Killola have been mingling with schizophrenic energy as of late. Spending the late summer on a SoCal-to-Boston-and-back U.S. romp, bucking the woes of fuel costs, their seemingly endless array of how-to-get-at-you angles takes on the personality of 20-sided dice... each roll manifesting new and different variations of the strangle-hold they keep tightly flexed on the neck of this warped, new playing ground. When not touring, or freely giving away their entire catalog of angst-tickled prog-pop, the femme-fronted foursome cook up other ways to seep into the backdrop of everywhere you're just about to look, from hosting weekly pirate-radio shows on Dave Navarro's Spread Radio Live, to infiltrating some of the internet's most popular videos by lending their songs (and faces) to viral-outlets like "LonelyGirl15", "Girltrash!" and "The Kings of YouTube".

Dozens and dozens of admirers, worldwide, have committed themselves with the band's tattooed logo, all but cementing the outfit's longevity (in some circles) for a lifetime. If you have ever come across the moniker/symbol "K))" cleverly worked into the screen-name of a profile on AIM, Myspace or Facebook, then you've crossed paths with their fanbase. If you haven't, then you will.

Releasing their latest album "I Am The Messer" as a totally free downloadable package, the band ticked 30,000 downloads in under 3 months. Word of mouth propels their sounds and their stories through more than 80,000 friends on Myspace, and nearly 2 million streams.

And shoving words, bits & bytes aside.... live performance is the band's strongest vehicle, with sass-dynamo Lisa Rieffel in the captain's chair, wielding more presence than Santa Claus, and a smile capable of melting even the iciest of hipster jade-persuasions.

- by Mark Denton, Analog Bits