Famous Class

Xiu Xiu / Lawrence English 7″

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:44:57 +0000

Pre-Order for LAMC No. 8 Xiu Xiu / Lawrence English starts this Monday April 29th at 10 am ET! Get yours on limited edition Silver vinyl while supplies last

LAMC No. 9 Lower Dens/ Horse Lords

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:46:07 +0000

Pre-order for LAMC No.9 starts May 20th! Get your copy on limited edition Bone w/ Black & Oxblood splatter vinyl (while supplies last)

LAMC No. 7 Up FOR PRE-ORDER NOW

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:15:38 +0000

Grab your copy of LAMC No.7 Ty Segall/ Chad & The Meatbodies HERE

LAMC No. 7 Pre-order starts March 18th!

admin — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:06:30 +0000

150 copies of the Ty Segall/ Chad & the Meatbodies 7″ will be available on translucent Bronze with Beer Haze vinyl while supplies last

So much LOVE for LAMC No. 6

admin — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:45:01 +0000

Check out the great press for latest LAMC 7″ ft. Cass McCombs + White Magic on Pitchfork, Fader, CoS, LA Records, and Stereogum!

HUNX never fails to deliver

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:07:41 +0000

Check out the Noisey premiere of “I Won’t Tell If You Won’t Tell” HERE

Cassie Ramone Up On Stereogum

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:04:16 +0000

Check out the Stereogum premiere for Cassie’s song on LAMC no. 6 “I Don’t Really Want to Go” HERE

LAMC № 5 now shipping!

admin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:50:40 +0000

LAMC № 5 HUNX/ Cassie Ramone is now shipping! grab yours now or at your local record shop Jan 22nd!

Check out Dave’s very own site!

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:26:13 +0000

more things here http://www.davesingley.com/

Dave’s up on the site!

admin — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:27:47 +0000

OG Famous Class artist Dave Singley finally has a page on the site! check it out and grab one of his prints on the store!

LAMC No. 5 pre-order starts Monday 10th!

admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:40:02 +0000

100 copies of the Hunx/Cassie Ramone 7″ will be available while supplies last

LAMC 2012

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:51:53 +0000

Catch up with the LAMC series with our holiday sale! Grab the LAMC 2012 package HERE and get all 4 releases plus an awesome tote bag.

LAMC No. 5 & 6!

admin — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:05:28 +0000

Remember that time we said we’d have 6 LAMC 7″s out in 2012? Well that didn’t happen, but we’re so excited to announce LAMC No. 5 HUNX/ Cassie Ramone out Jan 22^nd and LAMC No. 6 Cass McCombs/ White Magic out Feb 19^th.

LAMC No. 4 IS OUT

admin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:17:32 +0000

LAMC No. 4 Deerhoof/ Half Waif is out in stores now and on our webstore. GO GET IT

LAMC No.3 at Stumptown Printers

admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:18:26 +0000

MFTD #6: Deerhoof & Chris Shaw

admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:35:31 +0000

LAMC No. 3 on the press at Brooklyn Phono

admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:14:50 +0000

HAPPY RECORD RELEASE DAY!

admin — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:48:25 +0000

Go pick up LAMC No.3 Thee Oh Sees/ The Mallard at your local record shop or here at our webstore http://bit.ly/LwPs6w

FC + MFTD

admin — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:56:27 +0000

Need another reason to get excited about LAMC No. 4 Deerhoof/ Half Waif? The physical release will coincide with a NEW EPISODE of Masters From Their Day taking you behind the scenes as Deerhoof + Producer Chris Shaw team up in the studio.

TOTES!

admin — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:39:22 +0000

We made a tote bag! You can get one for FREE with any order over $20 or over here at our webstore

LAMC No. 4

admin — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:00:56 +0000

We’re thrilled to announce LAMC № 4 Deerhoof / Half Waif out October 23rd! Pre-order begins NOW and if you’re quick you can pick up the limited edition White Vinyl edition (only 100 copies). DO IT

Thee Oh Sees / The Mallard 7″ Pre Order!

