VIDEO: APES OF WRATH "DEATH TRAIN"

It's no secret that Future Sounds loves the San Diego trio, APES OF WRATH. One of the first single releases on Future Sounds Records was the song that this video was created around, "Death Train". The band has since self-released their full-length s/t album that is nothing short of brilliant. The boys will be back in LA on May 22nd at Mr T's Bowl with JACK LADDER & HOTEL ST GEORGE.

TODAY IN LOS ANGELES: WAVED OUT @ THE ECHO

AQUARIUM DRUNKARD has put together a festival happening today @ The Echo & The Echoplex called WAVED OUT, which features tons of up-and-comers and some that have already come up. Headliners SURFER BLOOD are everyone's favorites, but BEST COAST, TURBO FRUITS and DIRT DRESS also step in. The nice part about this line-up are there are new bands NOT from LA also featured, like our friends APES OF WRATH and TAPE DECK MOUNTAIN. Even the ICE CREAM MAN is going to be there. All ages + 12 bucks. 14 after six pm! Starts at 3pm

THE RUMBLE @ SXSW - THURSDAY DAY PARTY @ SHANGRI-LA

Still waking up? Get that bloody mary and beat feet for Shangri-La out on 6th Street (out by FADER Fort) for a line-up of acts that all bring it live! Opening up with Chicago's APTEKA with snap anyone out of the hangover. SHILPA RAY & HER HAPPY HOOKERS do us the honor of bringing their cosmic magic to the party, and then it's TWIN TIGERS, the band that's been rolling through all the Rumbles in March. It just keeps building from there when THE ETTES, now a four-piece, showcase their latest record, and then a band that got everyone dancing at last night's show -APES OF WRATH. The last act is someone I've been stalking since Norway - THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT. You need to see this band while they are in the US.

Party is free > RSVP here > http://www.futuresounds.com/sxswrumble/

Shangri-La is at 1016 East 6th Street

WEDNESDAY NIGHT @ SXSW - THE RUMBLE @ SHANGRI LA IS ON

OK, so the SUPER RUMBLE was canceled for Wednesday night but the RUMBLE @ SXSW lives on that evening with a collection of bands that are just in Austin to party, or play parties that is. Shangri-La is easy to find, it's across the street from the FADER Fort and the Don't Mess With Texas parties.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 17 THE RUMBLE @ SHANGRI LA
John Isaac Waters 7:30-8:00pm
Geographer 8:15-8:45pm
Apes Of Wrath 9:15-9:45pm
Man/Miracle 10:15-10:45pm
The Dance Party 11:15-11:45pm

RSVP HERE
http://www.futuresounds.com/sxswrumble/

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: FUTURE SOUNDS PRESENTS TWIN TIGERS @ THE ECHO

FUTURE SOUNDS PRESENTS TWIN TIGERS + USELESS KEYS & FRIENDS @ The Echo tonight - $5 - Doors are at 8:30pm

This evening we've gathered together a posse to support our touring heroes, TWIN TIGERS, in from Athens, GA on their way to SXSW. The very active USELESS KEYS, fresh off their February residency jumped in and we are really looking forward to their set, as well as someone new to us - SKYBOMBERS. Closing out the evening is a FS favorite - APES OF WRATH - in town from San Diego and preparing for their road trip to SXSW as well.

9pm SKYBOMBERS
10pm USELESS KEYS
11pm TWIN TIGERS
12am APES OF WRATH

CAUGHT LIVE: APES OF WRATH @ CLUB MOSCOW

Garage-tinged power-pop trio APES OF WRATH made the jaunt up from their native San Diego for a set at the Hollywood’s Boardners for a Club Moscow performance this past Wednesday (The 13th) . Veterans of our Rumble tour, the band has re-ranked themselves as a trio, after the departure of a previous guitarist and competing well with the electro sets from the other room’s DJs, the band held their own as they rolled through their set of raucously-fun angular rock numbers that, after their take off, were near impossible not to get your foot tapping and head bobbing alongside. If you missed their set, not to worry- you can catch the trio in LA come February, before they head out to Austin for the SXSW festival. --Post by Matt Draper

TONIGHT @ CLUB MOSCOW - APES OF WRATH RETURN TO LA

San Diego's APES OF WRATH are making the trek up to Hollywood tonight to play CLUB MOSCOW, bringing with them an entire bag of new songs from their forthcoming album that is stacked with one amazing song after another. If you missed them on the Rumble Tour when they came through, don't get caught sleeping this time around. For a taste of the Wrath, check out "Deathtrain" here.

