THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE TONIGHT @ HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB

Start your week off with some music tonight as THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE returns to the comfy confines of the Havana Social Club in Capitol Hill.

This monthly indie rock night is FREE and highlights up-and-coming bands and is backed by the dream team of Seattle music supporters > The Stranger, Line Out, The Wig, Easy Street Records, Sound On The Sound and Trumer Pils.

This month we have a great 1-2 punch for you: MOTOPONY & CHASING KINGS.

Headlining the party is a band from Tacoma known as Motopony. Led by Daniel Blue, MOTOPONY are being compared to Broken Social Scene and Wilco. KEXP’s Richard Johnson has already jumped on this one, featuring “Seer” in his Song of the Day Podcast and recording a live session with the band back in January. We first heard them on John Richard's morning show and quickly became fans.

If you’ve been reading the Future Sounds blog at all over the past 6 months, you’re more than aware of our devotion to CHASING KINGS, so much so that we’ve tapped them to headline the West Coast leg of THE RUMBLE JUNE. Named one of the Top 20 Indie Bands in LA by The Deli Magazine, they’ve already shared the stage with Sea Wolf and conquered SXSW, where they played our parties as well as the Levi’s/Fader Fort. Comprised of four childhood friends, Matt Schwartz, Drew Beck, Mike Goldman and Nick Sandler, CHASING KINGS ooze a genuine enthusiasm for playing and crafting memorable melodies and harmonies that transcend whatever musical trend is penetrating the industry with The Pop Stereo calling them a “soaring breath of fresh air.” Schwartz continues to draw comparisons to Elvis Costello and Britt Daniel with vocal and key skills well beyond his years, especially on “Dark Sunglasses.”

Not only is the party FREE, there are TRUMER PILS beer specials all night!

TONIGHT - THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE @ HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB

The first week of May promises to be FEROCIOUS musically - as San Francisco's dynamic duo known as THE FEROCIOUS FEW hit the road, starting TONIGHT, and play the West Coast leg of THE RUMBLE.

This evening @ Havana Social Club, THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE showcases a band that we got tipped off about from SOUND ON THE SOUND - THE HEAD & THE HEART. I think "Sounds Like Hallelujah" has appeared on every personal mix I've made since this discovery. This band could be the US version of MUMFORD & SONS, and we'll get to see for ourselves this evening in the intimate space of the Havana Social Club.

San Francisco's THE FEROCIOUS FEW have released "Juices", their Birdman Records debut, and a culmination of their songwriting craft that they have worked on religiously on every street corner in San Francisco and Oakland. Known for their guerrilla sidewalk shows outside concerts and street fairs, that generally end in near arrests, the FF are a blues explosion that's part Black Keys, part Robert Johnson at the Crossroads.

There will be beer specials all night long from TRUMER PILS.

As always, The Rumble Seattle is FREE and is brought to you by the indie-minded collective of Future Sounds, The Stranger, Line Out, Easy Street Records, The Wig, Trumer Pils and Spin Earth. We're also thrilled to have a new partner joining the fold - Seattle blogger SOUND ON THE SOUND. We've been reading this blog for years and they've helped with great tips on bands we'd never have known about, and now they'll be helping us pick bands. This is indie supporting indie!

The Havana Social Club is located at 1010 East Pike Street

THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE TONIGHT @ HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB

Tonight, MONDAY April 5th @ the Havana Social Club its the return of THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE.

This FREE monthly indie-rock night features two bands each month that are on their way up brought to you by Future Sounds, The Stranger, Line Out, Easy Street Records and The Wig PR.

A band that is landing on everyone's radar is headlining in Seattle's own THE GLOBES. Currently receiving serious love from Barsuk and Seattle bloggers alike, with Reverb calling THE GLOBES a “thing of budding greatness.”

"...the band subtly contrasts loud and quiet, making for carefully crafted guitar rock that's beautiful, but with a bang." - The Stranger

" It's clear the Globes are one of Seattle's most promising young bands. After their set, an observant stranger to my right remarked to me that "they were epic!" and I agree." - Three Imaginary Girls

Joining The Globes will be the Los Angeles based group, PEPPER RABBIT , who will be headlining all of The Rumble West Coast dates and we couldn’t be more excited to have this three-piece from Silver Lake. Not to be confused with the myriad of other hare themed bands (Frightened Rabbit, White Rabbit), PEPPER RABBIT were on the short list of bands to watch at SXSW and from what we’re hearing they didn’t disappoint.

