The Cool Kids

Some additions have been made to Brooklyn’s 2017 Afropunk Festival lineup…

This year’s Afropunk Festival has a St. Heron Stage (Solange’s label), a Kaytranada & Friends Stage, and tons more.

Also: Saba, Noname, Denzel Curry, Black Lips, The Drums, and still more.

As always, there’s a ton of cool stuff going on in the world of hip hop. Here’s a roundup of some recently-released music, upcoming NYC shows, and more…

“I called Mikey and realized nothing would feel better than us being the originators again. The Cool Kids are back forreal,” Chuck said.

The 3rd annual Index Fest goes down Deep Ellum in Dallas this year from September 26-28. The initial lineup is listed below and includes Local Natives, Future Islands, The Get Up Kids, Foxygen, Russian Circles, How To Dress Well, Joyce Manor, Palms, Dawes, Kaiser Chiefs, Dilated Peoples, Doomtree, The Cool Kids, Lee Fields and the Expressions, Dan Deacon and many more…

Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids is planning to release a new solo album, Convertibles, at some point in the future (no release date yet), and there’s been no lack of material from him while we wait for that album…

Disappears @ A.V. Fest in September (more by Matt Ziegler)We’ve had a great year for music here at Do312. To commemorate our first full year at Do312, we devised the Da Top 41 list of bands from right here in Chicago…

today in Chicago * Lollapalooza (Day 1) * Afrojack, Perry Farrell @ the Mid * The Vaccines, Tennis @ Schubas * Sade, John Legend @ United Center * Cults, Maps & Atlases @ Hard Rock Hotel * Pretty Lights, Skrillex @ Congress Theater * The Black Lips, Night Beats @ Empty Bottle * Portugal…

Alternative hip hop duo The Cool Kids (aka Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks) released their first official full length album When Fish Ride Bicycles yesterday (7/12) on Mountain Dew’s Green Label Sound…