courtesy of rolling stone


Blacks Kids appear in Rolling Stone and they finally have a publicity picture that includes Owen Holmes. It’s mighty cute too. Here’s what Rolling Stone had to say about the hometown heroes:

That excuse no longer works, since Black Kids have gathered so much blog buzz over the past few months that they’re already playing sold-out gigs for fans such as the Beastie Boys’ Mike D. That acclaim is due mostly to the freewheeling indie-rock songs they posted on MySpace, earning them comparisons to Arcade Fire and the Cure. But with coed harmonies and snatches of R&B, Black Kids have a more classic pop sound than your typical indie-rock band — and they’re more humble. Songs like “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You” come from times Youngblood has had to keep his ego in check. “I’ve often had great chemistry with a girl on the dance floor,” he says. “And then she’d leave with her flat-footed boyfriend.”

So you wonder when those Kids are going to play in Jacksonville again? It’s not going to be for a while. Here are tour dates for the next few months. If you’re going to be in Chicago on New Years you can catch them at the Empty Bottle.

Black Kids tour dates

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