Music Post: Free Kitten March 13
Before I start posting heavily with the hard-core design and development content again, I wanted to lighten it up a little with another music-based post. I haven’t actually posted anything about music since November of last year, and even that was about a book about a musician.
Sentimental Education
So let me indulge myself a little and write about one of the more interesting bands that I’ve come across in my life. I’m sure most of you out there have at least heard of Sonic Youth, that fountain of post-punk, experimental, sometimes rock music that exists even now, lead by Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon. Well, Thurston Moore does some solo stuff, and Kim Gordon does a bunch of side projects, one of which is a few albums released by a band called Free Kitten.
Free Kitten was formed by Kim Gordon and Julie Cafritz around 1992, the current line-up also includes Yoshimi P-We of The Boredoms. Free Kitten released Unboxed in 1994, it’s good if you like them, but it isn’t their best. If you want to listen to something interesting that you haven’t heard before and that you are sure to never hear on the radio, check out Sentimental Education which was released in 1997, Never Gonna Sleep would be my recommended single off that album, it is #2 on my list of most listened to tracks in iTunes.
They recently (in 2007, actually) released a new album, Inherit, after a 10 year hiatus and that album turned out to be pretty good too. One of my prized possessions is an autographed copy of that cd case (pictured here).
So what do they sound like? Well, they sound like a lot of noise, but not as much noise as some of the Thurston Moore releases, most of their songs at least have a good beat and some interesting guitar work. Almost all feature Kim Gordon on vocals. Basically, if you like Sonic Youth, but you think it’s too accessible, you’ll love Free Kitten.
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