A late addition to the bill is a band we're crazy about from Vancouver, YUKON BLONDE. We've fallen for their s/t album on Nevado Records, and we're lucky enough to have them heading through Seattle on their way home from a West Coast run of dates last week. Think FLEET FOXES meet DR DOG and you're close.

Not only is this a FREE party, but there are TRUMER PILS beer specials all night.

The Havana Social Club is located at 1010 East Pike Street

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: YUKON BLONDE @ THE MINT

Our new favorite band from Vancouver, Canada happens to be in town tonight @ The Mint - YUKON BLONDE. If you haven't heard them yet, or their brilliant self-titled record on Nevado Records, then you need to investigate, quickly. From front-to-back, it's one of the most enjoyable listens I've had in some time. You definitely hear the Pacific Northwest influences of say FLEET FOXES, but it also has a real jingle-jangle to it that isn't all folk, a la a band like DR DOG. Immediately tracks like "Loyal Man" and "Babies Don't Like Blue Anymore" jump out at me as favorites, but then, almost like a WILCO record, the other songs start pulling their weight to create a song-by-song bridge through the entire collection of songs.

We like them so much that they've actually just been added to Monday's RUMBLE: SEATTLE @ The Havana Social Club in Capitol Hill. They'll be playing with PEPPER RABBIT and THE GLOBES, making that show the perfect kick-off to anyone's week.

TONIGHT - THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE @ HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB

Really? It's March already? SXSW time again? Well, in order to get you in the spirit of catching a lot of live music this month, we are starting March off immediately with THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE tonight at the Havana Social Club in Capitol Hill. This intimate setting is perfect to catch bands that are so good, you'll never see them in a room this size again.

The dynamic duo that is HAIR ENVELOPE bring their arsenal of instrumentation and genres to the party, going off with keyboards, sequencers, saxophones, drums and some other tricks up their sleeves. One site called them, " a concoction of electronic circus jazz and experimental pop sounds" which I think best describes their uniqueness. Whatever you call it, it's good music to me and to you if you show up this evening for a free night of music.

The second band on the bill I have to admit, I have a history with from my days with FILM SCHOOL. NIGHTMARE AIR boast members Dave Dupuis and James Smith of FS, who now have another act, one in which Dupuis handles vocals and they have a Swaan Miller on bass. Seattle knows all about amazing trios, and this is one of them. The band calls both Seattle and Los Angeles home but they are now the world's, getting plenty of ink in the UK from NME and Artrocker. The sound is big, sonic, as their namesake gets closer to nailing. The band is heading to Canadian Music Week after the show for a "Triple-Headline" showcase, and at one point are getting air-lifted in by a promoter.

We're also featuring beer specials from TRUMER PILS tonight for $3.50 - ask for it, tastes great.

The party is FREE and is brought to you by Future Sounds, The Stranger, Line Out, Easy Street Records, The Wig PR, WOXY.COM and Spin Earth.

TONIGHT - THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE IS BACK @ HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB

Dear Seattle,

We didn't leave you, we just enjoyed the holidays and prepared for what THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE is about to bring you TONIGHT at an all new location - HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB - and with two bands we think are incredible.

Headlining and playing all The Rumble west coast dates in February is the mighty JAGUAR LOVE. The band is about to drop in March their full-length, 'Hologram Jams' (Fat Possum) and their new material is the best to date. If you listen to the Future Sounds radio show on WOXY.COM, you've heard a preview of at least two HUGE tracks - "Started A Fire" and "Polaroids & Red Wine" and it should give you an indication of just how deep and amazing this record is.

Jaguar Love is one of two bands that have sprung out of the 2007 break-up of experimental hardcore band THE BLOOD BROTHERS (the other being Past Lives). In Jaguar Love, singer/pianist Johnny Whitney and guitarist Cody Votolato are ex-members of that band, and Pretty Girls Make Graves member Jay Clark was the drummer: Due to unforeseen differences, Jay Clark has left the band.