LISTEN TO FUTURE SOUNDS ON WOXY 11.16.09

Future Sounds on WOXY #46 11.16.09
Twin Tigers – Passive Idol – Gray Waves – Old Flame Records
Cave – Made In Malaysia – Psychic Psummer – Important Records
Apes Of Wrath – Deathtrain – Deathrain Single – Future Sounds Records
Cat Party – Tar & Feathers – Cat Party – Flat Back Records
Professor Calculus – Stab Alley – Booty Trap – FMLY Records

BREAK

The Molotovs – Far Cry From Love – And The Heads Did Roll – Fierce Panda
Them: Youth – Get Home Safely – Demos – Unsigned
The Crookes – By The Seine – A Collier’s Wife 7” – Too Pure
O Emperor – December – Hither Thither – Unsigned

BREAK

M FOR MONTREAL PREVIEW
Miracle Fortress – Have You Seen In Your Dreams – Five Roses – Secret City
The Luyas – Tiny Head – Spherical Mattress Single – Unsigned
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Frank, AB – Saddle Creek
Parlovr – Sleeping Horses – Parlovr – Unsigned
Malajube – Porte Disparu – Labyrinthes – Dare To Care Records

BREAK

Holiday Shores – Reruns – Columbus’d The Whim – TwoSyllable Records
MillionYoung – Youthless – Sunndreamm EP – Unsigned
The Drums – Me & The Moon – Summertime EP – TwentySeven Records
Body Language – Huffy Ten Speed – Body Language – Unsigned

BREAK

Deastro – Biophelia – Moondagger – Ghostly
Kids Of 88 – My House – My House Single – Dryden Street
Chasing Kings – This Town – The Current State Of Our Future – Unsigned
Lovvers – Creepy Crawl – OCD Go Go Girls – Wichita Recordings
East Hundred – Plus Minus – Passenger – Unsigned

BREAK

Emeen Zarookian – My Imagination – Demos – Unsigned
Big Troubles – Freudian Slips – Big Troubles – Unsigned
Alligators – Where Does It Hide? – Piggy & Cups - Applehouse Records
Fences – The Same Tattoos – Demos – Unsigned

BREAK

THE HOT 5
Apes Of Wrath – Spider Bite – Apes Of Wrath – Unsigned
Street Hero – Brooklyn Boys – Dim Ho EP – Unsigned
Peephole – Club Agoraphobia – Strawberry Told Me EP –Unsigned
Man/Miracle – Hot Sprawl – The Shape Of Things – Unsigned
Goldheart Assembly – So Long St Christopher – Single – Fierce Panda

END OF PROGRAM

TONIGHT @ THE ARUBA - THE RUMBLE: LAS VEGAS RETURNS

Making another run at Sin City - THE RUMBLE: LAS VEGAS let's it ride at The Thunderbird Lounge at The Aruba for another FREE night of music. This month's party features 3 bands and a special guest DJ all brought to you by Future Sounds, Neon Reverb, Indigenous and WOXY.

Closing out their 6 city Rumble tour is the incredible APES OF WRATH. Watching them again and again, and their mid-afternoon performance at The Casbah in SD yesterday, it's easy to understand that this band has a huge future in front of them. They played songs off their newly finished full-length, 10 tracks of JONATHAN RICHMOND & THE MODERN LOVERS meets THE MUSLIMS/SP goodness. Just watching their drummer is a show within the show.

Las Vegas comes correct, and represent with THE SKOONERS, and band with gorgeous melodies at times while at other moments run off the rails. We've really enjoyed all that we've heard from this four piece and live they actually make indie kids dance.

Opening up are MINOR SUNS, an unsigned band from Vegas that create some gorgeous sounding indie rock that would find a nice home on Thrill Jockey or Barsuk.

