Kid Dakota

Kid Dakota
Kid Dakota
Origin	Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Chairkickers' Union, Graveface Records, Speakerphone Records
Members	Darren Jackson ; Lars Oslund;
Past members	Christopher McGuire; Ian Prince; Brian Roessler; Peter Leggett; Jordan Koel
Website	https://kiddakota.band/

Kid Dakota
Place of origin	United States of America
Genres	indie rock

Kid Dakota is the musical moniker of Darren Jackson, sometimes accompanied live or in the studio by various band members.

History[edit | edit source]

Born in the small, isolated town of Bison, South Dakota, Jackson started performing as "Kid Dakota and the Tumbleweeds" in 1998 while living in Providence, Rhode Island. The name was chosen in homage to his home state of South Dakota and also as a parody of Kid Rock. In the summer of 1999, Darren recorded the five songs that would appear on the So Pretty EP with long-time friend and producer, Alex Oana, at City Cabin (formerly Blackberry Way). Darren moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota that winter and self-released the So Pretty EP in the spring of 2000. The EP caught the attention of Alan Sparhawk, singer and guitarist for the seminal slow-core band, Low, and he offered to release the EP on his label, Chairkickers' Union under the condition that it be expanded into a full-length lp. The LP version of So Pretty was released in the spring of 2002 with three additional songs.

In 2004 his second album, The West is the Future, was also released by Chairkickers. It was recorded live at Seedy Underbelly in Minneapolis, MN by Alex Oana and featured Zak Sally, the bassist from Low. A Winner's Shadow was released on March 11, 2008, on Graveface Records. Listen to the Crows as They Take Flight was released by Graveface in October 2011. A reissue campaign for So Pretty was announced in late 2017 and discussed on the podcast "Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal", as well as several new recordings. Denervation was released in February 2018 and a vinyl reissue of So Pretty followed in June, both through Graveface.

As of August 20, 2018, Jackson began pursuing a career in teaching at Belle Fourche High School as the band/choir tutor.

The latest Kid Dakota LP, Age of Roaches, was released in December 2020 through Graveface.