Having half a catchy song and a stage show that brings to mind a sloppy Hot Hot Heat cover band hasn’t stopped residents of our major labels’ executive suites from thinking that the Jacksonville band Black Kids could maybe be huge. More »
One of the worst things about the earnest nature of music blogs at the moment–whether giants like Stereogum and Brooklyn Vegan or some kid happily posting up uncleared MP3s, where most copy amounts to recycled press releases or “OMG! Music is so awesome!” if it expresses any sort of opinion at all–is that it’s now gauche to call out a crock. You get called a “reactionary” or a “hater” and these pushovers want to know why you can’t just relax and enjoy the bounty of an era where every new band is more mindblowing than the last. But the wheels-within-wheels meta-coverage of Black Kids, the latest blog-crush turned (almost) real-world hype, has forced us to say something about this pathetic state of affairs. Because Black Kids are some bullshit. And it’s not even their fault. It’s our fault, which is to say the fault of bloggers and writers. Because right now no one should even know who Black Kids are.
The much-buzzed-about Florida outfit Black Kids hasn’t played its CMJ showcase yet, but it’s already signed a record deal with the Sony BMG-distributed Almost Gold Recordings, home of other Internet darlings like Peter, Bjorn & John and Calvin Harris. More »
The much-buzzed-about Florida outfit Black Kids hasn’t played its CMJ showcase yet, but it’s already signed a record deal with the Sony BMG-distributed Almost Gold Recordings, home of other Internet darlings like Peter, Bjorn & John and Calvin Harris. More »
As it turns out, Black Kids have not signed with Almost Gold, as we re-reported earlier; they have, however, signed with Quest Management, which has a hand in Almost Gold’s doings and which manages a little-known band from Canada called the Arcade Fire. More »
As it turns out, Black Kids have not signed with Almost Gold, as we re-reported earlier; they have, however, signed with Quest Management, which has a hand in Almost Gold’s doings and which manages a little-known band from Canada called the Arcade Fire. More »
Today’s entry in the endless game of “blog entry or attempt to bring the verbal stylings of ‘Sixty Second Preview’ mouthpiece Jeff Craig to the world of indie rock”: “Straight outta Jacksonville, it’s the best new American band since Vampire Weekend, the awesomely-monikered Black Kids.” More »
Today’s entry in the endless game of “blog entry or attempt to bring the verbal stylings of ‘Sixty Second Preview’ mouthpiece Jeff Craig to the world of indie rock”: “Straight outta Jacksonville, it’s the best new American band since Vampire Weekend, the awesomely-monikered Black Kids.” More »