The Pistola Press

With the holiday season coming up, everyone is trying to find the perfect gift for their loved ones. A task that is not always the easiest. Why not get them a silver trembling fetus? According to Flaming Lips frontman, Wayne Coyne, the fetus has potential to make you smarter.

When Nathan, the lead man of Holiday Shores, stopped by for an interview last month, he had mentioned how the band recently filmed a music video in Philadelphia. “It was like an old meat packing factory. It was really weird. We were in there for like 7 or 8 hours, it felt like, just shooting this video.” The factory Nathan was talking about is located somewhere near The Barbary. Other than the opening scene which appears to be somewhere in the subway in Center City, you would have no idea it was filmed in Philly except that he mentioned it in the interview. You can read the interview HERE. The video surfaced the other day, check it out below.

What To Do On Friday?

Chris Garneau

• Tickley Feather, Toro Y Moi, Power Animal, Hot Guts at Kung Fu Necktie – 7 PM(21+) – $1o
• Get The Led Out (Led Zeppelin cover band) at The Electric Factory – 8:30 PM – $25
• Cheers Elephant, The New Connection, The National Rifle, Paper Cat at The Khyber – 9 PM(21+) – $8
• East Hundred, The Canon Logic, Robes at Johnny Brendas – 9 PM(21+) – $10
• Monogold, Thom McCarthy, Prophets In Stereo at M Room – 9 PM(21+)
• Chris Garneau in the chapel of the First Unitarian Church – 10 PM – SOLD OUT

So Portishead released a new song “Chase the Tear” in support of Amnesty International and it’s pretty damn sweet. Check the song and a video for it below.

Support Amnesty International by purchasing the track HERE…. it’s only $0.99. All the proceeds go towards Amnesty’s human rights work.

“Portishead have released a brand new track – ‘Chase the Tear’ for Amnesty International.

It’s now available as an exclusive download single from 7 digital with all earnings going towards Amnesty’s human rights work.

First aired on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show on 9 December, the track is out just in time for international human rights day on 10 December.

And if you were wondering – ‘Chase the Tear’ is a reference to a paper tear-style ‘tear’, not a tear from an eye!”

-Statement released by Amnesty International

RJD2, who calls Philadelphia home, will release a new album- The Colossus - on January 19th, 2010 and plans to tour pretty much non-stop until  April. When he announced the first two legs the tour, there were no Philly dates. However, he just announced two more, in which he will kick off the third leg at the First Unitarian Church on Friday, March 5th.

Along with the announcement of more dates, he offered a free song for download from his new. Download “Games You Can Win”(featuring Kenna)  HERE.

3rd and 4th Leg of RJD2 2010 tour:
3/5 – First Unitarian Church- Philadelphia, PA #&
3/6 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY  #&
3/7 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY #&
3/8 – Paradise – Boston, MA #&
3/9 – Jerky’s Music Hall – Providence, RI  #&
3/10 -La TuLipe – Montreal, QC #&
3/11 – The Mod Club – Toronto, ON #&
3/12 – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI #&
3/13 – Metro – Chicago, IL #&
3/15 – Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN #&
3/16 – Majestic Theater – Madison, WI #&
3/18 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH #&
3/19 – Mr. Small’s Theater – Millvale, PA #&
4/2 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO #$
4/3 – Strater Theatre – Durango, CO  #$
4/4 – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ #$
4/5 – Casbah – San Diego, CA #$
4/6 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA  #$
4/7 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA  #$
4/8 – Red Fox Tavern – Eureka, CA  #$
4/9 – Dantes – Portland, OR  #$
4/10 – The Nightlight Lounge – Bellingham, WA  #$
4/11 – Neumos – Seattle, WA @ #$

# w/ Happy Chichester
@ w/ Kenan Bell
& w/ Break Science
$ w/ Busdriver

What To Do On Thursday?

