Black Kids

Tickets go on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for the recently announced Mates of State / Black Kids shows at Webster Hall and Music Hall of Williamsburg…

Mates of State @ ACL 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Mates of State and Black Kids are going on tour together, and according to their tour dates, they collectively are doing well enough to play both Music Hall of Williamsburg (4/5) and Webster Hall (4/6)…

KTXT (88.1 FM) out of Texas posted their list of the 10 most disappointing albums of 2008 on their blog The Couch. This is what they came up with…

Love it or hate it, licensing songs seems to be the new reality for “indie” bands (or any bands) looking to make money and gain exposure. As an avid music fan and Senior Director of Advertising & Video Games at Primary Wave Music Publishing, Ryan Barkan makes sure to stay on top of news related to artists getting their songs in ads, on TV, in movies, in video games and just about anywhere else a band would get paid to put a song…

Special Disco Version is at Santos tonight (Aug 27), but that doesn’t start until 10 and is downstairs. Upstairs at 8 is an earlier live show that includes a performance (who I was told don’t go on until after 10…

Black Kids are playing a free show in a store tonight (July 22, 2008). The occasion is the release of their new record “Partie Traumatic” which is (still) streaming in its entirety at AOL…

Listen to both of the new albums @ Spinner.

Santos Party House now has tickets on Ticketweb. That includes the upcoming Black Kids show. A full listing of upcoming events at Santos is below…

this is what it looks like upstairs @ Santos’ Party House…. If anyone has something nice to say about a Black Kids live performance, speak up now…