The Local Lightning Spotlight features a Nashville artist on Lightning 100 for a full week of air time.
Week of 8/04/08
Kink Ador
Song: For All Time
EP: Get Lucky
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Take Five with Tim: Sharon Koltick Journal and Courier, May 16th 2008
Take Five with Tim: Sharon Koltick
Journal and Courier
Journal and Courier
By Tim Brouk • tbrouk@journalandcourier.com • May 16, 2008
Music City has been a perfect fit for Lafayette native Sharon Koltick. The 25-year-old moved her Kink Ador project in 2006 to Nashville, Tenn. After picking up a few new musicians, Koltick's band is starting to make a buzz thanks to high profile appearances on the Muzik Mafia jam sessions started by country music superstars Big and Rich. Koltick's sound is anything but country, though. The band has a 1980s rock sound influenced by the likes of Blondie and The Police. Former bassist in Lafayette bands Feasible, The Malcontents and Batalyst, Koltick sings and plays bass in Kink Ador, too, and she will return to Indiana with a gig at 9 p.m. Saturday at Radio Radio, 1117 E. Prospect St., Indianapolis. Admission is $6.
1. Why did you move to Nashville?
I was in this place ready to move somewhere with a strong music scene and where the music industry is going really strong. It was down to Los Angeles, New York City and Nashville. I have friends in LA but at the last second, I chose Nashville. It's closer to home and cheaper. I got a day job lined up -- a tech writing job -- and it just made sense.
2 What's a Muzik Mafia jam session like?
I don't know how we got invited. I think it was just through the grapevine. We knew some people and they invited us to jam. ... It's really casual. Around 10:30 and 11 p.m., people get on-stage and start playing. One of the times we played, Futureman of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones was just hanging around. Our first time there, it was 1 a.m. when we finally got called to play. We were standing on the side of the stage and they bring you up with 10 other people on-stage playing along. In Nashville, they look at you and they know what to play next. Then we got invited to play San Francisco and we jammed at a jazz club there.
3 How did your music style go over in Nashville?
It's actually really cool because there's a community of indie artists here right now. It's a strong scene. I don't have to even see country if I don't want to. As far as the rock scene, it's really strong here. I can't complain.
4 What are your thoughts on playing Indiana again?
I'm really excited about it. It's just a different atmosphere. Everyone in Nashville is a musician and the people who go to shows are musicians. They do not get excited about shows and just sit there with their arms crossed and analyze you. I can't wait to play shows in Indiana.
5 When are you going to play Lafayette?
Hopefully really soon. I tried to add it to a tour this summer. Hopefully we'll play there in the fall. We're going to try to get more shows and hire a booking agent.
On the Net: www.kinkador.com
Journal and Courier
Journal and Courier
By Tim Brouk • tbrouk@journalandcourier.com • May 16, 2008
Music City has been a perfect fit for Lafayette native Sharon Koltick. The 25-year-old moved her Kink Ador project in 2006 to Nashville, Tenn. After picking up a few new musicians, Koltick's band is starting to make a buzz thanks to high profile appearances on the Muzik Mafia jam sessions started by country music superstars Big and Rich. Koltick's sound is anything but country, though. The band has a 1980s rock sound influenced by the likes of Blondie and The Police. Former bassist in Lafayette bands Feasible, The Malcontents and Batalyst, Koltick sings and plays bass in Kink Ador, too, and she will return to Indiana with a gig at 9 p.m. Saturday at Radio Radio, 1117 E. Prospect St., Indianapolis. Admission is $6.
1. Why did you move to Nashville?
I was in this place ready to move somewhere with a strong music scene and where the music industry is going really strong. It was down to Los Angeles, New York City and Nashville. I have friends in LA but at the last second, I chose Nashville. It's closer to home and cheaper. I got a day job lined up -- a tech writing job -- and it just made sense.
2 What's a Muzik Mafia jam session like?
I don't know how we got invited. I think it was just through the grapevine. We knew some people and they invited us to jam. ... It's really casual. Around 10:30 and 11 p.m., people get on-stage and start playing. One of the times we played, Futureman of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones was just hanging around. Our first time there, it was 1 a.m. when we finally got called to play. We were standing on the side of the stage and they bring you up with 10 other people on-stage playing along. In Nashville, they look at you and they know what to play next. Then we got invited to play San Francisco and we jammed at a jazz club there.
3 How did your music style go over in Nashville?
It's actually really cool because there's a community of indie artists here right now. It's a strong scene. I don't have to even see country if I don't want to. As far as the rock scene, it's really strong here. I can't complain.
4 What are your thoughts on playing Indiana again?
I'm really excited about it. It's just a different atmosphere. Everyone in Nashville is a musician and the people who go to shows are musicians. They do not get excited about shows and just sit there with their arms crossed and analyze you. I can't wait to play shows in Indiana.
5 When are you going to play Lafayette?
Hopefully really soon. I tried to add it to a tour this summer. Hopefully we'll play there in the fall. We're going to try to get more shows and hire a booking agent.
