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2011-11-10T22:01:00.000-08:00

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MOON KILLER - Unofficial Video

2011-11-07T12:45:00.000-08:00

Really cool unofficial video for MOON KILLER by NDFTBK ::: Moon Killer's out 11/11/11

MOON KILLER

2011-10-18T12:46:00.000-07:00

Stream and Download the title track from Moon Killer here:::

Moon Killer by Small Black

TWO RIVERS - Ft Heems

2011-10-10T10:21:00.000-07:00

Check out the first single off our new mixtape Moon Killer (Out 11/11/11) featuring Heems of Das Racist :: Here it is::
TWO RIVERS

DOWNLOAD HERE::: MEDIAFIRE

Two Rivers (feat. Heems) by Small Black

Search Party Unofficial Video

2011-06-22T10:17:00.001-07:00

Cool unofficial vid for Search Party w/ found Nasa footage from directors, Hidden Horizons::

SMALL BLACK//SEARCH PARTY from Hidden Horizons on Vimeo.

Pleasant Experience - Fan Video

2011-06-08T12:53:00.000-07:00

Rad fan video featuring all footage of actress & Godard-muse Anna Karina

Small Black // Pleasant Experience from Eric Dernick on Vimeo.

New Chain (Phone Tag Remix)

2011-03-28T11:24:00.000-07:00

Check out the Phone Tag remix of New Chain here:::
http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/15585-new-chain-phone-tag-remix/

ATLANTIS BOOKS - Santorini, Greece

2011-03-04T14:12:00.001-08:00

In 2008, I was floating around from job to job, thinking of what sorts of songs to do, where to do them. I ended up in Greece on the island of Santorini, minding after a little bookstore called Atlantis Books. Through the kindness of the shop's patrons, I was able to stay there rent free for the winter, working on music, gazing out onto the Mediterranean every morning as I woke, organizing & reading through the books, shelved below the bed where I slept. Have never been closer to utopia! Probably won't be again!

My time there was hugely instrumental in coming up with the songs that would become the first Small Black material. Songs like Hydra & Baby Bird Pt II are loaded with samples of field recordings I'd make on my hikes around the island. The calm of my simple life there gave me the space/clarity to focus. And the blind faith the small group of friends had in creating the shop is beyond inspiring.

That said, the shop is in danger of closing, due to some tax changes & the growth of e-readers! A donation drive is underway through Atlantis's IndieGoGo site. Watch the video, give a few bucks if you can, and try to figure out some way to get yourself to Santorini to see the place! ::

IT'S TOO SAD TO THINK ABOUT THIS PLACE NOT EXISTING!
DONATE HERE::
http://www.indiegogo.com/Atlantis-Books

--- JOSH BLK

PHOTOJOURNALIST OFFICIAL VID

2011-02-04T09:00:00.000-08:00

Small Black: Photojournalist from Yoonha Park on Vimeo.

Watch it on Vimeo!

Our 2nd video (Despicable Dogs) w/ our deep bud, the ever talented :: Yoonha Park
So many thanks go out to Anna Farrell, Dylan Pettengill, Kelly Lee Owens, Cheyenne Adrian, Michael Garber, David Gettens, Richard Peete & Evan Harper for all their hard work, talent and expertise

NEW CHAIN for 5 bucks!

2011-01-12T18:32:00.000-08:00

Get New Chain at Amazon for 5 Bucks!

NEW CHAIN :: LP Release Party :: Shea Stadium : 10/15:

2010-10-06T11:01:00.000-07:00

See you there!

SEARCH PARTY

2010-10-01T08:59:00.000-07:00

2nd single from NEW CHAIN :: Check the Stereogum Premiere here :::

http://stereogum.com/531861/small-black-search-party-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

Tonight :: 9/30:: Bowery Ballroom w/ Best Coast & Male Bonding

2010-09-29T09:33:00.001-07:00

US TOUR w/ Class Actress

2010-09-21T11:54:00.000-07:00

US TOUR w/ Class Actress-- YEAH!