The special guest DJ this month is DJ MIKEATTACK!

The party is FREE - The Thunderbird Lounge is inside The Aruba at 1215 S. Las Vegas Blvd

SATURDAY MATINEE SHOW - THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO @ THE CASBAH

The early bird gets the worm, or in this case, the Ape, as THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO returns to the Casbah this Saturday for a FREE matinee show with APES OF WRATH, AWOLNATION and THE OLD IN OUT, brought to you by Future Sounds, Indigenous, WOXY, Spin Earth, M Theory Records, SDdialed In, CityBeat and Trumer Pils.

If the APES OF WRATH continue their Rumble devastation tour in the fashion they've been going over the last few nights, playing their home turf tomorrow is going to be a spectacle. The trio sounds tighter than ever after four nights on the road, and I just received a copy of their full length and it's incredible.

Coming up from LA is the force that is AWOLNATION. You may recall frontman, Aaron Bruno from UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GIANTS previously, this is his new project that is drawing big crowds in Los Angeles. High energy and with personality for a couple bands, not to be missed.

Opening up is the SD act, THE OLD IN OUT, and if you just go by the name, their going to bring the nasty. We had our local partners tell us how amazing they are live, so we've put together a line up of three acts that we know stand and deliver on stage.

Coming strong as guest DJ's this month are the dynamic duo of DJ RED OCTOBER and DJ C. WIZARD.

This is a FREE show and there will be beer specials provided by TRUMER PILS all afternoon long.

THE PARTY LASTS FROM 3PM-6PM
Come out early and start your Saturday night off right

HOME COOKIN' - THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES TONIGHT @ 3 CLUBS

Properly prepare yourself for THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES @ 3 Clubs this Thursday night, as it will be shoulder to shoulder in the back room for another amazing night of FREE music brought to you by Future Sounds, BMI, RM64, WOXY, Spin Earth, Stranded In Stereo and The Owl Magazine.

Headlining this week's party is the band formerly known as THE LIBRARY, now called PRAYER come in to top off the evening. Prayer recently turned out the Big Apple at CMJ and have just finished up five new songs with Alexi Aldi (PASSION PIT).

A late addition to the party, but a welcome one, are PARADE OF LIGHTS. This band is being discussed by a&r weasels everywhere and their live performances are gaining local groundswell.

First up will be a band YOU CAN'T MISS - San Diego's APES OF WRATH! Future Sounds Records dropped their next single, "Deathtrain" yesterday on you on iTunes, but you need to see this trio live and you'll be on board like we were. They've done all the Rumble dates this month, performing in Seattle, Portland and last night in San Francisco this week.

Our resident DJ's, S.i.S. will be turning heads and shakin' asses on the turntables in between the bands.

The party is FREE - 3 Clubs is located at 1123 Vine Street (cross S. Monica)

TONIGHT IT'S THE RUMBLE: SAN FRANCISCO @ HARLOT

THE RUMBLE: SAN FRANCISCO @ Harlot strikes again TONIGHT with another night of FREE music and dancing brought to you by Future Sounds, The Owl Mag, Stranded In Stereo, Bagel Radio & Harlot.

Headlining will be the Bay area's PLEASE DO NOT FIGHT, a band that has just dropped a new album, "Move", and are doing extensive touring on the West Coast in support of the new sounds. Check out "Up Up Up" and then come out and catch it live.

Our new favorites from San Diego, APES OF WRATH, the band who's single we released today on iTunes, are the openers tonight and are not to be missed.

The special guest DJ for the evening are the band members in THE FRAIL, friends of ours that have graced The Rumble on a number of occasions, and filling in for Bagel Ted this month is DJ EDDY BAUER.

The party is FREE if you RSVP early at
http://sonicliving.com/therumble24
It's $5 if you don't

FUTURE SOUNDS RECORDS RELEASES APES OF WRATH "DEATHTRAIN" TODAY

FUTURE SOUNDS RECORDS is thrilled to announce our first ever digital single release from the San Diego act, APES OF WRATH. Today we have released a newly finished version of the single, "Deathtrain" on iTunes.

