Black Kids

BK bassist Owen's debut solo record comes out today!

Out on Kill Rock Stars in the U.S. and Fierce Panda in Europe, Gospel Music's "duettes" EP is available digitally on iTunes and on 10" vinyl in brick-and-mortar record shops in Europe.

As the title suggests, the EP features Owen singing his duets with the luminaries pictured above — left to right, that's Tracyanne from Camera Obscura, Shirley from The Magnetic Fields, [Owen himself,] French artist SoKo, Darren from Hefner, and Cassie from Vivian Girls.

Bonus: Black Kids' Kevin plays drums on the record AND designed the artwork!

(Blog by Ali) songs, songs, songs. the word song(s) looks funny after awhile don't it? no? well, you know what will look funny? black kids teaching a dance for yo gabba gabba live!!! i can't wait! i don't know if the kids will even care or recognize us at all, because somebody has a new hairdo in the band. total change!!! you guys out there will see who it is soon enough. it looks great! somebody looks like a model...just saying

speaking of great! i'm personally in love with the rough draft album so far! we just feel we need to make a few more before going pro... the excitement has been killing me to where my fingers are constantly fidgeting. as a result, i've made tiny little yarn bears, kittens, horses, and etc... www.etsy.com/shop/bmwm; my fingers cramp all the time, but i can't stop and i won't stop....

what's YOU'RE hobby and what music do you listen to as you do it? i like abba and or tom tom club

A special thanks to everyone who came out to our shows in Orlando, Miami and West Palm Beach! We had a fabulous time with you. Check out these photos from our Miami show, taken by our friend Ian Witlen.

Black Kids will be coming out of hibernation this summer, playing our first shows of the year in our beloved home state of Florida. We've got some new material along with our old favorites. Come say hello, we miss you! xo.

01 July 2010: The Social, Orlando
02 July 2010: The Vagabond, Miami
03 July 2010: Respectable Street, West Palm Beach
13 July 2010: Crowbar, Tampa
14 July 2010: Common Grounds, Gainesville
15 July 2010: The Engine Room, Tallahassee
17 July 2010: Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville

Tune in to the Season Three Premiere episode of Yo Gabba Gabba! to watch Black Kids sing about how much "We Love Clowns"! Yay! The episode, "Circus", will air on Monday, March 8, at 10:30am ET/PT on Nickelodeon, and will also feature Weird Al Yankovic, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Paul Scheer, and Mark Mothersbaugh.

BK <3 YGG!

We're LomoAmigos! The folks at Lomography hooked us up with a Fisheye No. 2 on our North American tour with Mates of State last summer. We had a good time shoving it in each other's faces and clicking away.