The Kickback is an American indie rock

Indie rock

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 band from Vermillion

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, South Dakota

South Dakota

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 formed in 2006. The group was formed as singer/guitarist Billy Yost's "first attempt to get a "college band thing" going" at the University of South Dakota

University of South Dakota

The University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current...

 in Vermillion, South Dakota. Following the graduation of Yost and drummer/brother, Danny, the group relocated to Chicago in the summer of 2009. Since moving, the group has received attention from Rolling Stone's Hype Monitor blog as well as Chicago music critic and Sound Opinions

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 contributor Jim DeRogatis

Jim DeRogatis

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. Yost explains the group's sound as wanting to be: "the Zombies

The Zombies

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 listening to Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley

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 listening to a moderately-talented church choir listening to The Beatles

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 in the “back to basics” stage of their career who would stay together long enough to be influenced by the Sales brothers who wound up backing Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

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 in the “Berlin era.” Our tunes wouldn’t express that at all, at the moment, however. So, I guess you can consider this an opportunity to get in on the ground level. I sound like Bernie Madoff."

The band was a selection to the 2011 South by Southwest

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 music festival and was selected as "Band of the Month" by The Deli Magazine

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's Chicago website for the month of March. The band is currently managed by Chicago-based firm Left Field Management.

Podcast

Starting in December of 2010, The Kickback began hosting their own podcast, Diary of a Disas-tour, which features discussions and segments centered around the band and its current activities . The episodes originate from on-the-road locations as well as at the band's rehearsal space in Chicago. Yost cites the podcast as effort to convey "what it's really like to be a band that can't afford to be making music 24-hours of the day" as well as "things that sort of influence the band's direction (Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton

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 movies, the Muppets, manic-depression, etc.).

Discography

• Dairy Farm Sessions EP (self-released)
• A New History EP (self-released)
• Alliteration, Etc. A/B Single (Spat! Records)
• Great Self Love EP EP (Spat! Records)
• Mea Culpa Mea Culpa EP (self-released)