Fanfarlo

• Municipal Waste, Brutal Truth, Phobia, Cauldron at First Unitarian Church – 7:30 PM – $13
• Glorytellers, Curtis Harvey, Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina duo at Kung Fu Necktie – 8 PM(21+) – $10
• Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales at Johnny Brendas – 9 PM – SOLD OUT
• Nightmare Air, Ports Of Call, Sunshine Recorder, Hair Rocket at The M Room – 9 PM(21+) – $8
• E. Joseph & the Phantom, Dayseam, Sonny Bomber, Mem at The Khyber – 9 PM(21+) – 8 PM

Philadelphia local Alec Ounsworth(of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!) brought his side project, Flashy Python, to Johnny Brendas last night. Flashy Python consisted of Mr. Ounsworth and members of a former Philly band The Teeth. Ounsworth recently released a solo record entitled Mo Beauty in October and an album called Skin & Bones under Flashy Python in August. The studio version of Skin & Bones features members of The Walkmen, Dr. Dog, CYHSY! and more. Definitely check them out if you haven’t already.

The band seemed like they were at home playing in the intimate bar, which was filled with friends, family and fans. It was a great evening and an even better set, which consisted of Flashy Python material as well as tunes from Mo Beauty. A few people in the crowd seemed to loosen up a bit as the set when on and began to get down. There was plenty of room to do so but not everyone took advantage of the space to dance. Maybe next time.  Scott McMicken( from Dr. Dog) started off the night with a few acoustic tunes before making way for Flashy Python. Photos below, sorry no pics of Scott M.

Alec Ounsworth dropped by for an interview a few weeks back. That can be found HERE.

Flashy Python

Editors just announced a whole bunch of tour dates in support of their new record, In This Light and On This Evening, including a three week tour of the US. They’ll be bringing along The Antlers, who put out one of my favorite records from 2009, Hospice. It’s truly a beautifully crafted piece of music that can hold it’s ground next to the heavyweights of 2009: Grizzly Bear‘s Veckatimest, Animal Collective‘s Merriweather Post Pavillion, just to name a few. The tour make a stop at  Trocadero Theatre on Saturday, February 20th. Presale tickets go on sale tomorrow (12/10) at 10 am. They can be found HERE. (All the tour dates below)

The Antlers

The Antlers played at the Rotunda on UPenn’s campus in October. Photos, video of “Two” and a review of the show can be found HERE.

Editors – 2010 Tour Dates (! w/ The Antlers)
2/5 – Showbox at the Market – Seattle, WA
2/6 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
2/8 – The Warfield Theatre -  San Francisco, CA !
2/9 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA !
2/11 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA !
2/13 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO !
2/15 – Victoria Theatre – Chicago, IL !
2/16 – Phoenix Concert Theatre -  Toronto, ON !
2/18 – House of Blues – Boston, MA  !
2/19 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY !
2/20 – Trocadero Theatre Philadelphia, PA !
2/21 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC !

What To Do On Wednesday?

Neon Trees

• Inward Eye, Neon Trees, The Future Unwritten at The Khyber – 8 PM(21+) – $8

Cymbals Eat Guitars, who played at the First Unitarian Church with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart back in October, will head out on tour this March with Bear In Heaven. Their first stop of the tour will be here in Philadelphia at Johnny Brendas on Friday, March 5th before traveling around the country for five weeks. They’ll finish up in Brooklyn at Music Hall Of Williamsburg on April 9th. (All tours dates and videos below)

Cymbals Eat Guitars

Cymbals Eat Guitars 2010 Tour Dates(with Bear In Heaven)

3/5 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
3/6 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
3/7 – Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
3/9- The End – Nashville, TN
3/10 – Pilot Light – Knoxville, TN
3/11- The Earl – Atlanta, GA
3/13 – Will’s Pub – Orlando, FL
3/16 – Mango’s – Houston, TX
3/18 – SXSW – Austin, TX
3/19 – SXSW – Austin, TX
3/20 – SXSW – Austin, TX
3/22 – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ
3/23 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
3/24 – The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
3/27 – Berbati’s Pan – Portland, OR
3/25 – Bottom of The Hill – San Francisco, CA
3/29 – The Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
3/31 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
4/1 – Hi Dive – Denver, CO
4/2 – Replay Lounge – Lawrence, KS
4/3 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
4/4 – Schubes – Chicago, IL
4/6 – El Mocambo – Toronto, ON
4/7 – Il Motore – Montreal, QC
4/8 – Middle East Downstairs – Boston, MA
4/9 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY