It seems 2009 is settin’ up to be a big year for Los Angeles playboy the Gray Kid. As a prelude to the release of a new EP — the cleverly titled Free Music!!! — on Feb. 10, the Kid is offering the single Soothsayer as a free download along with a companion video. But … Continue reading The Gray Kid: Soothsayer (MP3 + video)
It looks like the Gray Kid, one of the artists who sees a lot of ink on this site, is nearing a release to follow up his excellent 2006 record … 5, 6, 7, 8. He’s offering a free download of a 12-minute mix by DJ Benzi that features songs both old and new. According … Continue reading The Gray Kid: Willoughby album sampler
For as much as I’ve talked about the Gray Kid before, I’m remiss in that I’ve neglected to mention his latest release, Vultures, released earlier this summer. The album was inspired by the Kid reading Phaedra’s Love, a play by Sarah Kane. What I really wanted to do was read the play before I posted … Continue reading Gray Kid offers free download of Happy Feet
A remix of a spoof? Yeah, leave it to the Gray Kid and his homies in People Food, a collective of LA-based artists, musicians, writers and directors. Weity, one of the two designers in People Food, flipped Gray Kid’s spoof of SexyBack over a club-ready Phones track. What’s the occasion, you ask? Well, the Kid … Continue reading Gray Kid premiere: PaxilBack (Worryin’ Weity Mix)
The prolific Gray Kid has posted a couple new jams on his MySpace page (streams). I’m already particularly fond of Soothsayer — check the funky, 80s-esque synth line. Oooooh! The man who signs his checks as Steve Cooper also is playing a slew of dates at SxSW, which I will not be attending. Boo. Onward … Continue reading New tunes at Gray Kid’s MySpace
It’s settled: The Gray Kid wins the Hardest-Working Man of the Year award. On the heels of his hilarious PaxilBack spoof of JT’s SexyBack comes The Pilgrimage: Y’All Some Turkeys, a free (FREE!) mixtape out today that features a few new Gray Kid originals as well as the Kid takin’ on Clipse, Bjork and Jay-Z, … Continue reading The Gray Kid: “The Pilgrimage” mixtape (free)
The fifth installment of I Used to Love H.E.R., a series in which artists/bloggers/writers discuss their most essential hip-hop albums (read intro), is a thought-provoking and entertaining piece from The Gray Kid, who released what’s shaping up to be one of my favorite albums this year, … 5, 6, 7, 8. He dissects Black Moon’s … Continue reading I Used to Love H.E.R.: The Gray Kid
The Gray Kid busts out his parody of SexyBack, with PaxilBack, a tribute to everyone’s favorite anti-depressant. Video is directed by People Food. Only the Gray Kid could make artificially inflated levels of seratonin feel so damn fun! “I’m bringin’ PaxilBack, my HMO just might pick up the tab.” Related: The Gray Kid, Project art … Continue reading The Gray Kid: “PaxilBack” video
In lieu of heading to Austin for this year’s ACL Festival, Annie and I took off on a secret trip to Los Angeles. We played with our little 5-month-old nephew (kid loves me) and managed to make it out on the town Saturday night to check out the Gray Kid at Project. (OK, so the … Continue reading The Gray Kid, Project art gallery, 9/16/06
Can I get a holla for my boy Ben, who gave me the heads up on this track from the Gray Kid? Born Steve Cooper, the Gray Kid is, from what I can gather, a one-man show: producer, DJ, emcee. He’s a rapper and a soul enthusiast, evident in the track Lonely Love. He goes … Continue reading The Gray Kid feat. My Brightest Diamond: “Bang”