November Rain! Kink Ador in the writing room

We are back from the East coast tour and have been spending our time in Nashville in our downtown rehearsal room writing new material that will be released in the new year. But before I start gushing about the new music we've been working on, I wanted to show you some photographs, in particular I think this photograph sums up the wonderful adventures that me, Nicklas, and Caleb had over those many weeks on the road.  Somewhere in week 4 we were in Philadelphia and got to meet up with a photographer friend Paul Esposito, we spent the afternoon picking apples. There was something totally random and totally wonderful about that day, the band was in full tour mode and living moment to moment and enjoy every second of it.

more photos after the jump. - Sharon

On the road! Check the tour page.

Kink Ador is on the road! Sharon, Nick, Caleb and John Michel are traveling the East Coast...follow everyone on the Kink Ador facebook page and Kink Ador twitter.

Photo by drummer, Caleb Breaux
Check the tour dates: http://www.kinkador.com/tour

finished tracking on 3 new songs

1. Apollo in Love
2. Synethesia (Everybody Really Wants to)
3. Into Us

We started recording these 3 tracks a couple weeks ago... over a weekend, we did all the instrumental tracking live at 16 Ton Studios with Michael Esser engineering and Stinson, of Radical Notion, producing the session. It was an intense couple of days and we captured some stellar performances by the band. I loved tracking the songs live; the music has a sense of urgency that makes the emotion come through the tape (yes we tracked the band live to tape...mmm analog). Then, we decided to do all the vocals in a more intimate setting. We just finished tracking all the vocals for these 3 songs yesterday at Stinson's apartment in Nashville. We managed to borrow my favorite recording vocal mic, the Electro-Voice RE20  from a friend of Nick's (thank you!) That mic gives a sexy response to my huge voice.

All that we've got left to do on these songs is some backing vocals... I'll keep you posted on when we are doing those. - sharon

in the meantime check out the mentions:
http://radicalnotion.net/
http://16ton.com/

and I can never say 16 Ton studios without thinking of this song:

Cat Fight Night! Review in Brite Revolution by Jamie McCormick

Here is an excerpt from Jamie McCormick's article about the Cat Fight Night at Mercy Lounge June 2nd, 2011.

"Longtime favorites Kink Ador took the helm next, transporting the audience to a whole new realm. Complete with dramatic pauses, costume changes and a languorous dream sequence somewhere in the middle, the set unfolded like a living movie—the kind that would make your desert island list. Lead vocalist, guitarist and trumpeter Sharon Koltick gave a dramatic monologue, “educating” the crowd about the meaning behind one song. Her reasoning behind the longwinded explanation: “Knowledge is power, and power is sexy.” 

    

Koltick told me, “At the end of the day, we want to take your troubles away for that little bit that we're together, put some positive energy into your life. We want everybody in that room to just be there with us in that moment and just really have that vacation.” And it would seem that the crowd enjoyed their getaway, singing along with the last song, which included a bouncy, chant-worthy hook created for audience participation. Even after the final note ceased to ring, the crowd continued to sing that hook to the beat of the house music. "

Cat Fight! Tonight at the Mercy Lounge 6/2/2011

A Not-So-Battle-Royale Featuring Nashville's Fiercest Front-Vixens:

• Kink Ador
• Sol Pistolero – feat: electro-samba-songstress Mia Calderon
• The Worsties
• Kat Smo
• the Vicious Guns

There may be fangs abound, claws and mud-wrestling, so watch out. Mercy Lounge 9pm/$5. GIFT STASHES AT THE DOOR for guests who are Facebook RSVP’d - so get there by 8:30pm.

Naked Without Us early preview from Friday - Watch!

Friday night was full of fashion, models, rock bands, and live screen printing... check out this preview film, and I'll post more hot footage as it rolls in. Thanks to the designers and models who appeared during Kink Ador's set on Friday night, we really loved having the girls as part of the show.  Nashville needs more of this sort of thing, the energy was electric.



Recap:
Live Music
DJ Jane Dupree, Kink Ador, Hans Condor, The Ettes, and Baby Daggers
Designers
Love Simone, M. Nichole, Carruth Couture, amy b. clothing, Pink Elephants, and Danielle Pierce
Booth Showcase
Blood:Water Mission, Born To Be Me Campaign

Residual Brooklyn energy... Let's play a fashion show in Nashville

We are back from our Northeast run out to New York City! We rocked the east from Manhattan to Brooklyn and made lots of new friends in the meantime.  Check out this lovely pic of the band during brunch in Williamsburg, taken by our new friend Paul Esposito.


Now that we are back in Nashville, we've got a pretty sweet gig coming up Friday May 13th. It is the Naked Without Us fashion + rock show.  That's right a live fashion show will happen while Kink Ador is rocking out on stage. A perfect New York style evening full of lovely ladies in new fashions, and rockers providing... ambiance, loud boisterous ambiance.

