THIS WEEKEND IN LOS ANGELES: SILVER LAKE JUBILEE

This weekend the SILVER LAKE JUBILEE takes place from 10am-1am all weekend and has something for everyone - food, music, arts, children's villages, and vendors all for $5.

Many of our friends and former Future Sounds/Rumble family members will be performing, here are some of the highlights (see the full schedule here):

SATURDAY MAY 22

SUNSET STAGE

4:40pm – 5:15pm My Pet Saddle

SANTA MONICA STAGE
3:20pm – 3:50pm Blue Jungle
5:25pm – 6:05pm Nico Stai
7:45pm – 8:30pm The Growlers
9:00pm The Entrance Band

EL CID STAGE
7:35pm – 8:10pm Weave!
9:00pm – 9:35pm Francisco The Man
10:00pm – 10:35pm Mississippi Man
11:00pm – 11:35pm Eastern Conference Champions

SUNDAY MAY 23

SUNSET STAGE
3:40pm – 4:10pm Dios
7:55pm – 8:35pm Voxhaul Broadcast

SANTA MONICA STAGE
4:20pm – 4:55pm Lilofee
7:45pm – 8:30pm Foreign Born
9:00pm The Like

EL CID STAGE

11:00pm – 11:35pm Useless Keys

12:00am – 12:35am Tenlons Fort

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: LOCAL NATIVES + CHEIF + VOXHAUL BROADCAST @ THE ECHO

Here's a show for anyone with some taste - LOCAL NATIVES + VOXHAUL BROADCAST + CHIEF @ The Echo tonight for the LA Record party. All three of these acts we've been fortunate enough to be involved with through either the FS CD comps or The Rumble, and live it's a triple threat. $5 in advance, $10 if you walk up, get out and support these local artists making international noise.

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: SWEET RELIEF BENEFIT @ THE PLANTATION

It's raining hard today, but think of it as our falling snowflakes and come out to a free befefit show this evening at THE PLANTATION in Los Angeles as PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS does something good for the SWEET RELIEF foundation inspired by VICTORIA WILLIAMS that assists career musicians facing illness, disability and age-related problems. Performing is a fantastic bill featuring PARSON REDHEADS, VOXHUAL BROADCAST, JOHN CARPENTER and SAMUEL STEWART. The event gets started at 4pm - 9pm.

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: BUZZBANDS.LA 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

For anyone music fan living in LA, it's pretty much a given that when you go to any show in town each night, you'll bump into Kevin Bronson of BUZZBANDS.LA. I can't believe it's already been a year since he broke away from the big machine and went solo with the blog, and tonight, it's celebrating this one year anniversary with some of our favorite local bands: EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS + VOXHAUL BROADCAST + SAM STEWART at The Echo. $8

It's also ECC's release party for their new, "Sante Fe" EP, which is stunning - check out "Bloody Bells"!

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: THE MOVIES + VOXHAUL BROADCAST @ SPACELAND

Free Mondays at Spaceland, and this month it's THE MOVIES, a band we adore, plus old friends we haven't seen much of lately - VOXHAUL BROADCAST.

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: TOO MANY SHOWS

Good luck deciding which one to go to.......

Kings of Leon, The Stills, We Are Scientists @ Nokia Theatre

Black Kids, The Virgins, Voxhaul Broadcast @ The Mayan

Indie 103 Presents The Rumble Strips, Birdmonster @ Spaceland (Club NME)

Henry Clay People, Army Navy, The Cheat @ The Echo

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.

TONIGHT IN LA: VOXHAUL BROADCAST @ THE VIPER ROOM

We love our VOXHAUL BROADCAST around these parts - get out and see them tonight.

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: LEMON SUN + VOXHAUL BROADCAST

LEMON SUN 10 PM
VOXHAUL BROADCAST 11 PM

TONIGHT IN LA: VOXHAUL BROADCAST BEGINS SPACELAND RESIDENCY

Four chances this month to see a band we love here at Future Sounds - VOXHAUL BROADCAST. Their Spaceland residency kicks off tonight and offers up CAVIL AT REST and SAINT MOTEL tonight.

You may remember 'Rotten Apples' from Future Sounds 29 - here's the video:

TONIGHT IN LA: LEMON SUN + VOXHAUL BROADCAST

Also on the bill - DAWES, THE CHEAT and ARMY NAVY !

