We're a Band

The New FM: Brookings South Dakota's current greatest rock band.

[thenewfm-blog]

Late night of figuring out home recording. :S

[thefrogman]

A pug’s life is ruff.

[Original images via Miso the Pug]

[thenewfm-blog]

I think it's safe to say that I woke up a pug this morning also.

[officialsteampoweredgiraffe]

Welp the reviews are in! Our parents like it. And that’s all that really matters, right? ~Bunny

[thenewfm-blog]

It's always a win/win when the parents are in.

[davidmichaelbennett-deactivated]

This new album will be completed only as fast as my hands and fingers can click and press… SO CLOSE

[bunnybennett-deactivated2014050]

Vury excited. It’s sounding amazin!

[thenewfm-blog]

I love music, I love Steam Powered Giraffe, I love behind the scenes music things. This fulfills all of my loves.

[thenewfm-blog]

The Making of Torn Apart

Hello all,

I thought I'd give everyone a little bit of a fun ride through how some of our songs came to be, in this case I will focus on Torn Apart from our last EP Human Again. You can find the album version of the song on iTunes and Spotify.

This song has a special place in my heart because it was the first song we ever wrote, a couple weeks after we wrote it we decided to lay down rough bootleg demos so that we could keep the structure in our minds. (WARNING: Very rough recording)

https://soundcloud.com/the-new-fm/torn-apart-original-demo

After taking some time to try to write more music we had the opportunity to play a festival type gig on the SDSU campus. Back then we were barely a band, we had nothing but a name and some pictures on facebook but we were able to make an opening spot under Avian Sunrise (now Avian) and the currently defunct We All Have Hooks for Hands. It was a great show, I still have some archival footage from it that I will save for a later date ;D. Literally the day before the show we recorded bootleg instrumentals that I layered vocals over. (WARNING: Again, this is rough.)

https://soundcloud.com/the-new-fm/torn-apart-second-demo

After this we went into the studio to record our debut EP Up, Away, Over, & Out. This song was left out of the recording process, I don't remember why, I think we just thought all of our current songs we stronger at the time. After some more writing and demoing we decided to try to record a second EP, after one failed kickstarter we had to look at unconventional recording ideas. We demoed this acoustic version of Torn Apart at the DSU campus, it didn't make it to the final EP mix, neither did the original recording of Salvation or Little Games. 

Have a free download!

https://soundcloud.com/the-new-fm/torn-apart-acoustic

We were not completely happy with the final recording we got from the studio so we went to Killdeer Recording (formerly in Tea, SD). We re-recorded Salvation, Little Games, and we did a full band version of Torn Apart that is now on the album!

Hope everyone enjoyed this little dive into our song history, Bobby B

[dinosaur-journal]

Check out our Gallery Page for all the live photos from Pennywise at the Riot Fest Chicago.

Riot Fest Chicago Band: Pennywise Stage: Riot Stage Date: 14 September 2013 Time: 4pm – 4:45pm

[thenewfm-blog]

I wish I could have gone to Riot Fest this year, I went last year and it was too amazing for words, maybe one day we'll get on that stage...maybe we're not punk enough. Who knows?

[officialsteampoweredgiraffe]

A video message from the band:

Join the band sans makeup and sans sanity for a SPOOKY SPG Hour at a special date and time! Wednesday, October 23rd at 4 PM PST (7 PM EST) We’ll be exploring the fan-created Haunted House (Tumblr Tag #spg haunted house) , teaching you how to play a Kazookaphone, and giving away THE VERY FIRST DECK of SPG Playing Cards! For your chance to win the first SPG playing card deck, please make sure your asks are turned on for Tumblr. Then, reblog this post. It’s that simple! Then we’ll pick a random person LIVE on SPG Hour Wednesday, October 23rd. Bookmark this link and we’ll see you there!

[thenewfm-blog]

Fun words for people who actually read our tumblr.

Hey everyone, this is Bobby, the status of our band is always like an on or off switch, we will go from having 3 gigs in a month and having a prosperous looking future to times like now where we see some of each other once a month or so. Dry spells are the worse and kill creativity but somehow through it all we've still managed to hammer out some of our new stuff to slightly better demos.

I feel like we just took everyone´s money from kickstarter and ran with it but not many people have actually signed up to actually receive our rewards or haven´t given us their info so it´s hard to feel like we accomplished anything real. I hope everyone likes the record we are making as much as I feel I will once we actually get the ability to get some hard work on it.

Thanks, Bobby B

[officialsteampoweredgiraffe]

Honeybee has reached over 2 million views on YouTube! Thanks for all your support guys!

[thenewfm-blog]

I love this song and this band!! -B

[propertyofzack]

The Bouncing Souls Tap George Rebelo (Hot Water Music, Against Me!) As New Drummer

The Bouncing Souls have welcomed in George Rebelo in as their new drummer. Rebelo is also a member of Hot Water Music and has also played in Against Me! Check out a picture of the new lineup below after the jump.

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[jungleindierock]

Ylvis - The Fox

[thenewfm-blog]

This is unnecessarily catchy.

[thenewfm-blog]

Got a sweet magnet.

[thenewfm-blog]

The New FM setlist circa 2011. Maybe from our first show? #cooltrash

[thenewfm-blog]

Does this dude look ready for a show? #Stophsucks

[thenewfm-blog]

I swear we aren't just sitting around making vine videos. #makingsongs

[thenewfm-blog]

#hotnfreshoutthekitchen

[amandapalmer]

dear america,

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. don’t let the bastards get you down.

love from a wall in Graz, Austria.

afp

[thenewfm-blog]

#merica