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It was truly a Family Affair last Sunday night at Zanzibar in Santa Monica. Arriving to the club on a three wheeled extended Harley, Sly Stone stepped on to the stage with his youngest daughter, Novena Carmel, of BabyStone. Even his sister Rose Stone, who still with a powerful voice, joined on stage for one song.
It was amazing to see the legend in funk-- Sly Stone-- in such a small club. Sly seemed very frail and needed help to complete his songs. The enthusiastic crowd gladly picked up when Sly stepped aside. He would stop singing, smile reassuringly and say to the crowd--"You know the words...". They did. The crowd sang You Gonna Take Me Higher pointing high in the air, bouncing up and down off the floor and the bass kept the beat going as Sly appeared and disappeared from the stage. Novena, small but spunky, kept the band going and carried on the show with covering for her father's limitations. When he did appear his eyes sparkled and his spirit shown through-- still the self proclaimed boss of the band-- but clearly ready to step aside and let others take up the night. Then the "Sly Search" part of the show began...
Three people were selected from the audience to sing an original lick and during the break Sly wrote music for each riff. Each singer joined him on stage to sing with his arrangements-- which he had set on his mac. Imagine singing with Sly Stone on a Sunday night. He seemed to beam with delight just as his fans did. He announced that he would use one of these lyrics on his next album.
The mixed race crowd, young and old --some like me--still treasuring the memory of purchasing the 1973's album Fresh-- rejoiced in coming together in these new times. During each break people shouted out "Obama!". When Sly first hit the scene along with a new black power and civil rights movement-- no one had imagined a black president. Sly sang about that racial divide and brought people together with Everyday People. When everyone is dancing and smiling as people did years ago, and last night-- all races become one.
Although it was wonderful to see a legend up close-- I am glad to hear that a new generation of funk bands have started playing in L.A. caring on the family affairs and down to earth funk to the next generation.

--Somebody's Mother

Labels: Babystone, Sly Stone

Don't know what to do for New Years in Los Angeles? Not like anything will top our '08 party with The Histories, Nephews, [Post-foetus] and Your Majesty, but here are several options.










In addition to these, there will also be a Travis and DJ AM show, the first since their plane crash. If you missed Mark Hoppus' blog post on his site, himynameismark.com, he let fans know that he, Travis and Tom have hung out for the first time since Feb '05 and buried the hatchet. Leaving an air of possibility for a reunion, Mark mentioned that the idea has not been brought up so there is no way to tell. Unfortunately when blatantly asked by paparazzi in Calabasas, Travis said "no." When I spoke to Tom last October at the MTVu Woodie Awards he told me that Blink didn't know what they were doing, they were immature and he even went as far as to tell me never to listen to them again. When Mark appeared at the MTVu Woodie Awards he casually brought up Blink as if they were still around. Who knows...as long as they're hanging out I'm happy.

Labels: Blink-182, new years

Will Wiesenfeld ([Post-foetus], Nephews, Geotic) has posted a new EP of Winter Loops under his Geotic moniker. Clocking in around 14minutes, all loops were created Christmas day. You can also find the EP on the Geotic facebook group.

Geotic - Winter Loops.zip 15.4MB


Also, don't forget to download Geotic's first full-length, Eyes.

Geotic - Eyes.zip 50MB

Both of these releases are outstanding. There has been a noticeable difference in Will's music since he acquired his Akai somethingthousandsomethinghundred, but loops of rich memories and a knowledge of story telling have left that underlying and inexpressible feeling intact. I am a huge fan of Will's and could not recommend these enough, plus they're free!

Labels: geotic, will wiesenfeld

Zomes is a new solo project by Asa Osborne (Lungfish, The Pupils, Tear Jerks). A lot of people don’t know this but Asa punched Keith Levine in the face a few years ago and uses one of Levine’s teeth as a pick on this album that straddles the valley between Seesselberg and library music…

Zomes is the new solo project of Lungfish guitarist Asa Osborne, who for this debut album strings together a number of misshapen lo-fi loops and miniatures across an album that references Vincent Gallo-style rundown melancholy, stargazing kraut rock, and a selection of organ-driven passages that bring to mind a miniaturised Religious Knives. Osborne is at his best on pieces like ‘Night Signs’, a beautiful, hiss-coated guitar phrase, repeated in a sombre, ambiguous fashion over a couple of minutes. It makes no associations or attempts at narrative, but there’s undoubtedly something quite moving embedded within its diminutive frame. Elsewhere Osborne gets rocking a little harder, marrying overdriven chord sequences with rowdy, furniture bashing beats on the likes of ‘Crowning Orbs’ and the progged up ‘All Together’.

I saw Zomes open for Brightblack Morning Light as a three-piece last month and was left completely speechless. This year's self-titled release combines the diverse texture of Black Moth Super Rainbow with the repetition of Boards of Canada in a sound quality that could have been captured by anyone's bedroom. Osborne has put out a very surprising album, sounding radically different yet incredibly related to his work in Baltimore's "prog-punk" veterans, Lungfish. Sixteen hypnotic jams of emotional underscoring have made Zomes one of my favorite albums of the year. If you find yourself interested, please check out Religious Knives and Expo '70.

Purchase Zomes here

Zomes - Night Signs
more downloadable tracks

Labels: zomes

Nearing 2015, as made culturally significant by Back to the Future 2, will we begin to see similarities to the film in our own lives? Probably not, but at least Nike hooked us up with 350pairs of the Nike Hyperdunk McFly winning FMLY's clothing accessory of the year.

Over Summer, Santa Monica's Undftd (located next to the American Apparel on Main Street) became the place to be for the footwear elite. According to a Nike press release the shoe was designed specifically for athletes in the Beijing Olympics. Anyways, Kobe showed up in a Dolorean and signed some shoes, met some fans and hopefully kept his hands to himself.

peep the sneaks

Labels: back to the future, Kobe

A good friend of mine over at Vice designed the cover art for the new Black Lips CD, 200 Million Thousand, due out February 24. I don't have an image of it, but I do have a song off the album for ya. If not for the obvious difference in production, "Starting Over" could be a Good Bad Not Evil b-side. I'm feelin' the track, but I'm hoping that BL take their energy-driven spirit further. The last 30 seconds of the track give me great hope, maybe a dash Liars-esque?

Black Lips - Starting Over

Labels: black lips, Liars

Bringing his soulful brand of folk back home is Los Angeles' own Apple Orange. Tim will be playing two shows in the next week; the first being with FMLY FRNDs Koalacaust and Blackblack at The Smell and the second out in nature the day after! Highly recommended. I've also got to mention the conflict of January 2 - great show at the Smell, but Jack Littman just impresses the hell out of me. Your call.

Labels: apple orange

Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating, I'm personally playing PS3, baking brownies and jamming with some friends. I thought I'd drop a video and some songs to brighten your day, so here's a video with Dave Hill and Little Michael Jackson called "Seasonal Unemployment."



The Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" was my favorite Christmas tune growing up. I'd wait all day long listening to KROQ just to hear it, so here ya go - much more convenient.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

And if you rolled out of bed, saw the sunlight and forgot what time of year it was, this one is for you.
Thanksgiving - Year, Seasons

Labels: holiday cheer

Here is how the Dutch celebrate Christmas as told by David Sadaris

Merry Christmas

Labels: Christmas, David Sadaris

You read right. The legendary Sly Stone will be playing this Sunday in Santa Monica at Zanzibar and tickets are really reasonable. You can get them presale here for $15 or you can try your luck at the door for $10 before 10 pm and $20 after.

Who says nothing good happens on the westside?!

"'Change' has many meanings these days, and on this night, in addition to the cover charge, you must bring a handful of CHANGE to get in. Your change will be donated to Reading To Kids, a Los Angeles non-profit, making a CHANGE by inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success!"

Labels: Babystone, Sly Stone, Zanzibar

The end of the calendar year has reached us and it's time for FMLY's Best of '08 to be revealed. For the past few weeks I've kept lists, re-written them, created categories and I'm STILL sure that I've left albums out that deserve to be here. However, as of now, here is the Best of '08, FMLY edition.