LEMON SUN - VOXHAUL BROADCAST - MY PET SADDLE

A fantastic line up awaits you if you can get in the car and drive to a venue you don't normally roll out to - THE GYPSY LOUNGE in Lake Forrest. Think about though, for $5 you get LEMON SUN, VOXHAUL BROADCAST and MY PET SADDLE. Also in there is THE UNION LINE, someone I haven't seen live yet but the Myspace songs sound pretty good.

TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: A FUTURE SOUNDS TRIPLE BILL

We couldn't let San Francisco have all the good times on a Saturday night, so down here there's going to be a warehouse party tonight in Huntington Park (kinda downtown) with a ton of great bands on the bill of the GREEN SCREAM WAREHOUSE PARTY.

The highlights for us will be:

LEMON SUN (FS21, FS23, FS25)
VOXHAUL BROADCAST (FS29)
THE CHEAT (FS20)

TONIGHT IN LONG BEACH: LEMON SUN + VOXHAUL BROADCAST

TONIGHT IN LA: VOXHAUL BROADCAST + MORNING BENDERS

Wednesday, December 12 - SIlverlake Lounge - $8

THE ROSEWOOD THIEVES 10:30pm
EUGENE 9:40pm
EYES IN ELEGANCE 11:30pm
VOXHAUL BROADCAST 8:50pm
MORNING BENDERS 8pm

Looks like a great line up tonight in Silverlake. VOXHAUL BROADCAST are like a runaway train right now, and we've been fans of San Francisco's MORNING BENDERS since FS26, but I was recently delivered their full-length, set for 2008 release, and this record is going to be on the favorites list of many. People seem to love THE ROSEWOOD THIEVES, and I've yet to see them live but am told it's worth it, as well as EUGENE that seems to have promise. Worth the ticket price for this much music.

TONIGHT IN LA: MISS YOUR FACE PARTY

Haven't seen VOXHAUL BROADCAST yet??? How many more great articles in the LA Times do you need before you get out and see them? Get out there tonight to THE AIRLINER, that freaky venue way out there in a place you don't go very often, where kids still have fun and aren't just standing with their arms crossed. Last time I was there I loved seeing all the kids making out, getting drunk and dancing everywhere, almost felt like a town with a youth culture. The ladies behind MISS YOUR FACE know how to throw a good party. Only $3 (unless you're under 21).

TONIGHT IN LA: THE ECHO GOES WILD! BANDS GALORE!

Tonight could feel like a festival, in that if you go either upstairs at THE ECHO you'll catch amazing bands, or downstairs to the ECHOPLEX. Look at these line ups!



So many of the best new LA based bands under one roof (bless you Liz) and you know a HellYa! party is a good one:

VOXHAUL BROADCAST
SAM SPARRO
BODIES OF WATER
HENRY CLAY PEOPLE
THE BROKEN WEST
IGLU & HARTLY
(I just haven't seen the others yet to comment on them)

FUTURE SOUNDS 29 RELEASED THIS WEEK

1. SAM SPARRO – BLACK & GOLD
The debut single for LA’s electro-funk phenomenon, SAM SPARRO delivers this year’s contender to GNARLS BARKLEY’s ‘Crazy’ with his soulful track, ‘Black & Gold’. Groovy, smooth, here it here first. Manager: Steven Melrose. Legal: D. Burgundy Morgan. Needs: Booking
SAM SPARRO – BLACK & GOLD – MODUS VIVENDI MUSIC

2. NICO VEGA – GRAVITY
Front woman Aja Volkman of LA based, NICO VEGA, mixes Karen O with MARY LOU RETTON live. This song is actually dangerous for me when I’m driving, because it makes me want to freak out and kick my windshield out! The band will be touring on our first ever tour in October of America with SHOUT OUT LOUDS. Manager: Beau Laughlin. Needs: Booking.
NICO VEGA – DEMOS – MYSPACE RECORDS

3. VOXHAUL BROADCAST – ROTTEN APPLES
One listen to this batch of demos and you’d never guess this band was from Orange County, feels more like Manchester, England, but it’s true. With lyrics like “I need your love in my blood, so I cut off all my limbs”, what’s not to like? A band with massive amounts of potential and star power in surplus, once the new recordings are complete I guarantee their message will be well received.
Management: Steven Melrose. Legal: Dave Kostiner, Davis Shapiro.
Needs: Booking.
VOXHAUL BROADCAST – DEMOS – LEFTWING RECORDS

