TankFarm Future Sounds is proud to present to you TankFarm Future Sounds 29, the next installment of the monthly compilation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 barnburner 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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TankFarm Future Sounds Presents Shout Out Louds’ Fall US Tour
with Johnossi and Nico Vega...
October 6th – Los Angeles, CA – LA Weekly Detour Festival**
October 9th - San Francisco CA - The Independent
October 10th – Eugene, OR – Wow Hall
October 11th - Portland OR - Berbati's Pan
October 12th - Vancouver BC - Richards On Richards
October 13th - Seattle WA - Chop Suey
October 15th - Salt Lake City UT- Urban Lounge
October 16th - Denver CO - Bluebird Theatre
October 17th - Lawrence KS – Jackpot
October 18th - Minneapolis MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
October 19th - Chicago IL - Logan Square Auditorium
October 20th - Columbus OH - The Basement
October 22nd - Toronto ON - The Mod Club
October 23rd - Montreal QC - Caberet
October 24th - Boston MA - Paradise Rock Club
October 25th - New York NY - Bowery Ballroom
October 26th – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
October 27th - Hoboken NJ - Maxwell's
October 28th - Washington DC - 9.30 Club
October 29th - Philadelphia PA - First Unitarian Church
October 30th - Carrboro NC – Cats Cradle
October 31st - Atlanta GA - The Loft
November 2nd - Austin TX - The Parish
November 3rd - Dallas TX - Granada Theater
**Not presented by TankFarm Future Sounds
# Nico Vega will not perform, other support to be announced
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TankFarm Future Sounds is a unique partnership with a visionary philosophy rooted in an appreciation for great new music and an ambition to help spread the word about up-and-coming artists that are usually not yet on people’s radar in the music industry. It began in March 2003 as a mix tape for friends of Larry Little, a San Francisco-based music manager and DJ. Eventually, music industry insiders caught wind of this filter for new music and the requests for copies started to flood in, giving birth to the first “official” Future Sounds compilation. Selecting tracks for all Future Sounds compilations is completely organic process not affected by politics or favors within the music industry. They are songs that stood out to Larry Little from a large pile of demos, EP’s, imports, and mp3’s because of...well, the music.
In early 2007, Future Sounds found a natural partner in TankFarm Clothing, which shares a similar musical background and a philosophy rooted in the underground, with the added benefit of bringing a unique design aesthetic to the compilations, while effectively taking Future Sounds to a whole new level of visibility. Tankfarm Future Sounds has now become a monthly compilation of up-and-comers with a circulation of 7500 copies each month, which are distributed throughout the music industry, as well as in over 1200 retail locations (including Nordstroms, Kitson, American Rag, Lisa Kline, Atrium and hundreds of fashion boutiques across the country) as a complimentary gift with purchase. The goal is for consumers to be introduced to new artists, who they would not know about otherwise.
Both the scope and awareness of Tankfarm Future Sounds has been steadily growing, with a new partnership with Myspace Records and with Billboard now featuring TankFarm Future Sounds, calling it a “super-trifecta of fashion, music and people who love both.” In October 2007, TankFarm Future Sounds will continue to support artists they love in new ways by presenting Shout Out Louds’ US Tour with fellow Swedes Johnossi, and Myspace Records’ darlings Nico Vega.
TankFarm Future Sounds is also throwing some great parties in the near future. Next Wednesday, October 3rd, TankFarm Future Sounds is kicking off THE RUMBLE, a monthly indie rock night at Harlot in San Francisco. On Friday, October 19th, TankFarm Future Sounds is hosting amazing showcase of brand new talent at Pianos in NYC, as part of this year’s CMJ Music Marathon.
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