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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]