On the Net: www.kinkador.com
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Fox News ThePalestra.com Gig Guide
Kink Ador on Fox News.com
Kink Ador's show tonight at the Basement was featured on ThePalestra.com Gig Guide on Foxnews.com! How cool is that... I never thought I would be on Fox news. The gig guide lists show picks from Coast to Coast, so I am excited we got the mention. So come to the Basement tonight already!!Kink Ador is mentioned about halfway through the video, when they do the picks for the South! Kink Ador southern rock 4-life. Can I just say right now, can Kink Ador be the new style guide for all of Southern Rock? Who do I need to talk to about that? cheers!
sharon
video gig guide
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Critic's Pick Nashville Scene week of 2_14_2008
Kink Ador is a Critic's Pick this week in the Nashville Scene for their participation in the first BEAT show. Thanks to Seth Graves for the write-up.
verbatim:
Music
BEAT
The influence of electronic music and technology is more prominent than ever on rock’s national scene, but Nashville’s rockers have been a little sluggish about incorporating synthesizers and beat machines into their usual repertoire. In an effort to remedy this deficiency, yet another local music collective has crawled out of the woodwork—this one calls itself BEAT. Aspiring to build a thriving community of electro-oriented rock ’n’ rollers, BEAT hopes to bridge the gap between synthetic and organic music. Their first event is scheduled for Thursday night and features funky white kids Kink Ador, rock-heavy hip-hoppers Knapsack Heroes, Quiet Entertainer and DJs Viper, Melator and Kidsmeal. 9 p.m. at Exit/In —SETH GRAVESverbatim:
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BEAT
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The Big Story Kink Ador
The Big Story
Cincinnati City Beat
Posted 09/26/2007
CRITIC'S PICK: Kink Ador (Nashville, TN)Indie Rock
Posted 09/26/2007
Verbatim:
If you think Nashville is all flannel and jeans and cowboy hats and pedal steel and Nudie suits, you've got delusions only the sweet stink of therapy could resolve. Nashville also has an edgy Indie Pop scene, of which Kink Ador is an integral element. From massive bass grooves to violin bows sawing across guitar strings to insistent synth pulses, Kink Ador exposes the quirky white underbelly of Music City.
Dig It: The band we'd send to Iceland in a musical foreign exchange program involving Sigur Ros. (BB)
Cincinnati City Beat
Posted 09/26/2007
CRITIC'S PICK: Kink Ador (Nashville, TN)Indie Rock
Posted 09/26/2007
Verbatim:
If you think Nashville is all flannel and jeans and cowboy hats and pedal steel and Nudie suits, you've got delusions only the sweet stink of therapy could resolve. Nashville also has an edgy Indie Pop scene, of which Kink Ador is an integral element. From massive bass grooves to violin bows sawing across guitar strings to insistent synth pulses, Kink Ador exposes the quirky white underbelly of Music City.
Dig It: The band we'd send to Iceland in a musical foreign exchange program involving Sigur Ros. (BB)
Friday, July 6, 2007
Critic's Pick Nashville Scene
Critic's Pick Kink Ador
Nashville Scene
FRIDAY, July 6TH
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KINK ADOR
KINK ADOR From Lafayette, Ind., Sharon Koltick is a bass-playing singer and songwriter with a flair for subtly reggae-inflected pop tunes that embrace '80s new-wave ennui. Having already garnered notice in the Indianapolis area for her band Kink Ador, Koltick moved to Nashville a year ago and promptly assembled a new edition of the group, which includes guitarist and violinist John Zambricki, keyboardist Wade Van Orman and drummer Brad Naylor. They've been writing, and lately have been recording with producers Jack Clement and Mo Sweeney at Clement's famed Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa. Clement says he plans to sit in with the band at a show later this summer, and Kink Ador has cut a new-wave version of Allen Reynolds' "Ready for the Times to Get Better," a 1978 country hit for Crystal Gayle, which ought to suit Cowboy Jack's aesthetic just fine. The 5 Spot; also playing Tuesday, 10th at The Rutledge �EDD HURT
Nashville Scene
FRIDAY, July 6TH
Photo
KINK ADOR
KINK ADOR From Lafayette, Ind., Sharon Koltick is a bass-playing singer and songwriter with a flair for subtly reggae-inflected pop tunes that embrace '80s new-wave ennui. Having already garnered notice in the Indianapolis area for her band Kink Ador, Koltick moved to Nashville a year ago and promptly assembled a new edition of the group, which includes guitarist and violinist John Zambricki, keyboardist Wade Van Orman and drummer Brad Naylor. They've been writing, and lately have been recording with producers Jack Clement and Mo Sweeney at Clement's famed Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa. Clement says he plans to sit in with the band at a show later this summer, and Kink Ador has cut a new-wave version of Allen Reynolds' "Ready for the Times to Get Better," a 1978 country hit for Crystal Gayle, which ought to suit Cowboy Jack's aesthetic just fine. The 5 Spot; also playing Tuesday, 10th at The Rutledge �EDD HURT
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