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Remember when The Strokes and The White Stripes got really big in the UK really fast? And then America had to catch up with the mania? The same happened to Jimi Hendrix, I believe. Well, Florida’s Black Kids just released their first single “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” on the super cool Almost Gold record label. It debuted at #11 in the British Singles Charts. Pretty impressive! The band have been in the UK recording their debut album with Bernard Butler (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) and it’s set to come out sometime in the early summer.

We reckon this’ll be one of 2008’s biggest summer anthems.

Black Kids are on tour through the middle of August, including a stop off at Coachella & Lollapalooza. Full international tour dates here.

Oh, Festival Season. You’re not far from us now that we are in the month of April. Starting with Coachella at the end of April, the next few months are filled with bands from all over the world happening upon our fine nation with one goal only: the perfect Festival performance/set list. Last year, I personally only made it to Lollapalooza; and now that the 08 line-up has been announced, I may very well go back….

Here are some suggestions for bands that are guaranteed to be awesome at some of the festivals this summer.

COACHELLA:
Portishead * The Verve * The Raconteurs * Death Cab for Cutie * My Morning Jacket * The Breeders * Spiritualized * Goldfrapp * Rilo Kiley * MIA * Metric * Cold War Kids * Animal Collective * Simian Mobile Disco * Flogging Molly * Mark Ronson * Autolux * Sons and Daughters * Black Kids * Annuals * Vampire Weekend * St. Vincent

LOLLAPALOOZA:
Radiohead * Kanye West * Wilco * The Raconteurs * Bloc Party * Broken Social Scene * Flogging Molly * Mark Ronson * Cat Power * Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Janet Weiss on drums!) * CSS * Mates of State * Chromeo * The Kills * The Go! Team * Yeasayer * Black Kids * Kid Sister * Noah and the Whale

PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL:
Animal Collective * Jarvis Cocker * !!! * Vampire Weekend * Fleet Foxes * The Ruby Suns * Dinosaur Jr. * M. Ward * Dirty Projectors * Spiritualized

BONNAROO:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett * My Morning Jacket * The Raconteurs * Sigur Ros * Ben Folds * Cat Power * MIA * Iron & Wine * Stephen Marley * Broken Social Scene * Rilo Kiley * Against Me! * Aimee Mann * The Fiery Furnaces *

ALL POINTS WEST:
Radiohead * The Go! Team * CSS * Juana Molina * Andrew Bird * Grizzly Bear * Animal Collective * Metric * The Virgins * The Secret Machines

Happy Festival-Going!

Posted by JA