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fmly ridin


Tomorrow FMLY RIDE will be taking to the streets of Los Angeles. Usually we ride every first Saturday of the month but this Saturday, we will be losing our minds at FYF Fest who are helping out with this months ride. We have a lot of surprises this month of which I will leave as surprises. The meet up will be at Leimert Park at 8 with a westside meet up leaving Crank Mob Park at 7.

We will be jamming with
Restavrant
Fidlar
Professor Calculus
Tygerstrype

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Restavrant – Step Down
Professor Calculus – SONG TWO
Tygerstrype – Rain On Me

hide and seek goes out with an exploding bam

The Reflectacles at Hide and Seek sept. 1st from FMLY on Vimeo.

Hide and seek has been the place to be every Wednesday all summer long and as it comes to an end The Reflectacles really put on a show that made it unforgettable. You can catch their next show at The Waterfront. Hope to see you next summer!

The Reflectacles – Tell My Mother

noah’s ark was a spacejam

Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship – Wrecking Ball Girl (Live at the Riot Room 5.28.10)
Noah’s Ark Was a Spaceship – Adult Sized Skeletal

Weekends – Raingirls (short)
Weekends – No More Bands

ALASKAS – I Love Life
ALASKAS – I Am Yours

Human Resources – Song for Karen
Human Resources – Debbie Fu

philip seymour hoffman – everything in my cupboards is moldy
philip seymour hoffman – a generation speaks (some translation required)

In preparation for tomorrow’s party at Shea Stadium, let’s review the jams. This summer ALASKAS self-released a quick cassette of new pieces, the I Love Life EP. It’s a 14minute foray into a more focused style and method of production, but retains the spirituality evident throughout Set Yourself Free. Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship have also released a new single this week, Warm Eyes featuring an additional demo and live piece in dedication to Gary Coleman. Shit is wild. WEEKENDS are always up to something new, their Strange Cultures is almost pressed and they’re sportin’ multiple cassettes that I can hardly keep up with and droppin’ jams on compilations left and right as well as maintaining beyond captivating side jams (see: Winks, Brendan Sullivan). Human Resources has just gotten back from a peek around the West Coast and always has some new gear up his sleeve. Say No! To Architecture just graduated in May [with a degree in gettin' roowwwdddyy], is apparently legendary and dead according to Wikipedia, and is just always 100% fucking sweet to witness live and we hear he might bring a full band this time. And my first Philip Seymour Hoffman vinyl [and first release since last year] is coming out on Friday via the fmly recording company, a two-track digital download of new thangs coming out in a couple weeks via Teal FX, and a brand new cassette coming out on Impose next month. This is also the first PSH show in NY since May, due to that beyond epic eurotour. What the “+” means is that Human Resources, Say No! To Architecture, and PSH are performing as a single unit in a round robin style. We play together through and through. See you tomorrow.

all info here

tune of the day


Yesterday Obama officially announced the end of the Iraq war with drawing all but 50,000 troops. Now this may seem pretty ridiculous but we currently have over 60,000 troops in Germany. Obama said we need to focus our energy on the problems at home. Maybe it’s time to stop trying to run an empire at the same time and bring home all of the troops stationed in countries we don’t need to be in. He does deserve some credit though. Maybe this is the beginning of the Obama we elected.

Ana Caravelle – Where Have You Been?

how to channel spirits through vhs

Sky Stadium – Float the Plains
Sky Stadium – Blue Flame

Our good homie Jeff Roman aka Sky Stadium who we recently dropped some praise on has a fuckin’ sweet video made by none other than another good homie Samantha Gurry of the totally radical band Good Time Island. If you wanna go above and beyond to thread some k’nex, Sam also made that way2cool video for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s / my own “Duckfangs Tickle My Ankles” and Jeff is releasing the next PSH material this month on his net label, Teal FX following last month’s Cough Cool release. We’re a FMLY!

