Category: Live
United Kingdom
Posted on Aug 30th, 2011
The Guardian just praised “Take Me,” Kingdom’s FG collab with Naomi Allen of Electrik Red, as a shining example of “dance music’s sample-free future” that’s “stunning…equal parts sharp clarity and dreamy tactility.” The props come right on time for Kingdom’s upcoming DJ dates in the UK and Europe. Check all the shows after the jump, and grab “Take Me” now on iTunes, Beatport and all other digital retailers. Read More
Crookers North American Tour + Malente Remix
Posted on Aug 30th, 2011
Check the Crookers all over the place this month as they run through the US and Canada on tour (joined on select dates by our own Nick Catchdubs) dropping jams from coast to coast.
There’s a lot to celebrate: their collab album Dr Gonzo is out in October, and their entire back catalog is up on iTunes, and theres even a new Gonzo remix EP. The guys have given us this Malente remix from the aforementioned EP as a free giveaway to whet your appetites. Download it here and check the full tour flyer after the jump. Read More
Jokers Of The Scene Tour North America
Posted on Aug 24th, 2011
SASKATOON ARE YOU READY TO GET HEAVY? Jokers Of The Scene are hitting the road and bringing their jams throughout the US and Canada. Check the dates on the flyer above.
Fool's Gold Takes Paris Video + Pics
Posted on Aug 24th, 2011
Photos + video by Luca Pagliarini
Check out A-Trak’s tour diary on BlackBook (and our recap vid above) to see what happens when you throw A-Trak, Chromeo, Craze, Breakbot, Kavinsky, Nick Catchdubs and Rogerseventytwo in a room with several thousand screaming, dancing, jumping French girls and boys. FG took Paris! Pics after the jump, check the whole gallery on the FG facebook. Read More
Fool's Gold Day Off Returns To NYC!
Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011
Back! Back in a New York groove!
The thousands of people who attended our Day Off party last year (or saw the footage immortalized in Duck Sauce’s smash “Barbra Streisand” video) spent an afternoon living it up with the country’s most fun MCs and DJs, eating hamburgers in one hand and catching a crowd-surfing Yelawolf in the other. For this year’s Day Off, the vibes will once again be handled by true good-time professionals: Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia, with his first NYC show since releasing the underground favorite Rubba Band Business mixtapes, critically acclaimed Fool’s Gold rapper Danny Brown, multiplatinum producer and club king Just Blaze, the Brothers Macklovitch (aka superstar sibling DJ team A-Trak and Dave 1 of Chromeo), drum machine wizards Araabmuzik and Party Supplies, FG future funk trio Cubic Zirconia, and label co-founder / party rocker extraordinaire Nick Catchdubs, along with some very special guests… Read More
BYOBBQ Pics & Video
Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011
Check out the flicks and video that Brook Bobbins shot from this past weekend’s BYOBBQ, featuring Danny Brown, Party Supplies, Action Bronson and more. (And while you’re at it, see what the Village Voice had to say about the afternoon.) Read More
FG BBQ in Chicago This Saturday!
Posted on Aug 22nd, 2011
Chicagooooo… we’re coming for you! This Saturday (8/27) come down to RSVP Gallery, we’ll be posted up in the back with dunk tanks, grilled meats, good vibes, and music from Treasure Fingers, Flosstradamus, Nick Catchdubs and Party Supplies live on the MPC. It’s all courtesy of Hennessy Black and the @superfun crew, check the flyer and full details after the jump. Read More
Chromeo "When The Night Falls" Video & Tour
Posted on Aug 16th, 2011
Check out the brand new video for Chromeo’s “When The Night Falls” featuring Solange Knowles, directed by Daniels. Suffice it to say…it delivers.
Dave N Pee kick off their tour of the same name next month, with Mayer Hawthorne, Breakbot and FG’s own Sammy Bananas rocking alongside them. Check all the dates (and advance ticket links) here, and be sure to download Chromeo’s remix of Mayer’s “A Long Time” right while you’re at it. Read More
Tight Space Returns Wednesday With Treasure Fingers, Enter To Win FG Prize Packs!
Posted on Aug 16th, 2011
Tight Space is our in-store series with G-Technology, live-streaming exclusive DJ sets from the FG shop on 536 Metropolitan in Brooklyn out to the world wide internets, along with impeccable banter and interviews from host with the most, Elliot Arronow. Even Billboard gives props…
Past episodes have featured Dave1 and A-Trak (as recapped above), and tomorrow (Wed 8/17) we close out the series with a bang thanks to Treasure Fingers, who will be guesting on the turntables at 5pm. “Like” the G-Technology Facebook to watch from home.
We’re also giving away some FG / G-Tech prize packs including drives, t-shirts, vinyl and more, enter here for your chance to win. After the jump, some photos from the last two Tight Spaces, thanks to Brook Bobbins. Read More