So the first Chicago show is behind us...and it rocked HARD. Great
room, very cool vibe all around, and the Zombie Army was out in force.
We can't thank all of you who came down enough - from Kitty Zombie to
the Navy guys who wandered in by accident and left with a new favorite
band. Georg McKee did an awesome job in her first performance with
Kicksville, our new lighting rig and automation worked flawlessly,
there was Zombie line dancing, and the press who came spent most of the
show with their jaws dragging on the ground ;-) We'll post more
pictures once we get 'em all sorted out, as well as MP3s and maybe a
video or two. Only 5 more weeks and we get to do it again!
Enter the Flavor Hut: LIVE in Chicago
We're invading Chicago! Starting in early 2010, Kicksville will be performing a special series of multimedia events in conjunction with Zombie Army Productions, the folks behind the Statesville Haunted Prison and The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier. Enter the Flavor Hut: LIVE is the story of Johnny, a good kid led down the Path to Ruin by Bob (The Pusher) and Candy (The Evil Temptress). Along the way, Johnny meets a sordid cast of characters, including The Mayor, Luna (the Innocent), Piggy (the Not-So-Innocent), and a cranky armchair revolutionary called The Brick. With lots of black humor, flaming pinko political satire and a firm one-finger salute to the music industry, Enter the Flavor Hut: LIVE is definitely not your typical night at the theater ;-)
...just be careful around the zombies - we'll feed 'em beforehand, but you never know....
The Singles - Season 2 Collector's Edition
The Singles Season 2 Collector's Edition is available now exclusively through our web store HERE. That's right - you can still download MP3s for free, but you can't get these good old-fashioned CDs anywhere else! In addition to the full-resolution hot aural action, each disc comes with a beautifully printed 20-page booklet containing each episode's original cover art, track-by-track liner notes, and "Weirdo Recording Techniques." Even better, it includes three bonus tracks not available anywhere else!
Bestride the Narrow World: The Singles - Season 2 Finale!
Bestride the Narrow World, the Season 2 finale, is available now! Download it for FREE HERE!
We'd really like to thank all of you for playing along and making The Singles - Season 2
such a success. So, thank you, merci, danke, grazie, xie-xie, spasiba,
jerejef, meda se, dank je fel, usema, takk, dalu, moshakir, obrigados,
kabkoon krup, dankwa, ineche, gracias....
Don't forget that we'll be releasing the hard-copy Season 2 Collector's Edition on August 17 (complete with artwork, liner notes, and bonus tracks), and in a few months Season 3 will pick up right where we left off. We hope you've enjoyed the ride so far, because there's much more to come!
Special Announcement: Kicksville Stimulus Package Stiffens Economy
In light of the still-struggling economy and its effect on everybody, we've decided to implement our own musical stimulus package. Starting with The Singles - Season 2, we are instituting a "pay what you want" policy. You can download the tracks for free, but you do have the option of paying whatever you think they're worth through our secure Paypal link. We just want you all to hear the music, and since we're pretty much pinko commie bastards, this seems like the fairest way to go about it.
About The Singles - Season 2
According to Skope Magazine in their review of The Singles - Season 1, "...if you like experimentation, fun beats, electronics, and a mixture of every musical genre you can think of, Kicksville is for you. If you like the idea of a band 'whacking the shit out of a bass with a drum stick,' Kicksville is for you. And if you want to spend an hour in an entirely different dimension, Kicksville is for you."
Season 1 was just the warm-up: The Singles - Season 2 begins a radical new journey through Kicksville! The songs on Season 2 run the gamut of genres, from the Malian blues of Kalamaya to the surrealist funk of Save The Baby to the dark industrial throttle of Krankypants. Stay tuned for another single each week, fresh off the Kicksville presses. Also, just like we did for Season 1, The Commissioner will be posting a weekly blog, talking about each of the songs and the story behind them.
Each single will have a unique cover created by the infamous performance artist and City Council member, Tone Deaf. Using gaff tape. drum heads, popsicle sticks, doll parts, and anything else he can dig out of the trash, Tone's work is an amazing example of outsider art....and somehow seems particularly fitting!
Out Now: The Singles - Season 1 Collector's Edition
At the end of 2008, Kicksville began releasing weekly single "episodes" of sonic ambition into the digital ether. Thirteen singles later, this experiment has culminated in the full release of The Singles - Season 1, 13 soundscapes "built for artistic insurrection" (Wired.com).
The Singles - Season 1 is nothing short of a mind-melting, genre-defying journey of sound through samples, sequences and taut organic instrumentation that flirts with dub, metal, blues, pop; the proverbial sonic smorgasbord, served on a plate that's just returned from a hot-air balloon ride deep into the stratosphere.
The full 13-song Season 1, including covers of songs by Led Zeppelin, The Police, Willie Dixon and Talking Heads, is now available via Ropeadope Digital. The digital release is accompanied by a 17-page digital booklet featuring loopily endearing original cover art (by award-winning illustrator Andy Ewen, a.k.a. The Fireman) for every episode of Season 1, along with track-by-track anecdotes and "Weirdo Recording Techniques."
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We're invading Chicago! Starting in early 2010, Kicksville will be performing a special series of multimedia events in conjunction with 
