Photos of The Kills at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on September 23rd, 2016
QRO’s review of The Kills at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on May 17th, 2016
Photos of The Kills at 2016 Shaky Knees in Atlanta, GA
QRO’s review of The Kills at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY on April 12th, 2016
Photos of The Kills at SXSW 2016 in Austin, TX
QRO’s review of The Kills at The Metro in Chicago, IL on August 2nd, 2015
Photos of The Kills at CMJ 2014 in New York, NY
Photos of The Kills at 2014 Governors Ball in New York, NY
Photos of The Kills at 2014 Field Trip Festival in Toronto, ON, Canada
QRO’s review of The Kills at Pier 63 in New York, NY on August 23rd, 2012
The Kills know what they’re doing. Jamie Hince’s staccato garage-guitar and Alison Mosshart’s woman-on-top, take-the-reins vocals have garnered them praise and success, making them one of the strongest bands to have come out of the garage rock-revival of the last decade. Even if they don’t vary the formula that much, it still continues with Ash & Ice.
Photos of The Kills at Music Fest NW 2011 in Portland, OR
QRO’s review of The Kills at Terminal 5 on August 8th, 2011
QRO’s review of The Kills at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR on May 10th, 2011
Photos of The Kills at SXSW 2011
Photos of The Kills at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 3rd, 2008
Whether Ash or Ice, this record is most definitely a Kills release. Lead-off single “Doing It To Death” is a slow effective grinder in all the ways that The Kills know how to do it, while you can practically picture Mosshart singing “Hard Habit To Break” or jerking to the rhythm of “Hard Habit To Break”. Admittedly, the record slides a bit from this one-two-three start, and at thirteen songs, is probably a few tracks too many, as by the back half there are a couple of numbers that just feel like ‘standard’ Kills (including the requisite Mosshart + piano crooner, in this case “That Love”).
But even when The Kills are predictable, they are still welcome and still impress. Plus their live show (QRO live review) takes it more than a few notches. The Kills are powerfully doing it to death.
