The Editor’s List, August 2008
Black Kids
A Jacksonville band whose first album came out in July 2008. A month later it supplied six of the ten songs on Cove’s Alternative list. No other act on any of that edition’s eight lists held as many places.
The Cove archive desk · Compiled October 2026
Six of ten
The Alternative chart on Cove’s August 2008 Editor’s List reads almost like a track listing:
- No. 1: “Hit the Heartbrakes”
- No. 2: “Listen to Your Body Tonight”
- No. 3: “I’ve Underestimated My Charm (Again)”
- No. 4: “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your BF How to Dance With You (The 12s RMX)”
- No. 6: “Hurricane Jane”
- No. 8: “I’m Making Eyes At You”
All six are credited to Partie Traumatic, and all six titles are on the album’s MusicBrainz track listing. The fourth is a remix of a track there called “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You”. The other four places went to CSS (two), Neil Halstead and MGMT. We counted every list in that edition. The next-largest share on any of them is five, held by Ashanti on R&B and by Rebecca Lynn Howard on Country.
The magazine gave no reasons, only a method: Songs are rated by the Editors of Cove Magazine. This list is by no means world wide, since albums selected are normally released only in North America.
Six songs from one record is still a strong opinion.
At a glance
| Act | Group |
|---|---|
| Origin | Jacksonville, United States |
| Formed | 2006 |
| Releases on MusicBrainz | 15 release groups, 2007–2017 |
| Earliest dated release listed | Wizard of Ahhhs (2007, ep) |
| Label on that release | Columbia, AlmostGold Recordings |
| In Cove’s archive | The Editor’s List, August 2008 |
Discography
| First released | Title | Type | Label on first release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-11 | Wizard of Ahhhs | EP | Columbia, AlmostGold Recordings |
| 2008 | 2008-09-08: Black Session #289 | Album (live) | not listed |
| 2008-07-07 | Partie Traumatic | Album | AlmostGold Recordings |
| 2008-07-11 | iTunes Live: London Festival '08 | EP (live) | no label (self-released) |
| 2008-10-13 | Attraction Feels No Remorse: Daytrotter Studio, Rock Island, IL, USA | EP (live) | Daytrotter |
| 2009-04-07 | Cemetery Lips | EP | no label (self-released) |
| 2017-02-18 | ROOKIE | Album | no label (self-released) |
MusicBrainz lists fifteen release groups. The table shows albums and EPs, including three live recordings from 2008. The singles, among them “Hurricane Jane” and the “I’m Not Gonna Teach…” single, are left out for length. The 2007 EP Wizard of Ahhhs is the earliest release. The first dated release of Partie Traumatic is 7 July 2008, and the earliest label on it is AlmostGold Recordings.
Who they are
MusicBrainz records the band as formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2006. Wikipedia describes them as indie rock and synth-pop, formed by Reggie Youngblood, who sang and played guitar, with Ali Youngblood, Dawn Watley, Owen Holmes and Kevin Snow. It also notes that the 2007 EP was what first drew international attention to them, which fits the timing of Cove’s interest.
What is documented since
An EP, Cemetery Lips, in 2009, then only a 2014 single on MusicBrainz until the album ROOKIE in February 2017, with a run of singles that year. Wikipedia describes a hiatus and an intermittent return. Chart positions are reported elsewhere, but not in a form we cite on this page.
The same edition’s Pop list picked another 2008 debut, The Bridges.
Partie Traumatic, track by track
On the US release of 22 July 2008, Cove’s six picks are tracks 1 and 3 to 6, plus the remix of “I’m Not Gonna Teach…” that closes the record at track 11, which is the version Cove listed. The original of that song, track 7, is not on Cove’s list.
| # | Track | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit the Heartbrakes | 3:43 |
| 2 | Partie Traumatic | 3:10 |
| 3 | Listen to Your Body Tonight | 3:07 |
| 4 | Hurricane Jane | 4:32 |
| 5 | I'm Making Eyes at You | 4:28 |
| 6 | I've Underestimated My Charm (Again) | 3:55 |
| 7 | I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You | 3:37 |
| 8 | Love Me Already | 4:04 |
| 9 | I Wanna Be Your Limousine | 3:16 |
| 10 | Look at Me (When I Rock Wichoo) | 4:12 |
| 11 | I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You (The Twelves remix) | 3:44 |
Discography data: MusicBrainz (CC0), checked 26 October 2026. Dates are first-release dates as MusicBrainz records them; a release it does not list is not shown here. Background not held by MusicBrainz was confirmed against Wikipedia, checked 26 October 2026.
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