FUTURE SOUNDS ON WOXY PLAYLIST 10.19.09

Future Sounds #43 - October 19, 2009

Disappears – Hearing Things – Disappears – Unsigned
Cat Party – Jigsaw Thoughts – Jigsaw Thoughts 7” – Flat Back Records
Kids Of 88 – Sugar Pills – Demos – Unsigned
Cashier No.9 – 42 West Avenue – Demos – Unsigned


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HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES SET
Dark Room Notes – Let’s Light Fires – We Love You Dark Matter – Unsigned
The Brothers Movement – Standing Still – The Brothers Movement – Rocket Girl Records
Sweet Jane – Where’s Your Money? – Blackboots & Blackhearts – Dead Flower Records
Villagers – The Meaning of The Ritual – Demos – Domino Recordings

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FUTURE SOUNDS @ ITC MANCHESTER
NewIslands – Out Of Time – Single – Unsigned
Tigers That Talked – Black Heart Blue Eyes – The Merchant – Bad Sneaker Records
The Old Romantic Killer Band – The Resolve – The Swan With Two Necks – Unsigned
Minnaars – Essay Essay Essay – Minnaars EP – Unsigned
Treetop Flyers – Is It All Worth It? – EP – Domino Recordings

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FUTURE SOUNDS @ CMJ
Prayer – Shapes – Demos – Feudal Records
Class Actress – LMLMLUU2 – Demos – Unsigned
Casxio – Seventeen – Future Sounds 33 – Unsigned
Paul & The Patients – The Other Side – To The Lions – American Myth Recordings

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CMJ SKEWER PARTY @ PIANOS UPSTAIRS STAGE
Imaad Wasif – Priestess – The Voidist – TeePee Records
Evan Voytas – Give It Back – The New Dynamic Sound Of Evan Voytas – RCRDLBL.COM
Samuel Stewart – Rhiannon – 640 Sessions – Unsigned
The Wheel – Just For Me, But I Thought Of You – Desire and Dissolving Men – Public Service Records

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FUTURE SOUNDS @ CMJ
The Answering Machine – Emergency – Another City, Another Sorry – Heist Or Hit Records
The Postelles – 123 Stop – 123 Stop – Capitol Records
French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night – Up All Night – Once Upon A Time Records
Hurricane Bells – This Year – Tonight Is The Ghost – Unsigned

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FS WOXY LOUNGE ACTS SESSION WITH THE BLAKES
Music Together
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THE HOT 5
Twin Tigers – Passive Idol – Gray Waves – Old Flame Records
Chapel Club – Surfacing – Chapel Club – Unsigned
MillionYoung – Hammock – Sunndreamm EP – Unsigned
Whale Tooth – Clever – Whale Tooth EP – Unsigned
Them: Youth – Stardust – Demos – Unsigned

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*Bold denotes FS radio artist debut

LISTEN TO FUTURE SOUNDS ON WOXY.COM TODAY

Be sure to listen to today's FUTURE SOUNDS radio show on WOXY.COM as we will air the WOXY Lounge Acts Session we just did with Seattle's THE BLAKES, as they rip into three tracks off their new release, "Souvenir". Thanks to Andres at ART INSOUND STUDIOS for this session!

The show was recorded in front of a live studio audience (freaky) in Dublin, Ireland at the HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES FESTIVAL with help from Dublin's 2XM radio.

We'll feature sets from Hard Working Class Heroes, feature bands playing our IN THE CITY showcase in Manchester, as well as bands playing our three parties at CMJ this week.

All that, plus THE HOT 5.

NEW SOUNDS: O EMPEROR

O EMPEROR

MYSPACE
Hometown: Waterford, Cork, Ireland

Of all the bands I caught last night here in Dublin at the HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES Festival, the real standout was this band from Cork, O EMPEROR that played early on at Andrews Lane. Think FLEET FOXES/LOCAL NATIVES, with various vocalists and the vibe of THE BAND thrown in for good measure. It was warm and personal and genuine, but still has its best music ahead. Give this one some time and some sunlight and it's going to grow into something large. I'm trying to swindle a copy of their debut single, "Po" out of someone before I leave town. Unsigned.

HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES FEST RECAP

I'm still recovering from the Guinness and jetlag from last weekend's HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES FEST in Dublin, Ireland, but as promised, here's a short recap on the unsigned bands and young artists that were featured.

I finally got some hang time with a band I've blogged about previously, CLASS OF 1984. Team hairdo have returned from London, back home to Cork to lock themselves away in the chicken shack again to write more demos and focus on the song craft. Their set had people talking.

Saturday night brought a run of bands from PILOTLIGHT, THE KINETIKS, and A LAZARUS SOUL before finally seeing a band we featured on FS31, GRAND POCKET ORCHESTRA. Where the recordings were good-time indie rock, a la SPINTO BAND or MODEST MOUSE, the live show was more like THE MAE SHI or anything going on in the Baltimore scene these days. The PAVEMENT references are also very present, and this band could do very well in the US with the Fuck Yeah Fest crowd.

Next stop was Eamonn Dorans for Belfast's SPARKS FLY. I'm told this was their first show ever in Dublin but it made little difference to those in the building as they brought their HOLLIES meets THEM era-Van Mo. Singer Rory has an incredible voice, and even though they haven't written their hit yet, this band has raw talent in excess. The right producer working with the songwriting duo in the band could make sparks fly.

