Customer Reviews
BUY IT NOW!!! 
2008-05-26
After a free song download from iTunes, I was hooked and downloaded the whole thing. This is on constant rotation on my iPod. Such an all around great cd.
they did good job!! 
2008-05-19
I'm really like this album more than the one before, they are improved and make me surprise some new elements they put to their music now.
Wow! Stunning. 2008-05-04
I listen to KEXP from my car on the way in to work because I am privileged to live in Seattle. John Richards of John in the Morning claimed this is the best album of the year so far, so I bought it. The lyrics are catchy (albeit sometimes incomprehensible)- the female voice is a bit like Shirley Manson of Garbage. The guitar has the raw power of a John Lennon stratocast solo on some tracks. The rythm is pure energy - reminds me of the first time I listened to Gang of Four. The songs are short, but addicting. I am an instant fan and plan to turn all my friends on to this instant classic.
This CD doesn't disappoint!
I'm bored of cheap and cheerful... 2008-04-11
I got this album last week and, listening to it, I couldn't find a single song I wanted to skip - it's that good, but it's also that brief (around 35 minutes). Brevity is a good thing in this case - one of those albums that you'll be putting on to get going and before you know it, you're singing along because it gets your blood going and your feet tapping and you're listening to it lying down and the muscles in your legs start to ache because of the beats (it can get kind of obsessive listening to it, as well) getting your toes to tapping. Maybe it's because of their move to Domino (Clinic and Franz Ferdinand have been once and/or future lablemates), but this is their most rhythmic and quite possibly one of the sexiest albums of the still young year (The Breeders and Portishead are in the Final Four here).
21st Century Rock Defined 2008-04-06
Lou Reed & PJ Harvey had a dirty, dirty daughter and her name is The Kills. I stumbled across this spectacular band quite by accident (good fortune? kismet?) a week ago and have listened to little else since.
Deep tones resonate up your spine as pure rock 'n roll guitars--sometimes jangling, sometimes harmonic, other times staccato--crack open your skull and some rather clever lyrics delivered by an undeniably sexy female voice climb on in and take root.
If Joan Jett were cooler to the power of 10, hitting her prime today & lucky enough to hook up with Jamie Hince, she might sound a little like Alison Mosshart here; however, she'd still lack the talent.
This music insists that you listen up; that you participate rather than passively sit back. Go ahead and try to sit still. Your body won't obey and injury is likely.
Every song is worthy of your hard-earned dollar; of particular note are: "Last Day of Magic" (personal favorite), "Tape Song", "Night Train", "U.R.A. Fever" and the certain classic "Cheap and Cheerful". Sample and decide for yourself.
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Mom and dad should be proud.
Even better than No Wow 2008-07-15
I cannot stop listening to this album. It is truly quite remarkable. It rocks, it resonates, it's fun, it's deep..it has it all. They have perfected their genre of simple rock with a playful edge. Love it.
Midnight Boom 2008-06-25
The Kills-Midnight Boom *****
"I want you to be crazy 'cos you're boring baby when your straight, I want you to be crazy 'cos you're stupid baby when your straight."
To say Midnight Boom is a great album is a severe understatement, and while it is early, it must be said that this is now, and chances are will be at the end of the year, the best of 2008. vocalist Alison "VV" Mosshart tag-teamed with Jamie "Hotel" Hince's original guitar work make The Kills one of modern musics greatest teams. Her soft angelic vocals, aside his recall classic Kim Deal and Francis early Pixies, and Sonic Youth when soulful. Bliss. The techno-blues/punk is one of the most refreshing things ever created, and this their third album is one of the most raw, and incoherent things that I have ever heard, and I wish more than anything thing else in the history of music that I had created this.
'U.R.A. Fever' is a cheerleader chant in the middle of of armageddon. 'Tape Song' is indescribable, and not memorable after it's off but when it's on you become transfixed. 'Last Day Of Magic' is stunning in the same way that The Pixies' 'Where Is My Mind' was at the end of Fight Club. 'Hook In Line' is the radio equivalent of the original SNL cast known then as the not ready for prime time players. 'M.E.X.I.C.O.' is short, punishing, and more intense than a night of great sex. 'Sour Cherry' is Jack White wishes he could do.
Incendiary isn't the right word, just the first one to come to mind.
"We're two parties, two parties ending..." 2008-06-14
Midnight Boom by The Kills could be the best album of 2008 even though the year is far from over. I got introduced to their music on the t.v. show Gossip Girl (who would have guessed?) and since then I have been hooked on this rock/punk duo's incredible sound. VV and Hotel share some great vocals together but most of the vocals belong to VV and that's fine with me, she reminds me of Shirley Manson of Garbage. All 12 tracks are catchy, unique, and brilliant. Sour Cherry, Last Day of Magic, Tape Song, U.R.A. Fever will have you dancing while tracks like Black Balloon, What New York Used to Be, and Goodnight Bad Morning show this duo's mellow and sensitive side. And there's something so special about their lyrics especially in the song Hook and Line: "Try your best to make it matter/tattoo it in the clouds above you/nail it down with jealous bones/till it goes like a feather off on it's own." Midnight Boom is a completely unexpected and over-looked gem! I highly recommend this under-rated masterpiece, enjoy!
Warning 2008-06-11
Once you pop this "kill"er album into your player, you won't be able to take it out. Rare but true -- this is filled with one distinctive song after another. Faves: The Last Day of Magic (brilliant delivery by American singer VV). U.R.A. Fever (works great as a ringtone, too). Black Balloon and Alphabet Pony have also definitely grew on me. The arrangements of every song are excellent, fresh and twisted, keeping you interested and hearing new things each time. The sound is electro-alterna-pop with some punk edge. Shades of PJ Harvey, Peaches, Velvet Underground, and even a little M.I.A. thrown in.
Cheerful and not cheap! 2008-06-06
If you're in a rock band and you're going to date a super model, your music had better be good or you're simply giving more fodder to the press. Just ask Pete Doherty.
Actually, Mr. Doherty does have a link, albeit a wobbly one with Brit/American duo The Kills. Guitarist Jamie Hince is dating Doherty's ex, Kate Moss, assuring them ample space in the British tabloids.
"Midnight boom" is their third album (I was introduced to their sound when I got their sophomore "No wow") and it features more of their edgy, electro rock sound. They get compared to The White Stripes simply because they comprise a boy/girl duo.
Opening is the droning throbbing ""U.R.A. fever (you're a fever, with the pair trading lines) followed by the hand-clap adorned groovy "Cheap and cheerful". It reminds me a wee bit of the groovy "Born to hand jive" from "Grease".
"Tape song" is a gently pulsing ballad that wouldn't sound of place on a Garbage CD as does the beautiful "Black balloon" (with Alison Mosshart turning in a crystal clear, yearning performance).
More upbeat are the jangly "Last day of magic", "Hook and line", the drum kit-demolishing "M.E.X.I.C.O.U." (nice girl group sound), the hand-clap (this seems to be a new trend, what with The Ting tings doing it too) adorned "Sour cherry" (with syncopated beats), the eerie but bouncy "Alphabet pony", and the distorted sounds of "What New york used to be".
Closing is the tender acoustic "Goodnight bad morning" with Hince providing subtle harmonies for Mosshart's vocals. Lovely piano tinkling also.
A strong CD that should keep them in the public eye long after the tabloids tire of the Moss liaison.
