The Killers Hammersmith Palais Review from The Guardian

The Killers

Hammersmith Palais, London

By Caroline Sullivan

The Guardian, Monday 16 February 2004

Las Vegas’s Killers have novelty on their side in that they would be equally at home in an indie club and a casino. They deliver a great entrance, sauntering on to Elvis’s Viva Las Vegas in outfits that would have the King ringing his tailor. Brandon Flowers is a treat, his Robert Smith-like melancholia amplified by a croupier outfit, but bassist Mark Stoermer comes a close second with ooh-matron eyebrow waggles and a bouffant coif. They look so cool that, inevitably, the music is a letdown. The premise – glam-rock whizzed up with Duran Duran’s chilliest synth bits – is irreproachable but tonight, at least, the songs don’t live up to the hair.

Full review at The Guardian

The Killers Hammersmith Palais Review from MusicOMH

Jet + The Killers + The Stands

@ Hammersmith Palais, London, 13 February 2004

Next come Las Vegan art-rock quartet, The Killers. With their sharp suits and waistcoated frontman (the delightfully named Brandon Flowers), they could be mistaken for Interpol, if it wasn’t for the fact that Mr Flowers likes to spruce up each track with a heavy dose of ’80s New Romantic keyboard. Sometimes the keys sound bizarre, sometimes they add a different flavour to what is otherwise a fairly run-of-the-mill concoction, but the overall conclusion is that Jarvis needs to get his Pulp gang together again quickly and show the pretenders how it’s really done. Take note, Scissor Sisters.

Full review at MusicOMH