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Kaki King "Pull Me Out Alive"

Often called a "guitar virtuoso," Kaki King is a brilliant player who has achieved more mainstream success since she decided to add her own vocals to her previously instrumental-only music. With songs as good as her single, "Pull Me Out Alive," her 2008 album, Dreaming of Revenge, is a must-own for music fans, queer or otherwise.

Kaki King Pull Me Out Alive

For more on Kaki King, visit www.myspace.com/kakiking.

Janay's picture

AGH SHE'S AMAZING!!!

Thanx for posting some Kaki King, I enjoyed your intereview with her a while back!:-) Especially a certain part about a certain someone;-)

But OMG she's absolutely brilliant!!! I suggest everyone check out her cover of Lovestoned!!!!!!!! And Playing With Pink Noise!!!!

                                                                   

Sara Quin: We hadn't developed a sucking reflex...take from that what you will.

http://jusjay.blogspot.com

JasmeenKru's picture

Lovestoned!! Wow you

Lovestoned!!

Wow you weren't kidding, lovestoned is brilliant. Thanks.

LeToastPerdu's picture

agreed

Readers might also take note of Kaki King's current tour in Europe and upcoming tour in the US. She will join forces with The Mountain Goats for The Last Happy Night of Your Life tour this fall.

The Mountain Goats and Kaki King have also recorded a six-song EP that will be available for sale during their tour featuring the song "Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle." where Kaki King shows off her drumming skills.

Stream the song here: http://www.imeem.com/pitchforkmedia/music/bU9uJz8I/the_mountain_goats_an...

 

Her cover of Lovestoned is indeed fantastic!

 

tess's picture

Kaki King and The Mountain

Kaki King and The Mountain Goats?

hell yes! thanks for the info. i've seen the mountain goats a couple of times, John Darnielle and sometimes associates rather, but i'd most certainly pay to see Kaki King paired up with him. will head to pitchfork now to find out more...

Lezliemac's picture

Genius

Agreed yep yep.

As a matter of fact, Kaki performed in Paris 2 days ago and was just awesome. Hypnotizing really. She's so tiny and unimpressive, but when she grabs a guitar (or a music box or just the mic), there's an aura about her that's irresistible. Plus she has the same crappy humour as tegan & sarah on stage. Same hilarious lame jokes.

Keep up with the good news Trish !

Michelle's picture

Kaki King's awesome

 I discovered her music several years ago and have been hooked ever since. I'm so glad to see her video on Afterellen :D She definitely brings something new and exciting to the world of music. Thanks for the post!

~*~ Michelle ~*~

 

astage's picture

Lame jokes...

during stage banter make my day. Which means I'm looking forward to seeing her even more this weekend. I cannot "woot" enough. It's been too long with too many opportunities missed - this is one I've been waiting for, for a while.
Model through it's picture

Lurrve her!

Love this song. Love the album.I've listened to it nearly every day since I bought it back in March. My favorite track has to be "can anyone who's heard this music really be a bad person?".

 

"There is homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world, but at the core ... you just love someone and want to make mixedtapes for them" -Sara Quin

JENNA's picture

Yay. Sara! :)

Yay. Sara! :)
changetheirhue's picture

:) that was a nice surprise.

:) that was a nice surprise.
Anonymous's picture

...

 

that music video is made in a very intresting way, i guess that's why i like it. usually dislike music videos otherwise. ;)

LeToastPerdu's picture

making of the pull me out alive video

If you haven't seen this already, here's the making of Pull Me Out Alive video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHTM7d9ekaY

 

 

Anonymous's picture

...

 

i have seen it. but thanks anyway for saying it.

might be useful to others who haven't seen it.

Courtney's picture

Chyeah

Sara Quin and Hesta Prynn are in this video. =D

awesome_possum's picture

:)

<3 Kaki King.

My favorite song of hers is "Life being what it is"
And this video is so different, you can't help but not love it...well, atleast I most certainly can't :)

jemilaaaa's picture

hmm...

i'd be willing to bet $3.65 that kaki has a sprint plan.
paige's picture

i love kaki king, ive been

i love kaki king, ive been addicted to her since i first saw her referenced on this site...

 

 

i can't wait to see her in concert november 7th!!!

Celina's picture

Kaki King is great, I like

Kaki King is great, I like this video its different. The song is also great I like that she plays her band and they're waiting for her. My favourite Kaki band member is drummer Kaki. haha. I'm going to try and get tickets to a show in October but if I can't I will try and win passes to a private show she's doing. And Sara's cute bringing peace to the night.
Bandida's picture

Psyched

I'm so psyched to see her play the 21st, Pull Me Out Alive is one of my favorites off her new album besides Montreal. I only need to get one of my friends hooked on her as well so i'll have someone to go with me, which shouldn't be too hard considering she is an amazing artist.

shortypants's picture

Kaki King is a genius>>

And I'm seeing her live next month!

Seriously, ya'll: check out ...Until We Felt Red and her new joint, Dreaming of Revenge. You won't be sorry!

Emma's picture

Kaki is genius.

She's a real wiz. The new album is great and the old stuff hasn't lost it's luster. Interesting video, I always like that kind of light movement stop motion sort of stuff, makes for good visual appeal.

___//♫♪ let your girlfriend do what your boyfriend can't

flashdancer's picture

MUSIC

yay for the many updates about music lately. 

most of them i hadnt heard of, but i love now. 

jade says's picture

I hadn't heard any of her

I hadn't heard any of her stuff until this weekend. I had someone request this song on my radio show. I played it and loved it. Can't wait to hear more.

 

Diff'rent Strokes with Jade & Dave

www.diffrentstrokesradio.blogspot.com

Anonymous's picture

Thanks for the news!

Thanks for the news!

I've been a fan of Kaki since I first saw her on Conan O'Brien in '03.

Katie's picture

In Love With

Kaki king, yes I am, I am so very much its silly. Ah.....

 

Loving thew video, all that light graffitti looked amazing. I love light graffitti :D

 

But not as much as I love Kaki King, shes awesome!

 

mixtape218's picture

ahman its a great song and i

ahman its a great song and i love her. but i also love stopmotion, and this really bugged me
nixawme's picture

godess

im seeing her live in about 24 hours. im so excited! she is the best guitarist hands down!!
Brutal_Romance's picture

bummer

this video cannot be played outside the US. T_T

but i love anything by Kaki King, i personally cant wait to get my hands on her album.