franz and i decided to head to the kills show. see audio to get acquainted if you are not aware yet of this amazing band.
after some pre-drinking at the newly renovated morrissey, where we had very boozy doubles (to the point where my rum and coke was transparent) and some dude was like "yo can you put on the kills, we're going to the show!" to the not impressed waitress, we headed to the commodore. some chick found my 10$ payless shoes that i stole from my mom "adorable", which she proceeded to tell me outside. and then she proceeded to show us pictures of eagles she took pictures of. yup.
we headed on in and franz starred in awe at one of vancouver's finest music venues. it was his first time there. then we both concluded that vancouver needs more music clubs so look for our bar that shall open 2015.
the first band came on which prompted me to laugh during the first song. they were called the horrors and they were channeling the cure and post-punk to emo perfection. i swear it was like we were transported to some dingy club in new york circa 1987. the bassist had this shtick where all he did was stare at the crowd when he wasn't playing. by the end of it i was strangely attracted to him. after some tequila shots we dwelled closer to the stage where we witnessed the 60 pound singer's mic fail and a bunch of roadies panicking to get him a new one. mostly due to the tequila, franz and i ended up enjoying these lads. 6.5/10
afterwards came the dreaded half hour wait in the crowd. we ventured further into the middle and closer to the stage so we had full view of the kills. two drunk chicks were in front of us, one with big jugs. since she was short, we had prime view. drunk franz claims "i'm gonna make out with this chick". i told him to do it while they played the song sour cherry. 5 minutes before they hit the stage i started getting good old concert butterflies. there's nothing like the anticipation of seeing a band live. i've been digging the kills A LOT these last few months and their latest album Midnight Bloom has been constantly playing in my ipod.
little background info. the kills are alison mosshart and jamie hince. they were in separate bands but met each other through a chance accident when jamie's band was practicing in the hotel room above hers. since she lived in florida and he was in england, they'd send each other tapes back and forth until alison finally realized that was stupid and moved to london. the rest is history. don't let the one girl and one dude cliche fool you, they ain't like the white stripes. oh and jamie is dating kate moss. ah the old rock star dating a model, that's one cliche i hope never goes out of style.
they came onto stage and damn, these two deliver. backed by pre-recorded drum and bass, the two opt to solely concentrate on rocking out with their guitars and same amazing vocal skills. seriously, jamie hince's voice is like melted dark chocolate, so sexy and rich. such a great contrast to alison's. they sound awesome together. alison is a hell of a performer, girl feels every last word that comes out of her mouth. but it's never over-dramatic or theatrical. just raw. and awesome. they have ridiculous chemistry. musically and sexually. during "last day of magic" they had their mic turned to each other for a more intimate experience, and the brief face touches alison was doing to jamie were loaded with secrets we'll never know of. or she was super trashed and felt like it was a good idea at the time. we'll never know! they played sour cherry as their third song, so franz didn't have enough build up to make out with drunk chick, and then he lost his chance completely when she was too wasted to enjoy the rest of the show and left by the fourth song.
they performed two covers, crazy by patsy cline and i put a spell on you by screamin' jay hawkins. crazy was uber sexy and alison killed the vocals, very beautiful. i put a spell on you was during their encore, very punky and fun, brought the house down. the show ended with them standing on the speakers almost ready to fall into crowd, basking in the huge cheers from the crowd begging for the show not to end. but sadly it did.
i wish they would have played what new york used to be, but they played goodnight, another bad morning so i'm extremely content.
sexy, fun, raw - 9\10. come back soon please!
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i can't believe i missed this show. fail.
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