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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.


Reviews

Wednesday, April 6 2011

The Kills: Blood Pressures

Scrappy, garage-y duo finally conclusively shed the restraints of their early sound and prove their last album wasn't a fluke.


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.


Blogs

Wednesday, June 18 2008

Cheap and Cheerless

The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful


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