Black Kids < PopMatters < Reviews, Features, News, Videos, Tour Dates

Now on PopMatters

Features
:. The Story of a Soul Survivor: ‘Private Dancer’ at 25
:. The Gospel According to Butch: Part 3—The Artist

Columns
Lowbrow Literati: Are We All Mythtaken About Star Wars?
Jazz Today: Spinach and Broccoli Music: An Interview with Composer and Drummer John Hollenbeck

Blogs
Short Ends and Leader: Travel this ‘Road’ at Your Own Risk
Mixed Media: Me and Orson Welles dir. Richard Linklater (trailer)
Consuming Consumables: Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Re:Print: Iran and the Remaking of the World
Marginal Utility: Refuting the paradox of choice
Sound Affects: Green Day - All About ‘Dookie’: “Burnout”
Channel Surfing: ‘Project Runway’: Looking Fashion Forward
Moving Pixels: Tech Bubbles in World of Warcraft

Music
:. The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
:. John Mayer: Battle Studies
:. Duran Duran: Rio Special Limited Edition / Live at Hammersmith ‘82!
:. Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
:. Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
:. Heavy Trash: Midnight Soul Serenade
:. Otto: Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos

Events
:. Galactic + Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle: 6 November 2009 - Austin, TX

Film
:. The Road
:. Ninja Assassin

DVDs
:. The L Word: The Final Season
:. Frailty
:. The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

Books
:. Writing in the Dark, by David Grossman
:. Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne

Multimedia
:. Where the Wild Things Are

News
:. ‘Angels and Demons’ leads list of latest Blu-ray releases
:. INTERVIEW:‘Guitar Hero’ founder excited about future
:. Wii Fitness shares store with dumbbells, treadmills

Reviews

Mates of State + Black Kids: 10 April 2009 - Toronto

By Ian Mathers

By the time Mates of State burned through a fervent and triumphant reading of “Fraud in the ‘80s”, still one of their best songs, my initial doubts were long forgotten. [13 May 2009]

Black Kids

By Wilson McBee

While Black Kids' performance was filled with giddy euphoria, it felt more like witnessing the peak of a passing fad than it did the start of something great. [16 October 2008]

Black Kids: Partie Traumatic

By Chris Baynes

Partie Traumatic is like an unfinished prototype of a tighter, faster, more assured album that Black Kids have yet to make. [28 July 2008]