After taking some time off to focus on her two infant children, Gina Miller, the petite lead singer and keyboard player for the Kimonos, returns to the stage today at The Mink. “I was really starting to think the only thing I was good at was changing diapers,” says Miller. “Luckily, motherhood has made me more ambidextrous, which might be a good thing for the band.” The Houston group’s sound can be best described as Blondie-meets-the Pixies. And Miller’s cooing vocals slink through the hook-filled quartet’s artsy, new-wave-inspired punk rock with reckless abandon. Rounded out by headliner Spain Coloured Orange, today’s lineup promises an “it” factor that’s pretty damn high. Lanky opens the show.
Fri., May 19, 8 p.m.
This article appears in May 18-24, 2006.