LISTEN TO "DEATHTRAIN" HERE

VISIT ITUNES TO PURCHASE THE SINGLE HERE

We first we're tipped off on the Apes by our partners in THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO, and after seeing them destroy their set at The Casbah at our party, we had to get involved in spreading the word about this band.

The trio are currently playing all west coast dates of THE RUMBLE from Seattle to Las Vegas.

Catch Apes of Wrath at The Rumble in the following cities:
Wednesday, 11/4 in San Francisco @ Harlot
Thursday, 11/5 in Los Angeles @ 3 of Clubs in Hollywood
Saturday, 11/7 in San Diego @ The Casbah - Matinee Show 3-6pm
Sunday 11/8 in Los Vegas @ The Aruba

THE RUMBLE: PORTLAND TONIGHT @ HOLOCENE

THE RUMBLE: PORTLAND touches down TONIGHT at Holocene for another night of FREE music brought to you by your friends at Future Sounds, Pampelmoose, Cravedog, Music Millennium, WOXY and XO Publicity.

Headlining the party is RAVISHERS (Formerly the Rock Savants) a band that only started up in February, but have quickly pushed to the front of the line and are known for their blistering live show. Listen to "Keep You Around".

Bringing the freak to the party will be SERIOUS BUSINESS. Think GRAVVY TRAIN or PEACHES with a twist of CSS and you're getting close to Serious Business. Lots of songs about underwear and scandalous nights add up to their brand of business.

Opening up are APES OF WRATH, the band from San Diego we are so excited about that we're sending them through the entire Rumble Tour in November of the west coast dates and are releasing their new single, "Deathtrain" on Itunes tomorrow on Future Sounds Records.

Special guest DJ JARED WHITE will be keeping things moving between bands all evening.

Did we mention it's a FREE party?

LISTEN TO FUTURE SOUNDS ON WOXY 11.02.09

Future Sounds #44 – 11/02/2009

MillionYoung – Hammock – Sunndreamm EP – Unsigned
Body Language – Huffy Ten Speed – Body Language – Unsigned
Electric Wire Hustle – They Don’t Want – Electric Wire Hustle – Unsigned
True Widow – Duelist – True Window – End.Sounds
Woven Bones – If You’re Gold, I’m Gone – Minus Touch – Unsigned

BREAK

Cashier No. 9 – 42 West Avenue – Demos – Unsigned
The Crookes – Chorus Of Fools – Demos - Unsigned
The Molotovs – One Up On Me – And the Heads Did Roll – Fierce Panda
Tigers That Talked – 23 Fears – The Merchant – Unsigned
Chapel Club – Surfacing – Chapel Club – Unsigned

BREAK

Goldheart Assembly – Hope Hung High – Demos – Fierce Panda
Treetop Flyers – Mountain Song – EP – Unsigned
Leader Cheetah – Straight To The Bone – The Sunspot Letters – Spunk! Records
Brazos – Day Glow – Bed OF Roses – Unsigned
O Emperor – Po – Hither Thither – Unsigned

BREAK

Hotels – Kite Fight – Where Hearts Go Broke – Hidden Shoals Recordings
Cat Party – Rhapsody In Black – Bionic Ear Sessions – Unsigned
AWOLNation – Guilty Filthy Souls – Demos – Unsigned
Mack Winston & The Reflections – Mean To Be Cold – Night & Day – Candor Music
Street Hero – Brooklyn Boys – Dim Ho EP – Unsigned

BREAK

Emeen Zarookian – Flytrap – Demos – Unsigned
Whale Tooth – Hibernation Song – Whale Tooth EP – Unsigned
Mariah McManus – Standing At The Scene – EP – Unsigned

BREAK

SPECIAL FUTURE SOUNDS RECORDS SINGLE RELEASE
Apes Of Wrath – Deathtrain – Deathtrain Single – Future Sounds Records

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THE HOT 5
Prayer – Bobby – New Demos – Feudal Records
Chasing Kings – This Town – The Current State Of Our Future – Unsigned
Holiday Shores – Reruns – Columbus’d The Whim – Twosyllable Records
Them: Youth – Stardust – Demos – Unsigned
Twin Tigers – Passive Idol – Gray Waves – Old Flame Records

END OF PROGRAM

* Bold denotes FS radio show debut artist

THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE TONIGHT @ THE CROCODILE

THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE is back TONIGHT @ The Crocodile for another FREE night of music by bands on the rise, brought to you by a collective of partners that prove indie rock can support indie rock > Future Sounds, WOXY, The Stranger, Line Out, Easy Street Records, Spin Magazine & Spin Earth and The Wig.