10-22 Baltimore, MD - Golden West
10-23 Washington, DC - DC9
10-24 Raleigh, NC - Kings Barricade
10-26 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
10-27 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10-28 New Orleans, LA - The Saint
10-29 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr.
10-30 Dallas, TX - The Cavern
11-01 El Paso, TX - TBA
11-02 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space
11-03 San Diego, CA - Casbah #
11-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo #
11-06 San Francisco, CA - The Independent #
11-08 Portland, OR - Holocene #!
11-09 Seattle, WA - Vera Project #
11-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club #
11-12 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
11-13 Denver, CO - Rhinoceropolis
11-15 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11-16 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
11-17 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11-18 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club ~%
11-19 Montreal, Quebec - Le Belmont ~%
11-21 Boston, MA - Great Scott

# with Young Prisms
! with Matthew Dear
~ with Delorean
% with Lemonade

September Shows

2010-08-30T08:24:00.000-07:00

Playing with No Age in September ::

9/18 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
9/20 @ First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA

PHOTOJOURNALIST (STARSLINGER REMIX)

2010-08-24T09:00:00.001-07:00

Our NEW bud and remix champ, Starslinger has so graciously done an amazing remix of Photojournalist:

Check it out here::
http://starslingeruk.bandcamp.com/track/small-black-photojournalist-star-slinger-remix

PHOTOJOURNALIST

2010-08-17T11:33:00.001-07:00

Check out the first single, Photojournalist, off our new album New Chain on Pitchfork right here::

http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14730-photojournalist/

New Chain - Debut LP - Out 10/26

2010-08-11T06:15:00.001-07:00

We're happy to announce our first LP:
New Chain
OUT 10/26 on Jagjaguwar

Here's the tracklist::
01 Camouflage
02 Search Party
03 Hydra
04 Photojournalist
05 Crisp 100s
06 Goons
07 Light Curse
08 New Chain
09 Panthers
10 Invisible Grid

Read more about it here: JAG174-New Chain

Bad Lover Video

2010-06-09T11:14:00.000-07:00

Our great bud Nick Bentgen directed the video for our song Bad Lover. Morgan Blair, Katie Ford, & Lisa Kjerulff helped design and make all the masks

Small Black: Bad Lover from Nick Bentgen on Vimeo.

LONDON TOWN

2010-05-20T09:01:00.000-07:00

Self Titled Needle Exchange Mix

2010-04-20T11:10:00.000-07:00

We did an exclusive mix for Self Titled Mag with tracks from Toro y Moi, Nasty Millz, White Hinterland, Moss of Aura, Talk Talk, and more!.. Stream it here..

1. Moss of Aura – Climb
2. The Dream – Right Side of Your Brain
3. Toro y Moi – Minors
4. Fred Neil – Sweet Mama (Unreleased Take)
5. Sunny Day in Glasgow – The Horn Song
6. Talk Talk – I Believe in You
7. Nasty Millionaire – Friday Afternoon, Home Alone
8. White Hinterland – Icarus
9. Julian Lynch – Andaza
10. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Alisa
11. Renata Zeiguer y Juan – Violin Experiment

Loud & Quiet Magazine - #1 Single/EP of the Month

2010-04-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Check out the review of our EP in Loud & Quiet Mag:

SXSW

2010-03-14T17:04:00.000-07:00

US Tour w/ Washed Out & Pictureplane

2010-01-26T17:45:00.000-08:00

Here's all the info:

http://pitchfork.com/news/37685-washed-out-small-black-and-pictureplane-to-tour-together/

DELAWARE DREAMZ

2010-01-16T09:07:00.001-08:00

We're in Delaware recording a bunch of new stuff. See you in February!

Despicable Dogs Video

2009-12-02T18:49:00.000-08:00

Here's the video for Despicable Dogs-- directed by the amazing Yoohna Park...

Small Black: Despicable Dogs from Yoonha Park on Vimeo.

Small Black - CMJ

2009-10-19T13:17:00.001-07:00

We are playing an insane amount of CMJ shows and just wanted to invite everybody out to check em out. Some free ones and small intimate ones, so pick yr poison!

