TODAY IN NEW YORK: FUTURE SOUNDS + PLANETARY PRESENT SKEWER @ CMJ 2009

Future Sounds & The Planetary Group annually team up for the SKEWER PARTY at Pianos each CMJ and this year we have Friday the 23rd with both stages filled with great acts. Here are the line ups:

Main Stage (downstairs):
2pm: Prayer
2:40pm: Superdrag
3:20pm: Bear Hands
4pm: Samuel
4:40pm: Hurricane Bells
5:20pm: The Answering Machine

Acoustic Stage (upstairs):
1:40pm: Cassavettes
2:20pm: Evan Voytas
3pm: Imaad Wassif
3:40pm: The Wheel
4:20pm: Sam Stewart
5pm: Will Dailey



And late night tonight, after you've had time to get your quesdillas and margaritas from El Sombrero (Ludlow + Stanton), come to our late night party. We're teaming up again with Purevolume, starting at 11pm, and bringing you some fantastic sounds. Bands playing include Prayer, French Horn Rebellion, Twin Atlantic, the Postelles, and Love Grenade.

CMJ SKEWER PARTY - FUTURE SOUNDS & THE PLANETARY GROUP ANNOUNCE PIANOS LINE UP

Future Sounds & The Planetary Group annually team up for the SKEWER PARTY at Pianos each CMJ and this year we have Friday the 23rd with both stages filled with great acts. Here's the line ups:

Main Stage (downstairs):
2pm: Prayer
2:40pm: Superdrag
3:20pm: Bear Hands
4pm: Samuel
4:40pm: Hurricane Bells
5:20pm: The Answering Machine

Acoustic Stage (upstairs):
1:40pm: Cassavettes
2:20pm: Evan Voytas
3pm: Imaad Wassif
3:40pm: The Wheel
4:20pm: Sam Stewart
5pm: Will Dailey

THIS WEEKEND: WOXY CURATES STAGES @ THE MONOLITH FESTIVAL AT RED ROCKS

This weekend THE MONOLITH FESTIVAL happens at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and our boys from WOXY.COM have curated two days worth of stages. The line ups are pretty spectacular...

WOXY.COM STAGE LINEUP - SATURDAY
7:00 PM – COTTON JONES
5:40 PM – CYMBALS EAT GUITARS
4:20 PM – THE ANSWERING MACHINE
3:00 PM – THESE UNITED STATES
1:40 PM – THE ANTLERS
12:20 PM – GENERATIONALS


WOXY.COM STAGE LINEUP - SUNDAY
7:00 PM – DEER TICK
5:40 PM – THE TWILIGHT SAD
4:20 PM – BAD VEINS
3:00 PM – NEON INDIAN
1:40 PM – WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS
12:20 PM – A SHORELINE DREAM

Shiv and Joe will be there in person, introducing bands as well as introducing beer to their faces. I mean, DEER TICK? NEON INDIAN? GENERATIONALS? THE ANTLERS? And of course our shared love, THE ANSWERING MACHINE, on loan from England. For a full line-up of the festival, click here.

VIDEO: THE ANSWERING MACHINE "OBVIOUSLY COLD"

If you've ever listened to our FS radio show on WOXY, you know that almost every week we play a track off the "Another City, Another Sorry" album by THE ANSWERING MACHINE. We just got tipped to their latest video for the new single, "Obviously Cold" - here it is....

PHOTOS FROM THE RUMBLE: LA

Thanks again to all the bands that came into LA last night from places beyond to take part in the party. THE RUMBLE: LA had more bands in attendance than people I think - we saw PORTUGAL THE MAN, BLACKMARKET, Casey from DJANGO JAMES & THE MIDNIGHT SQUIRES, FILM SCHOOL, THE ANSWERING MACHINE, and LOVELIKEFIRE just to name a few. Thanks again for Ryan Suffern for taking photos, here are a few...

Fresno's RADEMACHER doing their Talking Heads cover to close out the night

Austin's THE FRONTIER BROTHERS were electrifying

Norway's SIMON SAYS NO completed their US shows in LA with a strong showing

VIDEO: THE ANSWERING MACHINE "LIGHTBULBS"

We can't get enough of Manchester's THE ANWERING MACHINE - here's the video for "Lightbulbs" off their album 'Another City, Another Sorry'.

LISTEN TO FUTURE SOUNDS ON WOXY 1.26.09

Listen HERE

Here's today's playlist...

