tin kitchen

Reviews

2010-09-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

Grace EP review on CIRCLING THE DRAIN: http://carriedouttosea.blogspot.com/2010/06/tin-kitchen-grace-ep-2007.html

Tin Kitchen is another great display of 90s emo, and as you can see from my previous posts I'm on a roll. The vocals of Tin Kitchen remind me of Rainer Maria mixed with Hop Along but with a more distorted and depressing sound. They have that noodley guitar effect which makes me think of Empire! Empire! and Football, etc a little bit, but then they have more solid riffs and they come into their own but with small signs of early Promise Ring and Mineral. If you can't find this description at least somewhat peaking your interest, then you need to leave this blog right here and now. Tin Kitchen, though sadly defunct, will always have a spot in underground twinkly emo history.

Tin Kitchen writeup on ZINE AND NOT HEARD: http://zineandnotheard.tumblr.com/post/477035823/tin-kitchen

"I blame three institutions for why i’m so hooked on whiny emo right now and they are CYLS and SNCL and IYMI, saying them as they are is no fun so i enclose them merely as acroynms. You could say this blog has now turned into a copy and paste joby from the abovementioned IYMI, with this being the now third offering from that wonderful site. One could say it’s now becoming very difficult to pick faults with any of the albums put up on there. Tin Kitchen are three young ladies making beautiful sounding 90’s emo reminiscent of stuff like mineral and the promise ring. From what i gather on internet forums and around is they were very short-lived and only released 3 songs, thankfully though these ladies are still making songs. Lindsay now plays in the more male majority football, etc (again really fucking good) while Jackie now jams in Little Lungs and Hop Along (recurring theme of greatness here). If your life is going no-where and you need something for moral support try this, it will break your heart in a nice way."

Tin Kitchen writeup on YOUSMELLLIKEPASTE: http://yousmelllikepaste.blogspot.com/2009/01/tin-kitchen-other-people-allong.html

"tin kitchen is an amazing display of the 90's twinkly indie sound that made bands like stella worshiped around ten years later. the vocal styling are given in such a great manner that you wish you were on your hospital bed and had someone singing to you. once in a while you come around a band like this and i definitely think they will be the last of their kind for a long while. They are now defunct."

Grace EP review on SOUND AS LANGUAGE: http://soundaslanguage.com/2008/03/27/music-review-tin-kitchen/

"Tin Kitchen are three young ladies from the fertile grounds of New Brunswick, New Jersey. From the very beginning, I love the feeling this EP gives off. It’s like the first time I heard Rainer Maria way back in the day. And funny thing is, Kyle Fischer from Rainer Maria recorded these three songs. Coincidence? I have no idea but the two bands share some definite similarities. Much like those earlier records from Rainer Maria, you can feel the raw emotion emanating from these songs. But, Tin Kitchen’s songs are also a bit more off-kilter than Rainer Maria’s more straightforward approach. Perhaps there is a bit of the Sleater-Kinney angularity at work there. For all the older folks (like myself), there are also some similarities to Boston emo band Jejune as well. But enough of the comparisons, Tin Kitchen are quite capable of standing completely on their own. These three songs were recorded live so the material possesses a rough, worn sheen. Frankly though, that only adds to band’s charm. Tin Kitchen do so many things right…the melodies, the heart, the sincerity…it’s all here. And it all makes for quite an impressive beginning."

Grace EP review on COLLECTIVE ZINE:
http://www.collective-zine.co.uk/reviews/?id=6517

''Sometimes I potter around on the internet, desperate to find a new band that sounds kind of like the bands I listened to about 8 or 9 years ago. I don't really have much luck. Fortunately, one or two blogs do post about new music that I actually am interested in, particularly Sound as Language. That is where I found out about Tin Kitchen. Tin Kitchen were a very short lived band from Brooklyn or something. They recorded this 3 songs cdep with Kyle Fischer from Rainer Maria, and I guess that's appropriate, as the band kind of fit in with RM and bands from back then. "F Sharp" opens things up with some nice, rolling emo / indie. It's all endearingly lofi, guitars push things along, Lindsay's vocals are a little off-key but then that's part of the charm with bands like this. The title track is the answer to the question "What would Mineral have sounded like if they had female vocals?". Linday lingers over words for ages, like Simpson at his most miserable. Superb. The guitars are like early Promise Ring, simple but pushing things along. Things speed up and get messy after two minutes, with squealing Mineral-esque feedback. Final song "Archibald Alexander" is the pick for me - very repeteitive musically and lyrically (a song about rain and clouds and leaves), with Evergreen style bass and soaring moments of wonderfulness as the song builds up. So, so good. I guess overall the band is somewhere between very early Promise Ring, Lazarus Plot and Mineral. If that doesn't make you want to check them out straight away, then I'm sorry. Too bad this is all they recorded, but folks from the band have other things going on, and I am sure they'll be reviewed on here in due course.''