Worst Album of the Year, So Bad It Shouldn't Even Deserve A Category
01. Steve Aoki - Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles

Favorite Live Sessions
06. Grizzly Bear - Live On KCRW
05. Meals for Children - Live On FMLY Radio
04. Avey Tare, Deakin, Kria Brekkan - Live At Glasslands
03. Animal Collective - Live At Pitchfork
02. Wingnut Dishwasher's Union - Live In Plattsburgh, NY
01. Nephews - Live On FMLY Radio

Some Favorite Live Performances
20. Les Savy Fav @ Coachella
19. Rumspringa (w/ Ninjasonik) @ FMLY's Breakfast of Champions
18. Nephews @ Milo Ward's, Sprawl Benefit
17. Pattern is Movement @ Piano's
16. Health @ El Rey
15. Dan Deacon's Ultimate Reality @ El Rey
14. Unicorn Dream Attack @ Blip Fest
13. Ninjasonik and Japanther @ Alphabeta
12. Lucky Dragons @ Whitney Biennial
11. Zomes, Fursaxa, Brightblack Morning Light @ (le) Poisson Rouge
10. Department of Eagles @ The Bell House
09. Lemonade, el Guincho @ (le) Poisson Rouge
08. Koalacaust @ Culver Veteran's Park Bleachers
07. Yoni Wolf @ anticon.'s third annual ten year anniversary
06. Anamanaguchi @ Blip Fest
05. Line C3, ARP, Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) & Steve Reid @ (le) Poisson Rouge
04. Why? @ Bowery Ballroom
03. Paul Baribeau @ Elliot Babin's Garage
02. cLOUDDEAD @ anticon.'s third annual ten year anniversary
01. Jack JohnsonAnimal Collective @ Coachella

worth mentioning: Best Friends Forever and Muggabears were awesome live

Favorite Commercial Appearances
03. Cool Kids - Rhapsody on TiVo
02. Dan Deacon - Crayola
01. Spank Rock - Wishbone Salad Dressing

Favorite Label/Collective/People
05. 8bitpeoples
04. Paw Tracks
03. Plan-It-X
02. Marriage
01. anticon.

Favorite NY Venues
05. The Bell House
04. Glasslands
03. Todd P & Interns & Friends Affiliated Venues
02. The Cake Shop (downstairs)
01. (le) Poisson Rouge

Best High Movies (i probably only saw like, 10 movies this year)
05. Cloverfield
04. Tropic Thunder
03. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
02. Pineapple Express
01. Jumper

Couple of the Year
02. Devendra Banhart and Natalie Portman (RIP to that)
01. Joanna Newsom and Andy Samberg

Favorite Albums
35. Subtle - Exiting Arm
34. Yo Gabba Gabba! - s/t
33. Slaraffenland - Sunshine EP
32. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin
31. Zach Hill - Astrological Straits
30. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
29. Wavves - s/t
28. Noah23 - Rock Paper Scissors
27. Daedelus - Love To Make Music To
26. Ninjasonik - All Our Friends Are In Bands
25. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
24. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
23. Air France - No Way Down
22. No Age - Nouns
21. The Field - The Sound of Light EP
20. Ratatat - LP3
19. cloud. - Pimp Steak
18. Zomes - s/t
17. High Places - s/t
16. Beach House - Devotion
15. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
14. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Only God Can Judge Me
13. Rafter - Sex, Death, Cassette
12. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
11. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
10. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
09. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
08. Dosh - Wolves and Wishes
07. Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language
06. Okay - Huggable Dust
05. The Octopus Project - Hello, Avalanche
04. Animal Collective - Water Curses EP
03. Deerhunter - Microcastle
02. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends
01. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs ha, just kidding
01. Why? - Alopecia

Very deserving to be among this list is Geotic / [Post-foetus], I have not been back to Los Angeles to purchase my copy of The Fabric but when I'm there in Jan it's on my to-do list. Also, Black Moth Super Rainbow's Drippers EP and Drippers were awesome, but not qualified for this list as they were collections of older music. Technically el Guincho's Alegranza came out last year as well. And as far as No Age, well Nouns was fuckin' fantastic, but didn't leave the impact on me that Weirdo Rippers did. If you'd like to see Girl Talk's Feed The Animals on that list then go ahead and throw it in.

Have a Happy Christmas and a Merry Channukah, enjoy the holidays and go see Yo La Tengo if you're in NY or Jersey. 2008 has been an incredible year for both Cameron and I and we couldn't have done it without you guys. If you came to a show, bookmarked this blog, downloaded a song, supported one of our friend's bands or even if this is your first time here - thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We love FMLY and are so excited to share our plans for 2009. Don't forget, it's never too late to get involved! We're still looking for bloggers and pals to help out at shows. I'll be in New York for another couple of weeks but I'll catch you guys in Los Angeles come January. I'm really interested in hearing what your favorite albums of '08 were so if you feel like sharing then leave a comment or send me an email. Happy Holidaze.

Blink-182 - Happy Holidays, You Bastard
Unicorn Dream Attack - L1ttl3 Drumm3R B0y
Banjo or Freakout - Silent Night

I'll leave you with a clip from my favorite holiday movie, Silent Night, Deadly Night 2.

Labels: Favorite Albums of '08

Labels: Jizz in my pants, SNL

It's time for FMLY to jump on the Wavves bandwagon. If you haven't heard about Wavves by now then look no further because this post will compile all the information that you need to know.

Wavves is Nathan Williams from San Diego. He likes The Beach Boys, Beat Happening, Crass and the Wipers. He also has a classic rap blog called Ghost Ramp. I began listening to Wavves at the end of Summer, and as Winter has settled into my apt I find myself keeping Wavves on heavy rotation again to keep myself warm. Nathan's fuzzy crust beach-pop makes for excellent atmosphere while you're skating, biking, running or even just hangin' out. FMLY was pumped about the Beach Demon/Weed Demon 7" release a short while back, and now we're even more pumped to hear about a tour coming up in '09! Hit up the WavveSpace to catch some dates and to find out where you can purchase tunes.

Wavves - Lover
Wavves - Vermin

Labels: ghost ramp, wavves

For those of you in Baltimore for Christmas and Channukah week, celebrate with Ninjasonik and Spank Rock!

Labels: Ninjasonik, Spank Rock

Noah's Favorite 46 Tracks of 2008:
46. Vampire Weekend - Walcott
45. Riskay - Smell Yo Dick (Solly Stanker Pecker edit)
44. Throw Me The Statue - About to Walk
43. Sebastien Tellier - Divine
42. Totally Michael - Casual Satisfaction
41. Usher - Love In This Club
40. Thee Oh Sees - Ghost In The Trees
39. WOMEN - Black Rice
38. Rafter - I Love You Most of All
37. Murs & 9th Wonder - The Intro
Feel good hip-hop from my man Murs. Mm mm good.
36. TV on the Radio - Dancing Choose
35. Syclops - Nelson's Back
34. No Age - Teen Creeps
Sleeper Hold should be here as well.
33. Japanther - Dirge
32. Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
31. Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends
30. The Octopus Project - Ghost Moves
29. Ratatat - Black Heroes
28. Tape - Moth Wings
27. Department of Eagles - Herring Bone
26. The Field - Night
The best fifteen minute musical experience one can ever hope for.
25. Lucky Dragons - Givers
24. Noah23 - Elephant March
Breakdown at the end.
23. cloud. - How It Is
22. Ninjasonik - Art School Girls
21. The Octopus Project - Truck
Now that I think about it this is definitely in the top5 and Ghost Moves should go here, but it's too late to renumber all of these.

20. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Helps me pass the time in airports, can't wait for a legit recording and new album.
19. Grouper - Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping

18. The Histories - The Lifespan of House Flies (feat Reid)
I don't think this is supposed to be marked as The Histories, but it makes it easier in my iTunes searching. Maxwell and Reid, unsurprisingly, are an excellent combination.
17. Banjo or Freakout - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend cover)
Abstract pop is the way to my heart
16. Beach House - Wedding Bell
15. Santogold - LES Artistes (XXXChange Remix)
I drove everyone crazy with this one
14. Meals for Children - Frozen Blood
13. Animal Collective - Seal Eyeing
12. Ponytail - Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)
I love you too.
11. Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
Oh, Animal Collective.
10. Beach House - Heart of Chambers
09. Cut Copy - Feel the Love
FMLY Jex Sams, Vol. 1
08. Air France - Collapsing at Your Doorstep
07. Ninjasonik - Negative Thinking (About Tight Pants) 3
"Bitches wanna keep me in the sack like a quarterbag." Need I say more?
06. Animal Collective - Water Curses

05. Beach House - D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
I am in love
04. Nephews - Positive Stack
The Positive Stack recording that I'm referring to is when Nephews played live on FMLY radio. One of the best shows ever.
03. Why? - Simeon's Dilemma
I'm in awe when it comes to Alopecia, but Simeon's Dilemma has just always stood out for me. The second half of the song puts me on air, I could not even count have many times I've biked around the city listening to the final verse. If you listen closely to this video you can hear Cameron singing.

02. Animal Collective - Brother Sport
Brother Sport has been on concert rotation since '07, but not until this year was it fine-tuned. I'm not talking about Brothersport, I'm talking about Brother Sport, the live version. Amazing, inspiring, all I want.
01. Unicorn Dream Attack - b34t1ful 3y3s
UDC came out of left field this year as I had never heard of the Chi-town resident until recently at the Blip Fest. His live set and recordings have all blown me away, but this track has stood out becoming my most listened to track of the year in a matter of a few weeks.


While it has been a thriving year for independent music some songs have stuck out to me personally more than others. Whether it be my musical background, what my friends were listening to or what just put me in the right groove, here are my favorite songs of 2008. Keep in mind that this is by memory and a handwritten list, so I'm absolutely positive that I have left songs off that I meant to put on. There were also an assortment of artists whose music I've collected over the year with no reference as to when the tunes were released. I'd like to give recognition to those artists because they truly deserve to be on this list and were on every mixtape I made for a friend: Uggamugga, Best Friends Forever, Your Heart Breaks, Pieces of Piece, LA Beard Club, Wingnut Dishwasher's Union, Paul Baribeau and others that I'll just write posts on later. My '08 favorites will be posted before Santa makes his way down your chimney.

As far as '09, I'm really looking forward to the new Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective and Beirut material. What were your favorite songs of the year?

edit: I completely forgot to add Deerhunter and Hot Chip. I guess next time around, but I've gotta give mad props to "Nothing Ever Happened" and "One Pure Thought." They would surely be in my top 10. Also, Panda Bear's remix of the Notwist's "Boneless" should be in there.

Labels: Favorite Songs of '08

[this post is not in association with collected animals]
AH, HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT COULD IT BE NOT TO LISTEN TO MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, IT'S EVERYWHERE! A Youtube sensation has hit the nation following the Geologist-ordered leak of the highly anticipated Merriweather Post Pavilion. Videos are surfacing encouraging the making of your own Brothersport dance, and you know what...if you have the album then go for it! If Brothersport can become an internet sensation and maybe make its way onto Access Hollywood then I'm all for it. I'd just like to know what these kids are tripping out on.



my personal fav


or you can just play Fireworks on the guitar and call it a day
i'm sorry, but i think i love you

Labels: Animal Collective, Brother Sport, Youtube

I'm always so pumped when my computer teaches me about a new band, independent music technology is becoming something all too easy. This time around, last.fm taught me about Casino Versus Japan while I was listening to Boards of Canada. I figured that anything recommended through BoC must be sweet so I did some MySpace sleuthing and have fallen in IDM love. Blending straight beats with haunting and simple melodies the music of CvJ is layered emotionally and texturally. I'm working on a larger post right now so I'm going to have to cut this one short - but I highly recommend looking into more of his tunes. I bought Whole Numbers Play the Basics (Carpark) and ohhhh man.

Casino Versus Japan - Aquarium
Casino Versus Japan - Summer Clip

I'd also like to remind everyone to join our FMLY last.fm.
username: theFMLY
password: iwantfmly
Isn't it odd that username and password both have eight letters? A little bit too similar to how long Channukah lasts...eh?

Labels: casino versus japan

This Sunday take a night off from being cold and come warm up with some serious dancing at Snow in LA.

We have some tickets to give away for the show so email me at cameron@thefmly.com with your favorite Snow in LA band to win.

If you don't win don't forget to buy your tickets here. Come early! The show starts at 5! You don't want to miss Haim.

Labels: Snow in LA

The good people at Veritas Empire are hosting Chief tonight at the Unknown Theater. If you know, you know you have to be there. I saw Chief during CMJ this past year at Pianos and was completely blown away. The energy of Chief's live performance is hard to compare to. This is a band that is destined for great things.

Did I mention there is free beer?!

Labels: chief, Veritas Empire

Just got of the phone with Brian Weitz [Geologist of Animal Collective]. This was sent out via the bands email earlier this morning:
"it has come to my attention that 2 full length tracks off of our upcoming album, merriweather post pavilion have surfaced online. david, noah, and I please ask that someone assist us and leak all of the remaining tracks on the album.

the album is intended to be heard as a whole, and nothing bothers us more than individual tracks leaking and ruining the the overall album experience

-brian Geologist"

Total Bullshit. Someone actually had the nerve to hack into their e-mail account and send this out. The truth is that AC do not want their album to leak and are trying very hard to avoid the drama around said album that has risen to a fever pitch.

I am not trying to involve myself in AC's business, I am just voicing my own independent opinion.

Back in the 90's when I was first starting to make 4-track tapes I had a game where I would make a fake version of an album I was anticipating. If Pavement's Brighten the Corners were coming out soon, I had to wait till release day to hear it. I would record a set of songs that I would want the Pavement album to sound like. Some of those songs ended up becoming Atlas Sound and Deerhunter songs years later.

My advice to those who are so desperate for AC's album to leak is to pick up instruments and make your own version of what you would want it to sound like. Respect the BANDS wishes and wait till release day. Then you can compare your new songs with theirs. Who knows. Maybe your album will be the one people are wanting to leak next year. -Bradford

Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound) sent this out earlier today and I really hope that no one listens to Geologist's emotion-fueled email and leaks the album. The folks who have downloaded the tunes obviously don't care about AC's intent and with the leak of the album would only be briefly satisfied until the next Ting Tings album. To the blogosphere, PLEASE DO NOT LEAK MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION! Real Animal Collective fans are trying not to listen to anything until the band wants us to, you're just teasing us and making it so difficult. With a lot of other bands I wouldn't give a shit, but seriously, respect Animal Collective - they're the only one we've got.

Winter's Love

Labels: Animal Collective, merriweather post pavilion

Last night was the celebration of a decade since the recording of the Deep Puddle Dynamics album that officially began anticon., and no one throws a better celebration than a group of close friends. From seven until midnight the respective collective-heads performed 25minute sets of music spanning their entire career; it was wild, it was nostalgic and when it ended some reaallyy thought that the night was over and left. As amazing as the beginning of the night was, nothing is comparable to what happened after a brief intermission. Now I'm a little shaky on my earlier anticon. days, but what we saw for an hour was the collaboration of every artist who performed that night. Deep Puddle Dynamics performed, minus slug, Greenthink may have done a little something, Alias dipped into his older catalog and Buck 65 just tore the night apart with another kickass set. This all was leading up to something very special which took a lot of audience encouragement, and that was the reunion of cLOUDDEAD. However, the reunion didn't last forever and the nourishment a screaming audience was provided with were Ten gems, "The Teen Keen Skip" followed by "Dead Dogs Two." As Odd Nosdam, Doseone and Why? Murder walked offstage there was applause, there was screaming and the woman standing next to me was in tears...this lasted for nearly 20minutes igniting the entire anticon. crew to come back onstage and freestyle to say goodbye. I have no doubt that Youtube videos will surface in the next week.

