If there’s anyone who deserves a great big hug this summer it’s Will Wiesenfeld for the pursuit of [Post-foetus] and developing a sound which encompasses the senses of himself and closest friends. The [Post-foetus] live band including Luke Silas (Anamanaguchi, The Histories, Dracula Mountain, Nephews, etc), Mario Luna (Meals for Children, Nephews, Kingsley, Milk), Georgia Lill, Jane Kilcullen, and John Wiesenfeld opened for Fol Chen at the Echo on June 4 and luckily some very rad videos have surfaced of our personal favorite tune “Weak Will” (above) and the ever-dope “Soundlight” (below). These videos are not to be observed sitting down. Dim the lights, raise the volume, full screen, press play and inhale the essence. More Po-fo videos after the jump including a stunning perspective of “Soonest Moons.” [Post-foetus] will play FMLY’s Beach Dazed on July 28, yesterday we announced that Voxtrot will as well. More updates to come.
As an alumni of Santa Monica High School, Timothy Rabbit is not only a pride of West LA, but a dear friend of the FMLY. Having played many of our first events back in the day, it’s been exciting to watch Tim transition from Los Angeles, to the Bay, to becoming comfortable with his sound and now playing bass as a part of The Morning Benders.
Tim records bedroom pop tunes concerning sweet feelings for friends, lovers and memories. If you’re the romantic or nostalgic type then try not to look Tim in the eyes when he plays, you may fall in love. Highly recommended for fans of Matty Pop Chart or The Histories.
‘were heer‘ is an evening music event TONIGHT hosted by FMLY reader and show-goer Dylan Rees from Venice High School and that’s where I will be tonight. What interests me about these West LA house shows is the tendency to follow festival-like procedures. I remember in my freshman and sophomore years of High School house shows were free come in and out as you please events that held ground as more of a friendly get together than an evening musical retreat. From what I’ve noticed the past few years, many of these house shows involve the same folks, but an admission fee has been established as well as a strict schedule, a flyer, a street team and a fundamental line-up which varies from week to week. This evolution is fascinating and in short I’d love it if everyone just had house shows with my favorite bands all of the time and eventually we all just opened up an orgy of a venue – Oakgrove/FMLY/Veritas/Sprawl/Family/etc, lets work in that direction instead of being so separate!
Back to tonight, here is the info:
Dylan Rees’ home can be found at 3483 Barry Ave., 90066 in Los Angeles…Mar Vista to be exact. It’s $5 to get in, but alcohol and drugs are not allowed – this is to ensure that the show doesn’t get shut down by the cops so if you’ve gotta drink, smoke, snort or shoot up then keep it in the car. Actually, don’t. FMLY does not condone in car drug use or drug use for that matter; if it ain’t medicinal then it ain’t for us. Rees has also requested that no one fuck with his fireplace. Here’s the lineup and schedule for the night:
I’ve been physically absent from the LA scene for a couple of years now, but I can place a FMLY guarantee that Geotic, The Histories and Nephews are well worth driving in from Silverlake or Echo Park to see. Nat Love (aka Deadwood Dick) posted their first song on MySpace this week, check it out – featuring Luke Silas (Nephews, Anamanaguchi, Histories, etc) on drums it sounds just like Nephews minus an intense Will Wiesenfeld driven bass part. See ya’ll there.
This line-up really couldn’t speak to us more. I believe this will be Mario Luna’s (Meals for Children, The Histories, Nephews, etc) first show as Kingsley and I’m not sure what Family of Ghosts is, but my best guess is something to do with The Histories. Make sure not to miss this and check out the artists below.
Speaking of The Histories, Reid and Maxwell have thrown up a new song, “Like Lions,” on the Reid and Maxwell MySpace. Both approach vocals differently in this tune; Reid’s falsettos are stronger than ever and Maxwell’s voice…well I can’t even describe the transformation it’s taking. As with the the rest of their work, check it out.
Don’t forget that [Post-foetus] is playing the FMLY House Show tomorrow in Echo Park. More info to the right of this page.