Future Sounds #9 - January 26th, 2009

Fitz – Winds Of Change – Songs For A Break-Up Vol. 1 EP – Unsigned
Black Taxi – Wanted Man – Demos – Unsigned
The Ringers – Jaguar Moves – Headlocks & Highkicks – Unsigned
The Voyeurs – Things People Say – Otik Records

BREAK

The Brothers Movement – The Salute – The Brothers Movement – Unsigned
The Answering Machine – Emergency – Another City, Another Sorry – Heist Or Hit Records
Ballerina Black – Kelly Pain – EP – Unsigned
Wet Paint – By Myself – It Rots – Trial & Error Records
Crocodiles – I Wanna Kill – Summer Of Hate – Unsigned

BREAK

FLASHBACK….FUTURE SOUNDS 01 (2003)
The Postal Service – Such Great Heights – Give Up – Sub Pop
Irving – L-O-V-E – Good Morning Beautiful – Eenie Meenie Records
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Hearts of Oak – Hearts Of Oak – Lookout Records
Moving Units – Between Us & Them – Moving Units – Palm Pictures

BREAK

Lilofee – Runaway – Lilofee – Unsigned
Pin Me Down – Everything Is Sacred – Pin Me Down – Unsigned
The Invisible – Monsters Waltz – Monsters Waltz Single – Accidental Records
Del Toro – Hinge & Pluck – Del Toro/Turnpike Split EP – Unsigned
LiliPUT – In A Mess – Kleenex/LiliPUT – Rough Trade (1982)

BREAK

Joe Purdy – Dress Is Too Long – Last Clock On The Wall – Unsigned
The Builders & The Butchers – Barcelona – New Album – Unsigned
Tenlons Fort – Forever Is A Long Time – Forever Is A Long Time EP – Haunted Maggot Records
Black Whales – Books On Tape – Black Whales – Unsigned
The John Steel Singers – Mother – In Colour – Levity Records

BREAK

JAM OF THE WEEK
Operahouse – Criminals – Change In Nature – Marrikesh Records

BREAK

Violent Soho – Jesus Stole My Girlfriend – We Don’t Belong Here – Unsigned
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers – Filthy & Free – A Fish Hook An Open Eye – Unsigned
Bad Veins – Crosseyed – Bad Veins – Unsigned
Django James & The Midnight Squires – Oh You Kids Out There – New Album TBD – Unsigned

END OF PROGRAM


*Bold denotes debut appearance by artist on the Future Sounds radio program

NEW SOUNDS: THE BUILDERS & THE BUTCHERS - THE ANSWERING MACHINE - THE VOYEURS - OTHERS

I've been in babyland for some time now, but it doesn't mean the flow of music piling into FSHQ has diminished. The one nice thing of holding a baby for hours is that you can listen to a lot on your Ipod. There are so many really excellent releases lining up for 2009 that I've been hearing and it's my first chance to call some of these out.

First up, Portland's THE BUILDERS & THE BUTCHERS. I've tipped them quite a bit on how I think they should be a breakout act of 2009, but that was even before I got the new full length. Where this one ends up being released through is still TBD, but I'm immediately excited about "Barcelona" - a track we will be debuting on the Future Sounds show on WOXY very soon, as well as my early favorite "Golden and Green". The Pacific Northwest keeps cranking out these important folksie bands - FLEET FOXES, PORT O'BRIEN, LOCH LOMOND, etc. and TB&B are the next important point of light in that sequence. I'm not sure what the album is called yet, but I call it delightful.

This next act, THE ANSWERING MACHINE, are from Manchester, England and their full-length, 'Another City, Another Sorry" on Heist Or Hit Records, is brilliant from start to finish. My first impulse was to jump at the single, "Emergency". It's another song that WOXY listeners will get to first in the US soon enough, but then I spent more time in the nursery with headphones and The Answering Machine. Track "Lightbulbs" is the brightest light and a track that I think has big potential and "Oklahoma" is another instant favorite. When they slow it down for "The Information" is when they set the hook in my jaw and pull hard - I'm done. This record will make an impact in the UK, are we smart enough for it over here?
We recently got sent a full-length by the manager of A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, not only are they a fantastic, ear-bleeding band, their manager happens to be one of the good guys in this business. His latest project is a band we've started playing on the FS show, SHILPA RAY & HER HAPPY HOOKERS, from Brooklyn, NY. Shilpa Ray was formerly in BEAT THE DEVIL, but now heads up the HH's with something twisted in a David Lynch/TRUE BLOOD kinda way. The track, "Filthy and Free" off their 'A Fish Hook An Open Eye' CD, we haven't stopped playing since it's arrival. Here's another act with a big upside for 2009 that I can't wait to see live. Steve, how can we make that happen???

Jumping back to the West Coast, we have Jax from ROCK INSIDER to thank for turning us on to the LA based group, THE VOYEURS. We debuted their track "Things People Say" on the FS show recently, but then received the full-length called 'Well Known Drag'. Again there is pleasure behind this arrival because it's yet another full record of great songs, not just your standard 2 good songs-10 fluff that seems to drip out of most acts these days. My new favorite here is "Something Sets Me Off", but I have the feeling that each track will have it's day in the sun. Their CD release party is set for January 27th at THE ECHO and it's FREE. They go on stage at 11pm.

Finally, hopefully you'll remember THE BOTTICELLIS from FS32 and the amazing track "The Reviewer". If not, you're missing out on this magical band from San Francisco. Fans of FLEET FOXES and BEACH HOUSE will fall into place with this act, and they're finishing up an EP called 'Sierra Songbook' and I got a sneak peak of the rough mixes. "Betrayed" is my early favorite but each one is warm and comforting. This is yet another band that should grab some serious momentum if it breaks out of the West and gets on more people's radar.