I also wanted to give some info on Yoni's solo set takin' it back to the old school Why? days. Armed with his Rhodes piano and a chorus of an audience Yoni played some sing-a-long songs off of Alopecia, then introduced us to what he has been working on for his next album and closed with...I honestly don't remember, but it was early, it was beautiful and you all should have been there.

Just for some personal feedback, I love cLOUDDEAD an immeasurable amount and have no words to express what seeing them was like. All I have to offer is that if you were there last night, something very special happened. Stories behind the mysterious group was revealed such as how songs adapted their titles and how certain lyrics came to be. I just want to throw out a huge thank you to anticon., the Knitting Factory and all who attended last night. You all were great, and if you attended and are reading this - I was the asshole yelling for cLOUDDEAD at the end of Odd Nosdam's set. You all laughed at me and said it wouldn't happen but what now muthafuckas!

cLOUDDEAD - The Teen Keen Skip
cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs Two

Labels: anticon, cLOUDDEAD, doseone, odd nosdam, Why?

The day is finally upon us, anticon.'s third annual ten year anniversary is TONIGHT. You already know who is playing and you already know where and what time it is, but if you don't then check the flyer at the bottom of the post. I don't want to start any rumors about tonight, but the recipe for cLOUDDEAD will be there and so will the motive to stir the ingredients. Lets groove tonight!

"Oakland musician Why? (aka Yoni Wolf), performed a haunting solo set at the Independent last night. He did a few songs acapella and played his Rhodes for the rest of the set.
The set was great, but nowhere near as long as I would have hoped. Probably around 25 minutes long. Then again, I just really wanted to hear him do a minimal version of Broken Crow again. This was the first Why? show I had seen in quite some time... maybe since the original Hymie's Basement show in Minneapolis (5 or 6 years ago)." [photo and writeup via doc pop]

Congrats to those who won tickets and keep reading for some special surprises soon to be not surprises. Once again, I urge all of our New York readers to come out tonight, not just for anticon., but for the Knitting Factory as well. This is the last two weeks of Manhattan residence for the Knitting Factory, the new year will find the historic venue in Williamsburg. New Year's Eve tickets for Deerhoof, Deer Tick and the celebration of the end of Deercember are now on sale.

"Akron/Family curates New Year's Eve! Featuring performances by Deerhoof, Akron/Family, Dirty Projectors, Deer Tick, Megafaun, tons more & very special surprise guests - a full-club farewell to the Leonard Street Knit!" - Knitting Factory

Three types of tickets are available for their NYE bash, get the rundown from our pals at BV here.

Labels: anticon, Why?

A craigslist ad was posted today by Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead asking for help in making voting robots to win Los Anjealous' Best LA Concert of 2008 contest.

I say shame on you Radiohead. Shame on you for hating on our national treasure Aziz Ansari and shame on you for trying to cheat this contest. Check out Aziz' blog where I found out about this horrible tragedy.

Don't forget to vote.

Labels: Aziz, Johnny Greenwood, Los Anjealous, Radiohead

Labels: Jack Black, Musicals, Prop 8

Can't wait till January to see Flight of the Conchords new season? Now you don't have to because today Funny or Die is hosting the first episode. Check it out here.

Labels: Flight of the Conchords

So I want to talk about a record that came out last year, and that's Greg Ashley's Painted Garden. Some may know Ashley as the creative force behind the Gris Gris and the Mirrors, so with that in mind there's no reason to pass over his solo work. "Partially written in a burnt out ghetto in Oakland, partially written in his remote cabin in Kosse, TX, Painted Garden was completely produced and written by Ashley (except for half of one song, which was co-written by an Oakland chanteuse) and 80% completely played by him as well. This record is an example of a true vision realized, and puts Ashley right up there with the great musical minds of the day" [via]. I keep his tunes on my 'chill vibes' playlist, so you know it's gotta be good. Check him out on MySpace here.

Greg Ashley - Sailing With Bobby


Over the past few months I've become quite fond of Finland's Joose Keskitalo, also a member of Paavoharju. I certainly couldn't tell you what he's singing about, but the sound quality feels very personal. Here's a Youtube vid of Joose playing on his bed.



Joose Keskitalo - Saimaan Rannalla

Well, Hot Chip made the daily news? Just too bad it's not for a positive event.

Gov. Paterson's proposed $121 billion budget hits New Yorkers in their iPods - and nickels-and-dimes them in lots of other places, too.
Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an "iPod tax" that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other "digitally delivered entertainment services."

"We're going to have to take some extreme measures," Paterson said Tuesday after unveiling the slash-and-burn budget. [via]

Well I guess since the state doesn't make a whole lot off of students since we're in school and giving our money to private organizations, Paterson has decided to hit us where it hurts - our iPods. Well Mr. Paterson, you're FMLY's terrorist of the day. By adding taxes to our music you're only giving everyone a great fuckin' reason to illegally download tunes which only takes more money away from the state for the increase in bogus lawsuits. Bravo, seriously.

7TH ANNUAL LANGERADO MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INITIAL ARTIST LINEUP

Death Cab For Cutie • Snoop Dogg • Thievery Corporation (Live) • Slightly Stoopid • Ryan Adams and the Cardinals • Dashboard Confessional • The Pogues • Matisyahu • Flogging Molly • Michael Franti & Spearhead • Broken Social Scene • Cafe Tacuba • Umphrey's McGee • The Disco Biscuits • Robert Randolph & The Family Band • Pepper • The Faint • Cold War Kids • Steel Pulse • Public Enemy • Gym Class Heroes • Tricky • Girl Talk • Chromeo • Mute Math • Bad Brains • Ozomatli • Against Me! • George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic • Tortoise • DeVotchKa • Black Kids • Grupo Fantasma • Holy F*ck • Budos Band • Tokyo Police Club • Lotus • The Virgins • The Gaslight Anthem • King Khan and the Shrines • Lucero • Murs • Ra Ra Riot • Tortured Soul • Rebelution • K'Naan • The Egg • Zac Brown Band • Tigercity • The Aggrolites • Cloud Cult • Spam Allstars • Rachel Goodrich • Blue King Brown • The Heavy Pets • Awesome New Republic • The Postmarks • Suenalo • Live Painting by LEBO • Additional Artists to be Announced!

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY DECEMBER 12TH NOON EST AT WWW.LANGERADO.COM
MARCH 6-7-8, 2009 AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN MIAMI, FL

If I go to Eugene Lang does that make me a Langerado? Has anyone else noticed the Bad Brains fever goin' around? I mean, HR has been around forever but suddenly in the past few months he has become iconic. SXSW is changing the world. Although, to be honest these end of the festival year bills are just plain boring. We've seen this lineup in 100 other variations throughout the year - but props for Tortoise, Holy Fuck, George Clinton and Michael Franti. Uh, maybe I won't be seein' you there. C'mon Coachella, give me something to smile about!

Labels: bad brains, Coachella, music festivals

There is no beating the bit of news sweeping the nation at the moment but YYYs have a bit of news of our own to share. NEW RECORD? NEW RECORD!! NEW RECORD IS GETTING CLOSER TO BEING DONE DONE DONE! You still won't be hearing it until 2009 but damn are we close to finishing it and only after a year of writing and recording! Will it sound kind of like Show Your Bones? No, been there done that. What about IS IS? Is that more of the direction it's going in? Absolutely not, it sounds VERY different from last year's EP. Did we go back to our roots and write something closer to Fever to Tell? No looking back now silly, just full speed ahead. WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE?? Not much like anything you've heard from us before- DOES IT SOUND LIKE THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS??? YOU BET YOU'RE SWEET ASS IT DOES. Phew, can't wait. We can hardly wait ourselves, we miss all of you and we've been working extra hard on this one with the intention to make you as happy as possible. Just wanted to drop a line to let you in on how quickly we're approaching the finishing line and to GET PSYYYYYYYYYYYYCHED.
Love,

The YYYs (that message came in November)

"All I Want For Christmas" is streaming on the band's MySpace. I'm glad we're on the same page about the Holidaze.