Recently blogged about Philip Seymour Hoffman has dropped a live open practice. “For an entire week we jammed in my apartment using a Hello Kitty toaster, pots&pans, fender telecaster w/ the pod xt, acoustic guitar, midiman oxygen8 keyboard and an m-audio trigger finger…of course with recreational drugs and whatever could spontaneously be used as an instrument. I pressed record on my mac and here are the raw sounds which we made. Over the past few days I have done minor editing which includes looping the guitar, adding a couple of affected vocal tracks and distorting the electric guitar into a continuous running sound.”
Finally, I’ll be landing in Los Angeles this week and I’m staying until the 20th, so if anyone wants to talk new Animal Collective or just chill then drop a comment or email.
The Histories are up for artist of the month in the Deli Magazine San Francisco and you can help them by voting for them here! It will only take a second and will help them out.
Also if you are in the bay tonight, you are in luck! Get your ass over to Mama Buzz to see an amazing show with The Histories and Railcars. If you’ve never seen the Histories live, you have no idea what you are missing.
A girl introduced me to Aria C Jalali a couple of years ago, they were friends and she liked my taste in music. In trade, I introduced her to Meals for Children. FMLY blog readers are already familiar with MfC, but how familiar are you with Mr. Jalali? Some time back Aria changed his self-titled project to the band-friendly name of Railcars.
Railcars will release a new EP “around august 1st” titled Cities vs Submarines. The album was recorded as well as produced by Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and will be released as a 500-run 7″ vinyl as well as digitally via Berkeley’s Gold Robot Records. The digital release will be $5 and tracklisting is as follows: Side A: 1. there is ice; it is blue 2. saints are waiting for me outside my door Side AA 3. concrete buildings 4. through the trees lay smokestacks 5. bohemia is without a sea
It’s a handsome fact that one of my favorite bands also happens to be a part of the FMLY. Go check out The Histories on Saturday night, I can’t think of a greater way to kick off the summer. Also, if you haven’t noticed the technical update on the blog then check it out! If I code correctly and stop using Mediafire then you can listen to music straight off of the blog before downloading – give it a go!
This Friday marks the first FMLY show with three bands that are very close to us Canon, The Histories and Meals for Children at the Troubadour. We are giving away a pair of tickets to who ever wants them. All you have to do is email me at cameronrath@gmail.com
Hey FMLY. I’m pretty astonished at the amount of people that have not been touched by the magic of Bon Iver which is why I’ve found this post pertinent to your indieducation. Although Bon Iver has not played a role in the construction of contemporary indie music he has given us a voice that very few other musicians today have granted. “Bohn-eevair,” French for “good winter,” writes completely honest and heartfelt lyrics that personally touch me in a way that recently I’ve only felt with Maxwell Strachan’s The Histories and Mario Luna’s Meals For Children – especially with the new song, Frozen Blood. So without going too deeply into story time, Justin Vernon, who is the primary force behind Bon Iver, spent some time in a remote cabin located within Northeastern Wisconsin with the intention of hibernating. Instead he came out three months later with one of the most genuine albums I feel that we’ll see in ‘08. He has just wrapped up his Winter tour with Elvis Perkins and has begun traveling again – I plan on seeing him on February 22 at the Bowery Ballroom playing with Black Mountain. Go pick up your copy of For Emma, Forever Ago out February 19 on Jagjaguwar.
Hey FMLY. I’m pretty astonished at the amount of people that have not been touched by the magic of Bon Iver which is why I’ve found this post pertinent to your indieducation. Although Bon Iver has not played a role in the construction of contemporary indie music he has given us a voice that very few other musicians today have granted. “Bohn-eevair,” French for “good winter,” writes completely honest and heartfelt lyrics that personally touch me in a way that recently I’ve only felt with Maxwell Strachan’s The Histories and Mario Luna’s Meals For Children – especially with the new song, Frozen Blood. So without going too deeply into story time, Justin Vernon, who is the primary force behind Bon Iver, spent some time in a remote cabin located within Northeastern Wisconsin with the intention of hibernating. Instead he came out three months later with one of the most genuine albums I feel that we’ll see in ‘08. He has just wrapped up his Winter tour with Elvis Perkins and has begun traveling again – I plan on seeing him on February 22 at the Bowery Ballroom playing with Black Mountain. Go pick up your copy of For Emma, Forever Ago out February 19 on Jagjaguwar.
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
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