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Post by vinyl on Jul 22, 2008 17:49:32 GMT -5
AW  WIMBLEDON I wonder who he was rooting for! I hope he was cool like Gwen and supported Federer! (she was in his box  ) Honey Gwen was yawning in the box - Gavin was rooting for Fed ;) |
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Post by Positive Tension on Jul 22, 2008 21:34:43 GMT -5
I just bought this CD today based on the strength of "Sour Cherry" which I immediately fell in love with. I had reservations because I haven't listened to this type of music very much and wasn't sure if the CD was going to be accessible enough for me, but it was worth every penny- I've been playing it for three hours now and love it! It really makes some of the music I normally listen to seem generic and and passionless.
It's hard to pick my favorite songs after such a short time, but the songs I'm repeating (in addition to Sour Cherry) are U.R.A. Fever, Cheap and Cheerful (my current favorite- packs a lot of punch), Last Day of Magic, What New York Used to Be, Alphabet Pony, and Getting Down.
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 22, 2008 22:05:25 GMT -5
It's great to hear that you love it!
I hope the band do some more US promo when they come back for their late summer/early fall US tour.
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 28, 2008 0:21:21 GMT -5
PerfectLie, just to reiterate that you cannot miss them next week!:  NEWSFLASH: "BLACK BALLOON" IS THE 4TH SINGLE!!![/SIZE] |
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 28, 2008 0:45:11 GMT -5
The video & single are out in September. I think this is a great choice; my favorite on the album, actually. Unmistakably beautiful, it displays a very different, subtle downtempo mode for them and yet it is ultimately both catchy enough to appeal to new fans (Gossip Girl viewers, lol?) and to still register with critics as one of the best performed rock ballads in a long time. I can see it going places. It's arguably (along with "Last Day of Magic") the best reviewed track on the album, and if it finds its audience, it could be massive.
Plus, they will be back in the States then, so they can promote it! Great plan.
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Post by vinyl on Jul 28, 2008 21:18:22 GMT -5
A. Fantastic choice.
B. Partly thanks to your pushing, I made a point not to miss it. I'm going. :)
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Post by Coin-Operated [Boy] on Jul 29, 2008 8:13:50 GMT -5
Go Black Balloon! I love the fact that they are releasing the album's slowly escalating epic as the 4th single.
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 29, 2008 11:42:16 GMT -5
Me, too! & I'm so excited for you, Phil! It's going to be fabulous, I promise.
I'm listening to rare b-side "Hit Me When U 1-2". PM me if you want it.
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 30, 2008 1:17:54 GMT -5
MY FAVORITE ANNUAL PUBLICATION THAT RECOGNIZES THE COLLISION OF FASHION & MUSIC HAS ARRIVED! From WWD (the bible!): You know fashion week is just around the corner when Condé Nast’s annual Fashion Rocks supplement begins to arrive in mailboxes. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Condé Nast Media Group program that includes the annual magazine, concert and television special. The magazine, helmed by editorial director Anna Wintour and editor in chief Jonathan Van Meter, today begins its rollout with subscriber copies of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Glamour, Details and 11 other Condé Nast titles. Justin Timberlake is this year’s cover model. The pop star, actor and fashion designer wore a tuxedo jacket from his own line, William Rast, in the photo by Craig McDean. Other musicians profiled and photographed in the issue include Beyoncé Knowles, shot by Jean-Baptiste Mondino; Mariah Carey and Dhani Harrison by Steven Meisel; Usher and the Black Eyed Peas by Norman Jean Roy; Steve Coogan by Anton Corbijn; Mark Ronson by Terry Richardson, and London rock band The Kills by Anni!e Leibovitz*. Martin Schoeller snapped Keith Urban and Zooey Deschanel, and André 3000 discusses his new clothing line, Benjamin Bixby, in a four-page spread shot by David Vasiljevic. While Citi, Cover Girl, Chevrolet, Nivea, Kohl’s and Verizon all packed multiple pages of advertising in the issue, Richard Beckman, president of Condé Nast Media Group, said ad pages were flat with last year’s edition. The 170-page magazine is a precursor to the Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 5 at Radio City Music Hall, which airs on CBS four days later. I can't wait 'til I get it! I subscribe to Vogue, so I automatically get it for free.
