8hands Featured Band: Black Kids
Black Kids are probably the hottest indie act around. The hype around them is insane, considering the fact that they aren't even signed to any label yet and that all we ever heard from them is the eight songs of their new demo EP, "Wizard of Ahhhs".
Still, everyone want to hold hands with these youngsters – the NME, in a rare act, did like Pitchfork and recommended them; The printed media, especially the Guardian, decided to act like many blogs out there and hail Black Kids, and the BBC radio played the same songs that's been running around in podcasts lately.
To be honest, even though I like their music, Black Kids aren't that unique. Just like many other indie-pop bands, they make joyful, rhythm-ful and colorful music, while singing melancholic words and writing broken-hearted texts like "It's Friday night and I ain't got nobody so what's the use of making the bed?". So yeah, as I said, it's been done a million times before, but it's still easy to fall for them. I know I did.



























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Tue, 10/16/2007 - 19:55
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