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group hugs this saturday


If you are in Austin hitting up the hot sauce store, drinking all that free beer and being bombarded with music from every direction, take a break on Saturday and head down to the river for Thank you, Come Again for some outlet free music with some new and old FRNDS.
: EASYBOY*
:: Big Whup
::: Pizza!
:::: Dead Gaze
::::: Jonesin’*
:::::: The Splinters
::::::: Moses Campbell

We will be hanging out from 3 till 7 and then all walking over to Dominican Joe’s across the river for a night of sweet, inspiring jams that will make you want to be making more music yourself.

: Truman Peyote
:: MillionYoung
::: Wampire
:::: Idiot Glee*
::::: Magic Man*
:::::: Michael Parallax
::::::: I Am The Dot*
:::::::: Philip Seymour Hoffman*

*only chance to catch ‘em at sxsw

Here is a map for both events.
Fbook event

Philip Seymour Hoffman – duckfangs tickle my ankles
Wampire – I Luv U
Idiot Glee – I Want The Night To Stay
Truman Peyote – Steelstack
Moses Campbell – And It’s Over
Big Whup – Cover My Eyes

just for kicks

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

would you rather . . .

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photo cred: liz wood

After an amazing show at Oakland’s Ghost Town Gallery I pow-wowed with some of my ladyfriends from the Bay Area sensation, The Splinters. Something about these girls makes you wanna sneak out at night, after mom and pop have gone beddy-bye, so you can get down and boogie in some of Oakland’s seediest secret lairs. Maybe it’s their sweet 60’s style riffs and grrrly apathetic-to-borderline-irate vocals. Maybe it’s cuz they’re such totally badass hotties. Either way, you’re in for a sweet time. Feel free to check out their myspace here and give the track below a listen. {Edit: tracksSs – the ladies sent me two hella siqq ones off of their 7″ released via Double Negative this past August! click,click }

The Splinters – Splintered Bridges

The Splinters – Sorry

A: Ashley Thomas AKA “Flapjacks” – rickenbacker, bass, vocals
CP: Caroline Partamian AKA “Spex” – guitar, bass, vocals
L: Lauren Stern AKA “Ketchup” – shaker, tambourine lady, vocals
CG: Courtney Gray AKA “JuJu” – drums, vocals 

[Note: It might be useful to imagine a laugh track here, as the continuous chortling has been edited out for the sake of fluidity.]

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