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
Following their Beko digital single release, Tan Dollar released a collection of beautiful jams in the vessel of Your Body As A Temple. Led by some Irvine locals, the record demonstrates the friendship, angst, and all out desire to fuck around and get out of the shell we were brought up into. As a generation we grew up, some unwillingly, into a world of midi, wireless, and disconnection. To be lonely is inherent in our culture. Kicking it back to chilling with some old keyboards, drums, and passing an L, Tan Dollar are some folks that are rad beyond their music and thread a web of familiarity and friendship in those who they meet. Next time you see a sweet show on the West coast just approach the band and tell ‘em you’re with Tan Dollar, they’ll treat you like fmly.
Tan Dollar – Tan Dollar
I really encourage you to cop Your Body As A Temple from Life’s Blood right here or from Tan Dollar right here. They’ll also have a cassette comin’ out on Mirror Universe Tapes in the near future. TD also came back from a West Coast tour recently and documented a tune from almost every band along the way, you can watch the entire collection via their blog.
Its been a minute since we checked in with our boy Active Child, but last time we saw him was when he was rocking his second show ever at day two of fmly fest…literally bringing tears to the embrace of cheeks. Since then Pat Grossi has dropped a cassette, Sun Rooms on Mirror Universe Tapes, a 7″ single on Transparent, received remix work from the minds of Summer Camp and Pina Chulada, and on top of all of that we nominated him as one of three of the best emerging acts in Los Angeles in the Deli’s artists of ‘09 poll. Can you guess who our other two nominations went to? If it’s not obvious enough…Professor Calculus and Evan Voytas, because that’s how we roll! Let’s dish out some of these tunes, and redirect you to where you can cop the physicals.
-Vote for anyone in the Deli’s Artists of ‘09 poll, but we recommend that you vote for a FMLY submission. Again, FMLY nominations were Active Child, Professor Calculus, and Evan Voytas. And voting is one-click, I didn’t realize that and accidentally voted for the wrong band…ha. Do that here.
-You can purchase Pat’s 6-track debut, Sun Rooms, over at Mirror Universe for $5. Just click here.
-You can figure out how to purchase the Transparent released 7″ with “Voice Of An Old Friend” and “She Was A Vision” right here (free downloads too), but it won’t be available in the US (courtesy of Leftist Nautical Antiques) until February.
and here are those remixes!
Active Child – She Was A Vision (Pina Chulada remix)
Active Child – Voice Of An Old Friend (Summer Camp Bedford Falls remix)
and i just came across this. sounds about right, but i can’t totally confirm anything…
NewIslands – Out of Time (Active Child remix)
Its rainy and cold here in Charleston and I’m sure in other parts of the U.S. its cold and possibly snowing, so do yourself a favor and give this song a listen. This warm, up beat jam, entitled “Call Off”, from Savannah, GA’s Hula Hoop will have you feeling like you’re lounging on a beach in Southern Florida in no time. Expect to hear this song and more from these guys soon on a release from Mirror Universe Tapes!
Hula Hoop – Call Off
Somewhere between chilling alone in his bedroom, excavating forgotten memories, and hypnotic deep sleeping, FMLY’s own Philip Seymour Hoffman has taken an adventure into a realm of experimental folky goodness. While listening to this New York based artist’s debut cassette release the lighthouse itself is the rocket (Breakfast of Champs 2009) it becomes unclear whether you are awake or asleep.
Side A begins with a terrifying lullaby, cooing the listener into a dream-like state whose nightmares are drenched in psychedelia, pot smoke, and pure love, while side B holds lazy beats and puffed out half grooves that make it impossible not to nod your head. Lyrically the album reads as half-baked poetry, and while sometimes he may sound like a motivational speaker, the clearer message is that this weirdo folkster is merely offering a shoulder to rest our heads on when times get tough. Without love from friends and family this record would not be possible, and don’t think PSH doesn’t know this. Signing off at the end of the record almost places him in your room with an acoustic guitar, a pitch shifter, and an old goosebumps mask, performing an intimate show just for you. From west to east and from all around the world, everyone is a part of THE FMLY and Philip Seymour Hoffman has opened his heart and soul to reveal just how haunting and beautiful this life can be.