Unrelated, if you want to see Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal) make out with a chicken-man from last night's show at The Music Hall of Williamsburg then feast those pearly whites on the picture below.

Labels: of montreal, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Tonight check out this free show with Silversun Pickups and Jimmy Tamborello (DNTEL, Postal Service, Figurine) will be DJ'ing along with some great acoustic performances by Eulogies, The One AM Radio, and Sara Lov. This should be a good time and if it's not, who cares! It's free! Also Daedalus is rumored to be playing but I can't tell you if this is true or not. Either way, you can check him out this weekend at Snow in LA featuring Haim, Entrance Band, Fool's Gold, Rumspringa, Bus Driver and the Mae Shi. Get your tickets here.

Is it just me or does this look kind of bad ass?

Labels: Hugh Jackman, WOLVERINE, x-men

[Fall Out Boy making vegans look not so cool]
So as long as I'm getting away with divulging pop secrets - not the popcorn - I may as well post on Fall Out Boy, no MySpace link necessary. According to a MySpace blog the twenty something year old boys still in emo drab were in Washington Square today which is funny because so was I and there was no sign of Wentz adoring fangirls or fanboys...although being around NYU you can never know. Fall Out Boy's fancy new french-titled album, Folie A Deux, is available next week but can be heard via their MySpace page if anyone is into those jokes that last too long. If you're still having trouble finding a holiday gift for that special someone then check out these Fall Out Boy action figures.

In related news, the All-American Rejects will be playing at the Virgin Megastore on Tuesday to celebrate the release of their new album. Just a few weeks ago the drummer from the AAR patted me on the back at the Woodie Awards as he walked by me, just a tad creepy.

If you just don't care and want to see a good show tonight, check out Soft Circle at Glasslands, Grouper at the Knitting Factory or Shy Child and Pwrfl Power at Santo's Party House

So I keep getting these emails from Filter Mag with this little flyer in it. What, FMLY is being shown to thousands of people by Filter? Tight. This show is coming up as well - and is additionally being presented by Indie 103.1 - don't miss it or Daedelus and Busdriver will get innovative on yo' ass. Hopefully this begins a nice career for FMLY of selling out because I'm already looking into doing a radio show on Power 106, stay tuned!

Labels: busdriver, Daedelus

This one goes out to all of the ladies in FMLYland on a Sunday night. You're in our hearts, our minds and now this post. I'd also just like to throw a personal dedication out to Sophie Miltz, my knight in shining armor.

Sure the bay area has anticon., the Dodos and Mac Dre (RIP baby), but I bet you didn't know about the Cataracs. "Baby Baby (Lover's Anthem)" is definitely giving Usher's "Love In This Club," and Jesse McCartney's "Leavin'" a run for their money in terms of my favorite non-alt pop tune of the year. Check it out before I'm forced to resign from FMLY for forcing these songs down your throat...that would actually make for a good song though.

Labels: the cataracs

As you may have noticed, FMLY holds a not-so-secret flame for Britney Spears. I personally cried during her MTV documentary, Britney Spears: For the Record. She just looked so sad and lonely. However, you could see there was still a fighting spirit in her that wanted to prove all the naysayers wrong. Looking gorgeous, with a fun and catchy #1 album, it's obvious Britney is back. She might not be a big mover and shaker in this world, when looking at the grand scheme of things, but there is something to be said about a pop star showing that she is flawed just like the rest of us. Go Britney!

Anyway, fellow Britney supporter, Lily Allen and her producer/friend Mark Ronson have released a cover of the phoenix of pop music's hit single, "Womanizer." With its cool, jazzy bar room feel, Allen's version will be sure to strike a chord with fledgling hipsters, like myself, who secretly rock out to Brit-Brit. Check it out and enjoy!


Lily Allen-"Womanizer" [Stereogum]

Labels: britney spears, lily allen, womanizer

What! FMLY was on the Prefix site!? Nice! Anyways, I'm just gonna plug a show that should really speak for itself. Railcars (Aria C Jalali) is playing a show in LA at The Smell with our beloved Nephews. I'm not familiar with Knight Rider or Felt Drawings but I'm assuming that they are just as rad. If you're in town and don't make your way here then I will personally prevent you from buying the new Animal Collective. Face that reality!

Nephews - Dakota Fanning

If you're down with this music, then I highly recommend Raccoo-oo-oon

Labels: Nephews, raccoo-oo-oon, railcars, The Smell

Check out these pictures in Prefix Magazine from the FMLY show last weekend at Enjoy Human.

Labels: FMLY Events

Los Angeles, Calif., (December 10, 2008) - LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine today announced the selection of Nic Harcourt as Editor at Large, Music & Culture. Beginning February 8, 2009, in LA's January/February double Oscar issue, Harcourt will contribute a monthly column inspired by his love of music and the culture of Southern California.
Harcourt has been hailed as the most influential DJ in America and ultimate music tastemaker because of his uncanny ability to forecast trends and identify emerging talent. His innovative approach will now provide LA readers with unparalleled insight into the always evolving music and culture hemisphere through his monthly "Listen Up" columns, which will feature a hand-selected playlist, his picks for upcoming local concerts, shows and/or events and Q&As with emerging artists...

Nic Harcourt's Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
2. Mates Of State - Re-Arrange Us (Barsuk)
3. Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
4. Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (Columbia)
5. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros)
6. The Broken West - Now or Heaven (Merge)
7. Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols (World's Fair)
8. Duffy - Rockferry (Mercury)
9. Tilly and The Wall - o (Team Love Records)
10.Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

We really need to re-think our values of terrorism because this is surely a domestic act of intentional violence. This is completely my opinion, but under absolutely NO circumstances should the new Dandy Warhols or Coldplay appear on ANYONE'S top 10 list let alone "the most influential DJ in America." Harcourt was once the most influential DJ in America and I respect the hell out of him, however, he has been out of touch for quite some time now and it is time to pass the torch. Music is redifining itself by the day at this point and expanding its realms. If you're a DJ and can't even identify the music on iPod or Crayola commercials then I would seriously suggest rethinking your career.

Harcourt's replacement has been announced as Jason Bentley...lets take a look at his top 10 list.

Jason Bentley's Top 10 List

1. M83 - Saturday's = Youth (Mute)
2. Santogold - Santogold (Downtown)
3. Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp Records)
4. Adele - 19 (XL Recordings/Colombia)
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings)
6. Juana Molina - Un Dia (Domino)
7. Little Dragon - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)
8. The Black Ghosts - The Black Ghosts (IAMSOUND Records)
9. Portishead - Third (Mercury Records)
10. Jazzanova - Of All the Things (Verve)

We're getting somewhat more appropriate at this point with The Black Ghosts and Portishead, but the new M83 is an exponential disappointment when put in contrast to earlier releases. Jason Bentley has the experience to take over for Nic Harcourt, but I speak for both myself and Cameron when I say that it is time for a change. Where is the originality in these lists? Sure the tunes are catchy, but they're not innovative and they are in no way breaking ground - all Harcourt and Bentley are proving is that Steven Pinker was correct in saying that "music is auditory cheesecake." Well I refuse to just sit here and let Pinker have the last laugh, music is a form of art and an extension of language. It is not just a plateau where we can surface and let bullshit like Viva la Vida or We Started Nothing become the remembered jewels of our time. These are not artists and I'd hardly call them musicians, they're patternists and only serve to create musical "cheese" for the following decades. I sincerely hope that in my lifetime the musicians which I love so dearly are praised beyond their cult-like fans. When will Zach Hill be on the cover of Rolling Stone or Tobacco headline KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas? When will The Red Hot Chili Peppers break up so that we can once again appreciate their back catalog without thinking about the atrocity of their latest releases? Most importantly, when will Disney stop corrupting the ears of children with the Jonahs Bros, Hannah Montana or The Naked Bros Band? When I was growing up Zenon: Girl of the 21st century had an awesome musical accompaniment and The Simpsons introduced millions of youngsters to the magic of Danny Elfman. Unless John Williams begins to score children's television in the next decade, generations to come will be doomed.

