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weed + hippies + diamond

Cameron — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:04:05 +0000

Few things make me happier than mass hippies chilling in parks. Weed Diamond’s new video is just that. All the clips come from a brief documentary called Hippies in het Vondelpark, 1973 and were made by our blitzed out friend, GOTC.

tune of the night

Noah — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:14:34 +0000

I’m heading off on tour for the next two weeks following Philip Seymour Hoffman, but when I come back there are going to be so many good words to say about Weed Diamond at SXSW or Oh Fortuna at Total Bummer and maybe how Truman Peyote and I ran into like…Toro Y Moi at the hot sauce shop down the street from Emo’s or something. Really stoked! I wish everyone a fantastic spring break and happy travels, meet new friends, and hang out with old ones. Tell someone how much you love them, and give hugs, hi5s, and bro chest bumps. See you in two weeks!

Peter & The Wolf – Safe Travels

fmly filled weekend

Cameron — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:57:15 +0000

Saturday start your day right. Grab some instruments, frisbee, ice block, dog, lover and head down to Mary Hotchkiss Park in Santa Monica for a day for chillin, cool peeps, new friends and great music. It’s time for the return of Thank you, Come Again in LA.

The purpose of this event is to strip a concert experience to its birthday suit. We have a performer in their most vulnerable state, an audience, and communal activities for all! Nothing will be handled but good vibes. Remember that when you come to a fmly event, you represent fmly. To those of you who do show up with substances please keep them to yourself, away from the group, and don’t be the one that ruins the day for everyone.

The music:
: Romulus
:: Gabriella Maia
::: Stellaluna
:::: Little Smoke
::::: Good News Reporting
:::::: Presstones
::::::: Tarsisyphus
:::::::: Mojo Stone

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Then after that, it’s time to head over to the FMLY RIDE to bring it through the night with some amazing music. This is a slow ride so if you are new, don”t be afraid, we play nice and welcome everyone. We got postponed last weekend from the rain but weather is looking great so we are back with vengeance bringing the addition of The Entrance Band with us. Also joining us is Rumspringa, Insects vs. Robots, Kid Infinity, 60 Watt Kid and a ton of others.
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See you guys then!

fmly adores dolores

Saraswathi — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:52:35 +0000

It’s almost time to put on your frolicking boots and bust out your frisbees for our first-ever Bay Area Thank You, Come Again! We’ve got a sweet line-up for a beautiful day of jamming, hanging, playing, grubbing, and generally just living it up-ping. Many of these bands will be playing music specifically crafted for this semi-acoustic occasion, and it’ll be neat to see what creative things they come up with.

This is a FREE DAY SHOW in a public environment. Come on time because it gets chilly late in the day!
There will be group jamming throughout the day. Bring your instruments and/ or whatever you have lying around your house. Washboards and tambourines encouraged.

The music so far:

\\The Neighbors
///Wes Leslie
\\\\Shaw
/////Maus Haus
\\\\\\Mistlefinger
///////Braaad P
\\\\\\\\Goliath the Giver (website in the works)

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total wipeout!

Noah — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:08:46 +0000

Gainesville’s Total Bummer Fest is in two weeks with oh so many of our favorite bands including Teeth Mountain, Adventure, Truman Peyote, Vacation Dad, Phillip Oskar Augustine, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Reo, Levek, Many Mansions, Blissed Out, Prince Rama, Michael Parallax, and the list goes on and on. The Spirit Cat bros just made a comp that you can download below, and don’t forget to preorder your tickets right here!

FMLY’s Philip Seymour Hoffman and Truman Peyote play at Spin Cycle on Sunday the 20th with Rabbit Punch, Attached Hands, TV CARNAGE, and Panther God. And for residents of Lexington (Kentucky), make sure to hit up Al’s Bar this Sunday (3/14) to peep Idiot Glee, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Trailblazer, and Henry Crawford before they hit up SXSW.

DOWNLOAD THE 2010 TOTAL BUMMER COMP!

