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Tuesday, August 3 2010

You’re Back Already!? An Interview With the Dead Weather’s Alison Mosshart

"We could have waited until after the next the Kills, Queens or White Stripes record, but who knows when that would be?" says the supergroup's front-woman during an in-depth conversation with PopMatters about their latest album Sea of Cowards.


Thursday, January 22 2009

Part 2: Katzenjammer to Xiu Xiu

From Katzenjammer to Xiu Xiu, PopMatters presents our second batch of Slipped Discs, 40 great albums that didn't quite make our year-end list in 2008, but our writers thought belonged there.


Wednesday, August 13 2008

Live From Abbey Road - Episode 9


Wednesday, June 18 2008

Cheap and Cheerless

The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful


Monday, March 31 2008

Ladytron, Neon Neon, The Kills…


Monday, March 17 2008

The Kills: Midnight Boom

The Kills' latest shows a maturity that defies its limitations, yet crucially doesn't dispel with the rich swagger and sass that gives the Kills their intensity.


Wednesday, March 23 2005

The Kills: No Wow

The Kills sound like the end result of a very young Al Joergensen fucking a few well-chosen smurfs and coming up with a cross between 'Effigy'-era Ministry and The Blue Men Group, with Smurfette on lead vocals.


Tuesday, November 16 2004

Franz Ferdinand + The Kills + The Zutons + The Killers

The French have spoken. Hey Strokes! You're free to leave.


Friday, May 23 2003

The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side


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