Headlining the evening is the Seattle based act, HOTELS, a band we've been smitten by since the moment we first heard "Kite Fight". To learn more about the band, check out the interview we did with the band on Future Sounds - HERE.

Supporting will be ALLIGATORS, a band with dreamy voices and power pop/TEENAGE FANCLUB/THE HOLLIES bouncy hooks. Listen to "Where Does It Hide" and maybe this will hold you over until the next POSIES record.

Opening up the evening is a band not to be missed from San Diego, California, and the band playing ALL of the West Coast Rumble parties in November - APES OF WRATH. Sound-wise think THE EMBARRASSMENT meets DEVO, absolutely insane live and could be the NO AGE of 2010. Future Sounds Records is thrilled to be releasing their next single, "Deathtrain" in November digitally.

GUEST DJ Carly from U.S.E (United State Of Electronica) will handle the musical duties in between sets.

The party is FREE & The Crocodile is located at 2200 2nd Avenue.

APES OF WRATH PLAYING ALL WEST COAST RUMBLES IN NOVEMBER - RELEASE SINGLE ON FUTURE SOUNDS RECORDS

Next week Future Sounds gets behind six more RUMBLE parties, starting in Seattle on Monday night at The Crocodile, and ending in Las Vegas at The Aruba on Sunday night and we're honored to get behind a young band from San Diego that we think has huge potential and amazing songs > APES OF WRATH.

Future Sounds Records will be dropping it's first digital single release around the track, "Deathtrain", which just landed in our greedy little hands today and sounds perfect! The Rumble line-ups in each market are now confirmed:

NOVEMBER RUMBLES*
2 SEA @ The Crocodile - Hotels, Alligators, Apes Of Wrath w/DJ Carly of U.S.E
3 PDX @ Holocene - The Ravishers, Apes Of Wrath, Serious Business w/DJ Jared White
4 SF @ Harlot - Apes Of Wrath, Please Do Not Fight w/guest DJ The Frail
5 LA @ 3 Clubs - AWOLNation, Parade of Lights, Apes Of Wrath
7 SD @ The Casbah - Apes Of Wrath, AWOLNation, The Old & Out w/DJ's Red October & C. Wizard
8 LV @ The Aruba - Apes Of Wrath, The Skooners, Minor Suns w/DJ MikeAttack
* The Rumble: Brooklyn @ Southpaw is TBD

HIGHLIGHT ON A SCENE: SAN DIEGO

One of the best things to come out of the expansion of the monthly RUMBLE parties is the discovery of each city’s rising talents. Of all the towns we’ve set up shop in, which has just hit seven a month, the one I had regarded as the least promising in terms of talented acts, has jumped to the front surprisingly. Right now, the hottest music city NOT called Brooklyn is San Diego, California.

Ok, let’s get the obvious bands that have grabbed some recent attention out of the way – WAVVES and CROCODILES. We’ve also all know of the promise of DELTA SPIRIT, or the history of PINBACK, or scene kings, DIRTY SWEET. THE MUSLIMS….errr, THE SOFT PACK were from San Diego until recently moving up to Los Angeles. SWAMI RECORDS used to also be the indie label from SD that made waves. That’s a great starting point, but the hottest music city you ask?? Let’s start to break it down….

