Kill Hannah

Eagles Club (The Rave) 8/21/2008
Milwaukee, WI

The show started in Kill Hannah’s signature manner; green lasers and white fluorescent lights mounted on every guitar cutting through the dark and hazy venue. It’s now known that the main event has finally taken to the stage and the wait is finally over. The energetic crowd is very diverse with a predominance of younger concert goers. The mood seemed to be relatively relaxed with the opening bands Innerpartysystem, The Medic Droid, & the White Tie Affair however the atmosphere electrified with the arrival of the headliners!

As always Matt Devine delivers an excellent performance to ensure that the entire crowd is involved and participating. Playing previous local favorites such as Kennedy & Unwanted (an anthem for the disenfranchised) the band also added a few of their newer releases such as Lips Like Morphine & Crazy Angel which were all crowd pleasers. Those who have followed the band since its advent definitely appreciated the decision to play Hummingbirds the Size of Bullets which was a song from the bands debut album “Here are the Young Moderns”. Interestingly enough, the song Welcome to Chicago Mother Fucker was one of the closing songs added to the show. A song rarely played outside of Chicago, it was decided that since they were close enough to their home town the great tune deserved to be played and was well received!

The Milwaukee show was the last stop before the bands anticipated farewell show at the Metro in Chicago which followed a few days later. This marked a well deserved break in their latest US tour “Hope for the Hopeless” which will start back up at the end of September in the UK (which is also the start of their European leg). Look for video updates from Sleep Never of the tour on their website and MySpace.

http://www.killhannah.com/
http://www.myspace.com/killhannah/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Hannah

Band Members

• Mat Devine – Lead Vocals, Guitar
• Jonathan Radtke- Guitars, Background Vocals
• Dan Wiese- Guitars, Background Vocals
• Greg Corner- Bass Guitar
• Elias Mallin- Drums