Labels: jason bentley, kcrw, nic harcourt, steven pinker

I don't know if anyone is as pumped as we are for this NASA record - well maybe Chris over at GvB, he has been goin' crazy on the posts. The album is slowly beginning to leak and surface and make its way home, the David Byrne / Chuck D track wasn't as sweet as we had hoped but the Kanye / Santogold / Lykke Li / Yeezy track recently out isn't all too shabby. And, Like Chris, we're super pumped for the Karen O / ODB / Fatlip track.

The New Deal mixtape is out and is worth the download considering it's free. It features Wale, Blaqstarr, Santogold and more peeps. get it here.


RIP Bettie Page, a FMLY candle is being lit for you at this very moment. You're a perfect example of total commitment and we can all learn something from you.


I'm going to address the Animal Collective leaks once and for all. If there is a track from Merriweather Post Pavilion that leaks, you will NOT find it on this blog. I repeat, FMLY is taking no part in supporting leaked tracks from MPP. We fully support the purchasing of this album and until it is released I'm refusing to even listen to the tracks out of context. Preorder the album here and hold tight because it's coming in just a few weeks.
Here's a couple of pictures of Noah Lennox / Panda Bear playing the Nike party with No Age in Miami a few weeks ago. This sounds like my perfect show.



Panda Bear Live Vids including NEW SONGS and remix of The Notwist's Boneless

Labels: Animal Collective, betty page, Kanye West, Lykke Li, No Age, Panda Bear, rip, Santogold, the notwist

[my roommate and i are in this picture - via matt kiser at spin - if you find both of us i'll give you some vinyl]
Last night was a milestone in Dan Deacon history, not only did he play with a "15 piece ensemble" - I counted 7 or 8 - but he also played on a stage. Although to be clear his stage presence was minimal; yes, his setup was on the stage but Deacon himself remained on the ground unless he needed to adjust a sound coming from up top. With help from his close friends of So Percussion, Ponytail, Videohippos, Adventure, Future Islands, Ecstatic Sunshine and more, the ensemble put together one hell of a performance but I would strongly argue that although a very awesome place to have this show, the Brooklyn Masonic Temple was an awful place to unveil Bromst. Why? Well there's no sound-system and just putting a couple of speakers in the room is not going to change that nor rid the auditorium of its echo. Deacon may have played for an hour, but I'm still not any closer to knowing what Bromst is. From what I did hear, it sounds like his earlier release of Ultimate Reality which I'm down with. This marks the eighth time that I've seen Dan Deacon and the very first time that he has not played "Silence Like The Wind Overtakes Me," I don't know if I'm comfortable with this Deacon staple not being included and with the word out that there is a recorded version I'm just left confused as to why this wasn't the big finale. However, I must say that the audience certainly comes prepared for the mash of fans and everyone works together to keep everyone safe, it's a beautiful thing, Dan Deacon is a beautiful man and musician and although I couldn't tell "The Crystal Cat" apart from "Stairway to Heaven" - which he kinda played - I can't wait to have the beautiful Bromst in my hands. Dan Deacon was magical as always, even without his story telling and classic Dan moves - hopefully I just caught the opening night jitters and issues that are always bound to happen. I think doubledee's lonely days of touring are over. See you next time you're in town acorn master.

Labels: bromst, Dan Deacon

Tonight is a special night, not because it's Friday but because the Wordless Music Series is presenting Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Steve Reid (Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, James Brown, Sun Ra, Motown) at (le) Poisson Rouge to showcase their recent release: NYC. As if this wasn't enough they'll be accompanied by ARP and Line C3 who will be playing the music of John Cage and Steve Reich. Seriously, I couldn't imagine a better combination of performers and the John Cage / Steve Reich bonus are more than enough reason for me to show up early. Doors at 7, show at 8 - more info here.

Labels: Kieran Hebden, steve reid, wordless music series

If you can't wait till January 20th for Animal Collective's new ablum Merriweather Post Pavilion DON'T PANIC! Now you don't have to because Animal Collective have announced that they will be releasing a deluxe 2xLP 180-gram gatefold vinyl with a full album download card on January 6th. On top of that there will be a series of release/listening parties that will be held across the country. For up-to-date info go to: www.dominodecordco.us

The Cities (details to follow)

Anchorage, AK - KRUA Presents*
Atlanta, GA - Criminal Records - Jan. 1st @ 4PM
Austin, TX - End Of And Ear Records & KVRX - Jan. 3 @ 6PM
Boston, MA - WZBC presents*
Chicago, IL - WHPK presents*
Dallas, TX - Gorilla Vs. Bear Presents*
Eugene, OR - KWVA Presents*
Lawrence, KS - Love Garden Sounds & KJHK - Jan. 6th
Los Angeles, CA - Fingerprints Records & KXLU - Jan. 6th
Miami, FL - WRGP Presents*
Minneapolis, MN - KUOM Presents*
New York, NY - Other Music Presents - Jan. 5th
Philadelphia, PA - WXPN Presents*
Portland, OR - Music Millennium - Jan. 3 @ 6PM
Raleigh, NC - WKNC Presents*
San Francisco, CA - Terrorbird Presents @ The Knockout - Jan. 6th, 7-10pm**
Santa Cruz, CA - KZSC Presents*
Seattle, WA - KUPS Presents*
St. Louis, MO - Vintage Vinyl & KDHX - Jan. 6th
Vancouver, BC - CFUV presents*

*Location & Date TBA

** w/ Maus Haus, French Miami



More cities to come.

Labels: Animal Collective

Check out this trippy new music video for Blackblack's Sophia.

You can catch Blackblack next Monday at the Echo with Gangi, Lacto$e and Voicesvoices.

Labels: Blackblack, Gangi, Lacto$e, Voicesvoices

Ice Cube has made his return to hip hop after we all asked the question Are We Done Yet? and thank god for it. I don't think I could have handled another shitty family movie.

Labels: Ice Cube, music video

Babystone will be laying down that sweet sweet funk tomorrow night in Culver City. The show is all ages and a $10 donation which as I understand goes straight to the band. Why not start out the weekend out right with some serious dancing.

Labels: Babystone

A very cute video for Kimya Dawson's I Like Giants

Labels: Kimya Dawson

Boost Mobile and JellyNYC have teamed up for a special event TOMORROW NIGHT at The Brooklyn Masonic Temple. As you can see by the flyer above it's a special show in the context of the year. Dan Deacon was certainly no stranger to the independent world of music, but it's undeniable the storm that he caused in 2008. It's finally time for Double Dee to unveil his latest work of art, Bromst, and to do that he'll be aided by a 15 piece ensemble - pretty sweet, eh? Well luckily for you readers in NY, I have ONE PAIR OF TICKETS to give away for this otherwise impossible to get into show. Fuck finals and you can miss the Lucky Dragons and Mae Shi show tomorrow at NYU since they'll be playing two more shows while they're here - this is destined to be one of the most talked about shows of '08 and '09, how sweet would it be to catch it before the rest of the country?

You know the drill, email me at noah@thefmly.com and tell me why you want to see Dan Deacon and his 15 piece ensemble with Dirty Projectors. Best answer wins, but I need these emails ASAP! Winner will be notified tomorrow before 4.

For info on other secret society shows please check out this site, Boost Mobile Community. The Brooklyn Masonic Temple is a pretty sweet place to be.

Labels: Dan Deacon, Free Stuff

Without giving too much away in terms of our year end lists, anticon. is without a doubt FMLY's label/collective of the year. With progressive sounds such as Dosh, Odd Nosdam and 13 & God to name a few, who can resist that subtle charm (pun intended). It's with great honor that FMLY is giving away TICKETS TO ANTICON.'S THIRD ANNUAL TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY featuring Themselves, Yoni Wolf (of Why?, cLOUDDEAD, Hymie's Basement, etc), Buck 65, Alias, Sole, Odd Nosdam + Jel, pedestrian + DJ Thanksgiving Brown plus special guests. With a lineup like this I'm falling head over heels for December 18 at The Knitting Factory. If you're in NY and want tickets, send me an email at noah@thefmly.com with your favorite anticon. release. I'll be looking forward to reading these.

fun fact: This is the Knitting Factory's final month of operation in Manhattan. In '09 the classic venue will make its move to Williamsburg so come say good-bye!

