{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Foot Village | origin = Los Angeles, California, United States | years_active = 2007-2013 | website = footvillage.org }}
'''Foot Village''' is a tribal noise rock band based in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of members Brian Miller, Grace Lee, Gregory Witscher, and Josh Taylor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Foot Village|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/716361-Foot-Village|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref>
The band has been described as a "drum-n-shout assembly". In a review of their 2009 album ''Anti-Magic'', Pitchfork described the work of Foot Village as "loud, spastic, and often complicated".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foot Village: Anti-Magic|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13388-anti-magic/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> The band went on various tours from 2007 to 2013. Performances took place in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France; but most frequently in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foot Village Gigography, Tour History & Past Concerts|date=20 May 2013 |publisher=Songkick|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/873460-foot-village/gigography|access-date=2021-11-21|language=en}}</ref>
Foot Village also appears on the compilation DVD ''Live at the Smell'' and on a VPRO video, filmed at an Amsterdam show.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://footvillage.org/category/live-videos |title=Live Videos |publisher=Foot Village |access-date=2010-08-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090617150847/http://footvillage.org/category/live-videos |archive-date=2009-06-17 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The track "Wherever the Fuck Arnold Schwarzenegger's From" appears on the Methodist Leisure Inc freebie funcore compilation ''Short Attention Span'' (2009, Methodist Leisure Inc.) The band have been chosen by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festivals that they have curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymportishead.php|title=I'll Be Your Mirror London curated by Portishead & ATP|publisher=All Tomorrow's Parties|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> and in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymasburypark.php|title=ATP America presents I'll Be Your Mirror curated by Portishead & ATP|publisher=All Tomorrow's Parties|accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref>
Despite achieving little mainstream success, two of Foot Village's albums, ''Anti-Magic'' and ''Make Memories'', have received positive reviews from online music publication Pitchfork.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Currin|first=by: Marc Masters and Grayson|title=Foot Village - Albums, Songs, and News|url=https://pitchfork.com/artists/19304-foot-village/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Pitchfork|date=26 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref> Experimental hip hop band Clipping featured a remix of the Foot Village track "This Song Is a Drug Deal" on their 2018 extended play ''Face''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Clipping. – Face (2018, Vinyl)|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/11980126-Clipping-Face|website=Discogs|date=25 May 2018 |language=en|access-date=2021-11-21}}</ref>
==Discography==
=== Studio albums === * ''Friendship Nation'' (2008) * ''Anti-Magic'' (2009) *''World Fantasy'' (2010) * ''Make Memories'' (2013)
=== Compilations === *''Fuck The Future'' (2007) *''Fuck The Future II'' (2009) *''Chicken And Cheese Covers'' (2009)<ref name=":0" />
==Videography== * ''Live at the Smell'', DVD<ref name=":1" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
===Further reading=== *[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17836-foot-village-make-memories/ Foot Village: Make Memories] *[https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/foot-village-anti-magic Music Review: Foot Village - Anti-Magic]
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121155207/http://footvillage.org/ Foot Village official website]}} *[https://www.youtube.com/user/FootVillageVEVO/videos Foot Village VEVO YouTube channel] *[https://open.spotify.com/artist/1o8b0a3y35AbiAlFmDHF53 Foot Village Spotify]
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Category:Northern Spy Records artists Category:American noise rock music groups Category:Indie rock musical groups from California Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles Category:Musical groups established in 2007 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2013 Category:2007 establishments in California Category:2013 disestablishments in California