Line Out - Comments on I Still Haven't Heard the Black Kids... http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids So I can only agree with the broad strokes and not the case sepecifics of this sharp rant against music blog hype posted today on (music hype blog) Idolator (emphasis mine): One of the worst things about the earnest nature... Copyright 2008 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:03:56 -0800 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:59:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Levislade I just want to know what SF-J thinks about their name.

And hey, they're getting KEXP airplay, so I would say the "real-world hype" has begun.

]]> Levislade http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830703 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830703 Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:23:22 -0800 Comment by left coast Well, they're not from Williamsburg so that makes me a little less suspicious. Then again, can anything good come out of Vegas (not yet) or Florida?

The truth about the web is that there are two camps for everything - lovers and haters. Try to find a place to get your haircut in Seattle, an MP3 player, a camcorder etc. You can't find a reliable opinion on anything. Either the person bought it 5 minutes ago and is estatic or is having a problem and giving it a zero.

For music at least, there's myspace, metacritic (although the hype hits before real reviews and ratings spike) or allmusic.

At least, NME is not dictating. "Black Kids sound like when you wake up after really good sex."

I guess it's been awhile, but I haven't the vaguest idea what that might sound like. I guess it sounds a lot like Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, although the lyrics seem to be a stretch, was there something about Jesus in Hurricane Jane?

]]> left coast http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830720 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830720 Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:50:27 -0800 Comment by trent moorman The Allman Brothers are originally from Florida. They are real good. Ask Fits.

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830908 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830908 Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:00:06 -0800 Comment by Corianton Saw the Black Kids in Athens GA this summer. They were totally amazing. Their demo SUCKS, but live they are stunning. We had never heard a word about them, they just came out of nowhere and took control!

]]> Corianton http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830933 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c830933 Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:19:19 -0800 Comment by WE Mike I like their name.

]]> WE Mike http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831006 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831006 Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:13:41 -0800 Comment by left coast I don't actually know, but I don't think The Allman Brothers are from FLA. Being a dork, I would have guessed Alabama.

On allmusic, it apears that they were formed in Macon Georgia. They have a museum there too. I don't blame them if they revised history out of embarassment though.

]]> left coast http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831082 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831082 Media Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:17:19 -0800 Comment by Bryan Funny to make the Allman brothers tie. Black Kids drummer Kevin Snow's father actually played in a Jacksonville, Florida band called The Vikings. Their drummer was Butch Trucks. Check wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Trucks

]]> Bryan http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831393 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831393 Media Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:50:57 -0800 Comment by E I've been liking that one song "I'm not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you (or something)" since Pitchfork told me to listen to it several weeks ago. Basically this band's name is so rad that pretty much everyone will give them 5 minutes of their time. and you know what? I think that song and a few of the others are actually pretty good. They could use a lot less reverb though. if it's true they can pull it off live, then they might actually be legit. Dudes voice kind of sounds like the Shins too, i hear that some people think the Shins are cool.

]]> E http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831501 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831501 Media Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:14:53 -0800 Comment by ndrwmtsn lol@ people pontificating on the gap between blogospherically famous and IRL famous music. nerds.

one world, people.

one life, one love.

black kids? yeah, i'll get around to that.

]]> ndrwmtsn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831824 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c831824 Media Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:56:16 -0800 Comment by E ndrw @9 - you use too many acronyms. IRL? for real?

]]> E http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c832001 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/10/i_still_havent_heard_the_black_kids#c832001 Media Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:59:31 -0800