Sylvia Izabella - Vocals, Bass, Baritone Guitar/ Chad Weber - Bass VI, Baritone Guitar/ Joe Gaskill - Drums
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Influences
Cat Power, Blonde Redhead, Shellac, Flin Flon, Slint, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Pixies, The Posies, (+ a long list of other bands), nicotine, alcohol, allergy medication, asthma inhalers, bad parenting, and dim lighting.
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New Guilt Ridden Pop signees Kill to Kill are a study in dissonance. Lead singer Sylvia Izabella's strained-yet-sultry voice is folded into layers of discordant bass riffs, creating a moody, dark, and minimalist sound. This rock trio employs a baritone guitar and a bass rather than a traditional electric guitar, bringing everything down an octave lower than expected and contrasting sharply with Izabella's high-register caterwauling.
-Andrea Swensson (City Pages)
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Kill to Kill is the coolest kind of band — the one with a hot chick singer who plays the bass, like the two Kims: Gordon (Sonic Youth) and Deal (Pixies).
The fact that the up-and-coming Minneapolis group credits the aforementioned bands as influences is audible in their noise-rock screeching riffs and the pleasing caterwauling from the throat of its redheaded frontwoman, Sylvia Izabella.
If Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was magically possessed with the smoky sexiness of Cat Power and fronted a band made up of Thurston Moore and experimental Velvet Underground, you’d get Kill to Kill.
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-KARA NESVIG (MN DAILY)
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*********************MPLS-based 90s alt-rock revivalists (think of them as a less angry, but similarly feminist cousin of Baby Guts, or the little sister of Sybris) Kill to Kill have posted a new demo to their MySpace page titled "Kid Whore," and if you're a fan of any of the previously mentioned groups, you should like this. Beginning with haunting, clean-toned minor-key arpeggios, singer Sylvia Izabella starts to read off a list of kiss-off lyrics ("I hope your plane falls"), when the band comes in to keep a solid, sturdy beat, before everything explodes for the chorus (if chorus explosions could also have atmospheric singing, which this does). All in all, a solid track.
-Jon Graef (MFR)
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This Friday, we are debuting a project called Sonic Transformations. Every month or so we will present a new audio-visual performance based on a different theme/story. We will be collaborating with artists and other creative musicians along the way so let us know if you have something you'd want to bring into this project.
The first in the series is called "AN OBJECT TO CRAVE". Live music and visuals based on a short story about life, love, loss, fantasy, obsession and death.
Another group of mine, The Magnetrons, which plays an exciting and innovative Livetronica set (i.e. STS9, Disco Biscuits, The Histronic) will also be playing. It will be a musical adventure, and we hope that you can come participate :)
Here's the info:
Blood Root Mother - "An Object to Crave" w/ The Magnetrons & Thought Thieves Friday, October 16th Station 4 201 E 4th St St Paul, MN 55101 9pm / $5 / 18+
I just wanted to stop by to say hello and give you a little update on what Blood Root Mother is up to! We will be recording an EP of new music in August, and we recently finished recording a live DVD. The DVD is currently unreleased and I actually just saw it for the first time a few days ago. It features the last two performances with Tony Ellis still alive, and some footage from the tribute show we played on the night of his funeral.
There are some cool covers, as well as some NEW music that will be on our upcoming EP. We're very excited about the new music and we'd like to share a sneak peak with you. Here's a video of a new tune called Run Bobby Run:
Just wanted to say thanks for being a friend! Have a great day! Come by and see us play at Eclipse Records Thursday July 16th at 7pm. Othr acts are Lollipop Factory, Company Inc. and Ribbons. Stop by our page for more info and a sample of some music!
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