Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side [Japan Bonus Tracks]

On their full-length debut, Keep On Your Mean Side, The Kills deliver on the promise of their Black Rooster EP, serving up more of their sneering, sexy blues-punk with a little more polish and premeditation. It's easy to lump them in with the current crop of garage rock revivalists -- and granted, the band bears more than a passing resemblance to The White Stripes' bluesy sound and boy-girl lineup -- but Keep On Your Mean Side suggests that The Kills' true lineage comes from a darker, more poetic strain of rock. Read More