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 31, 2008 0:40:06 GMT -5
"Black Balloon" at Glastonbury:
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 31, 2008 0:47:18 GMT -5
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 2, 2008 22:15:55 GMT -5
FASHION ROCKS SCANS - COURTESY OF TFS: The Kills "Band of Outsiders" Ph. Annie Leibovitz    |
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 2, 2008 22:18:54 GMT -5
NEW UK TOUR DATES (ALONG WITH READING FESTIVAL):
Thu 10/16/08 London, UK Saatchi Gallery
Sat 10/18/08 Nice, FRA Theatre Lino Ventura
Sun 10/19/08 Montpellier, FRA Rockstore
Tue 10/21/08 Clermont Ferrand, FRA La Cooperative de Mai
Wed 10/22/08 Dijon, FRA La Vapeur
Thu 10/23/08 Strasbourg, FRA Zenith
Fri 10/24/08 Nancy, FRA Autre Canal
appearing at "Festival Picardiemouv"
Sat 10/25/08 Creil, FRA Festival Picardiemouv Grounds
Mon 10/27/08 Caen, FRA Le Cargo
Tue 10/28/08 Paris, FRA Le Bataclan
Tue 11/04/08 Glasgow, UK Oran Mor
Wed 11/05/08 Newcastle, UK Other Rooms
Thu 11/06/08 Middlesborough, UK Middlesborough Arena
Sat 11/08/08 Sheffield, UK The Leadmill
Sun 11/09/08 Stoke, UK The Sugarmill
Mon 11/10/08 Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
Fri 11/14/08 Mannheim, GER Alte Feuerwache
Sun 11/16/08 Coventry, UK Coventry Kasbah
Mon 11/17/08 Norwich, UK Waterfront
Wed 11/19/08 Cambridge, UK The Junction
Thu 11/20/08 London, UK The Astoria
Fri 11/21/08 Brighton, UK Concorde 2
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 4, 2008 13:35:30 GMT -5
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Post by vinyl on Aug 5, 2008 1:22:18 GMT -5
STORY TIME. I went to this great festival and well the Kills were playing. We got there early so I was in the front front front. They were fucking.perfect. They didn't let me down a t a l l . Magnetic. Energetic. FULL of personality. I can't even describe how captivating they are. THEN they did a signing! So I powerwalk from the front row to the Archambault tent and they were pretty far apart! And I get in the line like, 5th or something. I was seriously impressing myself fanboy-wise. And people had Midnight Boom and the festival's program to sign and I had my Edie bag and they were all like 'what the hell...' Then I get to the table, show the bag and Jamie&Alison go 'awwwww!!!' and start drawing hearts around Edie and writing 'Jamie Loves Edie' and I was vair vair proud of myself.  |
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Post by Nevermind on Aug 5, 2008 15:19:37 GMT -5
:o woah, that sounds beyond amazing! I really need to go see them even more now!
(and btw I love your new signature)
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Post by vinyl on Aug 5, 2008 15:21:39 GMT -5
thanks I took a million pictures, might as well put them to use! also oscillations. has some backup now - I urge everyone to go see them live ASAP. |
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 5, 2008 19:27:18 GMT -5
That pic of VV leaning into the camera is pure fierceness! God, I need to see them again now.
I'm so happy that you got to meet them, Phil! Everyone thinks their aloofness stems from vanity, but they are very shy and sweet in person.