Now here’s the real kicker. On October 1 at the Basement Gallery in Ewing, New Jersey you gotta make sure to come hang. Good Time Island, Sky Stadium, Birthdays, Blackhawks, and PSH are gonna be basement lovin’ with good time rawkin’ out. Shit is gonna get topless kinda wild. Read an interview with Jeff, Rachel (Ultra Dome w/ Jeff), and Dan (Cough Cool) from earlier this year over at the Nassau, peep an older vid here, and make sure to pick up a copy of South Sea immediately from Existential Cloth Recordings, there are only 25. And if you like those sounds go peruse Hooker Vision for a bit, have fun.

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Technobox – gammacruxstar

I’m stoked on a lot of releases all the time, I mean…there’s a lot of really fucking sweet jams out there pushing boundaries and having damn good fun at the same time. One of them, which is still oh so mysterious to me, is the Technobox / Dark Sea of Awareness split that I’ve talked about a ton but nearly not enough. Just something to keep your mind on. And yours ears out for next time you see the Beasley.

If you’re in Florida, I’m way jealous and clawing at my face wishing I could make it out for Beep South. You gotta make it there for me. And I gotta look up the rest of these bands that I didn’t see at Total Bummer.

bff


This week is the beginning of the 10th annual Bicycle Film Festival in Los Angeles which includes bike movies all weekend long plus an awesome event at the Sex with our buds Kid Infinity on Thursday called Bikes Rock! Don’t forget too that FMLY RIDE is this Friday!

princeton//the bonedaddys//the reflectacles


This Wednesday is the last of our summer Hide and Seek series and we are going out with a bang. We are bring together three very different sides of LA with Princeton, afro-beatheads The Bonedaddys and The Reflectacles. This is free and outdoors so come celebrate the end of summer with your FMLY, family, FRNDS and friends. As always Kogi BBQ will be there.

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Princeton – Calypso Gold

…And just incase you missed last week…

Anamanaguchi at Hide and Seek pt 2 from FMLY on Vimeo.

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Vacation Dad and Birthdays' fresh FMLY tattoos


Cameron's fresh FMLY tattoo

What a summer!

Vacation Dad – Hemp Scented Body Lotion
BIRTHDAYS – Procreating Flower Bug

manimal fest


It’s almost that time of year again. My favorite festival of the year is coming up so grab your tent, a ton of water and head out to the desert. Last year I had the best time of my life and this time we have the pleasure of being involved. This year we will be hailing under the stars with The Like, Swahili Blonde, Afghan Raiders, Love Grenades, Juliette Commagere, Sister Crayon, Gangi, Papercranes, Amanda Jo Williams, Dante vs. Zombies, Aska, Kenneth Pattingale, Dreamtape, Diva, St. Clair Board. You can get your tickets here. See you guys in Pioneertown October 2nd!
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Juliette Commagere- Hearts

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Panda Bear – Search For Delicious

FYF Fest is this weekend in LA. In addition to the amazingly awesome line up that has already been Announced, Local Natives will also be playing. I can’t remember the last time I was this excited for a line up. Our FRNDS at FYF Fest have given us a pair of tickets to give away to you! All you have to do is email cameron@thefmly.com and tell us who you are most excited to see. Make sue to stop by the FMLY booth as well!

close to you but still far away

web dating – can’t get enough of you
web dating – have you ever loved someone
Total Slacker – Magical Date Night

There’s nothin’ like a catchy love tune to set your sunny day back into the bump’n'grind of the bedroom, and the Tuckster knows alllllllllllllll about that. Makin’ up 1/3 of our homies in Total Slacker, the bro behind Chat Room, and not to mention the esteemed Tucker Rountree Sound back in his jazzier days (but don’t tell him we showed you this).

But if you take a deep breath and say those band names three times fast you wind up at Web Dating, a honest glance at that special gal in your life, and nothing says hey, i really I dig you babe like pressing play on “Can’t Get Enough of You”. Much more breezy than Totz Slackz jams, more straightforward than Chat Room, and well…definitely not going to sonically compare to the magic of the TRS. But Web Dating has four tunes up to for sure check out while prepping tonight’s candlelit bubblebath / magical date night (hint: “i just wanna make love” is a total jam).