Grace EP review on AFTERELLEN.COM:
http://www.afterellen.com/music/2008/4/soundcheck?page=0%2C1

"They're a band from the East Coast (New Jersey, specifically), and their three-song EP, Grace, was recorded in Brooklyn this past winter. If you're into queer new-wave bands like Boyskout, you'll dig their post-punk sound. Though I wasn't digging the vocalist's nasal tone, I was way into their overall distortion, especially on the title track. I'm hoping for more from Tin Kitchen in the future, but a new singer might be too much to ask for."

Grace EP review on GUMPYS HAUS:
http://gumpyshaus.blogspot.com/2011/01/tin-kitchen-grace-ep.html

grace ep review on sound as language

2008-03-28T07:34:00.000-07:00

http://soundaslanguage.com/2008/03/27/music-review-tin-kitchen/

Tin Kitchen are three young ladies from the fertile grounds of New Brunswick, New Jersey. From the very beginning, I love the feeling this EP gives off. It’s like the first time I heard Rainer Maria way back in the day. And funny thing is, Kyle Fischer from Rainer Maria recorded these three songs. Coincidence? I have no idea but the two bands share some definite similarities. Much like those earlier records from Rainer Maria, you can feel the raw emotion emanating from these songs. But, Tin Kitchen’s songs are also a bit more off-kilter than Rainer Maria’s more straightforward approach. Perhaps there is a bit of the Sleater-Kinney angularity at work there. For all the older folks (like myself), there are also some similarities to Boston emo band Jejune as well. But enough of the comparisons, Tin Kitchen are quite capable of standing completely on their own. These three songs were recorded live so the material possesses a rough, worn sheen. Frankly though, that only adds to band’s charm. Tin Kitchen do so many things right…the melodies, the heart, the sincerity…it’s all here. And it all makes for quite an impressive beginning. - Sound as Language

3/23/08

2008-03-14T12:29:00.000-07:00

THIS SHOW HAS BEEN MOVED TO COURTLANDT-LAND!
YOUNG LIVERS ARE GOING TO PLAY TOO, THEY ARE FROM GAINESVILLE
AND THEY RULE

~~we're also playing that night at hub city's junkyard palace with where's alaska, the young livers & pretty and nice~~

don the bomb

2008-02-28T13:58:00.001-08:00

took pictures of us at Rudich Ranch!

Cheekend II

2008-02-26T08:58:00.000-08:00

2.24.08:
Pictures from Rudich Ranch!
Thanks Sam and Phil and the Rudich's!!
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

cheekend

2008-02-25T12:31:00.001-08:00

thanks to angie for taking pictures with my camera last night at rudich ranch. the show was totally awesome and many thanks go out to sam's parents for providing a basement for shows along with burritos, brownies and cookies. we had a fun weekend with cheeky and screamales. wish we could do it every weekend.

new shirts

2008-02-22T13:10:00.001-08:00

lots of lady sizes on very nice american apparel shirts.
and pick up a tin kitchen apron to fry up those owls in.

Lindsay

03 28 08

2008-02-13T11:04:00.001-08:00

UPDATE:
Tin Kitchen are not playing this show!
But Lindsay will be playing a few songs.
Biz Banga Banjo and SLAW (The Fun Ghouls) will also be playing!

tin kitchen / cheeky / screaming females microtour weekend!

2008-02-12T09:00:00.000-08:00

2008-01-28T20:04:00.001-08:00

more pictures over at http://owlsforbreakfast.blogspot.com

click on them to see them bigger!