4. THE VIRGINS – RICH GIRLS
New York City act, THE VIRGINS, sound very New York City. Street tough, rough around the edges - part RICHARD HELL and part JULIAN CASABLANCAS. I dig the ROLLING STONES-esque “Miss You” who-hoo’s in this track. Full length to drop sometime in 2008, this EP is the teaser before prom night.
Manager: Nick Stern. Booking: Jackie Nalpant.
THE VIRGINS – EP – Atlantic Records

5. FILM SCHOOL – DEAR ME
No stranger to past Future Sounds comps, the latest FILM SCHOOL CD, Hideout, drops in September and showcases a band that has evolved incredibly, yet still embraces and continues to find new ways to explore the shoegaze genre. Part MY BLOODY VALENTINE, part BAUHAUS, it’s dark and diverse and soon to be one of your favorite records of 2007. Fall touring begins in North America.
Management: Larry Little. Booking: Kevin French, BigShot (US). Ben Winchester, Primary (UK).
FILM SCHOOL – HIDEOUT – BEGGARS BANQUET

6. EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS – SINGLE SEDATIVE
I’m a fan of unique voices and challenging music, and ECC have all of it under one roof. An Los Angeles based four-piece signed to Suretone Records, the full-length, Ameritown, was released in July and it’s a complete album, track for track throughout. It’s rare to find these days an album this deep and this good. One of my favorite releases thus far this year. Tours with COLD WAR KIDS and BRMC already. Manager: Steven Melrose. Booking: Marty Diamond. Legal: Jennifer Justice. Publishing: Chrysalis
EATERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS – AMERITOWN – SURETONE RECORDS

7. BIG BLUE WHALE – 3 AGAINST ONE
For being only a two-piece, San Francisco’s BIG BLUE WHALE are a whopper and make a HUGE sound! What I like about this track is that it reminds me of a classic alternative rock tune from the early ‘90’s, something along the lines of SOUL COUGHING (Super Bon Bon) or THE OFFSPRING. Producer Alex Newport worked on the demos that are now circulating.
Needs: Management, booking, legal.
BIG BLUE WHALE – DEMOS – UNSIGNED

8. MGMT – TIME TO PRETEND
I love it when a major label signs something that’s actually, genuinely cool, so hat’s off to Columbia for locking in Brooklyn based act, MGMT. This song combines everything I love that’s happening in electronic rock at the moment with the best parts of ABBA (Come on, listen closely, you hear it too!). Singing, “this is our decision, to live fast and die young”, it’s a dancefloor anthem for everyone trying to figure out what the hell to do with the rest of their lives. Management: Mark Kates. Booking: Marty Diamond, Little Big Man. Legal: Peter Lewitt.
MGMT – ORACULAR SPECTACULAR – COLUMBIA RECORDS

9. BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – CANCEL ON ME
This song starts off as a great tune, only to become a spectacular one if you let it play until the end. That back-end drops so soft and gentle and then explodes into fury! The BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB are actually a band (a club of sorts) from London, that won the “Road To V” competition over 2000 other bands, and have recently grabbed mentions in the NME. I need to see this song performed live. Manager: Jason Marcus, Nettwerk. UK Booking: Scott Thomas, X-Ray. Legal: Peter McGaughrin. Needs: US label, booking.
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – THE BOY I USED TO BE – UNSIGNED

10. THE FAINTEST IDEAS – DEXTER’S GOT A SINISTER HEART
Pure indie rock at it’s finest is what ‘Dexter’s Got….” is all about. Here’s another barn burner if you let it run ‘til the end. With a dash of TELEVISION PERSONALITIES and a bit of THE ONLY ONES, this act from Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden should pull in fans of THE CRIBS, THE LITTLE ONES and THE WOMBATS. Needs: Management, booking, legal.
THE FAINTEST IDEAS – WHAT GOES UP MUST CALM DOWN – MAGIC MARKER RECORDS

11. AUDRYE SESSIONS – PORCELAIN
From the East Bay of Northern California, AUDRYE SESSIONS are no strangers to Future Sounds, and with their newly recorded full-length, Braille, it shouldn’t be long until everyone knows them. Imagine that, making an entire record that’s this good? Well supported by Live 105 in San Francisco, the band’s footprint continues to stretch. Manager: Joel Mark. Legal: Dave Kostiner, Davis Shapiro.
Needs: Booking.
AUDRYE SESSIONS – BRAILLE – UNSIGNED

