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The Big Sleep's Valentine is guesting as Ed Westwick's British accent tonight on Gossip Girl. Just kidding, but it'll play in the background of a dramatic break-up, shopping spree, or dinner party. CW / 8PM EST.
Come dance with us at Suckers' record release show at Glasslands tomorrow! 2012.04.30
Download the brand new Frenchkiss Records iPhone app!!! It's free!!
Here's just a few things you can do on it:
-Stream music from just about every album on the Frenchkiss catalog -Learn everything you ever wanted to know about every Frenchkiss act ever -Play games! Puzzle together album covers and band pics, answer Frenchkiss trivia for points redeemable for free music! (More games are on the way!) -Upload photos of show fun to our Scrapbook -Keep up with Frenchkiss news / twitter fun and when all of our bands are on tour!
-Buy tons of Frenchkiss music and merch
-Create an account and socialize with other users! 2012.04.27
Our inimitable bossman, Les Savy Fav bassist, hockey aficionado, and all-around awesome guy, Syd Butler, has a book of drawings called, Who Farted Wrong?, coming out via Write Bloody Publishing. It's coming out next month and will have a limited run of 500 copies.
We're currently in the works of figuring out a sweet presale package and a book release party, keep your eyes open!
2012.04.27
It’s Friday!
Suckers played Chinese Braille for Bowery Presents Live, off of their brilliant Candy Salad. (Or listen for FREE on Rdio!) They’re going on tour this May with Young Man!
Noisey premiered Races’ hazy Year of the Witch video. Straight Cali vibing.
Crocodiles’ Endless Flowers is NME‘s most anticipated release of the year! Out June 5th. Preorder here.
Emma Louise is touring the UK in May after Great Escape!
Bloc Party added a third Terminal 5 show on August 7th! The Drums open, too. Get tickets before it sells out because it definitely will (August 8th & 9th shows are crazy sold out.)
BTW, Bloc Party picked their contest winner. Congratulations, Matthew! Have fun in the studio and eating crisps with the band!
2012.04.25Hey bud, sorry our site was down for a while but we are back today just in time to tell you to enter Bloc Party's contest to be flown to NYC, put up in a posh hotel and see one of their sold out Terminal 5 shows this August 8th and 9th! The band has added a third on August 7th.
Suckers new album Candy Salad is out now! The raves are coming in from places like Prefix, Interview, and Noisey! Check out the record! It's amazing.
2012.04.17
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Stream Suckers’ Candy Salad on Paste Magazine. Out April 24th!
1,2,3 needs a new van so they started a Kickstarter campaign. Pledge money and get exclusive 1,2,3 merchandise! We all win!
The Antlers play O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire—their only headlining UK show this year—this April 26th! Get tickets here!
I’m still very much so incapacitated from last night (Crocodiles and 1,2,3 showed April 11th who was DA BO$$,) but Crocodiles play Mercury Lounge tonight at 11!
Bloc Party have announced warm-up dates in the UK and US!
June 19 / Garage, Glasgow (SOLD OUT)
June 20 / The Ritz, Manchester (SOLD OUT)
June 21 / Koko, London (SOLD OUT)
July 30 - The Republik, Hawaii (On sale now)
August 8 - Terminal 5, New York (Onsale April 20th)
P.S. The Drums are opening the Terminal 5 show! What a beautiful FKr summer it’s going to be.
2012.04.11Ready for music videos that will make you wanna paw all over yourself?
Rolling Stone premiered Young Man‘s video for Fate yesterday!
AND NOWNESS premiered Crocodiles’ Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9) this morning!
AND AND Bloc Party is playing Lollapalooza this year! August 3-5. Chicago (or, as I cleverly like to call it, Shytown.)
See you tonight at 1,2,3 / Mercury Lounge / 9PM and Crocodiles / Glasslands / 11PM!
2012.04.10Devin‘s inspired performance last night at Mercury Lounge for his record release show has sent shockwaves across the blogosphere. You should definitely read his interview with The Huffington Post and get in the know with KCRW’s profile on him!
The Big Sleep‘s new record Nature Experiments is out and now the band is headed on tour with Fang Island. Check out their video on how to prepare for a tour in 9 easy steps and look for them on the road with Fang Island and Maps & Atlases starting in just a few days!
