New Black Dice album due in April
Black Dice will release their fifth full length ‘REPO’ on April 7th via Paw Tracks. The record will feature thriteen new songs and feature that great cover which you can see to the left here.
Tracklist:
1. Night Cream
2. Glazin
3. Earnings Plus Interest
4. Whirligig
5. La Cucaracha
6. Idiots Pasture
7. Lazy
8. Buddy
9. Inches
10. Vegetable
11. Urban Super Mist
12. Ultra Vomit
13. Gag Shack
Black Kids Announce US Tour with Mates of State
Black Kids announce plans to hit the road this 2009, playing a slew of coast-to-coast shows and stopping off in Canada along the way. The tour will also feature Mates of States. The full list of dates can be found below.
Tickets will go on sale this Monday, January 12.
Upcoming tour dates in full:
3/08/09 Miami, FL @ Langerado Music Festival 2009
04/02/09 Richmond, VA @ The National*
04/04/09 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club*
04/05/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg*
04/06/09 New York, NY @ Webster Hall*
04/07/09 Boston, MA @ House of Blues*
04/09/09 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Musee Juste Pour Rire*
04/10/09 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre*
04/11/09 Chicago, IL @ Metro*
04/12/09 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater*
04/13/09 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club*
04/15/09 Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater*
04/17/09 Seattle, WA @ Neumos*
04/18/09 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom*
04/19/09 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*
04/20/09 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent*
04/21/09 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent*
04/23/09 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater*
04/24/09 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House*
04/25/09 Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse*
04/27/09 Dallas, TX @ Granada*
04/28/09 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa*
04/29/09 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live*
05/01/09 Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
*w/ Mates of State
Black Kids – Partie Traumatic
Black Kids’ debut album “Partie Traumatic” is surely one of the highly anticipated debut albums of the summer. That comes from the strength of their first single “I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance.” Then the leader singer of the band recently said in the NME that he “managed to hustle a career with no god-given talents whatsoever.” He is correct on some levels this is not the most talented bunch you will find out there. They do remember that they are young and they always have fun.
All four of the songs from the bands debut EP “Wizard Of Ahhhs” return in re-recorded glory on this record. The record starts off with the Cure like ‘Hit The Heartbreaks.” Then the band focus on the naughty side of life with ‘Listen To Your Body Tonight.” The song is about sex and vocalist Dawn talks about various things she wants to do. It is an erotic and sexy little number that gives the album and early dose of naughty. “Hurricane Jane” still comes across as a little boring to me. The track is well placed in the middle as it is a great bridge song. “I’ve Underestimated My Charm (Again)” has this delightful innocence to it and homage to the 50s that you just don’t get on the album elsewhere. Then we get the two tracks “I’m Not Gonna Teach…” and “Love Me Already.” “I’m Not Gonna Teach” is a going to become a stable song for the year. Then “Love Me Already” is a lot of fun to listen to with the back and forth vocal. Then the album kind of dies out there for me as the last two track “I Wanna Be Your Limousine” and “Look At Me” would find better homes as bsides to a single.
“Partie Traumatic” is rough record to judge. The four songs from “Wizard of Ahhhs” are what really carry the album. If we did not have those it would be a pretty rough affair here. “Love Me Already” shows some promise out of the new material but it still could of used that second killer song.
By John Siwicki
Black Kids – Hurricane Jane
Black Kids’ debut single “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” was a breakthrough hit from the young group from Florida. It was going to be a tough feet to follow up a song like that but “Hurricane Jane” just leaves something out. The track starts off really slow and kind of ventures into this weird old style R&B track. The track just cost along at this same substances and rhythm and it just gets a little boring overall. The only cool part of the track is when the part “It’s Friday night and I ain’t got nobody, so what’s the use of pulling a shape” as things pick up for a few moments there. The lackadaisical “Hurricane Jane” will not slow this band down much and their debut album will still be highly anticipated this summer.
By John Siwicki