Here's all the info w/ exact set times and as much info as we can provide:

10/20 - Pop Tarts Suck Toasted Showcase @ Cake Shop
--- 6 pm set time
----- FREE! w/ Holiday Shores, Grooms, Surfer Blood & more
-- 152 Ludlow - F to Delancey - cake-shop.com

10/21 - Oh My Rockness Show @ Santos Party House
--- 9:15 set time
--- w/ Cymbals Eat Guitars, Real Estate, Free Energy, Deastro
--- $15 or Free w/ CMJ Badge
---- http://www.santospartyhouse.com/

10/22 - Mexican Summer Session @ Kemado Studios
---- 2 pm set time (RSVP required - limited capacity)
---- w/ Crystal Antlers, Ducktails

10/22 - Gothamist/ Brooklyn Based Showcase @ Bell House
--- 10 pm set time
--- FREE w/ Henry Wolfe, Uninhabitable Mansions, Freelance Whales, ETc...
- 149 7th St - F or G to 4th Avenue - BROOKLYN

10/24 - Pitchfork Benefit for Showpaper - Market Hotel
-- 4 PM Set time
-- w/ Cymbals Eat Guitars, Javelin, Woods, Smith Westerns, Real Estate and many more
---1142 Myrtle Ave @ Bdwy

10/24 - After the Jump Party @ Brooklyn Bowl -
-- SEt time TBA
--- w/ Lovvers, Free Energy & more
-- 61 Wythe Ave - L to Bedford

10/26 - Panache Post CMJ Party @ Death By Audio
-- w/ Surfer Blood, Parts & Labor, Pterodactyl, ETC...
-- 49 S 2nd St -- L to Bedford

EP is OUT!

2009-10-13T10:27:00.001-07:00

Buy the 12" from INSOUND

Buy the EP from

Also for Sale at Academy Records in Williamsburg - More stores soon

Come to the EP Release Party on Saturday October 17th @Death By Audio

Records are Here!

2009-10-07T09:12:00.000-07:00

Pre-Order it @ INSOUND

Friday - Sept 18th- BANGER w/ Lemonade in Greenpoint

2009-09-16T18:53:00.001-07:00

:: A BENEFIT FOR SHOWPAPER

:: LEMONADE
:::: SMALL BLACK
:::::: MNDR

:: dj 20JazzFunkGreats & other special guest djs on the roof patio

:: roof patio bbq all night

:: screening of “Blondes in the Jungle” by Ball Deep International @ 8:15pm

Glasslands 9/12

2009-09-09T11:16:00.000-07:00

Cake Shop Pictures

2009-08-20T09:51:00.000-07:00

Here's the recap from Cake Shop: (All photos by Rez Avissar ) (dude is sick!)

Pitchfork -BEST NEW MUSIC!

2009-08-14T09:47:00.000-07:00

D-Dogs! Read it here:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11441-despicable-dogs/

BONGOZZ PT II in Pictures

2009-08-12T09:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to BONGOZZ PT II. The party was totally insane
Air Waves and Blissed Out totally slayed.
Katie Ford, Katlyn Hershman, Amanda & Laura put up some killer installations. (Photos by Elizabeth Weinberg)

Small Black on Pitchfork

2009-07-31T09:00:00.000-07:00

Check out the Pitchfork Forkcast post about Despicable Dogs here:

http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13173-despicable-dogs/

BONGOZZ is ON! PT II: BACK in The HABIT!

2009-07-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

BONGOZ PT I & II

2009-07-24T14:20:00.000-07:00

The first BongoZZZ party in June was totally a serious jam. Get ready for the sequel on August 7th! More info to come real soon....! Until then enjoy this live Small Black pic:

KEXP-Seattle

2009-06-11T15:13:00.000-07:00

KEXP's own DJ Troy Nelson took the liberty of playing our song Weird Machines on the To The 5 Boroughs show which airs weekly on Thursdays at 8 on 91.5 in NYC.

First radio play for Small B!

Listen to Troy each week on Friday mornings from 1 to 6 AM or filling in for John Richards on the morning show

Jetskis on The Moon

2009-04-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

Our ol' buddy Philco just sent us his own submission for the album cover design contest we're not having. I think this is something we'd all like to do if we make it 2079.

Firrrst Listen

2009-03-23T14:54:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend, we had a whole slew of folks over to Ryan's apartment for a first listen to the record. We fit 30 people in his bedroom and blasted that shit. Still waiting on the final master but these versions were pretty close to the final product.

Send pics if you got em.

Dino Radja

2009-03-20T20:01:00.001-07:00

is a young fella to learn from