Blog: FUTURE SOUNDS

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Tonight @ The Troubadour is a show filled with bands we adore - CHIEF headlines and newcomer, GROUPLOVE, opens up. HAIM is in the middle slot and everyone seems to love them as well. Chief has signed with Domino Recordings and their first two singles, " Night & Day " and " Breaking Walls " sound brilliant. They jumped on The Rumble: Los Angeles last August and delivered an evening of amazing harmonies. It seemed like over the course of two [...]

A chicken and waffles station where you can whip up your own Batter Blaster waffles on the spot while drinking beer and watching bands, all for free? THE RUMBLE: AUSTIN takes place on Wednesday night @ Beerland with SHAPES HAVE FANGS , MURDOCKS and ENGLISH TEETH . To preview music by these bands, go HERE . alt=rss

Ever wonder what happens to your former campers at summer camp? One of mine just popped back into my life and dropped this video on me, taking a run at Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind. Well done. alt=rss

Week #1 of THE RUMBLE closes out in Sin City as the Las Vegas version features a finely-tuned CHASING KINGS and two great Vegas acts, plus a $2 PBR draft special ! Spread the word, and bring all your friends! CHASING KINGS have been an incredible Rumble band, bringing their 'A' game every single night in towns they've never played before, only to have the locals responding and asking to book [...]

THE RUMBLE: SAN DIEGO roars into North Park tonight for the June edition @ Bar Pink with three amazing acts, a guest DJ, Trumer Pils beer specials all night and free admission - if you can get in. Headlining the bill is the lovely, MAREN PARUSEL . Formerly of the all-girl punk band, Wild Weekend, Parusel's new keyboard based pop sound has gotten her attention. She received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2009 San Diego Music Awards and during her recent [...]

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The June edition of THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES takes place this evening at 3 Clubs in Hollywood and features 3 local bands with bright futures, a special guest DJ and free admission. CHASING KINGS are bringing it home tonight and we can't wait to see them tear up the backroom of 3 Clubs. Sincere key-laden indie pop at its finest, CHASING KINGS excel in crafting classic melodies coupled with memorable hooks. From what we've been hearing their gathering new fans along the tour this week and must be caught before they [...]

THE RUMBLE: SAN FRANCISCO happens tonight @ Milk on Haight Street , across from Amoeba Music, and once again we're serving up three up-and-comers, DJ's, Trumer Pils beer specials and even a happy hour show. Headlining the evening will be a band with a name that reflects the artistic past of San Francisco Beats and beyond - CITY LIGHT . City Light are Postal Service and Aqueduct-esque electro rockers and Noise Pop favorites. Their release Burned Out Bright (Banter Media) [...]

THE RUMBLE: PORTLAND pulls into Holocene this evening for this month's edition featuring two locals and the touring band - Chasing Kings. Our Portland friends - Pampelmoose, Music Millennium and Cravedog are the local hosts and the party is FREE. Headlining the party is BLOOD BEACH , a haunting shoegazy lo-fi outfit originally from Texas, calling Portland home and recently opened for Smith Westerns at Backspace. Velvet Underground combined with heavy distortion. " Blood Beach is the weirdest. [...]

With only days to go until THE RUMBLE: SAN FRANCISCO @ Milk , we had a line-up change that we wanted all of you that have RSVP'd to know and those still on the fence - THE DOWNER PARTY will now be playing in place of Leopold & His Fiction, along with headliners CITY LIGHT and LA's CHASING KINGS + DJ BAGEL TED (Bagel Radio). The rest is still the same - Free if your RSVP here : [...]

LA’s VOICEsVOICEs album covers may be a bit deceiving. Day-glo easter-egg colored galaxies, morphed-up animals and rainbows adorn the covers of this female duo’s two EP releases. Opening for New York’s School of Seven Bells last week at The Echo, their hypnotic blend of droning, almost tribal atmospheric haze is by no means even the least bit garish, as the aforementioned artwork may suggest. The duo Nico Turner and Jenean Farris, originally both drummers, swirl through post-rock [...]

Start your week off with some music tonight as THE RUMBLE: SEATTLE returns to the comfy confines of the Havana Social Club in Capitol Hill . This monthly indie rock night is FREE and highlights up-and-coming bands and is backed by the dream team of Seattle music supporters > The Stranger, Line Out, The Wig, Easy Street Records, Sound On The Sound and Trumer Pils. This month we [...]

SF friends, tonight @ the gorgeous Great American Music Hall in the Loin, it's a couple bands we fully support around FSHQ - JAGUAR LOVE and JAPANTHER . That's quite a tag team for a Sunday night, and I'm guessing they toss a coin to see who headlines each night from the tour name. Tickets are here. alt=rss

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Future Sounds and Sonicbids have teamed up for a promotion and we're looking for bands to be a part of the 'Future Sounds' show on New Music Discovered on all US Airways flights later this year. Bands, send us your music! New Music Discovered will feature 4 Sonicbids artists on US Airways' in-flight Sky Radio. For the first time ever, the show will be curated by Future Sounds. If selected, your music will be featured on 3,900 international flights to the Caribbean, [...]

Just confirmed for THE RUMBLE: LAS VEGAS on June 13th @ The Thunderbird Lounge at The Aruba Hotel > CHASING KINGS + DEVILCAR + CLOSE TO MODERN . DJ AURAJIN will handle the turntables, the party is FREE, and there are $2 PBR drafts all night! alt=rss

Tonight begins the month-long residency by a group of individuals that are family to us > FITZ & THE TANTRUMS . With a touch of jetlag from doing shows in NYC, Philly and DC last weekend, they are back in action to hold it down in Silverlake at Spaceland every Thursday in June. If you fell for the EP, " Songs For A Break-Up Vol.1 ", then wait until you hear their Dangerbird Records debut, " Pickin' Up The Pieces ", much of which they'll be playing live this evening. Grab a copy of 944 [...]

Thanks to the ears of the Golden Sugar Bear for turning us onto yet another great sounding band from New Zealand - this time -> THE NAKED & FAMOUS . This song could be another "song for the summer" and helps ease the pain of being back to the grind after a long three-day weekend. alt=rss

New York friends it's time for some soul on a Friday night. Start off your Memorial Day weekend right before you head out to the beaches and see FITZ & THE TANTRUMS tonight @ The Mercury Lounge. In case you fell asleep and missed it, Fitz & Co are on the quiet takeover of late. Having recently signed to Dangerbird Records and playing shows all over with SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS, the wrecking crew are about to do a Thursday night residency at Spaceland in June that should [...]