Kill Miss Pretty and a different kind of luau
By Stephanie Colaianni | Live Shows, Local music, Music | May 26, 2009
Russell and Alicia of Kill Miss Pretty on Propaganda\'s stage. (Stephanie Colaianni / maggish.com)
This weekend, Boynton Beach’s Kill Miss Pretty took over Propaganda in Lake Worth for a couple of entertaining hours.
The almost always belly-baring Alicia (vocals), Russell (guitar), Martin (bass) and Mr. Frisky (a drum machine) had everything they needed to put on a Hawaiian luau of a show. Between the hula-hoops, the piñata and their stage presence, the music seemed to come so naturally.
Alicia, dressed to impress as a wahine (Hawaiian woman), strutted her stuff with what seemed to be a fruit hat for their always exaggerated and unique themed performances.
She demanded of the crowd: “Take your shirt off, stand on the bar, and eat a banana.”
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With the entertainment so far underway, it was a few songs into their show I realized they didn’t even have a drummer. Instead, the area behind the band consisted of more piñatas and an Apple computer.
Their stage show resembled a No Doubt show back in 1989, while the music is most comparable to Mindless Self Indulgence’s electro-punk style. The set was packed with songs about licking cats (“El Gato”) and proclaiming “you’re not the only one that’s crazy” (“Leave A Message”) as well as the estrogen-packed song “Glows in the Dark.”
This band seems to have the chemistry and will to entertain to keep bringing fans to every local venue they hit. They also keep you wondering: “What will she wear next time?”
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Alicia Olink of Kill Miss Pretty
It's easy, when confronted with Boynton Beach-based electro-glam trio Kill Miss Pretty, to get wrapped up in the group's theatrics. Taking a page from the Bowie how-to book, the band makes each of its shows a costumed spectacle. The three have performed dressed as a ringleader with circus clowns, a race-car driver with pit crew, and a cop and muggers — to name just a few get-ups. The musicians even appeared in their birthday suits on a recent New Times cover. What all this might distract from, though, is that frontwoman Alicia Olink boasts an enviable set of pipes. On the group's latest album, Permission for Strange, Olink slithers through one slippery range. She might move from a bratty schoolgirl sing-speak to a subdued coo to an all-out wail. It's as explosive as her onstage antics and just as exciting.
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Alicia Olink of Kill Miss Pretty
It's easy, when confronted with Boynton Beach-based electro-glam trio Kill Miss Pretty, to get wrapped up in the group's theatrics. Taking a page from the Bowie how-to book, the band makes each of its shows a costumed spectacle. The three have performed dressed as a ringleader with circus clowns, a race-car driver with pit crew, and a cop and muggers — to name just a few get-ups. The musicians even appeared in their birthday suits on a recent New Times cover. What all this might distract from, though, is that frontwoman Alicia Olink boasts an enviable set of pipes. On the group's latest album, Permission for Strange, Olink slithers through one slippery range. She might move from a bratty schoolgirl sing-speak to a subdued coo to an all-out wail. It's as explosive as her onstage antics and just as exciting.
LInk to article
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