APES OF WRATH - Photo by Natalie Kardos

When we opened the doors in JULY of The Rumble: San Diego at The Casbah, our local partners helped us pick the line-up with one band we already knew and loved, LIGHTS ON, and another they promised would blow us away. More than living up to the hype was the incredible APES OF WRATH, a band that mixes THE EMBARASSMENT, THE FEELIES and DEVO but does it seamlessly enough to feel at home next to NO AGE, or HEALTH. The band is currently in the studio crafting a full-length that I’m stalking them for already. Let’s face it; with a band name this good, you’re already halfway there. “Wide Awake” could be a track straight out of ‘Our Band Could Be Your Life”, where you feel the DIY, sleep in my van, play the pizza joint in Bakersfield, California kind of street cred that’s earned and not found on some little hot shit’s blog. It’s “Death Train” where we witnessed the band own the crowd at The Casbah that evening and pulled the hook tight in our jaw.

LIGHTS ON have been sharpening their craft, making regular trips to New York, and are also writing new material that we got a glimpse of at the party that is set to be called, “Here Comes The Ocean”. What at first I thought was a ‘80’s referencing band, turned more into a TALKING HEADS type of creativity. Check out “Ordinary Life”, where they mesh LOU REED with DONALD FAGEN coming out sounding like our generation’s “I.G.Y.”. The lyrics hit you on the bridge of the nose with frankness and honesty, like “I’m not cool anymore man, I don’t even try, so you can take my place in the neon lights, give it a try. Me I’m just staring down the barrel of an ordinary life”. “Listen To The Radio” sounds like a NEW ORDER track that didn’t make the “Pretty In Pink” Soundtrack. “Wild At Heart” was the song that hooked me originally, still a special track that somehow makes me think of PSUEDO ECHO or ALPHAVILLE. “John and Anne” was “Young Folks” before “Young Folks” was conceived; timing is everything.

We had the chance to have a number of beers with the band on the scene that will probably jump out next, TAPE DECK MOUNTAIN. Now that Pitchfork is onto them, San Diego’s secret is out. Slacker indie rock at its finest here, and “A Cool Thing” on first listen slides in without fanfare but then collects in your consciousness and demands repeat plays. Their EP, “Sparks” is a soft toke off the hookah, mixing N. LANNON with Merge Records nicely.

Missing ‘90’s alternative a la DINOSAUR JR. or SEBADOH? San Diego has you covered with the fresh-faced LANTERNS and their pounding and illuminating sounds. I haven’t seen them live yet, but this is your ‘kill them on stage’ band that leaves the venue with a stack of converts in every town.

Another band that seems to be on everyone’s first mention list when talking with San Diego tastemakers is WRITER. This band should be the next band that BARSUK RECORDS signs, so we need to get them up to Seattle soon. “Start A War” is a good starting point for reference sake, you’ll take the bait then you’ll slip through the whole “Blood Drops” release.

Our most recent Rumble:SD brought us RAFTER, they represent the kind of quirky indie rock that if someone told you it was from Montreal, you’d assume it was the latest ARTS & CRAFTS release. Rafter bubbles and sweats and dabbles in sex and death.

The most recent winner of the ‘best rock band’ category at the San Diego Music Awards is TRANSFER, a band that also runs the OBSCURE MAGPIE record label. “Like It Used To Be” is part MUSE, part RADIOHEAD and U2.

Now I’m just teasing you, because I haven’t even brought up Sub Pop’s next blog phenom, DUM DUM GIRLS. This band represents the SD scene all in one, with Dee Dee of GRAND OLE PARTY, you remember her, the drummer/singer that runs circles around PHIL COLLINS in the stu-stu-studio. Her band has members of Crystal Stilts, Blank Dogs and Crocodiles, so dem are some heavyweight friends. Now I’m told they’ve moved to LA as well.

Ok, so you’re the arty type, you need something that all the kids in your dorm room at Brown are going to champion, then we give you BEATERS, who’d be right at home at RISD. These guys have listened to WIRE, they know SUICIDE, and they’ve memorized the catalog of CABARET VOLTAIRE. Check out “Fishage”.

Still reading? Remember LOUIS XIV? Remember “Finding Out True Love Is Blind“ - it was a bonafide hit, the best pop song T. REX ever put together without knowing it. Brian Karscig from Louis XIV has a new band known as THE NERVOUS WRECKORDS that grows the influences to DYLAN (“When The Beat Comes Down Like A Storm”) to THE J. GIELS BAND (“Doin’ It To Do It”) to TERRENCE TRENT D’RBY (“Burnfire”). They’re out on the road with The Killers, This one is off to the races.

