals and the drum programming make Keep On Your Mean Side addictive listening. The ...  Read the complete review

The Kills are a two-piece blues/rock hybrid consisting of VV (Alison Mosshart) on vocals and Hotel (Jamie Hince) on vocals and guitar. Allegedly the union of two former pen pals The Kills have been doing the rounds for a while now, touring and writing in preparation for their first full-length release. Their energy filled live shows have gained them many fans in both their home country the US and over here in the UK. On the stages it's just the two of them while in the background lingers a jet black, HAL like drum machine, the rock upon which all of The Kills songs are built. Many of The Kills tracks have a lo-fi feel about them, songs that have seemingly ...  Read the complete review