Blog: Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream

The Kills "Forty Four"

Lately our rock 'n roll stethoscopes have been diggin' up the sounds of the Black Balloon 10-inch from the slow-burnin' kerosene sleaze stained London-based misfits, The Kills. You've heard the title track, "Black Balloon" off their critically acclaimed third album, Midnight Boom . But, the highlight for the doctors and nursemaids on this EP, stethoscopes down, is their sexy take of Howlin' Wolf's Chess session classic "Fourty Four". Not as haunting and in your face as the original, but Alison Mosshart's sultry back alley growl gives Wolf and the devil a run for their [...]