When I met Black Kids’ frontman and guitarist Reggie Youngblood for an interview at Neumo’s before the band’s recent show with Mates of State, he told me that TIG was one of the first websites to write about his band, following their much buzzed-about set at the Athens Popfest in 2007. I had no idea […]
Editor's note: Seattle has some of the most picturesque vistas (most of which are found within local clubs like Chop Suey and the Comet Tavern). It's no surprise that TIG photographer Kyle Johnson has a stack of photos he loves that have been taken by some of Seattle's finest photographers. (Here's a recap of Kyle's […]
Black Kids. Neumo's. Friday night October 10th. Want to go? We have a free pair of tickets for one lucky imaginary reader. Email us to be entered to win!
Today, the much hyped debut album from The Black Kids, Partie Traumatic, hits stores. As is not unusual, Pitchfork leads with a review of one of the record from one of the most hyped bands to come out of the blogosphere. As is unusual, Pitchfork offered this review (a very low 3.3 from editor Scott […]
Show Date: May 12, 2008
On Monday night, three imaginary Boston contributors hit the sold-out dance fest that starred Black Kids and Cut Copy at the Paradise Rock Club. The Cure was playing the arena down the street, creating a parking nightmare that caused us to miss the entire set from local openers Mobius Band and the first few songs […]
NME is sponsoring the first-ever NME Awards USA. I just tried going over to their website to read about the nominees, and when voting ends, but apparently you need to be a registered user to see the information. And that's completely lame. So I won't be voting. If you don't have the same online editorial […]
NME has released a list of what it thinks the Next Big Things of 2008 and well, it is quite a list. Sure, its very UK-centric, but judge for yourself… here's the list with whatever YouTube link I could find. I have to admit, after listening to all of them, many of them sounds the […]
I made a ‘Best of ’07’ compilation for coworkers and thought I’d share my picks with you, in no particular order. Hope you’ve got a little time to spare! All downloads have been posted with permission from the bands themselves. Thanks bands! 1. Nicole Atkins and the Sea: “The Way It Is” I think […]
Show Date: October 21, 2020
Picking up where we left off in CMJ 2007 part one… After my Thursday afternoon with Yo Majesty and Elk City, I headed over to the White Rabbit to meet up with Fat Asian Baby again and watch Georgia band Dead Confederate, whose moody and dramatic indie rock soundscape was punctuated by dim lighting and […]
Show Date: August 11, 2007
Black Kids were the surprise of the PopFest. And I'm not alone in my Black Kids adulation–everyone in my 8-person group was screaming "I LOVE BLACK KIDS" after their show. They were the opening band on this, the final day of the PopFest and their quick wit banter was disarming and hilarious. Their songs were […]