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:12:47 +0000

Our latest release in the LAMC 7″ series is now available on the webstore for pre-order! Check it out and pick up a limited edition version of the record in super limited edition translucent green vinyl now.

Future Islands – Cotton Flower live at DBA

admin — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Darlings Pet The Ghost 7″

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:02:45 +0000

We’re so excited to announce the new Darlings 7″ ft. 3 NEW SONGS. Pre-order yours now and check out the sweet teaser video we made!

A Place To Bury Strangers – “Burning Plastic” Live

admin — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:31:13 +0000

Darlings- “Pet The Ghost” (preview)

admin — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:13:33 +0000

LAMC #2 NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

admin — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:02:52 +0000

The second release in our LAMC 7″ series is now available for pre-order and it’s only $5!!! Get your Future Islands / Ed Schrader’s Music Beat 7″ NOW. Orders ship July 9th

LAMC No.2

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:27:35 +0000

The new Future Islands/ Ed Schrader’s Music Beat 7″ will be in stores July 17th. We can’t wait!

New Boogie Boarder

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:38:16 +0000

We finally posted up the New/Old/Lost/Unfinished Boogie Boarder EP YIKES. download it for free here

ENJOY

The Immaculates Vol II now available

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:40:10 +0000

The much anticipated second EP from NYC-based soul band The Immaculates is now available on our webstore check it out now!

LAMC SERIES №1 OUT NOW

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:18:18 +0000

We’re so excited to see this out in the world, go to your local record shop and get yours today!

Pitchfork shout out

admin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:10:54 +0000

The LAMC series got a nice shout out on Pitchfork last week, Check it out HERE. They also announced our 2nd release in the series FUTURE ISLANDS/ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT which will be in stores this July! We’ll be releasing more info very soon.

LAMC Series #1 is going fast!

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:22:48 +0000

pre order your records now cause the first edition is gonna be gone before you know it!

LAMC #1 now available for pre-order

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:19:31 +0000

The first release in our LAMC 7″ series is now available for pre-order and it’s only $5. check out our webstore and get your A Place To Bury Strangers / Ceremony split 7″ NOW. Orders ship April 3rd

Famous Class ART

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:37:04 +0000

Support the Famous Class family! The man behind some of your favorite FC images has a new website. Get yourself a Dave Singley print or painting now

LAMC Series

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:39:28 +0000

We are launching the LAMC split 7” series in loving memory Ariel Panero, our dear friend and a partner in Famous Class. find out more here

More Merch

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:23:29 +0000

We’ve got 2 new color ways of the Dusen Dusen/Famous Class hat up on the webstore but we only have ONE OF EACH left in stock! We’ve yet again sold out of the Cat Tank in both black and white, but we’re restocking now and should be ready to ship by 2.27. expect more sizes and a few new color ways

The Hats are In!

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:40:03 +0000

GOOD NEWS! the hats arrived and the back orders have shipped.

Darlings Live from Glasslands!

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:00:49 +0000

Darlings are making us wait to hear their new LP until its totally mixed and mastered, its making us crazy… come out to glasslands this Thursday for a sneak peak at the new record and maybe some deep cuts off “yeah I know”

Get yourself to the Mercury Lounge!

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:20:01 +0000

Come party with us at the Mercury Lounge this Saturday and see Tony Castles live with our friends Slowdance and The Sanctuaries. We can’t wait to see this new drummer they’ve been talking about and hear the jams they’ve been writing for their debut LP out on Greedhead later this year. Get your tickets now http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/81505/

Happy New Year!

