The homie VerBS, I think he’s with Team Zissou or something, came on the FMLY DNR TR and it has seriously taken us thiiiiis long to show mad props, but the dude is a sweetheart machine! He has toured with Murs, has who knows how many jams under his belt, kicks it with Professor Calculus, and of course he is a loved member of the FMLY. Spreading the positive hiphop vibes and being an all around chillster, Kyle has some new tunes that I’m going to throw up on the site because they’re oh so relevant to this week. “Stop Actin’ Like A Douche” has been a hit since we heard it in the tour van, and I’m bringin’ it to SXSW so get ready Tejas! Second jam is a Pizza! loop from my favorite tune, “Bird Dreams” with Kyle droppin’ some well felt words. In short since I’m still packing and dubbing cassettes for sxsw, VERBS IS THE HOMIE. Hip hop needs to go DIY.
It’s always a pleasure to put a new DJDT tune on blast ’round these parts, but two!? Oh man, what’s a kid to do…
Dropping tunes as hot as KE$HA, Jamie and Robert have without doubt produced some kind of underground electropop hit. It’s like something you’d hear repeatedly on your local radio station, but in your friend’s garage or basement! After Jamie gets out all of the catchiest hooks you can fit into a standard pop song, Fitted Kid chimes in with the auto-tuned point of view, all complemented by Robert’s mastermind for dynamics and taste. Shit is nuts and production is on it! Peep more tunes on the Exes‘ page, make it a guilty pleasure.
Next jam is another premiere from a FMLY all-star, DJDT’s remix of Ludacris’ “How Low.” DJs, take note and press play. Man, I’m articulate when it comes to dance music.
Donning his laptop like Thor’s hammer, Cop Magnet Is…Maxwell Velocity gives a small peek at what’s to come this year from the mind of Cop Magnet. Seriously, this dude drops non-stop hits. Hitting the future of mainstream pop music before it happens, we expect some ludicrous shit in the near future like a tape on Mirror Universe and a way too legit Young Money megaremixtape. Pick up the tape over at BoC records, and to celebrate we’re posting a Cop Magnet jam that was literally made yesterday. Can’t wait to put this on repeat driving to SXSW.
say hello to the bastard child of cheap regrets and a daydream
maybe this life just ain’t cut out for me
koalacaust may not ever change the world, but they’ve definitely changed me. so i believe a huge thanks is in order to everyone who has downloaded their self-titled tape off of fmly rcrds. this weekend has been incredibly emotionally investing, and two records that have gotten me through it are mirah’s advisory committee and koalacaust. “skyscrapers” to “heath ledger” to “tunnels and gates” are the shit back to back, props to the koalabros for really getting those transitions down on the recordings…and you know, writing these inspirational kickass jams in the first place. if you haven’t yet, koalacaust are offering a free download of their ‘09 released collection of tunes on fmly rcrds. so for fans of paul baribeau, mischief brew, wingnut dishwashers union, andrew jackson jihad, this bike is a pipe bomb, etc…get yourself a copy, gather your friends, grab some colt 45, and have a night out of it. more than usual, these jams are by friends and for friends.
If there’s an active cassette player in the house then EASYBOY’s Friends needs to be in that. Eric Farber, one-half of the already epic Truman Peyote, has been cranking out solid hits and remixes making sure to hold his own strongly up in Toronto. We’ve been flying the Easyboy flag good and strong for a while now, and are stoked to say that you can catch Easyboy at SXSW’s first taste of FMLY’s Thank You Come Again on the afternoon of March 20. He totally rawked it at our CMJ show in October. Spooky Town has been super rad to put Friends online for a free download, but I recommend purchasing it as well!
Koalacaust: Koalacaust (FMLY004 / DIGITAL) February 21, 2010 FREE DOWNLOAD
When it comes to our Los Angeles pals I just feel like a victim of Cupid’s arrow, so proud of the music that our frnds are jamming out. Santa Cruz/S.F. transplants Koalacaust ring this oh so true, having played with Mischief Brew, Paul Baribeau, and Andrew Jackson Jihad these youngins are not only living the folk-punk dream but cultivating some of the dankest tunes around. This entire record is ab solid with genuine balls out jams that need to be sung along to. Koalacaust have been everywhere with us, including many of our firsts; our first fmly show, thank you come again, inciting of a riot, and our third fmly ride. We’ve shared some intimate moments and joints with our relocated Bay Area-bros and it’s an honor to offer their debut CD available for a free download.