The panel train headed over to see our old friends, former STARS OF THE CITY, now THE MINUTES (FS30) playing a blistering 5 song set to the outdoor crowd at M.H. Square. A quick run over to Andrews Lane for CRAYONSMITH, a band we've been spinning on the radio show proved rewarding before running back to the square for the incredible FIGHT LIKE APES. We're so proud of this band, seeing them evolve from something quirky and punk to being able to own the outdoor stage as they did that night. They just secured THE TING TINGS European tour, and its only a matter of time before America gets hip to May and her crew. We also caught half the FRIGHTENED RABBIT set before going off festival to Whelan's for a secret show for DARK ROOM NOTES who played earlier that night with KRAFTWERK and who delivered a barn-burner of a set upstairs to a sweaty room. Lots of Guiness was consumed in a town where people were puking every fifth step on the cobblestone steps - this was like the Mardi Gras for drunks.

Sunday brought not just a hangover and more panels, but more good music. The rainy night slowed our pace some, but kicking things off with ROBOTNIK, the kid that is a mix between BECK and THE BETA BAND, but part Twin Peaks, made us all realize we were in for some interesting music.


The biggest surprise of the weekend was the next act, HEATHERS! I blogged about them this week already, but holy shit! Voices so big and clean and genuine that this act, I guarantee, will be HUGE! The rain forced us to drink and get lost and then wind up at the SONS & DAUGHTERS show back at Andrews Lane, where the Scotish band delivered the kind of set they are known for - absolutely solid and badass.

What I love about festivals like HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES is the fact that all the bands that played actually cared to be playing there. It wasn't a hype-festival, it wasn't one of straight fashion and 'cool-kid parties', it was straight up bands playing to industry and to a local music community that supports them. Hats off to Angela for putting on such a festival, where the focus is on actually helping bands and educating them and putting them in contact with people of all walks of the industry to get their questions answered. Sadly, many of the big music conferences have lost this goal and need to get the spark back and the priority back where it should be - helping the bands that DON'T have deals.

SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES THIS WEEK

I'm jumping on a plane to Dublin, Ireland for the HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES FESTIVAL for the weekend, but for my friends at home I wanted to provide some tips for the weekend. I'll have a full report on all the great unsigned bands playing at the festival. The line up is full of gems.


Tonight, MY PET SADDLE (FS32) play the Silverlake Lounge with bands I don't know at all; The Voyeurs, Go West Young Man and Les Blanks.

Download "Il Fait Beau" (mp3)

On Friday night, THE BOTICELLIS (FS32) with the Parson Red Heads at Tangier.
Also, VOXHAUL BROADCAST (FS30) play Spaceland on Friday night with Infinity & Dogweed.

THE BOTICELLIS "Old Home Movies" (mp3)
VOXHAUL BROADCAST "Rotten Apples" (mp3)

On Saturday night get out and see LEMON SUN (FS32) with the PIGEON DETECTIVES from the UK at Spaceland.

FUTURE SOUNDS ON LITTLE RADIO: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH

Tune into www.littleradio.com

September 9th, 2008: 10AM-Noon (Pacific)

Clare Maguire – Strangest Thing – Demos – Unsigned
Gotye – Learnalilgivinanlovin – Like Drawing Blood – Unsigned in US
Hacienda – She’s Got A Hold On Me – Loud Is The Night – Alive Natural Sound Records
Tenlons Fort – Forever Is A Long Time – Forever Is A Long Time EP – Haunted Maggot Records
Violens – Violent Sensation Descends – Violens Single – Unsigned

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HOT FREAKS PICKS
The Heavy – Girl – The Heavy - +1 Music
The Wolfmen – Cecilie – Modernity Killed Every Night – Damaged Goods UK
{{{Sunset}}} – Diamond Studded Caskets – Bright Blue Dream – Autobus
Mother Mother – Body Of Years – O My Heart – Last Gang Records
The Heavy – Dignity – The Heavy - +1 Music

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FLASHBACK…FOUR SONGS FROM FUTURE SOUNDS 09 (2003)
Film School – 11:11 – Demos – Unsigned (Later signed to Beggars Banquet)
The National – Slipping Husband – Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers – Brassland
The Rosebuds – Kicks In The Schoolyard – Make Out – Merge Records
Kasabian – Cutt Off – Kasabian – Unsigned (Later signed to RCA/Columbia)

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Bonnie “Prince” Billy – (Keep Eye On) Other’s Gain – Lie Down In The Light – Drag City
The Builders & The Butchers – Bottom Of The Lake - The Builders & The Butchers - Bladen County Records
Port O’Brien – Alive For Nothing – All We Could Do Was Sing – Unsigned in US
The Cotton Jones Basket Ride – Midnight Monday & A Telescope – The Archery EP – Quite Scientific Records
Destroyer – The State – Trouble In Dreams – Merge Records

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JAM OF THE WEEK…..
The Silents – See The Future – Things To Learn – Ivy League Records

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HARD WORKING CLASS HEROES FESTIVAL IN DUBLIN…
The Minutes – Ukraine – Demos – Unsigned
Grand Pocket Orchestra – Little Messy – EP – Unsigned
Crayonsmith – Anything – White Wonder – Out On A Limb Records
Frightened Rabbit – Modern Leper – The Midnight Organ Fight – FatCat Records
Fight Like Apes – Jake Summers – Jake Summers EP – Unsigned

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The Weight – Had It Made – The Weight Are Men – Colonel Records
Blitzen Trapper – Gold For Bread – Furr – Sub Pop
My Pet Saddle – Gimme My Soul – EP – Unsigned

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Hannah Georgas – The Beat Stuff - The Beat Stuff – Unsigned
Heavy Young Heathens – Drawn From Memory – Record 1 – Unsigned
White Belt, Yellow Tag. – You’re Not Invincible – Demos – Unsigned

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