12. SOMETHING ABOUT VAMPIRES & SLUTS – AIRPLANE FUEL
This one is ready to slide right onto radio, and the blatant rip of that SMITHS guitar riff makes me put it on repeat and sit and wait for that jangle (‘This Charming Man’ anyone?). SAVAS are from Myrtle Beach, SC, not from an Anne Rice novel, and they obviously love THE CURE.
Needs: Management, US booking, legal.
SOMETHING ABOUT VAMPIRES & SLUTS – PRETEND ENDINGS – NO MORE STARS RECORDS

13. AUTOVAUGHN – ONE MORE TIME
From Nashville, Tennessee, not from Las Vegas (they sounds a lot like that band), it’s AUTOVAUGHN, an act grabbing plenty of industry attention for a surplus of big tunes with hooks like this one. Play it one more time and you’ll hum it two days later. Word is that majors are looking to close ASAP on this band. Touring relentlessly this fall in the US. Management: Jason Brown, Brian Waymire. Legal: Ken Marcus. Needs: Booking.
AUTOVAUGHN – DEMOS – UNSIGNED

14. WARM BODIES – SURROUNDINGS
WARM BODIES are a five-piece from East Meadow, NY that are bringing warmth to kids all over Long Island. They have just started circulating this nine-song demo produced by Tony Bruno, and evolving their touring footprint throughout the East coast. For fans of KEANE and MUTE MATH.
Manager: Ryan Ruden. Needs: Booking, legal.
WARM BODIES – DEMOS – UNSIGNED

15. CHERRY TEMPO – IN HINDSIGHT I KNOW
Albuquerque, New Mexico’s CHERRY TEMPO delivers this edition’s ‘butter track’. I’m not sure if one female I’ve played this for hasn’t immediately responded with pleasure, yet. Their second record is in post-production and will be looking for a home for release this fall.
Needs: Management, booking, legal.
CHERRY TEMPO – CHERRY TEMPO – UNSIGNED

OTHER ARTISTS TO WATCH:

WHITE DENIM - TRACK: MESS YOUR HAIR
Incredible band form Austin, part 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, part BUTTHOLE SURFERS. Making waves, soon to be everywhere, an AMAZING band! Unsigned.

SABROSA PURR - TRACK: KILLING THE ARIES
This LA band, in my opinion, should be HUGE. Mix the best of JANES ADDICTION with the greatest screamer in the business in Will Love, and you have the Purrrrrr. Unsigned.

THIEVES LIKE US - TRACK: DRUGS IN MY BODY
If I were still active on the DJ circuit, this track would be a staple in every set I might spin. An anthem about being young and dumb and having minimal credit card debt. New York, NY. Album: Play Music For You. Kitsune Records.

CALVIN HARRIS – TRACK: THE GIRLS
The party hit of the fall perhaps? 23 year old CALVIN HARRIS’ ‘The Girls’ has already gone Top 10 in the UK, now it crosses the waters and heads straight at us, complete with Calvin naming all the kind of ladies that he “gets”.
Album: I Created Disco, Almost Gold Recordings.

CHESTER FRENCH - TRACK: SHE LOVES EVERYBODY
You may have heard this track close an episode of Entourage, well others did too, and they’ve been recently signed to Star Track Records/Interscope (founded by THE NEPTUNES' Pharell Williams & Chad Hugo). Harvard students make smart music.

BELLAVISTA - TRACK: RIVER OF LUST
I was delighted that members of a great band, VUE, have formed a new project in San Francisco > BELLAVISTA. For fans of BRMC and SPACEMAN 3.
Amazing debut record, Bellavista, on Take Root Records.

CLASS OF 1984 - TRACK: HONEY
Cork, Ireland’s CLASS OF 1984 are getting looks from the NME and UK majors off this demo track. The band has moved to London to become the modern NEW YORK DOLLS. Unsigned.

GLASVEGAS - TRACK: IT’S ONLY MY CHEATING HEART THAT MAKES ME CRY
Scotland’s next big thing, GLASVEGAS blend THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN with
Unsigned.

CHERRY GHOST - TRACK: 4AM
An absolutely gorgeous track, reminding me of the MOBY GRAPE classic, “8:05”. From Manchester and signed to Heavenly UK.

JUKEBOX THE GHOST - TRACK: HOLD IT IN
From Washington DC, JUKEBOX THE GHOST are full of amazing hooks and harmonies and in no time should be indie favorites. Just missed making the mix. Unsigned.