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:09:08 +0000

We’ve got a lot coming up this year so stay tuned for updates. We’re so excited about the new 7” series that’s in the works but we’ll let you know more info about that VERY SOON. In the meantime prepare yourself for the new jams + shirts + hats + prints that are coming your way in 2012

New hats are on the way

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:58:01 +0000

We’re totally sold-out of our first edition so we reordered and added a few new color ways. Should be in to the FC office next week and then right in the mail for all you who ordered them. Hold tight!

HATS

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:04:05 +0000

We finally did it! Our limited edition hat collaboration with good friend/all-star designer Dusen Dusen are now available at our webstore. These little guys are going fast (we only have 2 more of the corduroy) so get yours now!

Tony Castles- Cage Match

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:03:03 +0000

Snakes Say Hisss- Right Behind You (live)

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:52:44 +0000

SUMMER IS HERE!

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:48:42 +0000

The New Mr. A*OK Mixtape is out today! go that that shit now. FAMOUS CLASS ACTION VOL. II

New 7″

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:58:49 +0000

GET READY! we’ve got 2 new clear vinyl 7″s coming out June 21. Snakes Say Hisss- Right Behind You and Tony Castles- Juice

Impose shows love

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:49:38 +0000

“The circumstances make this Tough Knuckles track pretty heart-wrenching but the melancholy guitar arpeggios were already the haunted bit of “While We’re on the Phone”, a track that quips big pop quotes and tender puppy love.”

VANNAWHITE in Fader

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:48:28 +0000

another new track

Tough Knuckles on RCRD LBL

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:47:12 +0000

Premiere!

Warma in L Mag

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:45:15 +0000

“All we want for Christmas is for Darlings to receive the widespread attention theydeserve when their follow-up EP to Yeah I Know is released in January, primarilybecause we want to take credit for championing them early on, but also because theycontinue to embody everything we love about 90s garage rock. And this time, it’slouder.”

Warma in Rock NYC

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:44:09 +0000

“But it is with the last track, the catchy ʻBig Girlʼ that their ingenious blend of garage rockand sweet melodies explodes, with furiously bright or crashing guitars and Maura Lynchʼs delicate harmonies behind Peter Rynskyʼs vocals. It is just the right balance ofyoung energy and nostalgic melody to keep you interested till the end.”

Darlings Best New Band

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:40:50 +0000

“This is going to be my new go-to record when I want to just sit back, put on headphones at work and shirk my responsibilities.”

Darlings Warma Review on Racket Mag

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:37:36 +0000

“There’s something very likable about Darlings, and it’s not just the urge to spoon thattheir name conjures up.”

Tony Live review on Virtual Shellfish

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:19:44 +0000

SMILE AGAIN

No Service on The Music Swamp

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:17:53 +0000

No Service, released today, is a collection of songs that congeals into kaleidoscopicsoul fit for the dancehall, sparkling with layered, dreamy textures and pop refrainsthat reveal a depth of charm with multiple listens.

Somewhere in Portland on NO SERVICE

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:15:27 +0000

And if you don’t trust Jamie Lidell or the Tom Tom club…there is a vegan in Brooklynthat highly suggests you pick up this EP…and that vegan knows his NY music.

No Service on Hooves on the Turf

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:12:29 +0000

Tony Castles are runaway kings of first-impression love affairs: they ride around on their dark horses with forlorn eyes, prompting women and men alike everywhere to drop on their knees and swoon.

No Service on Pop Damage

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:10:16 +0000

“the guys who together equal (The) Tony Castles — manage to mine the heart of theearth, traverse the entire universe and, from their explorationʼs ﬁndings, furnish a uniquesonic castle.”

Tony on Stereogum

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:07:43 +0000

peep it

No Service review in Reviler

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:03:19 +0000

“While Tony Castles may be cut from some of the same cloth as their indie scene peers though, there is also quite a bit that sets them apart. The band’s new Ep, No Service, shows more promise than the “just the next indie poppers out of Brooklyn” tag allows them.”

