Tuesday, December 16, 2008
RAG-O-ROCK - Review of KMP show at the Peacock Lounge
See the review below of our show at the Peacock Lounge in Orlando Florida on 11/15
Monday, December 15, 2008
Kill Miss Pretty - Best Rock Band 2008 (City Link/Metromix)
Santa gives Kill Miss Pretty "Best Rock Band" in City Link/Metromix 2008
We are humbled to announce that we've been selected as City Link/Metromix's 2008 "Best Rock Band". Read their kind words below:
Best Rock Band
Kill Miss Pretty
Killmisspretty.com
http://southflorida.metromix.com/events/photogallery/best-of-entertainment/796160/content
Click to slide 31 of 35 to see our award.
"Drawing Pictures of Haunted Houses With You" VIDEO:
We are humbled to announce that we've been selected as City Link/Metromix's 2008 "Best Rock Band". Read their kind words below:
Best Rock Band
Kill Miss Pretty
Killmisspretty.com
When Kill Miss Pretty debuted a few years ago, the band seemed to be little more than a lark for bassist Martin Davis, guitarist Russ Rogers and vocalist Alicia Olink. After all, the trio's first performance was more notable for its "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" costumes than for its set, which included several electro-punk originals and a handful of left-field covers such as The Moldy Peaches' "Who's Got the Crack?" The band's audience certainly wouldn't have been wrong to think it was all one big goof. Today, however, Kill Miss Pretty cannot be so easily dismissed. The group's recent CD, "Permission for Strange," presents a band in full, capturing the playful energy of its live performances, the musicians' confident songwriting (particularly on the single "Drawing Pictures of Haunted Houses With You") and the singer's coquettish charisma. Coupling bawdy lyrics with a winking, teasing charm, Olink, who is married to Rogers, could make a full moon blush—even when she and her bandmates are dressed like characters from "The Wizard of Oz."
http://southflorida.metromix.com/events/photogallery/best-of-entertainment/796160/content
Click to slide 31 of 35 to see our award.
"Drawing Pictures of Haunted Houses With You" VIDEO:
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
KMP @ Moonfest - Main stage - Midnight!
Moonfest, the seminal West Palm Beach halloween tradition, is taking place this Saturday, October 25th, from 4pm to 1am. Kill Miss Pretty will be bringing their unique brand of fun and madness as they headline the main stage. Come and celebrate the season at this one of a kind FREE block party on Clematis in WPB. KMP is on at midnight right after the costume contest.
Main Stage
4:30 The Monahan Brothers
5:30 The Young Punks
6:30 Pet Costume Contest
7:15 Kid Costume Contest
8:00 Spread the Dub
9:00 The Pretty Faces
10:00 Leone
11:00 Viva le Vox
12:00 Costume Contest
12:15 Kill Miss Pretty
Respectables
8:00 Gloccamorra
9:00 The Sleeparounds
10:00 Dharmata
The Lounge
8:00 THe Notary
9:00 Coexist Scientist
10:00 And Then There Was You
11:00 Fire Zuave
Main Stage
4:30 The Monahan Brothers
5:30 The Young Punks
6:30 Pet Costume Contest
7:15 Kid Costume Contest
8:00 Spread the Dub
9:00 The Pretty Faces
10:00 Leone
11:00 Viva le Vox
12:00 Costume Contest
12:15 Kill Miss Pretty
Respectables
8:00 Gloccamorra
9:00 The Sleeparounds
10:00 Dharmata
The Lounge
8:00 THe Notary
9:00 Coexist Scientist
10:00 And Then There Was You
11:00 Fire Zuave
Thursday, August 28, 2008
New Times Magazine Article
Kill Miss Pretty Returns to the Stage
By Jonathan Cunningham (New Times Magazine)
Published on August 28, 2008
The past 15 months have been a bit turbulent for the band Kill Miss Pretty. In 2007, the group was enjoying plenty of attention within local music circles, and its lead singer, Alicia Olink, was (and still is, in fact) seen as an indie darling on the rise. With a voice that's part nursery-school and part raunch, Olink is charismatic and alluring enough vocally to create a buzz all on her own. Couple that with the two well-established, longtime musicians playing beside her and Kill Miss Pretty seemed like it had fallen into just the right niche.
The band burst onto the scene in 2006 with its kitschy, electro-pop tunes and sexually charged lyrics, impressing the hell out of onlookers at their shows. Just as the band's popularity was on the upswing, though, real life reared its familiar head. Late in 2007, Olink and her husband, Russ Rogers, who also serves as the band's guitarist, producer, and drum programmer, got pregnant and decided to have a baby. Nothing wrong with that. But having a pregnant lead singer can obviously affect the number of shows a band plays. On top of that, the couple permanently adopted their 6- and 9-year-old nieces. In just a matter of months, they went from being carefree 30-somethings with music as their main focus to becoming parents with three kids in the house and a heap of responsibility yanking them away from music.