Labels: anticon, odd nosdam, Why?

Everyone's favorite New Zealand duo, Flight of the Conchords, will return to HBO with a second season on January 18th. In celebration, Mel --Flight of the Conchords number one fan-- has invited everyone to join her in filming their own lip synching of "Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros."
All you have to do is
1. download the song here: http://www.flightlipdub.com/
2. Video yourself lip synching
3. upload your video here: http://www.flightlipdub.com/

If you are confused or don't feel like reading, just watch this!



The best videos will be edited together and premiered on HBO!

Labels: Flight of the Conchords

Thanks to Blah, Blah, Bitch, Blah, Blah for taking pictures!

And what a crazy night it was. First of all I just wanted to address a couple complaints we had regarding Japanther's set. They were supposed to play a full set with Ninjasonik and last night and the night before at Temporary Spaces. Unfortunately literally the day before the show Ian Vanek of Japanther was forced to fly to Washington for emergency dental surgery. If you are reading this, I hope you are feeling better and can come out to LA again soon. Ian and Matt were then faced with a tough decision. Not wanting to disappoint their fans, they came up with an alternative solution. They decided that Matt would perform Japanther songs with the help of their good friends Ninjasonik. I'm sorry for those of you who were disappointed but Ian has promised us that in 2009 Japanther will return to LA to play as a full band with FMLY.

"Half of Japanther was two states away getting emergency dental surgery, this couldn't be avoided and came on very quickly. We value all people excited to dance to our group but also value our members health. We hope to play another FMLY show very soon."
-Ian of Japanther

Anyway the night started out with an amazing interactive performance by Lucky Dragons involving gongs, purposely shorted out instrument cables and a ton of other odds and ends. If you missed them this time around, don't worry, we plan on making Lucky Dragons a bigger part of the FMLY.
Up next we were graced with the ever cute Blackblack who's familiar indie pop tunes lifted our spirits and got us singing along.


Funeral Party brought the house down with hit after hit.


And then Ninjasonik and Matt of Japanther brought the house DOWN with a combined set over an hour long. I have never seen so many LA people dance that much at a show before.



Inter-band lovin

Go to Blah, Blah, Bitch, Blah, Blah to check out a ton more pictures.

Look out because in the next day or two we will be posting up video from the show. Thank you all for coming and making it a wonderful night.

Labels: Blackblack, FMLY Events, japanther, Lucky Dragons, Ninjasonik

A noted guitarist has sued members of Coldplay, claiming the band's smash hit "Viva La Vida" copied parts of one of his songs.
The copyright infringement lawsuit by Joe Satriani was filed Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles.

The 52-year-old claims Coldplay copied "substantial, original portions" of his 2004 song, "If I Could Fly." The Coldplay hit, which was nominated for a Grammy this week, has topped charts around the world and been used to sell iPods in commercials. [via]

[which one is he?]

British singer Boy George was found guilty on Friday of falsely imprisoning a Norwegian male escort by handcuffing him to a wall. The 47-year-old, tried under his real name George O'Dowd, denied falsely imprisoning Audun Carlsen at his flat in April last year, the Press Association reported.

O'Dowd told police he had invited Carlsen to his home after a cocaine-fueled pornographic photo shoot in January because he suspected the Norwegian of stealing pictures from his computer. During the trial, Carlsen countered that the singer had handcuffed him to a wall and beaten him with a chain because he was angry he had refused to sleep with him when they first met. O'Dowd did not give evidence during the trial. [via]

AND TO CLOSE...

KERMIT THE FROG SINGS "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN" BY LCD SOUNDSYSTEM!!!!! EPIC!

"if they do this live it will kick more ass that Beck's puppets" (anonymous)

Labels: lcd soundsystem

[flyer created by minusbaby]
Tonight is the final night of Blipfest 'o8 and it certainly is going out with a bang...sorry, I couldn't think of any not-so-witty joke but if you can I'll gladly put it here. Luke Silas is in town to close the fest with Anamanaguchi and there will be other crowd pleasures in attendance such as Starscream, USK and Trash80. I'll make a post of the artists that have blown me away this week, but after last night I just want to shout out Cow'p and Nullsleep who rocked my world. See you there!

Labels: Anamanaguchi, Blip Festival

TONIGHT IS ALREADY HERE

Labels: Blackblack, FMLY Events, Funeral Party, japanther, Lucky Dragons, Ninjasonik

On the first night of Blip (last night) my mind was not only blown, but my body was rocked, pounded and thrown into an entirely new world. I can continue from here and write an essay on 8bit's role in the deconstruction of popular and classical music, but I couldn't give a shit because the artists that I've seen the past two nights have been no less than incredible and inspiring. I'd like to give a shoutout to the 16 year old IAYD, a prodigy if I've ever seen one, and from that I'd like to introduce Unicorn Dream Attack to the FMLY blog. As I'm sure that you have been able to tell, I'm a sucker for unconventional pop music making UDA and I a perfect match - in fact, I'd call him one of best musical experiences I've had all year. Here's his equipment: Original Gameboy DMG-01, Casio VL-Tone / VL-1, Atari 2600, Texas Instruments Speak & Spell, Commodore 64 with keyboard overlay, Nintendo Famicom (HVC-001), Texas Instruments Speak & Music, Yamaha VSS-30, Casio SK-1, NES with MIDINES, Casio SK-8, Little Sound DJ / LSDJ - and you play what, a guitar with a wah pedal? What a setup! I'm drawn to calling UDA an 8bit Black Moth Super Rainbow, but please create your own opinions and give the twin cities a chance! These songs are going to be stuck in my head for weeks. His latest album, Love Bits, is available now right here and at Blip.

Unicorn Dream Attack - b34ut1ful 3y3s
Unicorn Dream Attack - w34K & sM4ll

Labels: Blip Festival, unicorn dream attack

Colbert's plan to humble Kanye West by knocking him down out of his number one best selling album on itunes by having people buy A Colbert Christmas worked with Kanye West now at number four but now Britney Spears holds not only the number one spot but the number nine spot as well. Your move Colbert.

Labels: britney spears, Kanye West, Stephen Colbert

I couldn't tell you one song that Macy Gray has done recently but I happen to stubble across this today. It's a music video for her new song Slap a Bitch. Not only is it hilarious that Macy Gray would make this song but I think it'll be a hit in the indie dance clubs. Way to surprise me Macy! I like the new image. Keep it up.

First listen to what she did close to ten years ago (the international hit)


Then watch this video

Labels: Macy Gray

If you've been watching what's been happening with the car company bailouts you know that they've been talking about doing some major reconstruction which includes making cars people actually want to buy. GM says that they are working very hard at creating an electric car but what are we really getting here? As you may remember, in the 90's we had electric cars already (check out the EV1 and the RAV4 EV) so why will it take till 2010 to finish this car? Also why can it only go 40 miles before it uses gas when the original EV1 that GM made could go 75-100 miles on a charge? Think about that for a second. What do they mean it goes 40 miles before using any gas? Wouldn't that imply that after 40 miles you are running off of gas? Wouldn't this just be a variation on a hybrid?




Now check out Phoenix Motors. I saw this car at a alternative energy car show a couple years back. It looks just like a regular SUV and can go 100 miles on a single 10 minute charge.




Are our tax dollars really being spent the way we want them to be spent?

Now since I got that off my chest, check out this Ghosts & Vodka track.

It's All About Right Then - Ghosts & Vodka

Labels: Chevy Volt, EV1, Ghosts and Vodka, Phoenix Motors

We are very excited about this Saturday as we unveil the first of many FMLY DIY spaces. We can't sell alcohol so BRING YOUR OWN BEER. Our first show at Enjoy Human will be done right as we bring in some of our favorites from both coasts. Some call us crazy for making this line up; others called us idiots. We like to think of ourselves as mavericks. So join us Saturday for Lucky Dragons, Blackblack, Ninjasonik, Japanther, and Funeral Party.