No Service review in Alt Sounds

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:01:38 +0000

“Coming out of Brooklyn’s fertile music scene, gauzy dream poppers Tony Castles have recently toured with Tom Tom Club and Jamie Lidell and supported Deerhunter and Dirty Projectors.”

Tony Castles Review in QRO MAG

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:58:08 +0000

“Wavves could spit out three albums and not scratch the surface of what Tony Castles

does in five songs on the EP.”

NEW EP’s!!

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:26:20 +0000

We’re releasing 2 EP’s this month, Tony Castles: No Service & Darlings: Warma on CD/Vinyl/Digital. These are our first nationally distributed records and we’re really excited to get them out into the world.

Tough Knuckles: VANNAWHITE out today!

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:22:23 +0000

get your limited edition copy at our webstore or pick it up digitally on iTunes now!

Tony Castles: Korea (live @ Bowery Ballroom)

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:43:44 +0000

Mr. A*OK on Home Lab Life

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:36:48 +0000

Service for Ariel

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:45:03 +0000

A memorial service in honor of Ariel will be held at the Montauk Club in  Park Slope, Brooklyn this Sunday, December 12th at 1PM. Please come out and show your love for our friend. All are welcome.   The Montauk Club is located at 25 Eighth Avenue.

ARIEL PANERO RIP

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:26:20 +0000

Ariel was exciting to be around; he was fun and he was driven. He would come to me with seemingly impossible show ideas but then always managed to pull them off. He approached his work with a sense that yeah, there might be consequences but the good and fun will outweigh the fallout because we have the right spirit and if i don’t try and get this done it’ll never happen. One of Ariel’s most triumphant moments in my eyes was when he somehow convinced the skipper of Clipper City to let all the Famous Class bands charter the boat for a quarter of the usual price. The feeling was unforgettable, sailing around the Statue of Liberty having a beer with Ariel and watching friends play and dance. Last year he began working with me at Famous Class, helping us take some big steps forward. It breaks my heart that he isn’t going to see the results of everything we worked on together. He was a dear friend and a brother, we love you and miss you.

cyrus

Ariel Panero: The Lonely Island (last AP song)

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:17:32 +0000

RIP Panero

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:25:19 +0000

we love you and miss you already.

RIP Ariel Panero 1985-2010

Darlings on TheFader.com

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:35:12 +0000

The Fader premiered the new Darlings video and wrote some nice things.

check it out

Darlings: Big Girl

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:31:46 +0000

Tony Castles: Black Girls in Dresses

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:45:17 +0000

New Tony Castles Video

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:20:04 +0000

Stereogum premiered the new Tony video!

check out the link

Darlings at the Whitney

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:19:14 +0000

Snakes Say Hisss + Jim Jones

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:05:12 +0000

Famous Class Party

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:48:34 +0000

Tony Castles Live on Viva Radio

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:40:23 +0000

Tony Castles Joins the Family

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:32:32 +0000

Get ready for the new Tony Castles EP “No Service” out this September on Famous Class!

Tony Castles Win Pitchfork Best Dressed 09

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:30:36 +0000

“nothing but sex” – Pitchforkmedia.com

Tony Castles Shows

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:26:22 +0000

Jan 7^th @ Mercury Lounge w/ Slowdance, The Sanctuaries- New York, NY

Impose Says Hello to Tony Castles

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:14:32 +0000

Tony Castles do great justice to dream pop with this simmering and sweet six-plus minute demo “Pirates.” They’re a Brooklyn band who’ve been floating around Brooklyn lineups anywhere between Effi Briest, Darlings, and Dinowalrus. They were only a blip on our radar until recently, and now for they’re playing a shit-ton of CMJ dates, including a date tomorrow at Webster Hall with Das Racist and Suckers, as well as a spot on our 5-day Imposition, for the Famous Class day show.

