musicleech » The Cool Kids http://musicleech.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:38:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Cool Kids & Don Cannon – Merry Christmas Mixtape http://musicleech.com/2009/12/27/the-cool-kids-don-cannon-merry-christmas-mixtape/ http://musicleech.com/2009/12/27/the-cool-kids-don-cannon-merry-christmas-mixtape/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:10:31 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=3090 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> doncannonxcoolkids-merrychristmasmixtape

Gone Fishing was soooo close to making my must-hear albums of 2009 list, and it looks like this end-of-year surprise from the makers of it is a sign that it should have. These 4 tracks are titled a "Merry Christmas Mixtape", but it's not a very good description. They don't have anything Christmas-y, but they're still pretty decent. And they're free. Download the .zip here, or the tracks individually below.

01. BBQ Wings ft. Boldy James (prod. by Don Cannon)
02. Catch of the Day (prod. by Chuck Inglish)
03. Free Throws (prod. by First Team All State)
04. Tires ft. Boldy James (prod. by Chuck Inglish)

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/12/27/the-cool-kids-don-cannon-merry-christmas-mixtape/feed/ 1 Cool Kids x Hey Champ – “(We Are) Champions” http://musicleech.com/2009/11/02/cool-kids-x-hey-champ-we-are-champions/ http://musicleech.com/2009/11/02/cool-kids-x-hey-champ-we-are-champions/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:12:10 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=2667 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I have a bunch of hip-hop for ya'll today. Here's a mash-up of the Cool Kids vs. Hey Champ, a band that toured with Lupe Fiasco a while back-- they're a rock/pop band but with an electronic-heavy sound. The remix has a really cool vibe, definitely worth the listen if you like the Cool Kids, or more specifically their most recent mixtape, Gone Fishing. The chorus gets on my nerves, I wish they didn't mix the two choruses together, but whatever. Still a hot track.

Download:
mp3: The Cool Kids x Hey Champ - "(We Are) Champions"

Cool Kids MySpace
Hey Champ MySpace

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/11/02/cool-kids-x-hey-champ-we-are-champions/feed/ 0 The Cool Kids – Gone Fishing http://musicleech.com/2009/09/09/the-cool-kids-gone-fishing-mixtape/ http://musicleech.com/2009/09/09/the-cool-kids-gone-fishing-mixtape/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:03:20 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=2295 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> cool-kids

I deserve some serious punishment for not posting this earlier. This mixtape is simply monster. With Don Cannon on production, those minimal beats we thought were trademark Cool Kids have been put on hold (until When Fish Ride Bicycles maybe..), giving way to a richer, more complete sound. And lyrically it simply soars. I couldn't speak more highly of this album -- it's their best to date and warrants infinity listens. Oh and guess what? It's free at whenfishridebicycles.com.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/09/09/the-cool-kids-gone-fishing-mixtape/feed/ 0 Lineup: 2009 All Points West Festival http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/ http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:38:45 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1722 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A bunch of big names are slated to play the second All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey the last weekend in July. Lineup is below.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (4/4) at noon via Ticketmaster. They are $89 for a single day ticket and $199 for a three-day pass.

A new addition this year is the option of rail and boat transportation in addition to the popular ferry service that arrives at Liberty State Park from lower Manhattan. More travel info here.

girltalk-allpointswest

Girl Talk at All Points West 2008

Friday, July 31 : Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Q-Tip, The Pharcyde, Organized Konfusion, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, Seasick Steve, Telepathe, Shearwater, Heartless Bastards, Flying Lotus, College Humor Live, Arj Barker, Eugene Mirman and Bo Burnham.

Saturday, August 1 : Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkeys, Neko Case, The Ting Tings, Yelle, Crystal Castles, St. Vincent, Tokyo Police Club, The Cool Kids, Kool Keith, Cage the Elephant, Chairlift, White Rabbits, Electric Touch, The Postelles, Black Gold, College Humor Live, Tim & Eric, Judah Friedlander and Jim Jeffries.

Sunday, August 2 : Coldplay, Echo & The Bunnymen, MGMT, The Black Keys, Elbow, Silversun Pickups, Mogwai, We Are Scientists, Ghostland Observatory, The Gaslight Anthem, Etienne De Crecy, Lykke Li, Akron/Family, Steel Train, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, College Humor Live, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter and Todd Barry.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/03/30/lineup-2009-all-points-west-festival/feed/ 0 Video: Cool Kids: “Pennies” http://musicleech.com/2009/01/27/video-cool-kids-pennies/ http://musicleech.com/2009/01/27/video-cool-kids-pennies/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:09:37 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1259 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Cool Kids' follow-up to the underground success The Bake Sale is called When Fish Ride Bicycles, a name whose coolness we probably won't understand till we hear it. "Pennies" may or may not be part of it (they said they're not on a tight schedule by any means, they're just releasing songs when they please), but it's good stuff either way. Their metaphors and wordplay are ultra lighthearted but have as much or more legitimacy than 95% of the rappers out there.