Our New York events are few and far between, so make sure to come through to Surreal Estate tomorrow night for a psych wave dance party with our brochillerz in space Truman Peyote, Many Mansions, Cop Magnet, Max Alper, and Philip Seymour Hoffman! Here’s a map! PSH and Cop Magnet collab’d a few nights ago on a track, “Bros For Heroin”, that you can peep below. Shit sounds like some of that Power106, where hip hop lives! New Truman Peyote vinyl will be on sale as well as the Breakfast of Champs catalogue and a couple of FMLY shirts that we have left.
Just got a confirm from Caleb that the records are in and pre-orders are now up and sprinting for the Truman Peyote 7″ split with Turtle Ambulance. This is tight. Order yours here or come to the FMLY x Breakfast of Champs party on Friday at Surreal Estate in Brooklyn and pick it up in the cardboard and vinyl flesh! We’ll talk more about the party this week, but Truman Peyote, Many Mansions, Max Alper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Cop Magnet are rawkin’ the jams all night. Big ups to ohmyrockness for featuring the show at the top of their page! Truman Peyote and Many Mansions’ 12″ split is on the way in the next few weeks.
At Dominican Joe in Austin on Saturday March 20 we’ll be hugging it out with new and old frnds from all over the country, and we really hope that you’ll be there with us to rawk out. Here’s a peek!
Our pals in The Morning Benders video recorded the inspiring and gorgeous recording process of “Excuses”, the opener to their forthcoming Chris Taylor (GrizBear) produced Big Echo. The tune features backup from Christopher Owens of Girls, John Vanderslice, and way more folks who we really shouldn’t recognize right off the bat. You can also catch our dawg4lyfe Timothy Rabbit on bass! I mean, he does play bass in the band…but it’s still really exciting to see him!
Speaking of Timothy Rabbit, he has tossed a lot of his tunes online for us to download freely! It’s Always Snowing…In Iceland is right here – aw, good memories – and 14 Rabbit Songs is right here. Light some candles and get loose.
The new homie reppin’ Canada by way of the BayYayOkayRayJ area, GOBBLE GOBBLE, is sensational…wait no, fantasticalexpressionalmuthafuckingsupreme! Seriously though, Cecil is not to be slept on unless it’s on his dick in which case sleeping would be impossible because this dude is probably dancing all day errday to the magic inside of his mind. I think I’m in tunedom love with the sound a turkey makes. Come dance party with us, Saraswathi is on her way.
Blissed Out, or Blissed Off as Alex’s mom likes to say, form rough and shakeable textures out of the sexiest and cultured dripping moments of the instants we can never catch on to. Saying ‘fuck you’ to the modern cool and developing graphs upon landscapes of awesome, each sound develops as it pleases with no more intention than your fingers realize when flipping your hair. Blissed Out just dropped a four song vinyl ep recorded at the Silent Barn that you can cop for $10, and I’ve gotta give props to it…some way interesting ideas are developed here and I’m stoked to watch them fill their imagination in a live setting. Blissed Out are currently recording here and there at 13 Thames and the Market Hotel, and for more specific and super rad information on Secrets I’d hit up a post that IMPOSE recently did. For info on how to obtain some physical Bliss, hit up BlissSpace or look in the phonebook under happy endings…not the bar.
Blissed Out reside in Brooklyn, but on February 12 will be hitting up Jersey with a ton of FMLY FRNDS to play a free basement show. Familiar names you may recognize on the fest lineup are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Wisdom Tooth, Haunted Houses, Cough Cool and names you should soon find familiar are Ultra Dome, Alien Father, The Timid Roosevelts, and Good Time Island.
Thank You Come Again
Lady Bird Lake Trail
March 20, 3PM
w/ dead gaze, easyboy, mistlefinger, big whup + pizza!, white fang, jonesin', tempo no tempo, dream panther
FMLY Group Hug
Dominican Joe, 515 South Congress
March 20, 8pm
w/ MillionYoung, Truman Peyote, Michael Parallax, Wampire, Idiot Glee, I Am The Dot, Magic Man, Philip Seymour Hoffman fbook event
Los Angeles
Kria Brekkan & Drawlings
McWorld
March 24th fbook event
Evan Voytas, WAMPIRE, Battlehooch, Pizza! + Afterparty for Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) and The Hood Internet
McWorld
March 25th Fbook event
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Dinowalrus, Tempo No Tempo
May 1
Santa Cruz
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Pacific and Water
Boston
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
PPALMM's Chinatown Loft
April 16
New York
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
April 18
Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) & Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Knitting Factory
April 24 fbook event
IcyDemons, Truman Peyote, Trouble Books
Glasslands
May 2
San Francisco
Thank you Come Again
The Neighbors, Wes Leslie, Shaw, Maus Haus, Mistlefinger, Goliath the Giver
March 21st
Dolores Park f book event
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.
