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Midnight Boom by: The Kills List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0801390016424 Label: Domino Manufacturer: Domino Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Domino Release Date: March 18, 2008 Studio: Domino Sales Rank: 1989 MPN: 164 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: This duo subtly and organically fuses pop, glam, blues, art-punk, and hip-hop in a manner that flits between light and dark, funny and morbid, experimental and cute. The result is a short, sharp twelve track album of sensual, fresh, and atmospheric songs. A reminder that no one on earth makes rock 'n' roll quite like The Kills. Previous albums "No Wow" and "Keep On Your Mean Side" have sold over 70,000. Amazon.co.uk: Jamie "Hotel" Hince might have become tabloid fodder thanks to his relationship with Kate Moss, but the third album by The Kills, his band with American vocalist Alison "VV" Mosshart, does relatively little to tidy itself up for mainstream consumption. Midnight Boom is a typically lean set of makeshift punk-blues characterised by Hince's raw, Nick Zinner-style guitar, and Alison's bad-attitude drawl: see the opening "U.R.A Fever", a beat-up call-and-response number reminiscent of Royal Trux than sees Hince and Mosshart swapping sour quips over loping bass and drum machine thud, while "Cheap and Cheerful" sees Mosshart declaring "I want you to be crazy/'Cos you're boring baby when you're straight". The presence of producer Armani XXXchange of Baltimore hip-hop outfit Spank Rock means there's a greater emphasis here on rhythm, often of a synthetic nature: "Alphabet Pony" bumps along on robust, lo-fi drum kicks and bursts of primitive electronics, while "Black Balloon" is a slow-burner that toys with layered percussion built from hand claps, scrapers, and tapped snare. The Kills still have problems with a big, memorable chorus–-assuming, indeed, that was ever their intention--but Midnight Boom is all about grit and grooves, and it does that just fine. –Louis Pattison Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - An absolutely stunning albumI liked both of the Kills earlier albums -- KEEP ON YOUR MEAN SIDE and NO WOW -- but didn't think that they were so excellent that I needed another one. Lord, was I ever wrong. MIDNIGHT BLOOM is not merely a huge leap forward, but is one of the best rock albums of 2008. While the first two albums were excellent in every way, there was a bit of monotonous sameness that crept in as you listened to them in their entirety. They were best listened to in hunks, not wholes. MIDNIGHT BLOOM is diversely textured from beginning to end, with far more nuance to the arrangements and a wonderful diversity to the songs, without losing any of their hard edge. The Kills are a duo like the White Stripes, except that they rely on recordings of ... Read More: Rating: - All I know is that...The Kills previous album was just OK to me (great songs beside boring ones), so when a hip hop DJ recommended this one to me, naturally I was a bit confused. However, I bought it after hearing the sound clips, and the second I pressed play It was like punk rock dance time all the way to the end. Midnight Boom makes CSS and Le Tigre (among others) look like they might have missed the point somewhere along the way. Le Tigre interrupt the party by trying to have a "message," like Christian metal stopping to preach, and CSS can sometimes turn into the South American equivalent of Ween at times when their meaningless lyrics become painful. Midnight Boom is more filled with lyrics that might mean something, but mostly keep their meanings to themselves. ... Read More: Rating: - Stop Me Before I Do Something Desperate!I can't help myself. I need to get in to a 12-step program to stop listening to the Kills latest offering, "Midnight Boom." I'm becoming a crazed zealot who wants to take hostages, tie them up in my basement and force them to listen to "Getting Down" over and over until the get the "big picture." Know what I mean? The Kills have been around about 5 years and have released two first rate albums on Rough Trade but their latest release "Midnight Boom" is the deal closer for the Kills. As of late the Kills have matured into a ramshakle, kinetic force of nature capable of explosive live performances. Now I'm waiting for the Kills to sell out so I can act snarky and give them a good flogging for going mainstream. I must be ... Read More: Rating:  - the art of emptyStealing left and right from Joan Jett to PJ Harvey, this is utterly boring and uninventive. It's pathetic how little one has to do nowadays to sell "music" (hint: date a faded model). Rating: - The Kills New Album Simply Rocks!The Kills have really created something awesome with their latest album Midnight Boom. There are about 10 songs out of the 12 on the album that have definite potential to be huge singles. Not since MGMT's Oracular Spectacular has an album had so many huge tracks. Yet unlike MGMT's album, which has songs that stand great on their own but maybe aren't ordered well, this new album can really be listened to nonstop and you've got almost a perfect ecclectic playlist of awesome music. Electronic, rock, punk, experimental, indie; this album has it all. "URA Fever" feels like a blend between the coolness of INXS and the smoothness of the Waifs. This album definitely gets started off right with this track. And then it goes on a roller coaster, ... Read More: |
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