king Kahn and the Shrines

[ro]

went to see them the other night (based on Ononist's post in my Best Screams thread: THANKS) , A good old fashioned Lewd Loud Lascivious Spectacle which was just what I've been needing.. there's nothing like a pot-bellied tatooed guy in – er, falling out of, rather – gold sequined skivvies setting dollar bills on fire and spewing Jameson over his adoring victims, while also putting the moves on a giant chicken next to his beautiful go-go dancing wife with her everpresent smile while the band plays on in their plastic shrimp or teeth neck gear.

and, they're very very friendly people. had a nice chat afterwards with several of them.

any colorful reports from other KK gigs? I had so much fun.

[ononist]

My pleasure. Where was this? They never play the UK.

[simonkeeping]

I heard about them from J's radio session. Picked up the album and checked out the myspace page. They look like there live show is something pretty special! really hope they make it over the the UK!

[sunny]

For those of you who live in Germany- they play there a lot (or used to a few years ago anyway, I haven't checked recently).

[ro]

yes, they are based in Berlin I think, with several hailing from Kassel where they seem to do a lot of gigs.. i caught them in Boston, US of A.
how's the album(s)? I wonder if the beautiful chaos carries over into the studio?

[simonkeeping]

Albums really good, Only heard it once but I have a feeling its going to be a grower. Very Dirtbombs!

[bcastle21]

yeah they actually did a split lp with the dirtbombs i think...

very cool interview here:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/f ... he-shrines

[toomilk]

There's also an awesome performance of "Welfare Bread" at http://pitchfork.tv .


Edit: http://pitchfork.tv/live/pitchfork-musi ... fare-bread (direct link)

[bcastle21]

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/d ... ural-video

here is a 20 minute freak out movie they did before they left for the US on tour....

....really, really weird but enjoyable

[toomilk]

I finally got the Supreme Genius of... album today. This is amazing stuff.

I came across this on the internets. It's BBQ (of The King Khan & BBQ Show). I haven't listened to it yet, but it's supposed to be really good.

http://rapidshare.com/files/44468237/Su ... Verses.zip

[toomilk]

very cool interview here:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/f ... he-shrines

"I'm not surprised that we've achieved something because we gave up our life, but we also gained the most incredible life. You give up your life as a normal person, but as soon as you do that, you turn into whatever you want to be. That's what I learned from Sun Ra, that's what I learned from Screamin' Jay Hawkins. You create your own living myth, you follow through and don't ever bow down to anyone who doubts you, you just keep that myth alive. Where is Sun Ra now? He's not in a grave. He's in space. And that's where he wanted to be."

Stunning...

[ben crook]

... are playing the Old Blue Last in London quite possibly very soon...