The Kills

Lately, I've been getting into the music of The Kills. According to Tommy, "They sound like Franz Ferdinand". People often draw comparisons between The Kills and The White Stripes. I've listened to the latter before and occasionally listen to their music, but I think The Kills are a lot better. The Kills are made up of 2 people, Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart (which I guess contributes to the comparison to The White Stripes). Jamie Hince is the guitarist and Alison Mosshart does the vocals. They don't have a drummer - but instead use a drum machine. Their music has this cool underground aethetic to it - it's not polished, it's gritty and it's real. And it doesn't hurt that the guitar riffs are incredibly catchy. I also love how they both do vocals - the mixing is really cool sounding and I love both Alison Mosshart's and Jamie Hince's voices. The Kills are another band who are on Domino Records (Franz Ferdinand and Arctic Monkeys are on Domino as well). I haven't listened to too much yet, so far mostly only the singles - but my favorites so far are posted above.