Seven years, two bags of dumpstered bagels and four crumpled up dollars on the greasy lid of an old pizza/"donations suggested" box.
Kitty Little Performing "Know no Shame" Live!
REVIEW of "Know No Shame" from The Beat Magazine, Greenville, SC:
"Do like the title suggests on the full-length from Kitty Little, three reformed hardcore rockers who now make feel-good, unashamed three chord pop tunes that you can clap your hands to. It should come as no surprise that I am, indeed, a fan of pop music/pop punk/rock pop or whatever categorization we must grant this genre. I am a fan mostly because I am convinced that it is one of the most difficult styles of music to make work, let alone gain a following that isn’t ashamed to sing along and dance at shows. (For more on this see the rise and “sell-out” of Green Day.)
Know No Shame is 35 minutes of loud, melodic genius. I dig the opening distortion of the title track, the blissful “sha-na-na-na-na” breakdown of “Cute,” and the thumping drums and guitar lines of “French Song.” On “Dilemma” we’re treated to an acapella break where guitarist/vocalist Matto and bassist/vocalist Jennie sing “you’re gonna be missing me when you’re kissing him.” Take this lyric for face value: you can fill up on heavier, more complex music like Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa (I do it all the time), but eventually your tired ears will need a break. And Kitty Little’s disc will be there to give you all that you need and more."
Review of "Know No Shame" By Mike Dikk @ dumpin.net
Kitty Little is a three piece band from Albany that plays catchy and dirty pop-rock. Although they've been around for a hot minute, this is their first full length and actually, the first time I've ever heard the band on a CD.
That's what does it for me though. There's a lot of things on here you normally wouldn't be able to make out during a live set or the previous vinyl releases. The recording really brings out the best in Kitty Little. Everything is clear enough to easily digest, but not overproduced. The songs are even catchier when you can hear every little melody and note, and the piano on "Know No Shame" is a nice touch, and would have previously been impossible to pull off in a live setting, since, as i noted before, the band is a three-piece.
If you're into powerpop or garage rock with a little punk thrown in there, their aren't many bands that do it as well as Kitty Little. Their other stuff was good, but 'Know No Shame' is the real deal. Even the older material on here is better. Highly recommended unless you're some kind of closet case who can't have fun every once in a while.
CHRONOGRAM MAGAZINE 3-03
By Zak Shaw
Pop punk took a wrong turn in the late ‘90s as radio and mtv started to poach the buzz of melodic rock. But pop product doesn't have to sound disposable—check the extensive catalogues of Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX, and Samiam, to name a few.
Thankfully, a new breed of aggressive melody has been popping up like bubblegum all over the Hudson Valley scene, including bands like Ana Devine, The Kiss Ups, Joey's Throwin' Elbows, and Autopilot Off.
Albany-based Kitty Little fills a niche in the genre with their self-proclaimed "candy-fisted pop violence," a sugar-sweet blend of indie rock and taking-it-personally punk. The high-fructose frequencies ring true with heart-throbbing rhythms and high-register vocal dynamite. Their five-song ep Nice Noise will fit all of your car's stereo-blasting needs this summer.
We can thank our lucky punky stars that Kitty Little has come to grab the wheel of upbeat melodic rock and steer it in the right direction at dangerously high speeds. www.kittylittleband.com.
METROLAND STAFF PICKS 2007
Best Pop Punk Band
Kitty Little
“Kitty Little’s songs range from sugary pop to driving post-punk, and we love them for it.” We wrote that four years ago, and still feel the same way—even if the music seems quite a bit harder. The band flew under the radar for a while, but released a propulsive, catchy CD, Know No Shame, in late 2006. Longtime guitarist-vocalist Matto Laque (who still keeps busy with other projects) and bassist Jessie Pellerin (also of species-benders Evolution Revolution) have been “keeping it real since 2000” (according to their MySpace page); we wish them (and drummer Geoff K.) well.
METROLAND STAFF PICKS 2003
Best Pop Band
Kitty Little
Kitty Little’s songs range from sugary pop to driving post-punk, and we love them for it. The band, phenom guitarist-vocalist Matto Laque (of the sorely missed Matto and the Phlegmchuckers), able and stunning bassist Jesse Pellerin (also in pop favorites Jump Cannon) and drummer Robb Cole, who’s also in hard-rocking To Hell and Back with Matto, just keep getting better—in part because they’re playing all the freaking time (even if it’s not together). Drop into a Kitty Little show—they’re fun-loving orgies of sound, and the band members love candy so much there’s bound to be some nearby.
Metroland Reader Picks
Best Pop Punk Band 2005-Kitty Little
Best Pop Punk Band 2006-Kitty Little
Record Label
Peterwalkee Records Art of the Underground Records
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