"Naked Without Us" featuring Kink Ador
Friday May 13th at the Mercy Lounge
1 Cannery Row # 102
Nashville, TN 37203
www.mercylounge.com/

Kink Ador - New York, NY Showcases! May 6, 7, 8

Kink Ador is playing 3 New York showcases!

Friday May 6th @ Kenny's Castaways, NYC www.kennyscastaways.net
Kenny's Castaways
157 Bleecker Street
New York, New York

Saturday May 7th @ Arlene's Grocery, NYC www.arlenesgrocery.net
95 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002
Kink Ador performs at midnight!

Sunday May 8th @ the Trash Bar, Brooklyn http://www.thetrashbar.com/
256 Grand Street
NY 11211
Kink Ador at 11pm!
$7 open bar from 8-9pm

Animal song released on Rock Band 3! Would you like to play?

Animal is now available for game play in Rock Band 3! Thanks to the awesome effort of John at http://www.rockbandrelief.org/

Go to the Rock Band download store to get the song, would you like to play!?

http://www.rockband.com/songs/UGC_5005872

New Guitarists Announced! Thursday 3/10 show Nashville

12th and Porter Show Thursday
3/10/2011 with the Honeymoon Thrillers

Kink Ador will be opening for the Honeymoon Thrillers on Thursday March 10th at 12th and Porter in Nashville, TN. The Honeymoon Thrillers are a great rock act that sprung from the ashes of their previous band, "Luna Halo." Also performing, will be Iron Siren. Venue address: 114 12th Ave North Nashville, TN 37203. online: www.12thandporterlive.com/

The Honeymoon Thrillers:

New Guitarists Join Kink Ador

Kink Ador will be debuting 2 new guitarists with the band. The energy is fantastic and the sound is full of rock! We are really excited to have Nicklas Hamilton and Justin Baker on board with Kink Ador. Come out to the show and meet the new kids. Help them get their feet wet and ready for our tour out to Austin, TX, for SXSW next week.

Kink Ador will be debuting several new songs at this show so it's a great chance to come out and rock if you've been couped up by the winter weather.

Kink Ador new guitarists! Say hello on Facebook:

I Am Animal - watch on youtube

Watch the latest from Kink Ador.



The song, Animal, featured in this video, has become the band's signature song with its unique lyrics and funky vocal melodies. The trumpet and horn sounds accent the bands high energy, and musicality. The classic testosterone fueled guitar solo, swampy drum beats, and tight funky bass line originally made this song resonate with fans. The song was originally recorded and produced by the band for their release "I Am Animal."

On this version of the song, Kink Ador teamed up with record producer Craig A. King ( Ludacris, Aaliyah, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, http://wp.craigaking.com/ ) to bring an even brighter and tighter energy to the song.

This video, "I Am Animal" was directed by Skyler Procter, the same director Kink Ador worked with to create the award winning music video for the original version of the song "Animal" in 2009.

The video features the Kink Ador trio - Sharon Koltick, Brad Naylor, and Andrew Sovine.

The sound of the band has been compared to the Neon Trees, Eagles of Death, the Police, Lady Gaga, and the Muppet Show, the Kings of Leon, and Paramore.

Directed by: Skyler Proctor
Produced by: Skyler Proctor and Kink Ador
Director of Photography - Drew Weaver
2nd Camera - Josh Diamond
1st AC- Justine Eslinger
Gaffer - Jeffrey Stanfill
Grip - Daniel Henry
Grip - Amanda Young
Makeup - Kelly Sullivan
PA - Austin Boylen
PA - Joe Combs
PA - Chase Kuertz
Colorist - Jack Guthrey

Kink Ador - Best of Nashville - Deli NYC

Thank you Nashville! Kink Ador has been voted Best of Nashville in the Deli Magazine in the Open Submissions category.

Kink Ador on Deli Magazine
http://nashville.thedelimagazine.com/node/4097

Win 1600 Points on Xbox 360 Live! Share Kink Ador on Facebook

INCENTIVE time! To help build the Kink Ador Facebook page, everyone who "shares" the Kink Ador page on Facebook this week (Jan 2nd - Jan 8th) will be entered in a drawing to win 1600pts on XBox Live 360! ($20 value). This can be used to buy songs, rent movies, and add features to Xbox Live games all from the Microsoft online marketplace. To be entered to win:

1. First share the Kink Ador Facebook link on your Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kinkador.kinkador

2. Send an email to: theband@kinkador.com to let us know you posted the link, and you will be entered to win!

To learn more about Xbox 360 Live and why the points are such an sweet prize, look online: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Live/MicrosoftPoints