<3 Lindsay

more pictures

2008-01-27T14:26:00.000-08:00

Michael Jordan (the band) posted some really great pictures of us on their blog! They're from our tour kickoff show at Courtlandt-Land!

tour pictures!

2008-01-26T14:36:00.000-08:00

i posted a bunch here.

we have a weekend coming up with screaming females and cheeky! stay tuned!

-j

on tour with snake vision

2008-01-21T12:00:00.000-08:00

i peed in a lot of toilets on tour. i only forgot to photograph one of them.

01.10.08 - 902 Davis

2008-01-12T01:51:00.000-08:00

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=267437103&albumId=619762

Russ took pictures of us at his house. MICHIGAN IS OUR FAVORITE STATE.

01.09.08 - Legion of Doom

2008-01-12T01:31:00.000-08:00

http://flickr.com/photos/jimmybuttons/sets/72157603679187788/

Jimmy took some awesome pictures of us at his house the other night. He is the best dude in the world.

cleveland

2008-01-07T17:43:00.001-08:00

we're on tour! we're at tower 2012 in cleveland, ohio just hanging out before we play later.

so far we have:
1. had a girl pass out during our set

we've been lucky enough to see a bunch of our friends from new brunswick for the past few days in brooklyn and pittsburgh.

we went to the rock and roll hall of fame today. because we are a touring band, we can get in for free if we give a copy of our CD. when they saw our CD and snake vision's CD with slip covers and no bar code, the lady said, "you need to have CDs like this," and help up Seasick's CD. they were there too! then she told us, "come back when you're actually famous." but we got in for free anyway.

Lindsay

Tour Kickoff

2008-01-04T07:34:00.002-08:00

this is probably my last post until we get back. last night was our tour kickoff at courtlandt-land. it was a blast. thanks to everyone who came and for the courtlandt-land residents for making it happen. now i have to go pack!

we uh, have some shows coming up. maybe you should come to one!

I didn't get any pictures of Satan's Fingers and the Hospital Bombers cos I didn't have my camera until later. If you have any pictures from the show you should send them to us!

michael jordan

each other's mothers

snake vision

joe and i both have a deep love for ketchup

family portrait!

-jacki sulley

Winter Tour 2008

2008-01-03T09:23:00.000-08:00

This is what we've got so far. I'll be updating accordingly if I can from the road.

<3 j

Tin Kitchen and Snake Vision Winter Tour 2008:

01.03.07 - Courtlandt-land, New Brunswick, NJ
Snake Vision AND Tin Kitchen CD release show/Tour Kickoff
w/ Snake Vision, Each Other's Mothers, Michael Jordan, Satan's Fingers and the Hospital Bombers

01.04.07 - Matchless (21+), Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
w/ Snake Vision, The Imperialists, The One and Only Typicals

01.05.07 - ABC No Rio, New York, NY (Matinee show)
w/ Something's Wrong, Cheeky, Vacation, Black Rainbow

01.05.07 - Brooklyn Cat House, Brooklyn, NY
w/ Snake Vision, Cheeky, Dead Dog

01.06.07 - The Lilypad, Pittsburgh, PA
w/ Snake Vision, Outclassed, Satan's Fingers and the Hospital Bombers, Houston We Have a Problem

01.07.07 - Tower 2012, Cleveland, OH
w/ Snake Vision, Team Robespierre, Goodbye Ohio

01.08.07 - The Big Gray Shack, Woodbridge (Detroit), MI
w/ Snake Vision, Deastro, Lenny Stoofy

01.09.07 - The Legion of Doom, Columbus, OH
w/ Snake Vision, Screaming Females

01.10.07 - 902 Davis, Kalamazoo, MI
w/ Snake Vision, The Reptilian, House of Ghost

01.11.07 - San Jose, Fond Du Lac, WI
w/ Snake Vision

01.12.07 - The Trailer House, Milwaukee, WI
w/ Snake Vision, Netherfriends

01.13.07 - The Big Cocktail Lounge House, Bloomington, IN
w/ Snake Vision, Louis Tully, Mad Swirl, The Sump Pumps, Jerk Alert!

01.14.07 - Day off in Nashville!

