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  EXCLUSIVE: Cool Kids' Pool Party Video

  September 1, 2011 – The Cool Kids describe the sound of their long-awaited studio debut, When Fish Ride Bicycles (out now via Green Label Sound), as "beach rap," and in SPIN's eight-out-of-10 review we call it an "homage to Chicago summers." It's only fitting, then, that in their music video for the aptly titled "Summer Jam" Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks, and guest vocalist Maxine Ashley, chill out poolside. …
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  SPIN's Cool Backstage Artist Portraits

  August 19, 2011 –  …
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  The Cool Kids, 'When Fish Ride Bicycles' (Green Label Sound)

  July 12, 2011 – When Fish Ride Bicycles may pay homage to Chicago summers, but this duo rarely break a sweat, rhyming in dulcet tones about designer sneaks and tricked-out GMCs. Chuck Inglish (who also produces) and Mikey Rocks move beyond the percussive bass minimalism of 2008's The Bake Sale, employing Travis Barker's live drums on "Sour Apples" and hard synth lines on "Gas Station," featuring Bun B. …
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  The Cool Kids Perform with Travis Barker

  October 8, 2010 – If the crowd of Cool Kids fans and sneaker aficionados at Los Angeles' Music Box theater didn't see Travis Barker coming, it was because they still had their 3-D specs on. The pop-out video for the Barker/Cool Kids collaboration "Jump Down" had just been given its world premiere, and as the drop-down screen rose, the confetti cannons blasted. …
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  Cool Kids Celebrate Release of New 2K Sports Video Game in NYC

  October 1, 2008 – Throngs of hip-hop fans, gamers, celebrities, and more hit New York's Soho neighborhood to check out the new features of 'NBA 2K9' and party with the Cool Kids, just one of the bands on the game's jumpin' soundtrack, which also includes Santogold, DANGERDOOM, NERD, and Pharcyde. …
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  Outside Lands '08 Video: The Cool Kids

  August 29, 2008 – As SPIN.com's Peter Gaston learned while chatting with the Chicago duo at this year's Lollapalooza festival, throwback hip-hoppers the Cool Kids know how to have a good time and rock a crowd sufficiently. …
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  Cool Kids Heat Up in Austin

  August 21, 2008 – The Cool Kids certainly had one hot night at Emo's in Austin, TX. Minutes after taking the stage, Evan "Chuck English" Ingersoll whipped off his shirt, while his co-emcee Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed panted, "I feel like I'm in the microwave!" But the heat didn't deter the sold-out, all-ages crowd from partying like it was 1999 to the duo's giddy old school tunes. Reconfiguring samples from Dr. …
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  Join SPIN.com at Lollapalooza '08!

  July 30, 2008 – SPIN.com is packing up its festival bags once again this weekend for one of summer's biggest weekends: Lollapalooza, in Chicago's gorgeous Grant Park. With headline sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, and Kanye West, Lolla lacks little in star power, and we're unleashing our hounds accordingly. …
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