
Spirited pop rockers Future Dancing are wrapping up 2011 with a free Monday-night residency at the Bootleg Bar. At the forefront of this 5-piece is brother/sister duo Brandon and Maggie Kaiser, who offer a mix of youthful vocals. The group released an album earlier this year entitled "You Were Already Great Long Before You Met Me", full of uplifting lyrics and a bright instrumentation of keyboard, guitar, drums, bass, glockenspiel and trumpets. Future Dancing's endearing energy and sharp guitars on tracks like "Save the City" call to mind groups like Tokyo Police Club and the Bravery. Two shows remain in [...]
A night in Hollywood to spin you around: ► The RSVP-only It's a School Night at Bardot is starting the new month off strong — Daniel Lanois & Rocco DeLuca , great at the Satellite a few weeks ago, headline, and L.A.'s Bleached will rock it too. Most intriguing, though, is U.K. newcomer Michael Kiwanuka , who's released two EPs on Communion Records (run by Mumford & Sons' Ben Lovett) and who is planning a U.S. full-length in the spring. Kiwanuka was to have opened for Adele before her vocal problems [...]

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I've been trying to figure out the best way to go about describing Future Dancing; it's neither particularly futuristic, nor is it very good for dancing. (That is to say, I can't personally dance it to. Someone else might be able to.) The Los Angeles based five-piece's music is more of a melodic, open sky...