01.15.07 - House Pride, Murfreesboro, TN
w/ Snake Vision, Univox

01.16.07 - House Show, Charleston, SC
w/ Snake Vision

01.17.07 - Bull City Headquarters, Durham, NC
w/ Snake Vision

01.18.07 - Spazzatorium Galleria, Greenville, NC
w/ Snake Vision, Beloved Binge, Lovecraft

01.19.07 - Charm City Art Space, Baltimore, MD
w/ Snake Vision, Teeth of Mammals, MIRCOjOY

01.20.07 - HOME!

5 january 2008

2008-01-02T11:15:00.000-08:00

10 january 2008

2007-12-30T06:30:00.000-08:00

kalamazoo, michigan!

the new shirts

2007-12-20T12:08:00.001-08:00

are
union made
super cute,
and drawn by mercy.

thank you marissa for yr help <3

!

2007-12-17T11:58:00.001-08:00

3 january 2008

2007-12-14T13:58:00.001-08:00

click for full size!

it's our EP release and our tour kickoff with Snake Vision.

You should check these kids out too because I think they are awesome:
Each Other's Mothers. (NY)
Michael Jordan.
and
Satan's Fingers and the Hospital Bombers.

Two of the five bands are driving a bit to get here and four out of five of those bands are going on tour, so donations are really, really appreciated.

We'll be gone for 17 days so come say bye!

december 8-9...still continued

2007-12-11T07:01:00.000-08:00

Since Jacki and Lindsay made posts...I decided to post too! It's my first time, and I don't have any pictures. But I'll recap the story:

So on December 8th we all got up around 10. Jacki only got a few hours of sleep because she was at Mason Gross working on a video project. We loaded up my car and drove to Kyle's house. We met his girlfriend Laura, who is really nice and has an Australian accent. She makes amazing music too.

When Kyle loaded up his car with the recording gear we all drove around the corner to the Fall cafe. Kyle is a big believer in the power of snacks, so we got some snacks. We also saw people from Balthrop Alabama. They were fun and friendly as usual!

Then we drove to this warehouse. It has lots of rooms that people can use for whatever purposes they want. Somebody was sawing things! The best thing was that the place had an industrial elevator, so we didn't have to carry all of our stuff up six flights of stairs. Setting up everything took a long time. Well...not for me really! Jacki was borrowing drums so she and Kyle spent some time getting the right sound out of them. Kyle and Lindsay also took some time to get the right sound out of the amps she was using (she brought both the Hot Rod Deluxe and the Champ, it sounded really good).

Setting up my stuff was pretty easy. My amp was picking up radio signals through! It was the first time that ever happened with that amp. It didn't really matter though, in fact, it was pretty cool. When you hear the EP, you'll see what I mean.

After setting up we got MORE SNACKS. Everybody else got falafel but I got spinach pie. It was good. Then we came back and recorded live. First we did F Sharp. I was nervous because I play this noodly part for that song, and it's easy to mess up. We did like five takes I think, and we actually played pretty well on all of them. We ended up keeping the last take.

Then we recorded Grace. We did two takes and kept the first. Doing the noise part with all of the recording stuff there was kind of weird, but it came out good. Then we did Archibald Alexander or whatever we're naming that song. We had a few mess ups at first and couldn't get through the whole song! But when we did get through it, it was the perfect take and we kept it. That was the end of that day.

That night, Lindsay, Jacki, and I took the metro to some punkhouse across the way to see Screaming Females and kill some time. The house was packed! I hope when we tour the house shows we play will have that many people.

There were lots of hipsters and punk rockers, and I felt a little dorky for a second. When we were at the back door asking if this was the way in, people just ignored us for awhile! Jerks. But then I remembered that we just recorded live in this cool warehouse thing with Kyle Fischer and it was really fun. And then while Lindsay and I were waiting for the bathroom, these two girls were psychoanalyzing Marissa's haircut...that was when I decided I was officially cooler than these kids, despite the fact that I was wearing an FBI sweatshirt and thinking about playing Pokemon. Screamales put on a good show and the kids were loving it. I hadn't seen them for awhile, so I got to hear some of their new songs.

