Thursday, August 29, 2013
Culture Of The Senses
By Michael M. Humel
I have seen Tiger Sex play two shows and this night was definitely the
better of the two shows. Since the last time I saw the band they got
themselves a new bass player. The guitar player Kei’s set that night was
shredding. The band has only been in existence for a few months and
already they have almost enough material for a first album. The muscle
of their music is hard rock and punk with a skeleton of melodies. Kelly
TigerSex morphs into a different person when she is on stage. She dances
seductively, crawls on the floor, moshes with the audience and uses the
microphone stand as a metaphor for sexual innuendo. She has the ability
to project her voice in a loud, powerful scream as well as a soft blues
whisper. “Monday Morning Blues” an original composition showed more
diversity within the band. As the show went on the audience began
moshing and the band played more punk. Toward the end of the show they
played a cover of “Wanna be your dog” by The Stooges, while Amy Pate
lead singer of Candy Warpop walked one of the audience members around on
a leash while he was dancing. I liked the way two bands could be
interactive within each others show.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Aug 15th at Backstage Bar & Billiard
Kelly has been sick since our last gig, but she is almost recovered.
We are joining Candy Warpop album release party tomorrow at Triple B (donwtown Las Vegas) along with Jen-O-Cide, Mercy Music, Dj Spidersilk - door at 8pm come join us for freaky fun!
We are joining Candy Warpop album release party tomorrow at Triple B (donwtown Las Vegas) along with Jen-O-Cide, Mercy Music, Dj Spidersilk - door at 8pm come join us for freaky fun!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Recording
We are scheduled to record on Aug 23, 24, 25 and deciding which songs to do.
We want to keep it as live as possible. If everything goes as we plan, we'll finally have something!
We want to keep it as live as possible. If everything goes as we plan, we'll finally have something!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Rough-edged Tiger Sex scores with rock 'n' roar
By JASON BRACELIN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
8/1/13
Kelly TigerSex is recalling the moment when
it clicked, when singing in front of people felt as natural to her as
singing in the shower.
It was at a gig in the room where she now
sits, venerable dive the Double Down Saloon, where, with her ripped red
fishnets and well-worn tank top, she’s practically indivisible from the
decor.
“When I laid on the floor and a bunch of
girls were putting their butts over my face I was like, ‘This is rock
’n’ roll right here,’ ” she grins over the roar of the jukebox and the
loud conversations of post-happy hour revellers nearby.
“Oh yeah, I remember that,” says one of her
bandmates, guitarist Kei, who recalls her transformation from tentative,
first-time singer to brassy frontwoman with a bullhorn for a larynx. “I
was going to just jam with her on acoustic guitar, and then she sounded
very loud. I said, ‘Wow.’ ”
The band they started together, Tiger Sex,
played their first show in April, but already the quartet (rounded out
by drummer Chris Moon and bassist Paul French) have become a much talked
about live act, largely because of TigerSex’s in-your-grille presence.
Aside from its singer, the group is composed
of scene vets who’ve done time in notable Vegas bands such as The
Tinglerz, Jupiter Shifter, M.I.A., Shattered Faith and F.S.P.
Together, they’re like a coiled spring under
pressure, all tension aching for release, with TigerSex often sounding
as if she was traversing hot coals with bare feet.
“She can sing the blues and carry a melody, but at the same time, is very aggressive,” Kei notes approvingly.
Kei is a flamboyant, flashy guitarist who
possesses the aplomb of a Johnny Thunders but is a much more precise
player, while the rhythm section possesses the hard swing of a badass
’60s R&B combo.
The group initially began with Kei and
TigerSex bonding over the Beatles, but it’s the Stooges who are the
band’s most palpable influence, mainly in the way they wed a combative
rock ’n’ roll bluster with a cocksure, seductive swagger.
TigerSex, who moved here from Florida a year
ago, has an uncle who once traveled with the Ramones and who gave her
compilations of obscure punk bands when she was a kid. As such, her
influences tend to extend far beyond her years with little taste for
contemporary sounds.
“I like a raw, garage-y, in-your-face type of sound,” she says.
The band plans on hitting the studio for the
first time later this month and is gigging constantly. (You can catch
the band at Beauty Bar on Thursday night and Saturday). For TigerSex,
it’s a way to be a part of something that’s always been a part of her.
“Before, I’d just go to a bar and listen to music,” she says. “Now, I’m doing the music.”
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