A different version of "Pennies" appeared on the video game NBA 2K9, and speaking of NBA 2K, the duo is scheduled to headline the NBA 2K Bounce Tour with classy ex-Tribe Called Quest rapper Q-Tip. And if you haven't already, check that stellar performance Q did on Conan a few nights ago, performing the groovy "We Fight / Love" off his recent Renaissance.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/01/27/video-cool-kids-pennies/feed/ 0 MP3: Kenna ft. Cool Kids: “Loose Wires” http://musicleech.com/2008/12/29/free-mp3-kenna-ft-cool-kids-loose-wires/ http://musicleech.com/2008/12/29/free-mp3-kenna-ft-cool-kids-loose-wires/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:04:26 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1150 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

The Cool Kids have "blessed" our holidays us with a deviation from their usual but fitting minimalist beats with a highly electro track they recorded with Kenna. No room for criticism here, they pull it off seamlessly.

Save this link to download.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/12/29/free-mp3-kenna-ft-cool-kids-loose-wires/feed/ 0 Video: Cool Kids in Studio http://musicleech.com/2008/12/02/cool-kids-in-studio/ http://musicleech.com/2008/12/02/cool-kids-in-studio/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:24:54 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=859 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Young Jeezy's producer Don Cannon has been working with the Cool Kids on their first full-length, When Fish Ride Bicycles, and here's proof:

If the album drops before the year's end like it's supposed to, it could easily make our top albums of 2008, which by the way is in the making. Expect it late December/early January.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/12/02/cool-kids-in-studio/feed/ 0 Video: The Cool Kids: Black Cab Session + LP Due Later This Year http://musicleech.com/2008/10/28/video-the-cool-kids-black-cab-session-lp-due-later-this-year/ http://musicleech.com/2008/10/28/video-the-cool-kids-black-cab-session-lp-due-later-this-year/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:06:22 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=537 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Black Cab Sessions eclipsed the 50 chapter mark with The Cool Kids, hip-hop duo from Chicago that popped up in 2007 with their Totally Flossed Out EP, then the critically acclaimed Bake Sale earlier this year. They've been making their rounds, performing at the Pitchfork Music Festival, and in general just gaining mad popularity.

The session is a three parter: an untitled song from Antoine Reed (aka Mikey Rocks), an untitled song from Evan Ingersoll (aka Chuck Inglish), then a freestyle from Mikey Rocks.

And in Cool Kids style, there are no artificial beats. It's all hand made, although Mikey's beatwork could take a lesson from Chuck's.

UPDATE (11:37 pm): Chuck Inglish raps about fish riding bicycles in the cab, which is actually the name of the duo's first full-length disc: When Fish Ride Bicycles. Mikey and Chuck have been a bit stingy playing new material, so hopefully that will reflect positively toward the new album.

Inglish said to RubyHornet.com: “We’re about to embark on a whole new section of our lives here. We’re about to throw out this album, and this is our first album so it means a lot to us. We worked really hard on it and we’re ready to start unveiling the joints to everybody. We’re really hyped about getting on the road and performing the new joints and seeing what everybody thinks.”

"We’re taking everything we did and just doing it 30 million times better. We’re still ourselves, I ain’t switching the game up for nobody. We’re still ourselves and we’re just going to do the stuff that we do and just continue to get way better at it. The beats, way better. The raps, way better. We’re pretty simple dudes, if you can stick to basics and fine tune what you’re doing, you’ll be straight."

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/10/28/video-the-cool-kids-black-cab-session-lp-due-later-this-year/feed/ 0 Video: The Cool Kids – “Delivery Man” http://musicleech.com/2008/09/22/video-the-cool-kids-delivery-man/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/22/video-the-cool-kids-delivery-man/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:42:42 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=317 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Bringing old school back to the new school, The Cool Kids debut their newest single "Delivery Man" to your visuals.

The duo released The Bake Sale earlier this year, with highlight tracks "What Up Man", "Black Mags", and "Gold and a Pager". It's definitely worth a buy/download if you can't seem to find anything unique in the hip-hop arena.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/09/22/video-the-cool-kids-delivery-man/feed/ 0 The Cool Kids – “Mikey Rocks” (Live 2007) http://musicleech.com/2008/07/18/the-cool-kids-mikey-rocks-live-2007/ http://musicleech.com/2008/07/18/the-cool-kids-mikey-rocks-live-2007/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:28:48 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=58 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Another legit performance by Chicago's Cool Kids, live at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.

Over the past few months, The Cool Kids have been given a huge amount of hype in the alternative hip-hop blogosphere, which is really not that surprising. Their old-to-new-school beats fit seamlessly with their light-hearted self-praising lyrics to produce an extraordinarily unique sound.

Their music truly is a breath of fresh air, not because it's revolutionary, but because it is so on-point to what they were trying to achieve. The Cool Kids' view of hip-hop is fundamentally different than any other emcees, because most of the time, they are just bragging and joking about how fresh they are.

"Thennn, we can kick it like kickstandsss and,
You know I peddle to the chainslip
So fly propellers propel us to the angels"

Though hip-hop is not the festival's strong point, the slick duo prove themselves an act viable for any festival.

The group just recently released their Bake Sale EP.

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