West Indian Girl

on july 11th we’re playing a really rad show at the henry fonda theatre in la. we’re going to be part of the labyrinth of jareth masquerade ball show. this is an incredibly intense event which takes a year of planning and prep to put on. strider and the loj crew have been so kind to outfit the band in elaborate costumes….we’re talking powdered wigs, tight pants, big gowns, cloaks and daggers etc etc. this should be fun as hell to play. if you want to go you cant because its already sold out. bummer. we will post pics though 🙂

Finally, our album of rarities is out today via Origami Records (the rad new vinyl store by the Echo in Echo Park)!

the collection includes 2 b-sides from our debut on Astralwerks; one unreleased remix from our Remix EP; 6 digitally unreleased remixes from 4th on the floor remixes, vol.2; and last but not least, a dreamy and vulnerable interpretation of the Beatles classic, 8 days a week. Available @ all the usual online music retailers or here!

listen people, our contest is so f’n easy to win. all u have to do is email your friends some music. you can enter multiple emails at once too so its pretty low on the demanding scale. in fact it cant get any easier – just copy an email addy then put a comma and another email addy….repeat again and again and again and win. check out the contest page/tab for all the details on how u get to hang out and watch the show of your choice with us from backstage. you’ll be photographed and videotaped with all of us – all for sharing our “We Believe” album and our “In The Studio” video with as many friends as possible. this contest doesnt suck.

last night i came across this clip from family guy and i couldnt help but think about my old friend jc chamboredom. ahhh…if only stewie was real.

super super super super duper stoked that we have a 12″ vinyl single coming out on rong records june 15th. the a-side is “solar eyes – (dirty) wes/coats it’s basically crunk rock remix” and the b-side is “rise from the dead – patterns form remix”. we will be selling a very limited amount of these via our shoppe. this is a UK release so it wont be available here…maybe u can find it in an import bin..not sure. thanx to scotty coats for the cosmic mix and ben from rong for being an all around excellent human being.

despite temporarily getting stuck in the freight elevator, we had a very zen photoshoot the other night as we sipped on wine and chilled in the hallways of our rehearsal space. the talented charles kang captured some rad photos of the band as did our good friend marcos beltran who caught the raw behind-the-scenes yummyness. the aesthetic eye of daven was also much much appreciated. thank you all. the shoot was super fun and quite the bonding experience. here’s a teaser i compiled to show for it with music from a track called Beach available via Origami.

Records on July 7th: while going through this footage, i came across some mysterious waves of light…see if you can catch a glimpse of our 4th & wall entity…enjoy…

looks like we’re going back to sd for the second straight year. looking forward to killing it again this year. here’s the line up.

fyi – solana beach festival this saturday – we’re playing at 5:30 – be there.

here’s a look at the front cover of our next release – slated for july 7th on origami records. it’s a collection of rarities and remixes that havent been available or distributed digitally by anyone else. more details soon. great work on the cover ash!

– “so indie it hurts” jared barboza uttered those words during a phone call last night and i considered it an instant classic – give credit where credit is due

awww shit, this song will work

studio web cam tonight. we’re gonna try this again. we will be running our set for tomorrow’s show in hermosa. hopefully the sound will be fixed. if its not then it will be a whole lotta distortion. still dont have 2 cameras yet. glad it wasnt on last night cos im sure i would have been voted off the island for being dickhead of the evening. showtime…around 10pm

OK – here it is. us live…sort of. check back next wednesday…maybe it will get better. it should.

on monday i was in sf speaking on a panel at the sf music tech summit. special thanx to jean cook, john mcdermott, and layne fox (pic) and for making our panel rock so fucking hard. this conference is going to get better and better every year – it’s a conference filling a void. as a result of our panel i think more artists or the “artist voice” will be better represented in the future. for real – any musician that is serious about their band should attend and attend with an agenda – dont just go there to listen to most of the speakers pontificate and not really say anything that u can relate to. 9 times out of 10 this stuff will go in one ear and out the other. go there with a plan — how and what and who can help my band improve its quality of life.  if you think about this before hand in conjunction with a possibly semi unpleasant self inventory of your own band then u wont be disappointed. thanx zisk – had a blast! ben cook, heidi richman, tony van veen – u all shoot from the hip and i love it. highlight of the day for me was meeting bram cohen…the guy who wrote bittorrent – that’s a guy we should all thank.