But KMP is back. They just finished the new album, Permission for Strange, last month and shot a new video, and there's already a small buzz generating locally around their return to the stage. And rightfully so. It's been a long time since a lot of their fans have seen them perform.
The first thing I wanted to know is what's it like trying to complete an album during pregnancy — and then having two extra children sprung on you unexpectedly in the process.
"There definitely were a lot more distractions going on," Rogers says with a laugh during a recent phone chat. "We'd take an hour and work on a song because sometimes that's all we could spare."
It's probably best that the woman who gave birth answer the question as well. Her answer says a lot. "I think I was a little more focused [working on the album while pregnant], because obviously I was sober the whole time," Olink says (she likes her booze). "It was also harder to sing, because I couldn't breathe as well. I'd get really tired at times. But everything is a little bit harder when you're eight months pregnant."
You can hear the couple's, 8-month-old son, Cooper, vying for attention in the background, further driving home his point that the couple's priorities have changed.
It's a well-timed yelp that comes through the receiver, yet Rogers continues unfazed: "I'm used to it, man. I always say, I've got three kids, two dogs, two jobs, two houses, and two bands... " His voice trails off, but what he's saying makes the catchy and well-composed songs on Permission for Strange that much more impressive. He and Olink, along with their bassist, Martin Davis, have recently crafted one of the darkest and edgiest electro-pop albums to come out of South Florida in recent memory. Both the song-writing and musicianship displayed on Permission are stronger than their previous 2006 EP, Bite Your Tongue, and Olink's subject matter digs further into real-life taboos. On "Glows in the Dark" Olink starts the track off with the not-so-PG lyrics: You know you never made me cum, but we had so much fun, with my-special-vagina. The three and a half minute song is about a glow in the dark vibrator and her former lesbian lover.
Olink sees no reason not to discuss both openly. "Umm, I like sex a lot," she says after her hubby, Rogers, has passed her the phone to explain the lyrics of the song. "I think everyone likes sex a lot, probably as much as I do. I don't feel like you have to keep quiet about it. I mean, I don't try to flaunt my sex life in anyone's face. I keep it quiet. I wouldn't sit around with a group of preschoolers and talk about 'Glows in the Dark.' But I've never felt the need to be ashamed or uptight about it either."
That attitude guides a lot of the principles that KMP lives by as a band. They don't take themselves too seriously, and they're more focused on having fun as friends than trying to become famous.
"We're not even pursuing making it big, which is probably why we had so much fun making this album," Olink says.
"We do it just to have fun," Rogers adds. "Once it all gets too serious, it taints the whole process. It's gotta be something that you enjoy."
What's for sure is that their live shows are geared to be highly enjoyable. The band takes delight in dressing up in quirky costumes. Themes from previous concerts have included Little Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland, and Girl Scouts, to name a few. For their upcoming album release party this weekend at Respectable Street, they've got a circus macabre theme planned.
Part of that goes along with the album title they chose.
"Permission for Strange — it's like, you've got permission to be different," says Davis, the group's bass player. "We're saying that there are no boundaries. And we try to make that carry over into our music and our live shows."
Link To Article
By Jonathan Cunningham (New Times Magazine)
Published on August 28, 2008
The past 15 months have been a bit turbulent for the band Kill Miss Pretty. In 2007, the group was enjoying plenty of attention within local music circles, and its lead singer, Alicia Olink, was (and still is, in fact) seen as an indie darling on the rise. With a voice that's part nursery-school and part raunch, Olink is charismatic and alluring enough vocally to create a buzz all on her own. Couple that with the two well-established, longtime musicians playing beside her and Kill Miss Pretty seemed like it had fallen into just the right niche.
The band burst onto the scene in 2006 with its kitschy, electro-pop tunes and sexually charged lyrics, impressing the hell out of onlookers at their shows. Just as the band's popularity was on the upswing, though, real life reared its familiar head. Late in 2007, Olink and her husband, Russ Rogers, who also serves as the band's guitarist, producer, and drum programmer, got pregnant and decided to have a baby. Nothing wrong with that. But having a pregnant lead singer can obviously affect the number of shows a band plays. On top of that, the couple permanently adopted their 6- and 9-year-old nieces. In just a matter of months, they went from being carefree 30-somethings with music as their main focus to becoming parents with three kids in the house and a heap of responsibility yanking them away from music.
