via danyellsaysyesBut things declined quickly from there, as between songs, Nathan began ineptly mocking the crowd (”Ooooooh, I’m on ecstasy!”), going off at length about his preference for California over Spain, and eventually telling them the festival was “one of the coolest things we’ve been part of in a while,” dripping with sarcasm. Finally, fed [...]
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Cerebral Ballzy now has tees and ceedees on sale via their MySpace. The band also has some shows coming up in NY and Toronto, so if you’re into other people’s limbs in your face like we are then hit it up! The cerebros closed off FMLY’s SXSW adventure in March and even though Mason’s guitar [...]
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On Friday, Spector was given a sentence of 15 years to life for second-degree murder and an additional four years for personal use of a gun.The presiding judge at the court in Los Angeles said Spector must serve at least 19 years before being eligible for parole - by which time he will be 88 [...]
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Madlib dropped a dope 30min set earlier this week on Paris’ Radio Nova. Peep it below.Madlib - Live On Radio Nova (21mb)—————unrelatedthere are so many amazing shows to hit up tonight in los angeles! i’ll be seeing black moth super rainbow at the troubadour, but if you don’t already have tickets to the sold-out show [...]
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San Fransisco is known for its psychedelia… As is Santa Cruz - So it’s no suprise that Battlehooch called both home. The band throws together some drumming lyrics, eclectic instruments, and progressive song structure to fall somewhere in the area between Man Man, Battles, and that ringing in your ear after you go see MBV. [...]
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Shed a tear Los Angeles, for our beloved streetside snacks will soon cease to exist. According to an article on Digital Journal, “The Department of Public Health in Los Angeles has recently banned the selling of bacon-wrapped hot dogs.” The city is taking away our right to bacon dogs!? No way.Bacon Dogs will be served [...]
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This house party is no longer in a house, but a warehouse! i guess it’s now “respect the asian imports warehouse party.”FMLY Presents: Respect The (WARE)House Partyan ode to our love for house parties and how much we love to respect other people’s property!we’re bringing together california - from s’ing f to s’ing d we’re [...]
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Today you can download four songs from the Brooklyn based band, Harlem Shakes SXSW session from Daytrotter.com. They have a new record Technicolor Health that came out in late March (now available on vinyl), Sean Moeller from Daytrotter.com says, “It’s an appreciation of sunlight that is just now starting to be recognizable as the one that [...]
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Whether he’ll take the credit or humbly brush it off, Timothy Rabbit is a big part of what began the unusual cycles of live music which eventually led to FMLY. As a Berkeley graduate and current bassist for The Morning Benders, Tim not only grabs us through song but through the way which he conducts [...]
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“I’ve been listening to a lot of Trouble Books lately finding solace in what I like to consider to be an ambient cross between The Microphones and The Blow. Weaving together characteristics of noise, folk and pop Trouble Books create a unique atmosphere that can become as bright and interactive as you’d like it to [...]
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Deadmau5 & Moderat - Hollywood Palladium 5/22/09There really is no way I can describe this show in words, I’m sorry.We got there to the sounds of Destructo… then there was Moderat, Sascha Ring (Apparat) and Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary (Modeselektor), who started the set off slow yet built fast towards an electro-skyscraper, peaking somewhere [...]
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Allen Roizman, shoulder featured at left, once bought this t-shirt at a thrift store in Brooklyn. Dustin Wong - Ponytail guitarist, ex-Ecstatic Sunshine guitarist, and t-shirt designer - once designed the very same t-shirt eight years ago in Japan. The two had never met before this night and neither knows how the t-shirt crossed [...]
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Blowing the most desirable orbs of bubblegum pop are Denton’s Teenage Cool Kids. Grab a brew, wash your bike topless, and crank the stereo - summer is here and it’s time to woo obnoxiously but tastefully! Hit up the CoolSpace to see when the Teenage Cool Kids are coming to your town.Teenage Cool Kids - [...]
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As if Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” wasn’t already one of our favorite tunes, Patrick Daughters had to go and create a spectacular music video to up the ante. Watch the “sparkleexplodingheadsofweirdness” above.Peep Grizzly Bear’s MySpace page for Veckatimest streaming in its entirety, and can anyone confirm if this vid was shot in the Grizzly Bear [...]
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The Mayfair Set is the collaboration of LA’s Dum Dum Girls and NY’s Blank Dogs; both plurals, but actually singular efforts. Pictured above is their forthcoming 6-song 12″ due out on Woodsist which is absolutely killin’ it this year. Hit up their MySpace to hear some tracks to look forward to.The Mayfair Set - Already [...]
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*EDIT: DISCLAIMER - This is not a show review, this is a personally aimed rant at learning the hard way that Santa Barbara holds an exception to show times that I did not know until I went to this show. I haven’t altered what I previously wrote, but looking at it in hindsight it was [...]
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It’s rare when a band completely stops me in my tracks, and that’s exactly what BLK JKS have done. The South African quartet has definitely been shaking up the scene ever since they performed at SXSW earlier this year. Back in ‘07, they released a vinyl-only 10″ that caught Diplo’s attention while touring S. Africa. [...]
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psychedelic horseshit + wavvesWe found the photo! Follow-up to this as well as the portion of our Indie 103.1 show a couple of weeks ago when Height, Ed Schrader, Cameron, and Danny were discussing this very shot. The catch: He had no idea this photo was with Ryan and Nathan of Wavves at the time.Psychedelic [...]
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So what’re your plans this friday? If you feel like dancing then there’s these two acts that have found their way into the LA area. One being the already infamous house (or should I say mansion?) of Deadmau5, and the other being a mutant baby of two incredible DJs, that of Modeselektor and Apparat - [...]
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