Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
212.353.1600
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The Kills
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Thursday May 1, 2008 (7pm)
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- Price
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$22 / $20 advance
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The Kills' Alison Mosshart is all about sizzle — though not necessarily sex. Reveling in her throaty, cigarette-stained croak, the heavy clang of distorted blues guitar, and, more recently, dark electro beats, Mosshart manages an affected, emotional indictment of humanity's seedier side. Onstage, a muted sexual tension builds as Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince gaze awkwardly at each other, bearing the (fictionalized?) brunt of their (unrealized?) attraction. The duo make goo-goo eyes tonight alongside hot up-and-comers the Childballads, a Wilco-esque ensemble featuring former Jonathan Fire*Eater singer Stewart Lupton — the only member of his former band who didn't eventually join the Walkmen.
