NME — South African band to hit the road this Autumn more info

Aquarium Drunkard — While summer may be over, here in Los Angeles any semblance of autumnal weather is a ways off.  Regardless, the next couple of months are traditionally the sweet spot for new releases. This week alone attests to this with new albums by the likes o... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Crothers/FilmMagic Leading this week’s horde of New Reviews are Phish, who — 25 years into their storied jamtastic career — have delivered what Rolling Stone considers their best album yet with Joy. A long hiatus deprived Phans of the Ve... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: BLK JKS - Molalatladi (MP3) BLK JKS @ Sasquatch Festival (more by Chris Graham) When the South African four-piece rock band BLK JKS headed to the United States to record their first full-length album last January, they left the... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Hi everyone! Honestly, I'm feeling a little bit like a new kid on the first day of school, so I'll get right into the good stuff.I love music, you love music. Obviously, I'm really excited to be writing about music on a blog that I've read for so l... more info

Rolling Stone — In this week’s roundup of vital upcoming releases, Rolling Stone’s Kevin O’Donnell sizes up the new album from South African band BLK JKS. Their debut After Robots is an awesome prog-rock odyssey, and the Johannesburg outfit spice up technicall... more info

Music For Ants — You’ve heard of Brooklyn bands copping their sound from African music, but BLK JKS is a band from Johannesburg, South Africa that are clearly influenced by US indie rock. The band connected with the American audience earlier this year when they pla... more info

Rock Sellout — Upon setting foot for only the second time on US soil in January of 2009, the four South African members of BLK JKS could not envision the hype that exists today around the release of their September 8th (21st for the rest of the world) record After ... more info

JamBase — Pygmalion Music Festival, September 16-19, In Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Announces 2009 Stage Schedule Low Now in its fifth year, the Pygmalion Music Festival, happening September 16-19, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, has emerged as a surpris... more info

Culture Bully — South Africa's BLK JKS have announced a series of nine US dates in September including a performance at Minneapolis' Global Roots Festival. more info