NBA Jam is back, and the Bay is celebrating with Trackademicks and Tap.10 (and the Golden State Warriors’ forward) at True on Haight St tomorrow night (11/16). RSVP to go party with the Honor Rollers. Will Thunder be in attendance?
We’re proud to present the debut Fool’s Gold release from our first band, The Suzan! Starting today you can pick up “Home” (with b-side “Uh Ah”) on iTunes and colored vinyl 7″ single wrapped front to back in psychedelic sleeve art from Dust La Rock. Preview it as RCRD LBL’s “RCRD Of The Day”:
In case you missed their irresistibleperformances at our CMJ and SXSW showcases, here’s the deal: The Suzan are a boundlessly energetic all-girl band from Japan with a knack for melding jangly, unconventional melodies and keyboard grooves into a sound all their own. Their unique charm and sweetly funky, hard-to-pin-down pop has captivated Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John – who they convinced to be their producer with a MySpace message! – and everyone else they encounter, from The Fader (“Full-on hyperactive bopping around the dancefloor steez.”) to Perez Hilton (“These girls are so adorable… will put a smile on your face!”)
“Home” sets the stage for The Suzan’s full-length LP, Golden Week For The Poco Poco Beat, out this fall on Fool’s Gold / Downtown. It’s effervescent, moody, and (if we humbly say so) one of the best albums of the year! But don’t take our word for it, come check them rocking the free Jelly Pool Party on 8/22 at East River Park in Brooklyn, an all-Fool’s Gold family affair with Chromeo, Kid Sister, Telephoned and more also performing.
This past week, Food Gold assembled a wild crew and hit up Trinidad for a few days of liming, eating and partying at weird Indian clubs that played Turbo Soca and Wham. Included in our brigade were noted journalist Mr. Michael Calderone, recent Harvard grad (Phd Philosophy) and resident food photographer Sam Goldman, yours truly and our host with de most Mr. Trini Chris aka @jillionaire or that dude who is always yelling racist shit @diplo on twitter. If you need a hook up down there Chris is your dude and he will make sure you get crunk and fed.
Check out our take on some local favorites like roti, SHARK AND BAKE and doubles after de jump, you maco man! Read More
The duo also decided to liberate some more DJ friendly extended versions of tracks from their mixtape for all the selectors who have been supporting the project from jump. Go download this zip for Telephoned renditions of “Use Somebody,” “Don’t Go / No No No,” “Do You Mind,” “Turnin Me On” and “Million Dollar Bill.”
Buy the OG single (featuring vocals by Shyvonne, incredible remixes from Todd Edwards, L-Vis1990 and Bok Bok, and b-side banger “You”) on iTunes, Beatport, Turntable Lab and everywhere else fine digital music is sold, as well on limted 10″ (with “Mind Reader” and “You”) from Acephale.
This Saturday get ready for a spooktacular Halloween night of epic proportions!!! Fool’s Gold is teaming up with our BK brethren Trouble & Bass (along with superpromoter Good Peoples, clothing cultists Mishka and snapshot supremo Nicky Digital) to rave till the grave.
It’s all going down at Europa (98 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn NY) from 10pm till the end of the world! We even get an extra hour because the clocks go back at midnight. All 18+ ghouls are welcome, it’s $10 at the door or $7 with RSVP to rsvp@good-peoples.com. There will be t-shirt giveaways from Mishka featuring the Dust La Rock artwork above, and the party is your only chance to snag em!
As we mentioned earlier, Chromeo bring their signature robofunk to NYC next Friday with an intimate Irving Plaza show. But if R Kelly has taught us anything (and lets be honest, he has taught us many things), after the show it’s the after party – which in this case is a FG-presented evening at Webster Hall featuring DJ sets from Chromeo, our very own Kingdom, and longtime homie (and new BK neighbor) Vin Sol. Not to be missed! It’s only $1 before midnight with RSVP.
For more Chromeo goodies, check out DJ Anonymous’ blog for his extended “disco edit” of “Night By Night” and hit Green Label Sound for the original + a brand new Skream remix of “Night By Night.” Or hell, why not just grab it from this gigantic embedded widget!