EARTH DAY MPUMELELO MCATA

Photography by Liz Johnson Artur

Happy bday bro

RAINY DAY MUSIC

As promised on the next rainy day:

"Lakeside" (acoustic on Studio 360)

DISTANT LOVER COME GET TO THIS

He's here, she's there, nuff said...

via MRE

SOMEDAY I'LL BE DIGNIFIED AND OLD

One of the boat-lifting properties of being a band on the rise (excuse the pun) is that BLK JKS has heads making all sorts of connections. Someday I'll Be Dignified and Old writes:

"so the BLK JKS record has me digging out some stuff i haven't spun in a while... one of them is this compilation. it's the first disc from a four disc set my little brother bought in '93 called Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music."

There's a bunch of clips and a d*wnload link as well...Anyone who saw us in Texas knows "Welcome To Jamrock" was on constant rotation in the truck...Can we get to Jamaica please?

ART / ROCK

Painting by Ms MudPhud March 2009.

Bonus quote "We saw BLK JKS last night at First Fridays. They are the new Nirvana, the next big thing coming out of South Africa and in general, I think. Too bad there wasn't more dancing in the audience. It also does not hurt that the lead singer is pretty hot."

Photography by Mikhael Subotzky published in Fader magazine March 2008.

THANK YOU GOOD NIGHT

BEST MUSICIAN SXSW

Best Musician: The drummer for Blk Jks.

Holy crap. Blk Jks are four young men from South Africa, and each of them could have been the best musician I saw. I went with Tshepang Ramoba, from Soweto for the raw physicality he used to anchor Blk Jks sprawling rock fusion jams. These dudes have serious chops.

Bill Werde, Billboard

BLK JKS FUEL TV

MEAN ASS PHOTOGRAPHY BY KWESI "FLASHON" ABBENSETTS

BLK JKS / / / / / SXSW SCHEDULE

Heading to Austin. Holler at us when you see us in the streets.

Maybe on the vegetable oil powered school bus plane ill chop out the insane acoustic version of "Lakeside" from this Studio 360 radio post. For now though, here's an equally arresting piece of work, a new song called "Banna Ba Modimo".

NYC POP!

See yall this weekend!

13 MAR UNION HALL / BROOKLYN
10.30PM

14 MAR SANTOS PARTY HOUSE / NEW YORK CITY
8.30PM

...AND WE'RE BACK (AGAIN)

Money quote: "These nebulous jams contain enough circular structure and memorable melodies to make them captivating dance-think pieces." via iTunes

GET

IT

IN!!!

WHOLE MIDWEST

VENI VIDI VICI

Just now.

LAST NIGHT ON PLANET BLOOMINGTON

PHOTO KEVIN DUNEMAN
Thanks to everyone who welcomed us to Bloomington, it's become a home away from home.

BLK JKS play a FREE show at Jake's tonight, see you there!

Also SMH @ that blue ass weather map in the pic below. It's so cold in "da B."