The Kills consist of VV and Hotel. These two have been making music for the past year and doing a lot of home recordings where they live in the UK as well. They have a serious knack for doing great raw recordings, narcotic and saccharine - the drums alone will pull you in. Strong female presence much like Chrissie Hynde of Pretenders and Justine Frischmann from Elastica with fierce singing and wild taunts similar to Patti Smith. Male vocals much like the sounds of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground and ev...   [ read more ]

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?Bettie Serveert's charm, as established from the get-go on their debut album, wasn't any kind of new radicalism but the members' way around well-known rock styles to unexpected effect. Everything from third album Velvet Underground and Neil Young's furious electric heights to the Wedding Present's bruised romanticism (the production especially calls to mind some of Steve Albini's work for that band) has an echo here. What makes it all connect isn't simply the considerable abilities of the group, especiall...   [ read more ]

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Nancy Sinatra, her self-titled new album, is a series of collaborations between the legendary Nancy Sinatra and artists including Morrissey, Bono and The Edge, Pete Yorn, Steve Van Zandt, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth,) Jarvis Cocker (Pulp,) Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion), The Doves and Calexico which have resulted in this album of guitar-based contemporary pop songs. Nancy's stock in today's hipster world is at an all time high. Recent sightings include a sold-out show this past June as part of Morrissey's M...   [ read more ]

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