Suckers new album Candy Salad is now on iTunes preorder! The record comes out April 24. Get in early!!
2012.04.10HAPPY RELEASE DAY! Devin‘s Romancing is out today!
Buy it from your favorite record store, iTunes, or at a show! <3
Devin‘s Romancing release show is tonight at Mercury Lounge here in New York City. Tickets are available here. The album is streaming over at Spinner and you can read NBC Nonstop and BrooklynVegan‘s previews of the shows.
This is the week that rock n’ roll dreams are made of. If you’re in NYC put on your tattoos and leather jacket and sneak a flask into one of these shows:
APRIL 9: Devin / Mercury Lounge
APRIL 10: 1,2,3 / Knitting Factory
APRIL 11: 1,2,3 / Mercury Lounge, Crocodiles / Glasslands
APRIL 12: Crocodiles / Mercury Lounge
It’s Monday! Are you ready for some good news?
Go see Races on their West Coast tour this week!
Crocodiles are opening for Temper Trap in June! See dates here.
Listen to Suckers’ Chinese Braille, which premiered today on Pitchfork.
Los Angeles, are you holding on to your pants? The Drums added a second show at the El Rey! Tuesday, May 15th. Get your tickets here and quickly, because it will definitely sell out.
Now let’s all do the Jonny Pierce dance!
The Races album release show for Year of the Witch! is tonight! At the Echo.
As festival season approaches, here’s some exciting announcements for you: Devin, The Big Sleep, Emma Louise, et al, are playing Great Escape in May! We’re stoked about this one.
More festival announcements forthcoming, which will indubitably make you happy. Like, REALLY, REALLY HAPPY.
This is one of the most favorite things I’ve seen in a while: Crocodiles made a panty-dropping infomercial for Endless Flowers, out June 5th!
2012.03.27HAPPY RELEASE DAY!
Year of the Witch by Races out today! Check out their video for “Big Broom”!
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NME premiered Devin‘s video for “Masochist”, the lead single off his stunner of a debut Romancing, which is out soon. You can check the video out to your left and look for him on tour soon. If you’re in New York, Devin plays a headlining show at Mercury Lounge on April 9, get your tickets now!
2012.03.22WOOHOO! YES, WE SIGNED BLOC PARTY. WELCOME TO THE FKR FAMILY.
06-26-30 Borlange, Sweden - Peace & Love Festival
07-04 Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Open’er Festival
07-08 Turku, Finland - Ruisrock Festival
07-12 Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live
07-13-15 Ferropolis, Germany - Melt Festival
08-03 Los Angeles, CA - Hard Festival
08-04-05 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
08-16-18 St. Polten, Austria - Frequency
09-04 Mallorca, Spain - Mallorca Rocks
09-05 Ibiza, Spain - Ibiza Rocks
More details coming soon. 
http://blocparty.com/
So we are back from indie rock summer camp, aka SXSW, and wanted you to check out all the fun that happened down there. Devin had a major impact, you can watch this interview he did with Rolling Stone and live performance from the Spotify House. He was also hotly tipped by Time Out New York! Devin, along with Young Man, also showed off his guitar for Paste. Suckers did an interview and live performance of a brand new song for IFC. The Drums did tons of stuff down in Austin, including an acoustic performance for IFC. More to come for sure!!
2012.03.13Preorder for Devin‘s Romancing is now up on iTunes and Emma Louise‘s EP, Full Hearts & Empty Rooms, is up, too!
BY THE WAY, all you New Yorkers who aren’t going to SXSW, here’s something to assuage your FOMO: Tim of the mighty Les Savy Fav is having an art show, Split Anagraphs, at JSx55 Gallery (55 Clinton St.) Opening on March 15 (Thurs,) 8pm - 12am. Closes April 23. Otherwise, see you down in Texas! Keep the triple Bs (babes/beers/burritos) in your daily mantra.
2012.03.12IT’S SXSW TIME, i.e., time for the triple Bs: babes, beers, and burritos.
First and foremost, come to our showcase at Stage on Sixth on Wednesday night!
And time to reveal my personal pride and joy: THE ALL-ENCOMPASSING FKR BAND SXSW SHOW SPREADSHEET.
Come hang out with us in the Austin grey!
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