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Battles, a mostly instrumental-experimental-math rock band from NYC, just released their sophomore album Gloss Drop last week via Warp Records. It’s their first release without former front man, Tyondai Braxton, who left the band last summer. The two videos below filmed the amazingly talented people at La Blogotheque feature the trio playing songs off the new record in a beautiful, old hotel in Paris.

The band also just extended their already lengthy tour across North America and Europe. One of the new additions to the tour is a date at the TLA in Philly on Monday, October 31st aka Halloween. Tickets for the show are on sale and can be found HERE.

All tour dates and videos below…

Kurt Vile @ Johnny Brenda’s in 2010

What to do in Philly on Sunday?

• Rosetta, Tidal Arms, Drummers, Modern Wasteland, Niche @ The Barbary – 6pm (tickets)
• Kurt Vile & the Violators, Pissed Jeans, Meg Baird @ First Unitarian Church – 8pm (tickets)
• Desoto Jones, Find Vienna, Collisions @ Kung Fu Necktie – 8pm – 21+ (tickets)
• Natasha Bedingfield,  Kate Voegele & Kevin Hammond @ TLA – 8pm

The Dodos

What to do in Philly on Saturday?

• The Great Unknown, The Spinning Leaves, The End Of America @ Kung Fu Necktie – 7pm (tickets)
• The Dodos, Gauntlet Hair @ TLA – 9pm (tickets)
• East Hundred, Turning Violet Violet, Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies @ Johnny Brendas – 9pm – 21+ (tickets)

Dangerous Ponies

What to do in Philly on Friday?

• I Call Fives, We Are The Union, Handguns, Neighborhoods, Darkhorse @ The Barbary – 530pm (tickets)
• The Postelles @ Kung Fu Necktie – 730pm – 21+ (tickets)
• Bright Eyes, M. Ward @ Mann Center – 730pm (tickets)
• Phish @ Susquehanna Bank Center – 730pm (tickets)
• Dangerous Ponies, Hop Along, RYAT, George & Jonathan @ First Unitarian Church – 8pm (tickets)
• The Goodnight Lights, Big Fat Marker, Bozmo, Shortbread @ The Fire – 9pm – 21+ (tickets)
• Keren Ann, Chris Garneau @ Johnny Brendas – 9pm – 21+ (tickets)

We have a pair of tickets to giveaway for Grouplove and Walk The Moon at Johnny Brendas on Thursday, June 16th. To enter is very simple. All you need to do is email pistolacontest@gmail.com with GROUP LOVE in the subject and your first and last name(we solemnly swear not to sell your information or anything like that) by Monday, June 13th @ 5pm. Also to double your chances of winning just follow The Pistola on Twitter and tweet the message below EXACTLY how it is by the time the contest ends. A winner will be chosen at random and notified later that evening You MUST be at least 21 years old. Good luck! Check out the bands below.

Enter to win a pair of tickets from @ThePistola for Grouplove + Walk The Moon @JohnnyBrendas. Details here:
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Thao & Mirah

What to do in Philly on Thursday?

• Thao & Mirah, Bobby, Led to Sea @ First Unitarian Church – 8pm (tickets)
• Doug Paisley, Old Calf @ Chapel of the First Unitarian Church – 8pm (tickets)
• Other Lives, The Wilderness Of Manitoba @ Kung Fu Necktie – 8pm – 21+ (tickets)
• Sohns, The Dirty Lungs, Psychic Boots, We Were Skeletons, Cassilus, Motorcycle Maus @ Danger Danger Gallery – 8pm
• Memoryhouse, Foxes In Fiction @ Johnny Brenda’s – 9pm – 21+ (tickets)
• Lyrically Fit @ The Trocadero – 9pm (tickets)

Bonnaroo 2011 starts today.

Real Estate @ Johnny Brenda’s in 2010

North Jersey band Real Estate, who are rocking a modified lineup, just announced a few big upcoming events. The band, who were at one time a quart and now a trio, just signed to Domino Records. The label will release their sophomore album, which will be released in October of this year. More details are to come on that. They are also set to hit the road this summer for a 14 date tour throughout the country.

They’ll kick off tour in Philly at Johnny Brendas on Saturday, July 9th. Tickets for the show are not on sale yet and it’s not clear whether or not the date is correct, Johnny Brenda’s has a different band listed on their site for the supposed date. We’ll update once we figure it.

All tour dates and videos below…

Yourself & the Air

What to do in Philly on Wednesday?

• Yourself & the Air, Everyone Everywhere, Mercury Radio Theater @ Kung Fu Necktie – 8pm – 21+ (tickets)
• The Alchemystics, Kings and Comrades, Jay D Clark, Cheezy and Clark, Backseat Back @ The Grape Room – 8pm -21+

I apologize for missing ‘Today Is Monday’. I just started an internship yesterday and things were a little hectic.

Broken Social Scene @ the TLA in September 2010 – more photos HERE

There’s really not much to say about this except that it’s a damn near perfect bill. Broken Social Scene and TV On The Radio announced earlier today that they will head out on the road together for a handful of tour dates. One of those shows will be in Philadelphia at the Mann Center on Friday, September 9th. Tickets go on sale this Friday(06/10) and will be found HERE.

The Sharpest

What to do in Philly on Monday?

• The Sharpest, Buildings, Cannons, No Coffins, Ted Nguyent @ Danger Danger Gallery – 8pm
• DJ Bearbait @ Johnny Brendas – 8pm – 21+
• The Looks Of It, Justin Stens & the Get Real Gang, Ghost/Light @ Kung Fu Necktie – 8pm – 21+ (tickets)