A couple of new remixes, well to be honest I’m not too sure whether or not the Lykke Li remix is new, but it’s newly discovered for moi and I thought I’d share. First up is M.I.A. featuring Jim Jones, together they’ve remixed the song “Paper Planes”. The next remix as I mentioned is Lykke Li’s single “I’m Good I’m Gone” and is remixed by the Black Kids, whom we actually interviewed and can be read here.
Recently Killahbeez.com had the opportunity to interview Reggie Youngblood of Black Kids. We took this opportunity to talk about their influences and styles as well as discussisng their current tour throughout North America and Europe and the upcoming album Partie Traumatic, which is coming out on July 7th in the UK and July 22nd in North America.
Let me start off this interview by saying that I recently saw you guys in Vancouver on April 29 and it was a crazy show. Vancouver crowds are generally known to be a bit mild, but you guys really got the whole crowd into the show. How was the whole North American tour? Were there any standout cities in particular?
Reggie Youngblood: Aw, thanks! The North American tour was criminally fun. We had just left the winter behind in the U.K. and everything was sunshine and flowers in the States. D.C. was quite good and so was San Francisco and Seattle. Oh, and Portland. Really, it was all wonderful.
You guys were part of another band called Cubby previously. What made you guys decide to move away from that and start Black Kids?
RY: The problem with groups previous to Black Kids was that the vibe tended to be way too severe. A bunch of guys posing on stage real hard. It got stale.
New Black Kids video, “Hurricane Jane”, which is off of their debut album Partie Traumatic. The album is expected to drop on July 7th in the UK and July 22nd in North America. Video is directed by Rozan & Schmeltz (Surface 2 Air Paris studio), the same duo that created the promo for Justice vs Simian indie hit “We Are Your Friends”, as well as Chromeo’s video for “Tenderoni”.
Cut Copy played to a sold out crowd Tuesday April 29th at Richards on Richards here in Vancouver and it was one of the best (if not THE best) events I’ve attended in a minute, as expected. As you can probably tell by how late this is being posted after the show - it was one hell of a par-tay.
Opening act Black Kids were a nice addition to the evening and Cut Copy’s DJ set at the after party was also great. Even though Caprice isn’t a favorite venue of mine by any means, the Fleetwood Mac/Lifelike mix (so seamless it sounds like an official remix) from the So Cosmic mixtapewas definitely worth staying out for.
Go *here* for a video clip of “Hearts on Fire” from the show which I managed to snag from a friends camera (who apparently loves to sing along and howl). Yes, its very low-fi but it gives you an idea of the tremendously fun vibe of the night without spoiling the experience if you haven’t caught them live in your city just yet.
Also, be sure to check back here Monday May 5th for an EXCLUSIVE Killahbeez.com interview with Cut Copy!
