Indie Music Week Canada announced

Announced today, Kink Ador will be showcasing at Indie Music Week International, in Toronto, ON, Canada.  The festival dates run from Oct 10-14th, 2012. This launches Kink Ador's first International tour. The band will showcase material from their upcoming full length record. More details on showcase dates and times to follow.  Check out the Indie Week Canada festival site for ticket info: http://canada.indieweek.com/

Bluewater Music Signs Kink Ador

by Caitlin Rantala • February 21, 2012 Music Row Magazine

L- R : Sharon Koltick, Pablo Ahogado (Bluewater’s Creative Director), Kathryn Graham (Bluewater Creative services), Kink Ador’s Dale Harper & Nicklas Hamilton

Bluewater Music Services Corp is proud to announce the signing of Sharon Koltick to an exclusive worldwide management deal. Koltick is the front-woman and bass player of Nashville based rock band Kink Ador.

To celebrate this event, Bluewater is hosting several industry showcases for the band, including one at Arlene’s Grocery in New York City on Mar. 1 at 6 p.m. The company will also host another show at 12th & Porter in Nashville on Mar. 10 at 9 p.m.

link: http://www.musicrow.com/2012/02/bluewater-music-signs-kink-ador/

The Future album release, 8/4/11

by Katherine Heriges

It's often said that Nashvillians are hard to impress at a rock show. Nashville crowds are often prone to lifeless head-bobbing, or perhaps a little too much commentary on the band of the night. Everyone's a critic here.

That's why it was a breath of fresh air to be present at 12th and Porter Thursday night for The Future's album release show - nobody was busy being too cool, and everyone was moving their feet. The audience was almost half as lively as The Future's electrifying frontman, Adam Culver, who moves across the stage like James Brown tweaking on Four Loko.

Culver and his band mates - bassist Jordan Culver, guitarist Eric Sadowsky and the bespectacled, bowtied Bryan Feece - commanded the audience not by begging everyone to clap their hands, but with the sheer energy they projected during the entire duration of the show. Songs that fell somewhat flat on the band's newest album, Grow Young, suddenly rose to new heights. The Future knows how to put on a rock show.

They highlighted some of the best tracks from the album, including the haunting "Man of the People" (which was more rocking and less creepy in a live setting), "Don't You Dare" and "Come on Down," the album's closer. They also played a fantastic, soulful rendition of Sam Cooke's "Bring it on Home to Me," which they transitioned into a much less successful cover of Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come." The Future's set was short but effective, which was a blessing as they were the fourth and last band of the night.

The Future shared the staged with Oh No No, Stagolee, and Kink Ador, all out of Nashville. Oh No No were incredibly fun and offered some choice moments, but the real surprise of the night was Kink Ador and their ridiculously talented lead singer/bassist, Sharon Koltick. In two or three years' time, there's no reason that Kink Ador shouldn't be opening for a blockbuster band on tour. - Katherine Heriges

Kink Ador hits national stage

Kink Ador hits
national stage
by Tim Brouk, Journal and Courier 6-11-2010

Lafayette native Sharon Koltick and her rock band Kink Ador continue their climb to national prominence.

The trio played the Verge Music Festival last weekend in Milwaukee, which was headlined by Weezer, The Raveonettes, She & Him, Three Days Grace, AFI and Eagles of Death Metal.

Aside from the festival, Kink Ador also is playing many dates in support of the new release "The Shape of Life."

See http://kinkador.com and www.vergemusicfestival.com

Kink Ador Record Release feat. The Vespers & Keegan DeWitt

Kink Ador Record Release feat. The Vespers & Keegan DeWitt
When: Thu., May 27, 9 p.m. 2010
Price: Free

by Seth Graves, Nashville Scene, published May 27, 2010

Kink Ador fans recently fueled the band’s Kickstarter.com account to completion, allowing them to self-release their latest, The Shape of Life. Kink Ador rewarded this generosity handsomely with a 10-cut disc of sonically rich and categorically diverse rock ’n’ roll just in time for those in need of summer jams. Sure, it’s silly, but I like to imagine this record was written inside a ragtop Camaro driven at top speed through outer space, searching for a wormhole back to 1977 with singer/bassist Sharon Koltik’s sultry howl serving as the metaphorical rocket fuel. Most of these tracks kick off with a deep and fuzzy 420-friendly groove, finding a comfy pocket somewhere between Queens of the Stone Age and early Heart. But they soon eschew the constraints of gravity with elements of jazz and ’60s psychedelia — which really make those previous references to space travel appropriate, right? Kink Ador celebrates their new release tonight at Mercy Lounge.
— Seth Graves