Jacki stayed with Marissa; she needed to go home and do schoolwork. Lindsay and I stayed overnight at Shawn, Cherlyn, and Sabrina's house, which is kind of near that creepy bar called Goodbye Blue Monday. Shawn walked us there, and it took a long time! They had a little black cat that they named Little Bear, but I called it Miss Kitty because it had an attitude. We slept on a couch. In the middle of the night, Pavan came home in a Santa costume.

We woke up and were sore from sleeping weirdly. We got coffee, and took the metro back to Smith street and waited for Kyle to get out of church. Then we went back to the warehouse thing and did vocals. Lindsay was nervous, but she sounded great and did almost everything in one take. Kyle mixed everything quickly. Lindsay and I drove home in the rain and listened to it.

The end.

December 8-9 continued

2007-12-10T10:29:00.000-08:00

here's the warehouse

this is it

jackhammers are so badass

you know you want to know

inside setting up

envoy envy

magic

we were lucky enough to ride the subway with some sexy santas

umm?

a can of budweiser, a can of pringles

take a shower - this is where we peed at the warehouse

bucket flush - this is where we peed in crown heights, brooklyn

December 8-9

2007-12-09T19:13:00.000-08:00

mercy, jacki and i went up to brooklyn this weekend and recorded a three song EP. we recorded with kyle fischer in a practice space inside of a warehouse. it was recorded live. i'm elated.

here is a very short video of kyle doing some mixing. a preview of sorts.

more to come.

<3>

30 November show review in The Rutgers Review

2007-12-07T14:32:00.001-08:00

thanks dave
THANKS COURTLANDT-LAND!

19 january 2007

2007-12-06T19:09:00.001-08:00

werewolves rule!

new song! archibald alexander

2007-12-03T20:57:00.000-08:00

live at courtlandt-land

thank you!!!

thank you

2007-12-02T19:51:00.000-08:00

thanks to everyone for the best weekend of my life. thank you brian bond, know think, rapid cities, john gross, capillary action, and especially balthrop alabama and zookeeper for playing amazing shows with us.

thanks to everyone for coming out and for supporting all of these amazing bands. i am forever greatful.

i had the oppurtunity to play music this weekend with two people who have influenced me greatly as a musician and consequentially as a person.

Lindsay tk

pictures from november 30!

2007-12-02T13:09:00.000-08:00

thanks dave!

brian bond

know think

balthrop, alabama

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tin kitchen!

new stickers

2007-12-02T12:42:00.001-08:00

new badges are on the way!

This Weekend!

2007-11-29T07:35:00.001-08:00

hi i'm at work

2007-11-20T07:44:00.000-08:00

hi! we played a show over the weekend at 90 central avenue. you can listen to a couple of the songs we played on our myspace page.

i saw this band last night, they were AMAZING!

lindsay wrote some new songs and they are really pretty.
that's it for now! have a good holiday weekend!

17 November 2007

2007-11-15T11:12:00.000-08:00

we are playing a show saturday so i made a flyer.

i am really early for class and bored.

30 November 2007

2007-11-09T17:21:00.000-08:00

it's our birthday

2007-10-13T10:26:00.000-07:00

we're one year old today.
last october on friday the 13th we had our first practice in the basement of my old house on stone street.

appropriately, we have a show tonight on stone street at the the ivy mansion and i'm going to celebrate by watching the meltdowns drink coors lite. <3

the show last night was fun, i'm at work now but i'll write about it when i have more time unless lindsay or mercy get to it first.

i really, really want to eat thai noodle pad thai. so bad.

jacki sulley

10/12, 10/13

2007-10-10T08:48:00.001-07:00

i'm really excited for our shows this weekend. we've got a couple of new tricks up our sleeves.

Lindsay

october 12

2007-10-04T12:54:00.001-07:00

Tin Kitchen and the Etch-A-Skletch at Resonate

2007-09-19T07:53:00.001-07:00

One of Reid Bingham's amazing circuit-bent visual machines, and us at coLAB's first event: Resonate. This is so cool I want to bring him on tour with us! Visit http://whereheremeetsthere.blogspot.com to see more crazy circuit-bends by All Over the Where!

luv, Jacki

recording!