Our BFFz in Total Slacker play the Cake Shop tomorrow to raise funds for the trek down to southby, so if you’re in New Yawk then make your way over to catch ‘em with Big Troubles, Darlings, Sundelles, and more! I slept on a couch recently in the home of a Big Troubles member, so go thank him for me. More info here.

put your pronouns away

Noah — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:06:48 +0000

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.

VerBS – Stop Actin Like A Douche
VerBS – Comfortable (Pizza! Remix)
rltd
PROFESSOR CALCULUS – PANCAKES FT. VERBS (ACE OF BASE COVER)
Pizza! – Bird Dreams

tune of the night

Noah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:41 +0000

I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
-Niccolo Machiavelli

Pure Ecstasy – Voices

this ship can’t sink forever

Saraswathi — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:27:34 +0000

Too much of the animal disfigures the civilized human being, too much culture makes a sick animal. - Carl Jung

We’re on a sinking ship and Shaw is somewhere underneath, trying to patch up the cracks – a merman swimming through a sea of heavy reverb, drum machine claps, and harmonic animal noises. Pretending We’re Not Animals - soon to be the first of two five-song EP’s – lyrically traverses the world through the eyes of various creatures, only to unearth a bit about our nature as beat-making beasts. Lyrics aside, this dude’s voice packs a sweet, edgy punch, and we can’t wait to hear what he and his gal have planned for our first-ever Bay Area Thank You, Come Again next weekend.

Check out his site, go to his space, or grab his album here.

Shaw – Pretending We’re Not Animals
Shaw – Lion In A Cage

never forget the times i’m with you

Noah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:32:11 +0000

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.

The Exes – First and Cherry (feat. Fitted)

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.

DJDT – How Low (Ludacris Remixx)

more to come…

bns
DJDT – A Gaye DJDT remix
DJDT – Willy Whompa (feat Adam Haber)

cop magnet is…maxwell velocity

Noah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:35:51 +0000

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.

Cop Magnet – totonono

tune of the night

Noah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:34 +0000

I was sentimental about many things: a woman’s shoes under the bed; one hairpin left behind on the dresser; the way they said, “I’m going to pee…”; hair ribbons; walking down the boulevard with them at 1:30 in the afternoon, just two people walking together; the long nights of drinking and smoking, talking; the arguments; thinking of suicide; eating together and feeling good; the jokes, the laughter out of nowhere; feeling miracles in the air; being in a parked car together; comparing past loves at 3am; being told you snore, hearing her snore; mothers, daughters, sons, cats, dogs; sometimes death and sometimes divorce, but always carrying on, seeing it through; reading a newspaper alone in a sandwich joint and feeling nausea because she’s now married to a dentist with an IQ of 95; racetracks, parks, park picnics; even jails; her dull friends; your dull friends; your drinking, her dancing; your flirting, her flirting; her pills, your fucking on the side, and her doing the same; sleeping together…

There were no judgments to be made, yet out of necessity one had to select. Beyond good and evil was all right in theory, but to go on living one had to select: some were kinder than others, some were simply more interested in you, and sometimes the outwardly beautiful and inwardly cold were necessary, just for bloody, shitty kicks, like a bloody, shitty movie. The kinder ones fucked better, really, and after you were around them a while they seemed beautiful because they were.
-Charles Bukowski

regal – family of bears
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if you’re looking for a sign, download the ep. “soft words” got these eyes of mine a little wet.

just for kicks

Saraswathi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:56:35 +0000

The fly honeys from the Splinters had their new album drop yesterday and we here at FMLY are puuuuumped. These new tunes still make you wanna boogie down, jump around, and chant along à la Splintered Bridges – but Kick has also got some songs up it’s sleeve that’ll give you a serious dose of gooseflesh. I’d recommend grabbing a convertible, some sunshine, and some sweet shades before putting this on your car stereo. I’d then recommend driving that convertible to Austin and singing along with them at our very own Thank You, Come Again.

In the meantime, director Natalie Tsui’s deadly adorable music video for “Mysterious” does a super job of curbing our Splinters cravings. It’s kinda like Hitchcock on speed, but waaaay cuter.

You can head to the splinterspace or go straight Double Negative records, just for Kicks! (Hah. Get it?)

The Splinters – Electricity
The Splinters – Worry