after a 2 week wait the black cards finally arrived! wanna download our entire catalog? well now u can – 4 zip files totaling 56 songs at the high quality rate of 320kbps. we will of course be selling these special drop cards at the shows but for those who cant wait to see us live you buy them in our shoppe right now

speaking of black…here’s something off the clash’s super black market clash – it’s actually a b-side

in the next week or so we are going to start giving our fans and/or any pervs the opportunity to see a side of the band that few get to see. we will be broadcasting a live feed from our studio at 4th and wall to document our times there. the schedule will be posted on the front page of the site and if you check in during those times u will see us in our element….the good the bad and the ugly. this month we will be focusing on writing and recording or next ep which we would like to finish asafp. we will also be rehearsing for a show in may. hopefully this behind the scenes video will prove semi interesting. we were toying with this idea 2 years ago but never acted on it. now we feel like its the perfect time to do it. i think i read something a week or 2 ago about billy corgan doing something similar but actually charging his fans for it. shit….at what point do u stop milking ur fan base? by the way….all our shirts are on sale for 7 bucks 😉

speaking of corgan – if he only got rid of that guitar solo at 3:32 the song could have been timeless. 1979 would have been a better mp3 to post but wtf, this song made me think of another girl in another life in another bed who introduced me to this band

a few shows are starting to roll in for this summer. the biggest of which is outside lands music festival in sf. check out the tour section for all upcoming show info and links

after a month of hard work our new site is finally up and running. content on the site will be updated almost daily so please bookmark it or add it to your feeds. i would especially like to thank sascha (mr word press) and josh (mr css) for all their hard work — we couldnt have done it without them. over the next few weeks the site will be tweaked and have some if it’s flaws botoxed away. please register, check back often and tell us what you think. check out the radio player on the right while you browse (a bit less obnoxious than our last one).

we played 2 shows this week – san clemente and venice. video show reports are on the way

i’m tired of typing so much. watch and learn

           V is for Victory…thanks to the friends, family & fans who made this show AMAZING…twas a fine night @ the roxy saturday night…

Options options options… everyone loves them, and in the case of our second remix CD variety is indeed the spice of life.  OK, let me break it down.  There are 4 ways you can get all or some of these remixes into your ears.

1: CD – 4th On The Floor: Remixes Vol. 2…. This double CD package is ONLY available via the band’s site.  It will be in select stores in ’09 but I have no news on this yet.  This double disc has 26 tracks.  What’s special about the CD version are the 7 exclusive tracks that won’t be found anywhere else.   These exclusive tracks are from LIME, CruelBlackDove, Mark Sgarbossa, Ron Reeser & Dan Saenz and Venue.  These tracks are rad and as of right now you can only get them here.  In the future they will be available digitally as part of new, special and bonus releases.   The CD art which was done by Ashkahn is especially fantastic.

2: Digitally - 4th On The Floor: Remixes Vol. 2 “Standard Edition“ – the Smash Hit Music Co has put together a selected playlist of 15 tracks.  These remixes are all different – uptempo, downtempo, dance, and electronic.  This playlist is not only one of the main features on the iTunes electronic store right now but its featured on the front pages of Amazon, Napster and Limewire among many others.  Funny how how a cool little label in SF can get more advertising visibility than the shitty “bigger/ part of a major” label our last CD came out on.  We all make mistakes.  Count that label as one of my larger ones.  Forgive me Lord, I have sinned.  Right now  only $7.99 at itunes

3: Digitally - 4th On The Floor: Remixes Vol. 2 “The Black Edition” – is a specific selection of 9 tracks that are sure to get you moving towards the dance floor.  Most of these tracks aren’t on the regular/standard version described above.  This is also released by the aforementioned Smash Hit Music Co.  Circuit parties for everyone. only $7.99 at itunes

4: Vinyl – via Rong music.  A 12″ with 3 tracks will be released in January.  Rong = the crème de la crème of vinyl releases.  Mmmmmm….

Yesterday KCRW named Nynex’s remix of “To Die In LA” their top tune of the day. This is more great news concerning our volume 2 remix project which is going to be released on itunes on the 23rd. Click on the picture below to check out the link – I believe this track is now a free download for a limited time.