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		<title>Black Kids' Major-Label Debut Get Slammed By Pitchfork (Shocker) -- What Do They Think?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher "CJ" Smith
So the talk of the blog world this week is Black Kids &#8212; the band from Jacksonville, Florida, that is. 
They've been hyped up for what seems like an eternity in the blog-world (which means since last October), when their debut EP captured the imagination of many Cure fans. We caught up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>By Christopher "CJ" Smith</i></p>
<p>So the talk of the blog world this week is <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/black_kids/artist.jhtml">Black Kids</a> &#8212; the band from Jacksonville, Florida, that is. </p>
<p>They've been hyped up for what seems like an eternity in the blog-world (which means since last October), when their debut EP captured the imagination of many <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/cure/artist.jhtml">Cure</a> fans. We caught up with them at the <a href="http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1572158&#038;vid=182805">CMJ Music Marathon last October</a> to get the skinny on their sound &#8212; and, of course, the hype. </p>
<p>But a lot has changed since then &#8212; mainly stemming from the release of their major-label debut this week. Rather predictably, the response has not been as kind this go-round. While receiving favorable reviews from many outlets like <i>Filter, Spin</i> and <i>Rolling Stone,</i> the big news came from indie-reckoner Pitchfork, which arguably set off the buzz on the band's EP with an overwhelmingly positive review.</p>
<p>However, Pitchfork has dramatically changed its tune for the full-length, which contains all the tracks from the EP &#8212; in addition to the abysmal 3.3 rating, just see for yourself <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/51246-black-kids-partie-traumatic" target="_blank">what they had to say</a>.</p>
<p>This review &#8212; an apology for bringing the band to the masses in the first place &#8212; has led blogs and commenters to take Pitchfork to task for not having the nerve to back their withering score up with a proper review, especially after blowing them up in the first place.</p>
<p>We sat down with the band on Thursday (July 24) to see what they had to say about the situation ...<br />
<div align="center"><div width="512" height="319" style="background-color: #000000; height: 319px; width: 512px;" id="vid:260927.instance:wp" class="player-placeholder"></div></div><p>As always, it's best to take the hype for what it's worth and <a href="http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=3035395&#038;vid=231420">check the music out for yourself</a>.</p>


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