What this PSH record lacks in dense layering and intricate melody is gained in intimacy and honesty, each song an impressionable vignette of post-teenage sentience. Starting today, you can pick up this 30-minute cassette release from Boston’s own Breakfast of Champs Records for just $4 plus shipping. Also, keep an eye out for the Mirror Universe Tapes compilation out December 5th, featuring a new original track by PSH, and music from Toro Y Moi, Easyboy, and a dozen other equally fantastic artists!
side a (track 2): philip seymour hoffman – a generation speaks (some translation required)
side b (track 7): philip seymour hoffman – spring break 2011
While anxiously waiting to hear Truman Peyote’s new cassette, Everything Oozes, it doesn’t hurt to get a glimpse of what the haps is via their forthcoming New Wife New Life / I’m Gonna Be Okay split 7″ with the homies Turtle Ambulance. Taking the illustrious role of a b-side, “Steelstack” stays way true to a TP live show presenting a rhythmelodic structure fronted by a glitched out fanaticism of a killer carousel custom built for the most psychotic of burnt out PCP smokers. Lay back and protect ya’ neck, this one is going to be anything but a strung out ride. Thanks to impose for the heads up.
Truman Peyote – Steelstack
Caleb and Eric (EASYBOY) have been working on these jams separate from each other by way of Toronto and Jamaica Plains (Massachusetts). This split 7″ will see release on Breakfast of Champs on December 15, Everything Oozes on Mirror Universe in either Nov/Dec, and in January TP are dropping more delicious sticky jams on a Peaced Together split 7″ with Many Mansions on Whitehaus Family Recs.
Turtle Ambulance – Bueno Pues
EASYBOY – Markers
And hey, as long as we’re already talking about our pals I’m just gonna drop this Railcars remix and once again thank Jeremy Krinsley over at Impose for pretty much being the man.
Railcars – Cathedral With No Eyes (Danny NO/FI Remix Part B)
Noah --
November 15, 2009 --
Because We Care, Interviews and fmly all-stars.
Tags: beach fossils, brooklyn music, fluffy lumbers, fmly rcrds, frat dad, mirror universe tapes, shea stadium, thrashin, total slacker, weed pop bliss.
According to Child Bite at Death By Audio this weekend, “Total Slacker are as cute as buttons,” blending together not only the most bud-heavy of beach-pop jams but the badass appeal of just being in a band and having the best time with each other. Whether they’re tearing apart the stage at Shea Stadium or hot-boxing their spray painted van, Emily, Tucker and Ross are just all-around awesome folk that want to show you how much fun it is to do what you love. After a night at the Cake Shop, we headed back to my apartment with some pals to take part in recreational activities as well as record Total Slacker’s first interview. Video accompaniment coming in the near future. Also of note and something I’ll elaborate more on later, FMLY RCRDS is hosting Total Slacker’s initial demos for free download while cassette duties will be handled by our homies over at Mirror Universe Tapes. More on that in the interview…
Total Slacker – These Condos Don’t Belong
FMLY: Hey slackers, so where are ya’ll from?
Total Slacker: [Emily:] Well, Ross and I are from Santa Fe and Tucker is from Salt Lake City. I came here a few years ago for school and then I stopped going to school…to play in Total Slacker! [Ross:] Aw, is that why? I thought you were just takin’ a break. [Emily:] Ha, yeah, an extended break. You know.
Continue reading ‘going full slacker’
So proud of Chaz (Toro y Moi), I’ve heard nothing but raves for his performances on this Islands tour! Going to go check him out tonight (haven’t seen him since August) and give him the Mirror Universe Tapes pound that I’m sure exists, right? If you haven’t been laying in dreams since Toro y Moi fell from heaven, here are a few tunes to rub those erogenous zones the right way. And speaking of Mirror Universe, they’re releasing a rad compilation on December 5 to raise money for an all ages venue in Charleston, South Carolina – but I’ll have more info on that in a couple of weeks. Expect to hear new tunes from FMLY favs EASYBOY, Tan Dollar and Philip Seymour Hoffman on the tape.
Toro y Moi – Blessa
Toro y Moi – 109
Washed Out – Feel It All Around (Toro y Moi remix)
