Blog: Future Sounds

THE RUMBLE: AUSTIN @ BEERLAND - JULY 13TH - FREE! Featuring Asteroid Shop, Bali Yaaah & The Ghost Wolves!! Eric Brendo - The Asteroid Shop THE ASTEROID SHOP Ambient alternative Austin style, led by Eric Brendo, THE ASTEROID SHOP draws from Brendo's experience as the co-founder of [...]

Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils - GIGANTIC! Long Beach's The Wind @ The Bootleg Theater Upstarts, Handshakes, sounded like the veterans they are PHOTOS BY OLIVER WALKER

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FUTURE SOUNDS PRESENTS IAN MOORE & THE LOSSY COILS & BARE WIRES + THE LOTUS MOONS - SUNDAY JULY 10TH @ BOTTOM OF THE HILL This Sunday night at The Bottom Of The Hill, Future Sounds is getting behind some old friends in  IAN MOORE & THE LOSSY COILS to present Ian's return to San Francisco with his new outfit, The Lossy Coils, to celebrate the release of El Sonido Nuevo, on Seattle-based indie Spark & Shine Records. C0-headlining is an act that we adore -  BARE WIRES - perfect garage rock from the [...]

THE RUMBLE: LAS VEGAS @ THE BEAUTY BAR - SUNDAY JULY 10TH WITH LUKE RATHBORNE, ZACH RYAN & THE ROGUE & SHINY BOOTS OF LEATHER - FREE!! The Rumble Las Vegas is back and at a new home in THE BEAUTY BAR (517 Freemont Street)! Our Rumble WC road warrior, LUKE RATHBORNE headlines this Sunday showcase of emerging acts from Las Vegas and beyond. Representing the home turf are two acts that we've only heard [...]

Luke Rathborne @ The Echoplex Night 2 of Luke's Rumble West Coast run in Echo Park Manhattan Murder Mystery remind us of Social D MMM left everything they had on the floor by set's end, literally PHOTOS BY OLIVER WALKER

THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO - JULY 9TH @ BAR PINK Featuring Mrs Magician, Luke Rathborne, Colony + DJ Rob Dylan - FREE! MRS. MAGICIAN Gloomy surf pop with a pitch-perfect dose of woozy 60s doo-wop that has us swaying. Their The Spells 73 (Loud & Clear Records) dropped in March with [...]

FUTURE SOUNDS PRESENTS: IAN MOORE & THE LOSSY COILS with THE WIND and HANDSHAKES FRIDAY JULY 8TH @ THE BOOTLEG THEATER Tonight at The Bootleg Theater, Future Sounds is getting behind some old friends in IAN MOORE & THE LOSSY COILS to present Ian's return to Los Angeles with his new outfit, The Lossy Coils, to celebrate the release of  El Sonido Nuevo , on Seattle-based indie Spark & Shine Records.  We've put together a lineup of two of our [...]

THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES - JULY 7TH @ THE ECHOPLEX - FREE! Featuring Luke Rathborne & Manhattan Murder Mystery - Early Show - ALL AGES THIS IS AN EARLY SHOW - DOORS AT 7PM - FIRST BAND ON AT 7:30PM [...]

We've fallen under the spell of the UK's GROSS MAGIC and this single, "Sweetest Touch ".

THE RUMBLE: SAN FRANCISCO - WEDNESDAY JULY 6TH @ MILK BAR Featuring Hot Toddies, Luke Rathborne, White Cloud & DJ Bagel Ted - FREE (w/RSVP) THE RUMBLE: SAN FRANCISCO FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE [...]

THE RUMBLE: PORTLAND - JULY 5TH @ EAST END Featuring Rico All The Time, Ravens & Chimes & Sweeping Exits  - FREE! RICO ALL THE TIME Another member of the Apes Tapes crew, RICO ALL THE TIME has shared the stage with other Rumble PDX alums like Onuinu and Nucular Animals. We're digging [...]

FUTURE SOUNDS PRESENTS: THE POSTELLES, KITTEN, PAGEANTS & PAN AM @ THE ECHO The Postelles headline The Echo The Postelles' frontman Daniel Balk stirs things up Chloe Chaidez of Kitten - A star in the making Kitten at The Echo for FS Presents [...]

A NIGHT OUT WITH TUNE-YARDS and SISTER CRAYON After firing up the old toyota and turning down Santa Monica Blvd on the way to the Troubadour, two thoughts about my upcoming date with Merrill Garbus crossed my mind: could she maintain the delicate balance between her unhinged vocal stylings and the musical elements of bedroom pop, and was I to late to park in the same zip code as the venue. The answer was yes. Fans of TUNE-YARDS (and really, who couldn't be?) were kept at rapt attention saturday night as Garbus [...]

Our good friends in THE SOUR NOTES , one of those Austin bands that we've been in love with for ages, are getting ready to hit the road on a tour with upstarts ELAINE GREER and are having a send-off party for their people in true Texas fashion - BIG! They've got two stages loaded with talent lined up Thursday night at the 29th Street Ballroom from former Rumble fav's AGENT RIBBONS , to PINK NASTY, to MEGAFAUNA . There is free food (eggs, pies, pizza) and a free photo booth and an [...]

Tuesday night Future Sounds is presenting New York's THE POSTELLES on a 4-band, all ages bill at The Echo. The boys are back in town to promote their self-titled release on +1 Records and to help them showcase the new tunes and old favorites, they invited KITTEN, PAGEANTS and PAN AM . For more information, go HERE . Because it's all ages, it's the early bird special with doors opening at 7pm, with Pan Am hitting the stage shortly thereafter. 7pm: DOORS 7:15pm: Pan Am 7:45: [...]

THE RUMBLE: NEW YORK @ PIANOS - JUNE 27TH - FREE Featuring Magic Man, Gross Relations & Conveyor Tomorrow night we kick off the week in proper fashion with three bands that have captured our collective hearts! Magic Man headlines The Rumble NY MAGIC MAN [...]

Every time I'm ready to give up and just get used to the fact that most new acts are chasing a trend or just writing songs for the sake of writing songs, I end up tripping over an album like " More " by THE SHIVERS , and faith is fully restored that not everyone wants to be on a reality TV show and have 15 minutes of glory. This album has a maturity to it that reminds me of Wilco's " A Ghost Is Born " or Pulp's " A Different Class ". Frontman [...]

We've featured LA's CAUGHT A GHOST previously as a Song Of The Day ( "Sleeping At Night" ) but this is the latest from the creative mind of Jesse Nolan, formerly of Red Arrow Messenger and The Cheat. Really digging the visuals on this one and we're long overdue for catching them live.

Tomorrow night's show at The Troubadour may be sold out, but we're giving away a pair of tickets to THE KOOKS to the first person to write veronica@futuresounds.com. The band is back in the US getting us primed and ready for their latest release, 'Junk Of The Heart', which will drop on September 13th. You can already hear some of it on their official site HERE . Thursday June 23rd @ The Troubadour - The Kooks