But KMP is back. They just finished the new album, Permission for Strange, last month and shot a new video, and there's already a small buzz generating locally around their return to the stage. And rightfully so. It's been a long time since a lot of their fans have seen them perform.
The first thing I wanted to know is what's it like trying to complete an album during pregnancy — and then having two extra children sprung on you unexpectedly in the process.
"There definitely were a lot more distractions going on," Rogers says with a laugh during a recent phone chat. "We'd take an hour and work on a song because sometimes that's all we could spare."
It's probably best that the woman who gave birth answer the question as well. Her answer says a lot. "I think I was a little more focused [working on the album while pregnant], because obviously I was sober the whole time," Olink says (she likes her booze). "It was also harder to sing, because I couldn't breathe as well. I'd get really tired at times. But everything is a little bit harder when you're eight months pregnant."
You can hear the couple's, 8-month-old son, Cooper, vying for attention in the background, further driving home his point that the couple's priorities have changed.
It's a well-timed yelp that comes through the receiver, yet Rogers continues unfazed: "I'm used to it, man. I always say, I've got three kids, two dogs, two jobs, two houses, and two bands... " His voice trails off, but what he's saying makes the catchy and well-composed songs on Permission for Strange that much more impressive. He and Olink, along with their bassist, Martin Davis, have recently crafted one of the darkest and edgiest electro-pop albums to come out of South Florida in recent memory. Both the song-writing and musicianship displayed on Permission are stronger than their previous 2006 EP, Bite Your Tongue, and Olink's subject matter digs further into real-life taboos. On "Glows in the Dark" Olink starts the track off with the not-so-PG lyrics: You know you never made me cum, but we had so much fun, with my-special-vagina. The three and a half minute song is about a glow in the dark vibrator and her former lesbian lover.
Olink sees no reason not to discuss both openly. "Umm, I like sex a lot," she says after her hubby, Rogers, has passed her the phone to explain the lyrics of the song. "I think everyone likes sex a lot, probably as much as I do. I don't feel like you have to keep quiet about it. I mean, I don't try to flaunt my sex life in anyone's face. I keep it quiet. I wouldn't sit around with a group of preschoolers and talk about 'Glows in the Dark.' But I've never felt the need to be ashamed or uptight about it either."
That attitude guides a lot of the principles that KMP lives by as a band. They don't take themselves too seriously, and they're more focused on having fun as friends than trying to become famous.
"We're not even pursuing making it big, which is probably why we had so much fun making this album," Olink says.
"We do it just to have fun," Rogers adds. "Once it all gets too serious, it taints the whole process. It's gotta be something that you enjoy."
What's for sure is that their live shows are geared to be highly enjoyable. The band takes delight in dressing up in quirky costumes. Themes from previous concerts have included Little Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland, and Girl Scouts, to name a few. For their upcoming album release party this weekend at Respectable Street, they've got a circus macabre theme planned.
Part of that goes along with the album title they chose.
"Permission for Strange — it's like, you've got permission to be different," says Davis, the group's bass player. "We're saying that there are no boundaries. And we try to make that carry over into our music and our live shows."
Link To Article
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
CD Release Party, ITunes
Just a quick reminder about our show this weekend and a couple tidbits of new news:
Our new CD "Permission For Strange" is now on ITunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=287474475&s=14344
THIS SATURDAY is the KMP CD release Party! Its a "Circus Macabre" Theme, Slutty Showgirl & Evil Clown attire is HIGHLY Encouraged.
WHEN: Saturday, August 30th, 2008
WHAT: Kill Miss Pretty - "Permission for Strange" CD Release Party
WHERE: Respectable Street - 518 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, FL 33410
TIME: Doors 8pm
Starting off the night will be rapscallians Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew, followed by a rare performance by The Holy Terrors. KMP's set will feature a special appearance by Fancean Fanny of the Boudouir Beauties, and will include songs from our new CD, "Permission for Strange".
Other GOODIES:
- Free KMP CD for all who enter
- New "whisper" design tees and baby-tees available
- Did we mention an appearance by Francean Fanny of the Boudoir Beauties??