2007-09-18T10:48:00.000-07:00

So Matt from Snake Vision has started recording our EP. We are recording it at The Ivy Mansion! We also have some shows coming up and are booking a two week tour this January, check it all out over here.

september 6! coLAB presents RESONATE

2007-09-06T10:36:00.000-07:00

Resonate is an opportunity for featured artists to receive immediate reaction to works in progress; guests are invited to be the initial ‘sounding board’ for artists seeking constructive critique from their peers. In addition, Resonate, provides local artists with a chance to build up or maintain informal relationships with other artists whose friendship could bring advantages such as jobs or exhibition opportunities.

Libations and munchies served!

This is a fundraiser for Collaborative Arts, $5 donation strongly suggested

STARTING PROMPTLY AT 9 PM!
at 119 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ

Featured Artists:
The Assistant Principals
Tin Kitchen (we play at 9:30pm)
Reid Bingham
Jamie Bruno
Lenny Correa and Jacki Sullivan
Mike Daigeaun
Philippe Garcesto
Miles Klee
Asad Khan
Natalie McKeever
Doug O'Neil
Matt Ortega
Dave Sutton
Charlotte Whalen

About coLAB:
Collaborative Arts is a multi-disciplinary organization that creates opportunities for artists to perform and exhibit their work. Collaborative Arts develops strategies to promote the importance of the arts through favorable programs that encourage creativity and individuality in partnership with the local community.

Hosted by Drop
Sponsored by Straight Laced

october 13

2007-08-27T05:32:00.001-07:00

october 13
at The Ivy Mansion
25 Stone St.
6:00pm
cost: donations, gas is expensive
human host
virgin hands
snake vision
the meltdowns

august 8 at 69 louis st.

2007-08-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

this picture is so freakin' cute:

thanks leeann!

j

upcoming shows in new brunswick

2007-07-26T09:41:00.000-07:00

i am healing quickly and we are booking more shows. come say hi to us and we can burn my old sling

august 04
at COURTLANDT-LAND
5:00pm
cost: donations
we are the seahorses
the meltdowns
c'est le soleil
virgin hands

august 08
at 69 Louis St.
6:00pm
cost: suggested $5 donation
aficionado
titans
virgin hands
snake vision

luv, jacki

acromioclavicular

2007-07-16T09:14:00.001-07:00

i tore the ac in my right shoulderrr two weeks ago
but we'll be right back, i promise

luv, jacki

p.s. i saw lefty loosie last night at yoga vayu. they freakin rock!

ii ii iii b

2007-06-01T11:53:00.000-07:00

we are all moved in to our new apartment! we played music one of the first nights we were here and i fucked up my foot really bad because i had beers before and didn't notice the kick pedal i borrowed was slamming into my foot with every kick..it's looking better but boy was it nasty a day or two ago. i also jammed my finger again which is nothing new but it is already looking better. mercy went to her internship, alex and lindsay are farting around and karen is painting the bathroom. i am listening to the go team and sippin' on some water. the apartment is gorgeous, i love it here.

j

i can post too!

2007-05-16T09:24:00.000-07:00

i've been camping out in new brunswick for a couple of days now. its been fun. hopefully jacki and i will get to play some music at some point.

mercy is in maryland with her dad and grandmom.

soon enough we will be united at 223 hamilton street. so excited.

thanks to kyle fischer (rainer maria), i now have a PA. i'm pretty sure all of the watts, ohms, and whatever else don't match up, so hopefully it won't explode before i get to practice with it with the whole band.

Lindsay

email

2007-05-12T14:43:00.000-07:00

we now have an email address!
thetinkitchen [at] gmail [dot] com

j

napz

2007-05-10T15:51:00.000-07:00

tomorrow night i'm going to play music with miss lynsey television at the hunt studio.

today lindsay and mercy went to my house while i was at work and took a nap on my couch.

j

new blog, recording

2007-05-09T13:01:00.000-07:00

hi, we have a blog.
i am at work..
today my digital camera broke and along with it my heart.
we have been busy working on all new songs, and we're all psyched.
we're going into the hunt studio towards the end of this month or early in june to record some of said new songs with lynsey tv. she and i go way back, she's really talented and great and i can't wait to work with her.

in less than a month tk are moving in together!

j