Kid Dakota is the musical moniker of Darren Jackson. Formed in 1999, Kid Dakota has released two albums on LOW's Chairkicker's Union - So Pretty (2002), and The West is the Future (2004) - and four albums on Graveface Records - A Winner's Shadow (2008), Listen to the Crows As They Take Flight (2011), Denervation (2018), and most recently, Age of Roaches (2020).

Darren is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, engineer, teacher, and producer. He owns and operates Homesteader Studio in Minneapolis, MN.