Get in the mood by watching the new "Haunted Houses" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubJ_AfH3uZk
You can order the CD online at the following location:
http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZXD9BF
And digitally download from:
ITunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=287474475&s=14344
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Permission-for-Strange-Explicit/dp/B001D7G30U/ref=dm_ap_alb1
Napster:
http://home.napster.com/#ns/view/artist/?artist_id=12602314
http://www.killmisspretty.com
http://www.myspace.com/killmisspretty
http://www.myspace.com/theholyterrors
http://www.myspace.com/captaindan
http://www.myspace.com/theboudoirbeauties
http://www.myspace.com/clownhouse
Our new CD "Permission For Strange" is now on ITunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=287474475&s=14344
THIS SATURDAY is the KMP CD release Party! Its a "Circus Macabre" Theme, Slutty Showgirl & Evil Clown attire is HIGHLY Encouraged.
WHEN: Saturday, August 30th, 2008
WHAT: Kill Miss Pretty - "Permission for Strange" CD Release Party
WHERE: Respectable Street - 518 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, FL 33410
TIME: Doors 8pm
Starting off the night will be rapscallians Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew, followed by a rare performance by The Holy Terrors. KMP's set will feature a special appearance by Fancean Fanny of the Boudouir Beauties, and will include songs from our new CD, "Permission for Strange".
Other GOODIES:
- Free KMP CD for all who enter
- New "whisper" design tees and baby-tees available
- Did we mention an appearance by Francean Fanny of the Boudoir Beauties??
Get in the mood by watching the new "Haunted Houses" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubJ_AfH3uZk
You can order the CD online at the following location:
http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZXD9BF
And digitally download from:
ITunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=287474475&s=14344
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Permission-for-Strange-Explicit/dp/B001D7G30U/ref=dm_ap_alb1
Napster:
http://home.napster.com/#ns/view/artist/?artist_id=12602314
http://www.killmisspretty.com
http://www.myspace.com/killmisspretty
http://www.myspace.com/theholyterrors
http://www.myspace.com/captaindan
http://www.myspace.com/theboudoirbeauties
http://www.myspace.com/clownhouse
Monday, July 21, 2008
New Single and Video
Kill Miss Pretty gets haunted in new video & single
Kill Miss Pretty's new video "Drawing Pictures of Haunted Houses with You" is now available online at the band's YouTube & MySpace sites. It is the first video and single from their new CD, "Permission for Strange". The video was directed by Cameron Macdonald, whose credits include Miami Ink, Wanderlust and I Bet You, for TLC & Mojo Networks. South Florida's own Daisy Berkowitz of Marilyn Manson fame makes a cameo along with lending his signature Ouija Guitar to the video. The result is a surreal mixture of sensuality and spookiness played out to the soundtrack of KMP's most personal and danceable songs to date.
Director Cameron MacDonald on working with Kill Miss Pretty:
"I don't tell them too much up front - that way they feel pressured to do what I want when the time comes. It's really a rush for me. Bending people at my will, yeah."
Daisy Berkowitz on filming:
"I'm really glad they didn't smash my guitar."
When asked to describe the overall sound of the new CD, guitarist Russ Rogers stated, "It's a stamp in time really.'Permission for Strange' represents the natural evolution of KMP into a mischievous, punky, electronic pop rock band with lots of hooks - oh wait, that's what we already are. I guess it's a good new batch of KMP tunes. Part electro, part rock, with both deep and inciting lyrics. Basically we've got stories to tell, and the best way we know how to do that is by creating music, having fun, and not taking ourselves too seriously - I think that sense of fun really comes through on this CD as it does in our live show."
Bassist Martin Davis adds "If you think we take ourselves seriously, then you're seriously mistaken".
"Permission for Strange" will be released by Soularise Music August 12th. It will be available digitally via ITunes, Amazon.com, and Napster with physical CDs available online at KillMissPretty.com.
You can Download the FREE MP3 "Drawing Pictures of Haunted Houses with You" from KMP's MySpace site.
http://www.myspace.com/killmisspretty
Thanks for your support & hope to see you soon!!!
Alicia, Russ, and Martin.
SHOWS - ADVANCE NOTICE:
WHAT : Kill Miss Pretty - CD Release Party.
WHERE : Respectable Street Café
WHEN : Saturday, August 30th, 2008.
TIME : 9pm
COST : $10 - FREE CD with Admission.
DETAILS : Kill Miss Pretty, The Holy Terrors and Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew.
WHAT : Anime Supercon
WHERE : Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach.
WHEN : Saturday, November 1st 2008.
TIME : TBA
COST : Convention info: www.animesupercon.com
DETAILS : 3 Day Anime Event (Oct 31st-Nov 2nd). KMP performs on 2nd day of Convention.
Friday, July 18, 2008
CD Release Date
August 12th, 2008 has been set as the official release date for our new CD "Permission for Strange". It will be available online at www.KillMissPretty.com and digitally via Itunes, Napster, Amazon.com, and Snocap.
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