Young Chloe Chaidez’s voice is a breathe of fresh air, made a tornado called Kitten by her bandmates Andy Miller, Zach Carper, and Max Kuehn (son of TSOL’s bassist Greg Kuehn). A deft mix of new wave melodies, indie sensibilities, and enough punk energy boiling under the surface, they mark their place somewhere in between The Pretenders and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. After stumbling upon their music purely by chance, one listen was enough for me to agree with SPIN.com’s honor of "The best new discovery of SXSW."
If Kitten sounds like your cup of tea, they’ll be performing in-store at Origami Vinyl tonight for free, Nov. 18th. If that doesn’t get you purring, they’ll be playing a three week residency Tuesday nights at the Echo, starting Nov. 23rd.
-Angelo Lorenzo