Tickets are $5 if you rsvp at rsvp@thefmly.com

Till then, Pre-party to these music videos.

Japanther - Challange


Ninjasonik - Tight Pants (The Rap Remix)

Labels: Blackblack, FMLY Events, Funeral Party, japanther, Lucky Dragons, Ninjasonik

The proponents of Prop 8 usurped the role of the Legislature by putting the right for same-sex couples to marry directly on the ballot.

Two Equality California-sponsored resolutions introduced today will make it official state policy, when they are approved by the Legislature, that Prop 8 should be overturned.

:: Write your legislators now to urge them to support the invalidation of Prop 8 and vote for Senate Resolution 7 (Leno) and Ammiano's Assembly Resolution (number to be assigned).
http://www.eqca.org/actioncenter

Prop 8 eliminates the fundamental right to marry and allows a slim majority to take away the equal protections of a minority, which violates one of the founding principles of our Constitution. The resolutions state the measure should have been approved by a two-thirds vote in the Legislature before going to voters.

Urge your representatives to support these resolutions.If you are registered with EQCA's Action Center, reply to this email. Or register today at www.eqca.org/actioncenter.

On December 19, proponents of Prop 8 will file their briefs with the California Supreme Court. So, ask everyone you know to write their representative by going to www.eqca.org/actioncenter by December 19.

EQCA will do its part to make sure we have broad support for these resolutions.

But we need you to do yours. Email your representatives now at www.eqca.org/actioncenter and ask your friends and family join you.
www.eqca.org/actioncenter

California lawmakers need to hear from you—their constituents—that our state should be a state of hope, prosperity and equality for all.

In solidarity,

Geoff Kors
Executive Director
Equality California

Labels: Prop 8

[is that a peace symbol next to her vag?]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRITNEY SPEARS!!! Watch Hugh Jackman sing happy birthday to britbrit here, check out a b-side from Pussycat Doll lead singer's, Nicole Scherzinger, scrapped solo album featuring b spears here, check out some [fake] princess of pop sex tapes here and while you're at it pick up a copy of Chuck Klosterman's IV here for the great interview with Brit and resulting article.

Happy birthday darlin', we love you very very very very very very very much.

Labels: britney spears

It's hard to believe that el Guincho day is already here. If you didn't win tickets, don't worry, after seeing the demand that the US has for el Guincho I'm sure Beggars will bring him back out west again very soon - maybe even for Coachella? As far as I know, tickets for tonight's show at le Poisson Rouge are not sold out, so head over here and check that out. Congrats to the lucky ten who won tickets and to the five that won CD's, more giveaways to come so check back with us regularly so that you don't miss out! Who is as pumped as I am to see Lemonade too!? Man, this really is going to be a jaw-droppingly awesome show.

Lemonade - Sunchips
Architecture in Helsinki - Like It Or Not (el Guincho remix)

Palmitos Park

Labels: el guincho, lemonade

Dan Deacon will be playing with a 15 piece live ensemble for the first time performing material from his forthcoming album, Bromst, which will be released on Carpark on March 24, 2009. He will also be joined with sets be the Dirty Projectors and So Percussion.

Be there or a someone who is not there!
Thursday December 11th
doors at 7:30pm
All Ages
BROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE
Fort Greene, Brooklyn 317 Clermont Ave at Lafayette Ave.

Dan Deacon's live ensemble is made up of these musicians:

Percussion:
Eric Beach (So Percussion)
Denny Bowen (Double Dagger, Smarthgrowth)
Jeremy Hyman (Ponytail, Ultimate Reality)
Kevin O'Meara (Videohippos, Ultimate Reality)
Rich O'Meara (ko'mm)
Josh Quillen (So Percussion)
Adam Sliwinski (So Percussion)
Jason Treuting (So Percussion)

Synthesizers, Keyboards and Electronics:
Benny Boeldt (Adventure)
William Cashion (Future Islands)
Dan Deacon
Chester Gwazda (Nuclear Power Pants)
Gerrit Welmers (Future Islands)

Guitar:
Matt Papiach (Ecstatic Sunshine/White Williams)
Ken Seeno (Ponytail)

Dan will be taking the show on the road in 2009 with an ensemble although it's unclear and I doubt it will be the same line up.

Labels: Dan Deacon

Starting today, Matt Pond PA has joined the league of Radiohead's and Girl Talk's by releasing his new EP for free. For short this EP is called The Freeep but if you can remember it, it's also called The Dawn Before The Dark Leaves Or Water Off A Black Dog's Back Or Amazing Life Or Butterfly Mornings And Wildflower Afternoons Or May We Never Go Go Mental, May We Always Stay Stay Gentle Or The Fear Of Not Being Afraid Or The Warmth Within The Warren Or Dreaming Of Sleeping Or Saying It To Keep It From Happening Or This Is Not The Dark Leaves Or Living For Liv Ullman Or The Odds Of A Sunrise Or Whispering Pines Or You'll Be The Rhythm And I'll Be The Beat And I'll Be The Rhythm And You'll Be The Beat Or The Grass Harp Or Goodbye Barcelona Or Why Is My Copy Of The Moviegoer Floating In A Puddle Beside The Car leaving us with the question, what will people name albums now? This self recorded, freely distributed album is just another sign of the resurgence of a musical renaissance in a way we have never seen before. With 2008 on it's way out, a new world order on it's way in, I'd say 2009 may not be the summer of love but it'll definitely be the year we take back music for the love of music.

You can download Matt Pond PA's The Freeep here.

Labels: Matt Pond PA

Another incredible flyer made by our good friend and FMLY artist Elliott De Cesare. Just gotta give a shout out to the man behind the pen and mouse. Put this on your website, send it to your friends and go wild!

Labels: FMLY Events

Great news, FMLY has been hooked up with passes to NY's Blip Festival this week and we want to make sure that even if you can't go you get the full experience. I'll be covering as much as I can, but take a look at the schedule and let me know what to check out, what you want reviewed and if there are any questions that you have for a particular artist, send 'em my way and I'll make sure to get an answer! I also need to mention that on Sunday Anamanaguchi will be playing from 9:20 - 10:00, other artists that day are Starscream, nordloef, and Trash80 to name a few. The festival is one of my favorites and will take place at The Bell House Thursday through Sunday - don't miss it. Thanks to The Tank and 8bitpeoples for making this awesome event happen.

"Archaic game and home computer hardware is recast into the unlikely role of musical instrument and motion graphics workstation in the BLIP FESTIVAL 2008, a four-day event showcasing nearly 40 musicians and visual artists occupying the international low-res cutting edge. The Blip Festival takes place DECEMBER 4—7, 2008 at The Bell House, and is presented by Manhattan art organization THE TANK and NYC artist collective 8BITPEOPLES.

Highlighting the chipmusic phenomenon and its related disciplines, the festival aims to showcase emerging creative niches involving the use of legacy video game & home computer hardware as modern artistic instrumentation. Devices such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Nintendo Game Boy and others are repurposed into the service of original, low-res, high-impact electronic music and visuals — sidestepping game culture and instead exploring the technology's untapped potential and distinctive intrinsic character.

The Blip Festival assembles nearly 40 practitioners selected from the chipmusic movement's expansive global underground, taking care to represent as many as possible of the genre's surprisingly diverse styles, geographical and technical scenes, communities, and traditions. The festival's concert program will be supplemented by daytime events to be announced, including workshops, presentations, and screenings. The Blip Festival's intended result is to provide a cross-section of a movement currently in explosive flux, teeming with artistic exploration, and poised at the cusp of global awareness."

Speaking of Anamanaguchi, their new album Dawn Metropolis will be released very soon via Normative Records. Get on it.

Anamanaguchi - Flora/Fauna

Labels: Anamanaguchi, Bit Shifter, Blip Festival