Blacks& | What They Think Tropical pop has no faults. Ever since Ezra Koenig and co. discussed the merits of an Oxford Comma, to devastating effect, the stripped back sound of a band kissing goodnight to the sunshine became something of a staple. Blacks& (pronounced ‘Black Sand’, I’m guessing) sent U.S. bloggers nuts around April of this year, with ‘ The Race Is On ’. Now they’ve an EP/single of the same title, hitting it up stateside and [...]

New Mixtape /// Sun Poisoning Being indoors feels a lot more confining than usual lately, tank tops are suddenly in fashion again, sunglasses are everywhere - Summer is here. At Mp3 Medication we know of no better way to embrace the season than with a new mixtape, so here are 15 tracks of lazy, hazy, summery goodness to accompany open window cruisin’, porch boozin’, and grassy snoozin’. Snag the collection below and get ready to soak up those rays. Download the zip . 1) The Temper Trap - Need Your [...]

Blacks& - The Race is On At the beginning when I first heard this song, I thought I was getting into the California Games (the NES game) soundtrack. But what evolved was this dinnertime-island-surf-pop vibe fueled by “whiskey and head nods”. Consisting of Donald Eley ( The Sea of Cortez ) and Tiger ( NazcarNation ) and Jules Bellin ( POLLS ) and Jutty Shark these L.A.-natives tastey gems that shape a sunny Sunday evening. They’ve released a little EP [where this song is free] themselves which you can pick up on their bandcamp [...]
Blacks& The Race Is On + What They Think Admittedly, Blacks& have a slightly tropical Vampire Weekend sound, but with better vocals and zero of the whining. Then you start to realize they have combined the best of Vampy Weekend with a dreamy du-wop fervor that makes you feel all giddy inside. Picture an attractive quartet of 20 somethings dressed in matching dark suits and skinny ties, all signing around an old school microphone on the hottest variety show circa 1963. Then you hit the three minute mark. Electric guitar [...]

Blacks& - A Ghost That Follows Me Blacks& (pronounced Black Sand) is a new band from the city on angels. They have a brand new 3 track ep called “A Ghost That Follows Me” check these guys out pronto! A Ghost That Follows Me by Blacks&

Blacks& - Tonight Today, Los Angeles band Blacks& (pronounced Black Sand) released their debut EP, A Ghost That Follows Me. The sounds are the sounds of summer - sun drenched, soft bobbing-as-the-waves rhythm, the kind of simplicity that makes something stronger. It’s exciting to see projects like this popping up in my own city. Not surprisingly, the band members stem from a line of other great projects including Sea of Cortez , NazcarNation [...]