Need the lo-fi, dreamy band to fill out your scene? San Diego has their BEACH HOUSE, their GRIZZLY BEAR, they are called FANTASTIC MAGIC. I love the nearly 20 tracks I have on my hard drive from FM, but some of them are downright creepy and haunting and laced with something I think I bought once in an Amsterdam “coffee” shop. Check out “Flowerbeds” some day when it’s raining and your nursing a hangover and the cold bathroom floor is the closest thing to the womb you’ve felt in ages.

Now here’s a band that doesn’t fit a genre at the moment, but sound like you found them off some cool, blacksploitation vinyl LP you purchased online at Dusty Groove Records – IRRADIO. I’d love to see them live to answer my host of questions, but in some ways, I like the picture I have of them in my mind like it is and I hope I’m not disappointed. I image a large band, like those great funk-jazz acts like CYMANDE or TOWER OF POWER or SANTANA before he sold his soul to a cappuccino. Fusing genres as easily as they do drums and horns, this one could be interesting.

Another band I’m keeping my eye on closely is QU’EST-CE QUE C’EST. This band has a John Hughes soundtrack up their sleeves, making “I’ll stop the world and melt with you” sounding tracks with ease (“The Get Away!”). I’ve traded some calls and some emails and now I’m eagerly awaiting their next output, which they claim forges forward in their abilities to right an amazing hook. Can’t wait on this one.

San Diego, what happened? Sleeper surf town, with the ‘I’ll do it tomorrow man” attitude just woke up and served us all a heavy dose of indie rock acts that cover the full spectrum of the rainbow. The list continues to build as I discover new bands daily like SHARK ATTACK, HOTEL ST GEORGE, SWIM PARTY, BLACK MAMBA, and THE DROWNING MEN.

THIS WEEKEND - THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO LAUNCHES

If you are going to be in San Diego this weekend for THE NORTH PARK MUSIC THING, then you'll end up at the launch of our RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO party that will be the closing night finale show at The Casbah on Sunday. The 2nd year music festival has a lot of panels and activities and showcases happening around North Park, check out more info HERE.

Future Sounds is teaming with the local SD mafia, SEZIO, M-THEORY RECORDS, INDIGENOUS, THE CASBAH and our buddies at WOXY.COM to produce an evening full of art installations by the Sezio art collective, and live music performances by THE GROWLERS (Long Beach), APES OF WRATH (SD) and LIGHTS ON (SD). The guest DJ for the night is GABE VEGA, so you know he'll keep you moving.

It's 21+ and it's FREE - Doors are at 8PM

JUST ANNOUNCED - THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO LAUNCHES AUGUST 9TH

Now we've done it, we've slipped down to San Diego and will be opening up THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO on August 9th at THE CASBAH, and it's going to be the grand finale of the NORTH PARK MUSIC THING conference. Our first one is going to be FREE and the entertainment features some of the hottest bands in Southern California.

Coming down from Long Beach, it's THE GROWLERS. They launch their monthly residency in August at The Echo in LA, but are jumping down to help us kick off the new monthly the right way, with a band we've been obsessed with for ages. This band has a touch of magic to them, and getting them this close to the border of Mexico should bring out the best/worst in them.

Representing San Diego are two of their finest up and coming bands - APES OF WRATH and LIGHTS ON. If you have listened to our FS radio show in the last few months, you've heard us spin both of these quite a bit, so when we got our pick of the litter for SD, we knew immediately who we wanted to hit up.

The guest DJ for the night is a guy that needs to introduction in SD, GABE VEGA.

THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO will start running every month and fall on the first Saturday normally as a matinee show at The Casbah. We've teamed up with some amazing partners from San Diego like SEZIO, M-THEORY RECORDS and INDIGENOUS to bring you the best of not only San Diego, but adding another stop on the soon to be monthly Rumble tours that start in Seattle.

THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO @ THE CASBAH
AUGUST 9th
8:30 PM
FREE