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 5, 2008 19:29:01 GMT -5
P.S. Did Jamie "whack" his guitar towards Alison's head during "Fried My Little Brains"? It's a near miss, every time. And the repartee is so effective, every time. Alison moves so cool during that song, too. No one else can writhe like that! :o
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 5, 2008 20:00:04 GMT -5
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Post by **βécky**™ on Aug 5, 2008 21:46:46 GMT -5
^Thx..
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Post by vinyl on Aug 5, 2008 22:16:31 GMT -5
Sometimes I wish I lived in the US.  That pic of VV leaning into the camera is pure fierceness! God, I need to see them again now. I'm so happy that you got to meet them, Phil! Everyone thinks their aloofness stems from vanity, but they are very shy and sweet in person. They DID seem shy! During the set they barely talked but that I had read about... (Jamie even said 'if you've seen us before, you'd know right now we're being very talkative' which made everyone laugh.) but during the signing they were very sweet. P.S. Did Jamie "whack" his guitar towards Alison's head during "Fried My Little Brains"? It's a near miss, every time. And the repartee is so effective, every time. Alison moves so cool during that song, too. No one else can writhe like that! :o Oh other surprise - they didn't do Fried My Little Brains! Ugh now I want to see it. I hope they come back to Montreal for a full-length show soon... I'm still kicking myself for missing them in May. But the way she moves, during the whole show, is crazy captivating. |
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 8, 2008 14:11:46 GMT -5
A full list I made of notable Kills' rarities: I'M SEEKING:- U.R.A. Fever Instrumental - Cheap & Cheerful Instrumental - Old Child (w/ Dionysos)- Sugar Baby (Fried My Little Brains B-Side)
- Jewel Thief (also FMLB B-side) I also found a Peel session version! - Superpowerless (Last Day of Magic B-Side)- Venus In Furs cover (does it actually exist? - it's from an acoustic session) have it! :o In return I can offer almost any other Kills' rarity, including:- Run Home Slow - Passion Is Accurate - The Void - Kiss The Wrong Side - Magazine - Baby's Eyes - I Call It Art - Night Train - The Search For Cherry Red - Half Of Us - Hit Me When U 1-2 - Black Rooster EP (which features Dropout Boogie & Gum) - Run Home Slow EP (RHS + PIA + 2 remixes) - Various other remixes Anyway, if anyone could help me out, that would be amazing (but doubtful). The hunt for Kills' b-sides is astonishingly archaic, which is frustrating but kind of cool.  P.S. Belated but did you ever see the LDOM cover?  |
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 8, 2008 15:08:26 GMT -5
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Post by galvanize on Aug 9, 2008 13:49:25 GMT -5
Their three song set on Live From Abbey Road was brilliant this week. It hasn't aired on Sundance yet, but it's already available on demand. Along with Sara Borefest & the Fratellis... speaking of which the episode this week with Elbow, MGMT, & Alanis M. is currently airing on Sundance now. |
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 11, 2008 14:53:47 GMT -5
Just when I no longer get Sundance! >:(
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 15, 2008 19:14:14 GMT -5
midnightboom.com is back up & running, but the instrumentals are nowhere to be found. :(
I'm going just buy the vinyl singles.
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Post by oscillations. on Aug 15, 2008 20:54:31 GMT -5
ALL THE RARITIES EVER IN ONE FILE.Took two hours to upload!  Tell me, children, what are your favorite Kills' b-sides, specialty tracks, etc? Right now I'm really into "Kiss The Wrong Side" (UBER Clinic), "Superpowerless" (UBER Garbage), and "Old Child" with Dionysos (UBER Gallic black magic). Thank heaven for the Kills! Oh, yeah - I'm working on a style profile of Alison Mosshart. Excited!
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Post by vinyl on Aug 15, 2008 22:02:16 GMT -5
Superpowerless is my favorite too... it's fantastic.
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Post by Nevermind on Aug 27, 2008 13:56:36 GMT -5
According to a tour ad I've got in NME the next UK single is Tape Song which will be released November 10th. :o
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