Black Kids
Tour news: Pond, Beach Bunny, Format Fest, Sierra Hull, Lindstrøm, Remember Sports, more
Plus: Joyce Manor, Citizen, IDK / MAVI, Ceremony, Joe Pera, and more tour and festival news.
Blunt Bangs (Reggie from Black Kids) prep debut LP: watch the "Odessa" video
Blunt Bangs, the new group led by Black Kids’ Reggie Youngblood, will release their debut album on September 17. They’re touring this month, too.
Joey Bada$$, Vic Mensa, more to play inaugural Spaceland Block Party in L.A.
Spaceland Block Party will debut in LA this September with sets from Joey Bada$$, Vic Mensa, The Horrors, Black Kids, Wavves, Preoccupations, Porches, Tijuana Panthers, Oddisee & Good Compny, LVL UP, Slothrust, Bayonne, Mourn, Dude York, Palm, Wilsen, Alex Cameron, and others.
Mass Gothic covered His Electro Blue Voice, playing Rough Trade this weekend w/ Black Kids (who're releasing a new LP)
Mass Gothic cover HEBV’s “Sea Bug,” giving it an almost ’80s goth feel.
tix on sale: Green Day, Stevie Nicks, Sharon Jones, Black Kids, The Head & the Heart, more
Also: Jesse Malin/Tommy Stinston, Frank Iero, Maxwell, Lucy Dacus, and more NYC shows on sale today.
Black Kids played Mercury Lounge (pics) and Glasslands
Florida band Black Kids got a bit of a bum rap, one of the first casualties of the ramped-up hype cycle we now live in. After the shrugs they received from their rushed debut album (less than a year after people went nuts for their free, enjoyable Wizard of Ahhs EP), the band wisely took time out to regroup, finish school and generally live their lives…
Black Kids are back, touring in August; individual members making music too (dates & streams)
Hey, remember Black Kids? Vaulted into the spotlight from a demo on their Myspace in October of 2007 (they played one of BV’s CMJ day parties that same month), they’re one of the most famous cases of “too much too soon” internet hype…
Pitchfork Festival announces full 2013 schedule
Pitchfork Festival 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)
As mentioned, Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival is returning to Union Park from July 19-21 with sets from Bjork, Joanna Newsom, Belle & Sebastian, R…
Gospel Music (the band, not the style) on tour, playing Rock Shop and Cake Shop this weekend (dates)
DOWNLOAD: Gospel Music – This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars for Both of Us (MP3)
Florida indie pop group Gospel Music are visiting this weekend, playing the Rock Shop tonight (5/4) with Kleenex Girl Wonder, The Randy Bandits, and Parade Grounds, and Cake Shop on Saturday (5/5)…
CMJ 2011 - Bill's Wednesday daytime picks (Still Corners, Gospel Music, The Immaculates, Radiation City & more)
DOWNLOAD: Still Corners – Into the Trees (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Immaculates – Hey Joe Kelly (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Gospel Music – This Town Don’t Have Enough Bars for Both of Us (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Radiation City – The Color of Industry (MP3)
I think Wednesday is my favorite day for CMJ day parties…