Kink Ador at Mercy Lounge by EastNashvilleBlog.com

Kink Ador at Mercy Lounge by EastNashvilleBlog.com by Lindsey Boise

I recently got a call from my brother Corey, a drummer in town, telling me he was going to sit in for a song with a band called Kink Ador down at Mercy Lounge. Most, if not all, of Kink Ador call East Nashville home, and I always love checking out the local cheese.

My wife Ginger and I met up with Corey and his wife Jen across the river at the Mercy Lounge. The room was spaciously empty, and since I’m such a rebel, that made me happy. We were there early though, which allowed ample time for the place to fill up just enough to make you feel the energy of other people without having to fight for basic survival resources like oxygen, points of escape and elbow room at the bar.

Another reason the audience had a chance to grow was because the band got started a little late, creating a buzz of annoyance/anticipation that seems to be a prerequisite for any decent show these days.

East Nashville's own Kink Ador (Photo: Ray + Wendy)

Once the sound of the crowd murmuring became a sufficient hum, Kink Ador appeared from backstage. I was surprised to see that they are a trio. I guess I expected a troupe playing keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, a washtub bass, synthesizers, xylophones, a harmonica, a laptop, their iPhones and whatever other noisemakers people pile onto a stage these days. No, Kink Ador do it simply. They are a drummer, a guitarist and a bassist/singer. The guitarist and the bassist also played trumpets from time to time. Really cool.

Guitarist Andrew Sovine had a few tricks up his sleeve and seemed to play mostly textural riffs and patterns which allowed the guitar to have its own voice, ornamenting the rhythm section rather than sitting all over it and being just another thump in the beat. There were occasional, tastefully done guitar solos which followed melodic themes from the song. He played some beautiful sounding vintage instruments, though I can’t tell you what they are offhand. In addition to the electric guitar, he also played a lap slide. Whatever the instrument, Sovine was adept and capable on his instruments and knew how to translate his skill into emotive playing.

Sharon Koltick on trumpet (Photo: Ray + Wendy)

As far as the vocals go, it was pretty hard for me to hear what vocalist Sharon Koltick was saying. Whether it was due to the house mix, her pronunciation or our position in the room is something I don’t know. From what I could hear, there was a girlish poppiness in the melody, vocal delivery and stage presence. Koltick’s vocals sat in the rhythms well, danced above them when appropriate and supplied a unifying thread for the audience to lock onto. Every so often, Sovine would sing backup. Their voices might have blended well together in other circumstances, but in this case his voice was mixed louder and sounded clearer than hers, creating a feeling of insubordination and imbalance when he chimed in.

Koltick’s duties also included the bass guitar. I am always impressed by that feat – it’s like simultaneously being rain on the roof and a brontosaurus. The bass lines were a punky throb which clung pretty closely to the songs’ chordal triads and orbited the kick drum relatively tightly. There was some more melodic movement present in the riffish licks she threw in here and there.

The solidly pounding tempo, subtle accents and dynamics, and advanced cymbal technique left me impressed with Brad Naylor’s drumming throughout the set. His beats were designed to make us move and delivered with a restrained, focused intensity that made me wonder half-excitedly and half-fearfully what would happen if he were to let absolutely loose.

One of the benefits of being a trio is there is room to bring in other people for collaboration, and Kink Ador used that to their advantage. They brought up two unique female vocalists for a song each and my brother joined their drummer on the penultimate song to create an explosively percussive piece.

All in all, I would recommend seeing Kink Ador – their music was well played, and the mood was assertive yet fun. Not only will you be showing support for a talented group of Eastsiders, but you also might be pleasantly surprised. They definitely surprised me.

Kink Ador will play two benefit shows later this month: Light One Up for Kenya at The Basement on April 17, and the release party for the We Will Not Ignore EP to benefit Haiti at Exit/In on April 22. In the meantime, follow them on Twitter, check out their music on Myspace or connect with them on Facebook.