NORTHSIDE PARTY

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:40:13 +0000

We’re teaming up with our buddies at Less Artists More Condos and throwing a party for the Northside Fest. shit should be nuts

Mr. A*OK: Make The Huck Say Aye

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:18:20 +0000

Famous Class Party Killed

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:43:51 +0000

holy shit this thing was fun, we’ll be posting more picture and some video later this week

Mr. A*OK Shows

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:31:12 +0000

Jan 31st @ Pearls Social and Billy Club- Brooklyn, NY

Jan 31st @ 293 irving ave DJ’s, kegs, etc etc- Brooklyn, NY

COUNT DOWN!

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:30:44 +0000

The -FAMOUS CLASS ACTION- MIXTAPE VOL. 1 is coming your way this weekend compliments of Mr. A*OK. ft. Huxtables, Tony Castles, Wacka Flocka, Project Pat, Snakes Say Hisss and many more!

MR. A*OK Joins the Family

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:26:39 +0000

Famous Class welcomes our first DJ to the family!

Snakes Say Hiss- In the Studio

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:57:01 +0000

Boogie Boarder hang zone

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:12:16 +0000

Snakes Video Pics

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:28:58 +0000

Snakes Say Hiss shot a video last week with our friend Tony Bliz from Creative Control. you can check out some of the photos over at the snakes say hiss artist page. we’ll have the video ready to go by the end of May

Tour Video

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:26:46 +0000

our buddy Daniel Carbone made a rad tour video from our St Louis trip for creative control.

Check it out!

Darlings/Boogie Boarder Tour By Daniel Carbone

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:31:53 +0000

FAMOUS CLASS PARTY @ DEATH BY AUDIO

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:10:37 +0000

its been a while since we’ve had a the whole family together but the time has come! Mark your calender now for May 28th and come see Tony Castles + Darlings + Snakes Say Hiss + Boogie Boarder + Tough Knuckles + DJ Mr. A*OK @ DBA. We’re gonna have some new jamz from all the bands plus a new wave of shirts.
Get Ready!

Tough Knuckles- Living In Fear 2010

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:20:19 +0000

Tough Knuckles review in Vice

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:52:22 +0000

Tough Knuckles is kind of like a cross between Gary Wilson and Ariel Pink if you substitute all the mental disorder with sweetness. Instead of dressing as a sultry woman or having some kind of body-dysmorphic dysfunction, Calvin LeCompte is a lo-fi charmer, and that’s jazzy—Greek jazzy!

MAGGIE LEE

Tough Knuckles live at the Fader party

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:41:10 +0000

TOUGH KNUCKLES JOINS THE FAMOUS CLASS FAMILY

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:56:07 +0000

We couldn’t be happier here at the Famous Class camp! We have the first vinyl over at the webstore now and are sending the boys to record the follow up at the end of May. Expect big things!

Darlings L magazine

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:58:46 +0000

its been a year since L magazine told you to watch Darlings. they did a nice recap of the year..

“As we write this, one or more members of Darlings are currently watching MTV’s Teen Cribs (again, Twitter), but in the past 12 months, their slouchy, hooky garage rock has found its way all over the city. First there was praise for their debut album, Yeah I Know, on every conceivable local music blog this summer, then the mothership of press – The New York Times — got on board with a few nice things to say. Next came Urban Outfitters, who included their song “Eviction Party” in an in-store store playlist/blog mix along the likes of Girls and The xx. Things got weirder when Vanity Fair used “Teenage Girl” to soundtrack abehind-the-scenes photo shoot teaser for their Hollywood issue. While the year concluded with Yeah I Know on more than a few “best of” lists (The L‘s included), Darlings kicked off 2010 with their first trip to SXSW where they played a load of shows at places like thrift stores and tattoo shops. Their band name is getting easier to Google, too. To keep it going, they’ll be opening for the Smith Westerns at Market Hotel on April 3 and playing Brooklyn Bowl on the 15th, where they’ll share the stage with ’09 honorable mention, Sisters.”