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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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).
philip seymour hoffman's "semi-marxist like us" is out now on the fmly recording company. limited to 300 hand numbered copies. click here to order.
fmly prsnts
Los Angeles
Hide and Seek - Summer at the Bandshell
Princeton, Bonedaddys, Reflectacles
September 1st fbook
MANIMAL FESTIVAL
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
October 2nd
Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneer Town fbook
Second Annual FMLY FEST
Truman Peyote, Many Mansions, Emily Reo, Birthdays, Craft Spells, Tan Dollar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Birthdays, Insects Vs Robots, Professor Calculus, Ghost Animal, and way more
December 26th and 27th
MIDCITY
MORE TBA fbook event
Santa Barbara
Wampire, Reporter, Dante Elephante!
HAUS PARTY @ the Muff n' Stuff
September 1st 6770 Del Playa Dr.
New York
Noah's Ark Was A Spaceship, Weekends, Alaskas, Human Resources, Say No! To Architecture, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Shea Stadium - 20 Meadow St
September 2 fbook event
SPECIAL GUEST, Birthdays, Mark DeNardo, Emily Reo, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cake Shop
September 13
Questions? Comments? Want to play a FMLY event? Want to learn how you can play an integral role in your FMLY? Shoot us an email anytime, we're usually around. We also accept demos, songs you're into, songs you've made and bribes. And don't be afraid to send us a few emails, we get a lot of spam.
philip seymour hoffman's "semi-marxist like us" is out now on the fmly recording company. limited to 300 hand numbered copies. 