Opening up the evening is the band formerly known as THEY LIVE!, now going by the name MASH HALL. They recently played in Seattle on New Years Day with Japandroids and mix hip hop with indie sensibilities. We still need to find out the story behind why They Live! is dead, but the new Mash Hall tracks sent our way are club thumpers.

The Rumble: Seattle is brought to you by Future Sounds, The Stranger, Line Out, Easy Street Records, The Wig PR, WOXY.com and Spin Earth and is a party that highlights up and coming artists in an intimate setting. The goal of The Rumble chain of parties, which is now in 8 cities a month is to have the indie community support the indie artists, from retail to radio to press to online outlets.

THE PARTY IS FREE

HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB is located at 1010 E Pike Street

JAGUAR LOVE PLAYING ALL WEST COAST RUMBLES IN FEBRUARY

The perfect set up for Valentine's Day, we're thrilled to announce that JAGUAR LOVE will be playing ALL of the west coast RUMBLE dates in February. We've been clocking them for some time, but this new album, 'Hologram Jams' is filled with just that, JAMS! The record drops in March on Fat Possum and we've already been banging 'Started A Fire' and 'Polaroids & Red Wine" on the FS show on WOXY, but this disc runs deep.

The Rumbles have some new twists and turns starting in February that add spice along the way. We've moved the Rumble Seattle to the HAVANA SOCIAL CLUB in Capitol Hill.

In San Francisco, we say goodbye to our friends at Harlot after 2 years, and move over to Market to CAFE DUNORD to accommodate the growing list of SF partners, as we've added THE BAY BRIDGED, MR ROBOTO PRESENTS, the SF BAY GUARDIAN and even NOISE POP MUSIC FEST to the family. The Rumble: San Francisco will be the Warm Up Party for Noise Pop 2010, as well as the 5 year anniversary of THE OWL MAG and the 7 year anniversary of BAGEL RADIO!

The Rumble: San Diego will now find a home at BAR PINK in North Park, the coolest neighborhood in SD.

We're also thrilled to announce a new Rumble city - AUSTIN, TEXAS in February. More on this announcement but we've moved on to join our WOXY brothers and sisters at BEERLAND on Feb 11 and we have some amazing partners jumping on in the indie rock capitol.

JAGUAR LOVE - THE RUMBLE TOUR

Feb 1 - Seattle @ Havana Social Club
Feb 2 - Portland @ Holocene
Feb 3 - San Francisco @ Cafe DuNord
Feb 4 - Los Angeles @ 3 Clubs
Feb 6 - San Diego @ Bar Pink
Feb 7 - Las Vegas @ The Aruba

MORE ABOUT JAGUAR LOVE:
Jaguar Love is one of two bands that have sprung out of the 2007 break-up of experimental hardcore band The Blood Brothers (the other being Past Lives, comprising ex-singer Jordan Blilie, ex-drummer Mark Gajadhar, ex-bassist Morgan Henderson, and original Blood Brothers guitarist Devin Welch). In Jaguar Love, singer/pianist Johnny Whitney and guitarist Cody Votolato are ex-members of that band, and Pretty Girls Make Graves member Jay Clark was the drummer: Due to unforeseen differences, Jay Clark has left the band. As of Januay 21, 2008 the band has signed to the independent label Matador. The Blood Brothers’ music could be described as a schizophrenic split between raging hardcore punk and jagged art-punk with Surrealistic lyrics.

The three bands that developed as side-projects during The Blood Brothers’ existence—Whitney’s experimental post-hardcore bands Soiled Doves & Neon Blonde and the band’s other lead vocalist Jordan Billie & Votolato’s hardcore/thrash band Head Wound City—illustrated this. Jaguar Love has so far shown many characteristics found in Whitney’s past side-projects, albeit there is no electronica influence as heard in Neon Blonde and the “spazzcore” elements of Soiled Doves have been relatively toned down. In favor of the chaotic sound for those bands is the feeling of a more fully-fleshed out band with more concentration on melody, a lyrical maturation, and traditional songwriting that stylishly culls influence from indie rock, art-punk, soul, post-hardcore, jazz-rock, and glam metal. They are currently touring after finishing writing and recording the album [album]take me to the sea[/album] which is due out in august with production and recording duties being handled primarily by Clarke. Whitney’s clothing company Crystal City, which he co-owns with his wife Amy, has already designed and produced a handful of t-shirts for Jaguar Love.