Last night marked the first-ever (monthly) Spicy Times party at Brooklyn’s Union Hall. Sadly, I only caught the tailend of Soundpool‘s appearance but from the little I heard, it was positively brilliant and savagely intriguing. On the other hand, I witnessed the entirety of The Kiss Off’s forty minute set which was equally as charming (if not more so). With influences ranging from Echo & The Bunnymen, early Bowie and even some (Brotherhood era) New Order, the Brooklyn based collective piqued my interest in a major way. It’d be relatively easy to classify The Kiss Off as New York’s answer to Glasvegas. However, in all honesty, TKO offers a certain hope and an evident passion which Glasvegas is seemingly void of. In a nutshell, The Kiss Off is one of the most promising local acts I’ve seen in quite some time. Visit TKO on MySpace.

MP3: The Kiss Off – Fold Up Like A Piece Of Paper