Sup Magazine posted a nice note yesterday about your favorite band and their “dreamy, sun-kissed West Coast folk” in the daily “Stuff we think you should know about, LIKE RIGHT NOW” column. For more hyperbole, check this out: http://www.supmag.com/checkit/archives/2006/05/hymns_heads_up.html

For those of you not fortunate enough to squeeze in and see Hymns great show at Pianos last Friday in front of a packed house, the next best thing is to get on over to hymnsband.com and listen to two live cuts from the show. They have posted “First Time” from their record “Brother/Sister” and […]

On Saturday night, April 22, 2006 from 8-10pm, Blackland President John Kent’s “My Music” show will air on KIKT. JK will be playing favorite cuts from his record collection as well as new music by local Texas bands and pre-release music from national acts. Here is a sneak peek at the playlist: Dennis Wilson (River […]

Check out today’s Sixeyes blog raving about Hymns! Alan Williamson has excellent taste and is now Blackland’s favorite blogger. http://sixeyes.blogspot.com/

Hymns will be playing at Southpaw Brooklyn on May 5th opening for the great Evan Dando of Lemonheads fame. Its A Shame About Ray, but great news for Brian, Jason, Matt & Jeremy (rimshot optional).

You can now contact us at 903.568.8222…Or email John at jk@blacklandrecords.com…Or email Tim @ twheels@blacklandrecords.com…Contrary to popular belief, we DO want to hear from you!

Good Records, the premier independent record store in Dallas, is now carrying the limited edition vinyl of Hymns debut release “Brother/Sister”. Visit their store at 1808 Lower Greenville Avenue and ask CJ, a veritable human encyclopedia of rock music, to turn you on to other new sounds that are almost as cool as Hymns. Their […]

Each Saturday night at 8pm, Blackland President John Kent’s “My Music” show is carried on on KIKT radio. JK plays favorite cuts from his record collection as well as new music by local Texas bands and pre-release music from national acts. The playlist for Saturday, March 18th went something like this: Bob Dylan- Highway 61 […]

Hey everyone, the shipment of Vinyl for Hymns debut record, Brother/Sister, has hit the Blackland offices and will be sent out to all of those who pre-ordered next week. If you have been waiting to order you limited edition vinyl until it was no longer a “pre-order” your wait is over…so go to the Blackland […]

On Saturday night, March 11th 2006 at 8pm, Blackland President John Kent’s second “My Music” show will bless the airwaves in and around Greenville, Texas on KIKT radio. JK will be playing favorite cuts from his record collection as well as new music by local Texas bands and pre-release music from national acts. Here is […]

On Saturday night, March 4th 2006 at 8pm, Blackland President John Kent’s first “My Music” show on KIKT radio will debut. JK will be playing favorite cuts from his record collection as well as new music by local Texas bands and pre-release music from national acts. Here is a sneak peek at the first playlist: […]

HYMNS VALENTINES SHOW: If you and your Valentine (or just you and your bad self) are near the lovely island of Manhattan this evening, please drop by the big FAT BABY club (essex & rivington) for a very special hymns show at 9pm. Not tempted yet: Young Lords will also be Playing Go-Go Dancers will […]

You better check out the new Hymns website before traffic to the site gets so thick that the entire world wide web grinds to a halt! www.hymnsband.com

Big news from the Big Apple: Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this morning that Brooklyn based bands Hymns would perform two more shows at the Pussycat Lounge: a March 21st show to mark the official beginning of Spring in Manhattan and a very special Tax Day show on April 15th begining at midnight so that after […]

John Kent, President of Blackland Records, Inc. announced today the official launch of his record label. John, longtime drummer for Ben Kweller/Radish and frontman for Pony League, and his partner Tim Wheeler have been developing the business plan for Blackland over the past year and with the end of John’s recent world tour with Ben […]

OK, now we are getting somewhere…we have a myspace page specificaly for the label at www.myspace.com/blacklandmusic. You can stream a few songs from the upcoming Blackland Records release “Brother / Sister” by Brooklyn based band Hymns and see cool pics of those teen hearthrobs, the Hymns boys. You can also see and hear more Hymns […]

Please check out the tour section for three (3) new Hymns gigs that have just been finalized. If you are on the fine island of Manhattan on New Years Eve, January 10th or February 4th 2006, please stop by to join the boys for a rockin’ good time!

The “official” Hymns website is now under construction, please check in at www.hymnsband.com .

The much anticipated Blackland Records Blog is in the process of being launched at www.myspace.com/blacklandrecords. Please be patient with us as we try to master the art of the blog.

Tuesday, December 6th at Fat Baby in Manhattan, Blackland Records recording Artists “Hymns” performed their first official show since the recording of their debut record. The boys were warmly recieved (thanks for coming!) as they tore through the following setlist: (1) power in the street (2) friends of mine (3) brother/sister (4) first time (5) […]