SUGAR & GOLD - TRACK: NEIGHBORHOOD
San Francisco funk act SUGAR & GOLD are made strictly for the rollerskaters and fans of ROTARY CONNECTION and DUSTY GROOVES. Antenna Farm Records.

SHY CHILD - TRACK: THE VOLUME
This song is another club-thumper, and if you turn it up like it suggests, you will go deaf from the volume. New York’s SHY CHILD quietly grabs your attention. Say Hey Records (US).

ALSO BUZZING:
Cage The Elephant, Johnossi, The Avett Brothers, Ruth-Anne, Stab The Matador, Free Blood, Santogold, Kissy Sell Out, Maia Hirasawa, Black Before Red, The Runners, Shapes Have Fangs, The Black Spiders, Johnny Action Figure, Derek James, Little Red, Elizabeth & The Catapult, Look See Proof, Palladium, Miniature Tigers, David Caggiari, Some Body, The Enigma Project, Assembly Now, The Enemy, The Lines, The Sugars, Mink, Oh Julia!, Mr Fogg, Sicker Than Others, The Aviators, The Vasco Era, Paper Route, The Blacks, Meiko, Twin Thousands, The Valley Arena, Hello Wembley, Miracle Fortress, One Little Plane, The XYZ Affair.

EXCELLENT NEW RELEASES:
THE AVETT BROTHERS – Emotionalism (Ramseur Records)
BISHOP ALLEN – The Broken String (Dead Oceans)
MAPS – We Can Create (Mute)
NYLES LANNON – Pressure (Badman Recordings)
THE LOVEMAKERS – Misery Loves Company (Fuzz)
SHOUT OUT LOUDS – Tonight I Have To Leave It (Merge Records)
TACKS, THE BOY DISASTER – Oh, Beatrice (Self released)
JOHN VANDERSLICE – Emerald City (Barsuk)

ARTISTS: Wanna be considered for upcoming FUTURE SOUNDS compilations? Send us your music at TANKFARM CLOTHING ATTN: FUTURE SOUNDS - 10544 Progress Way, Unit C, Cypress, CA 90630. Each edition of FUTURE SOUNDS, we pick out artists and deliver TANKFARM AID, which is a free merch design by the TF design team and we manufacture and produce it for you, and give it to you for FREE.

**** Please remember to buy music when you can or go out and see these acts live.

FUTURE SOUNDS UPDATES

Finally, the sophomore full-length from MOVING UNITS is scheduled for release on Oct 6 (Metropolis) and it's called 'Hexes For Exes'. You may remember the song 'Dark Walls' way back on FS23, well it's on there as well as this full tracklisting:

• Pink Thoughts
• Crash 'N' Burn Victims
• Paper Hearts
• The Kids From Orange County
• Dark Walls
• Pick Up the Phone
• Nail It to the Cross
• Wrong Again
• Kings and Queen of Nothing
• Hearts Departed
• Blood Beats

LEMON SUN guitarist Melissa Dougherty (or one of three guitarists) is featured in this month's GUITAR PLAYER magazine. Congrats to Mel who's holding it down for all the female guitarists out there. The band started making their first full-length today in Los Angeles with producer Dave Schiffman (think Rick Rubin). I

We're getting close to the release of FILM SCHOOL's 'Hideout' next tuesday (9/11), and there's plenty of people responding. The single, "Two Kinds" is being featured on Spin.com this week.
Also, you can stream the entire album on Rhapsody - Go to http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/ to get the link to the album.The band will play the TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL later this month before embarking on their North American tour.

I have to follow up on the VOXHAUL BROADCAST set I saw last night at The Silverlake Lounge. The band will be featured on the soon to be released (this week I hope) FUTURE SOUNDS 29, but the band is even better than the recordings live.I couldn't find any live footage online, but I found this video. It's 10x better live and I can easily say that this is a band you'll hear plenty about as word starts to spread.

TONIGHT IN LA: FUTURE SOUNDS TRIPLE BILL @ SILVERLAKE LOUNGE

Welcome back from Labor Day, even though this heat is already killing me. Tonight, get out just as the night is cooling your house down and get over to the SILVERLAKE LOUNGE for a great night of music. A collection of FUTURE SOUNDS favorites play together on a super bill.

1. EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS (FS29)

WEB SITE
MYSPACE

2. VOXHAUL BROADCAST - (FS29)
MYSPACE


3. KENNEDY - (FS22)
WEB SITE
MYSPACE