Detroit Bar Residency Update 1

Holy crap. That was fun. We loved pretty much every minute of our first night at Detroit. Ken ran some fantastic sound, Luke served some fantastic drinks and Canvas started the night off perfectly. Hearing them play again was exciting. The pilots have missed them. After that Argyle Smile, a band near and dear to our hearts, mostly cause they know how to party... played an amazing set. They sounded tighter than ever, and everything was in perfect harmony. Toy Robot then pretty much killed everyone in attendance with their super catchy vocals and Loren's face melting guitar riffs. They have a new drummer and key player, both of whom fit right in to Toy Robot's sound like a glove. Then we went on and danced around a little bit, looked like dorks and sang some songs. We did at least one song we've never played before... Thanks to Jared of Argyle Smile for letting me use his ukulele. We were just excited to give everyone a little bit of a light show complete with home-made on stage lights. Our friend Ryan, you may know him from Honeypie, handled the Detroit Bar lights like a damn pro. That is why we love him.

All in all it was a great start to the month. We're hoping people continue to come out and support every Monday this month! We have some more surprises coming up, and always there will be free music being given away!

We really just want to convey that we are so thankful for everyone who came out for the first night! We know the weather wasn't the best, but you all came out anyway. Thank you so much!



This next show will have California Condors (members of Ozma), Gentlemen (Members of No Motiv), us, and then Toy Robot. We can't fucking wait. So screw your commitments, and screw work in the morning... Monday is a holiday... Come celebrate Columbus "finding" a "new" world with us...

Love,
Kyle

OCTOBER RESIDENCY!!!

We are really excited to be announcing that we will be sharing a residency at the (world) famous Detroit Bar, with our lovely friends Toy Robot!

This will be our first residency and we are looking forward to making it something special. We will be playing some brand new songs no one has ever heard because... well, we've never played them live before. We're talking about having a residency only ep to offer up at the shows, and maybe some covers too! So in the next couple days we'll be releasing the lineups for each night... and we are really happy to be playing with some good friends of ours, and some really great bands as well.

We're working hard on making this a fun residency, but will need some help! Actually we'll need a lot of help, from anyone and everyone. We're gunna be asking people to come out and support! It's a Monday night at Detroit Bar which means it's 100% FREE, and as you may know it's surrounded by not only a delicious doughnut shop, but also the best taqueria in Orange County, Alejandro's! (Breakfast burrito #5 tastes like how cocaine makes you feel.) And for people who have never been, this part of the blog is for you... If you love music... it doesn't matter what kind, if you have a passion for music then you gotta support your local scene, and honestly there aren't a lot of better places to do that, than at Detroit Bar. The place not only has a plethora of super talented local artists, but also a crap ton of national touring acts playing all the time. It's just a damn good place to go for some culture in this little black hole south of LA. You will enjoy.

Since the first night is fast approaching we made a little video to promote! And we will be releasing a NEW song this upcoming Monday... Sept 27th, on our facebook, myspace, and on this very blog! So check back! For the first show the lineup will be Canvas, Argyle Smile, and Toy Robot. We have a feeling it's going to be a hot orgy of music. So tell you're friends, and tell your parents... you got plans Monday nights in October.

More updates soon....

2010, New Pilots, New EPs

Lots of thing have been going on. First off... we'll talk about the OC Music Awards Showcase we played at The Continental Room last month. Then our show at the Lucky Owl, and our show at Detroit Bar.
Jan 19th, a Tuesday night on a rainy day was the first night We Are The Pilots played a show after 4 months of some tumultuous times. Since September work on a new EP called "Opialet" had started and technical failures plagued the process early on. At the same time the band went through some member changes. The decision was made to continue on as a 3 piece with maybe some help from a couple friends now and then. With those two forces and the fact we weren't playing live weighing on us we started to get a little worried that we were never going to finish recording and have to let this whole project go. At some point conversations started with Trisha Smith about maybe helping us out on keys. These small jam sessions turned into Trisha eventually playing, writing, and performing with us as part of the band! We couldn't have been more excited about it. Around this time we learned of a drummer that might be down to help us out live for the OCMA show that was coming up. Enter Roozie Tehranian! After one session with Roozie we knew we would be able to get our act together. After a couple more rehearsals through the holidays and Roozie offering to do as many shows with us as we want we started feeling like the last 4 months had been worth it.

So that rainy day at The Continental Room for the OC Music Awards was our first show with Davy on guitar, Trisha on keys/vocals, and Roozie on drums. With the bill packed full of bands we love to play with and see live like Handsome G, Pawn Shop Kings, The Steelwells and Argyle Smile and the place filled to capacity it felt more like a homecoming than a show. We had a great time to say the least and were reminded why this Orange County scene is so much fun. Every band that night played amazing sets, and when it was all said and done the venue estimated that over 600 people came through the doors of a place that can hold about 200. On a Tuesday night for a 21+ show with local bands, we felt like that was pretty impressive, and a good way to start 2010.

A couple weeks after that on Feb 5th we were offered to play the Lucky Owl in Santa Ana for their monthly showcase series. The Letter Read is an act you have to see live. Nicole's voice is something that should be experienced live for sure. The rest of the lineup was the always impressive Canvas, Billy Kernkamp, whose cover of "Tick Tock" by Kesha is to die for, and last by not least BLOK. BLOK is an all out assault on your senses, and an experience we believe everyone should have. The entire show was packed despite the rain coming down like a son of a bitch. We just all cuddled together and enjoyed the Valentine's Day cupcakes, the homemade sangria, and the sound system provided by Carvin.

The following Monday, Feb 8th we got to play with two of our favorite bands, Moostache and Railroad To Alaska. All this month Railroad To Alaska is playing their residency at Detroit Bar. It was such a good time, it's hard to describe how much fun it was, not only playing but watching the other bands! It's nearly impossible to not want to sing along and dance to Moostache, or play air guitar to Railroad To Alaska. We had so much fun, thanks so much to everyone who came out and both the bands for inviting us to play.

Now that we've got a few shows under our collective belt with these new changes, here is what you can expect from us this year... 2 new EPs. The first one, "Opialet" we're working on some ideas for distribution but should have a plan soon. More shows all year long. Shows in San Diego as well as mini weekend tours up to San Francisco and in between. We'll try and keep this blog updated with current events and upcoming shows so feel welcomed to check up and check out whats going on! See you at the next show!

Love,
we are the pilots

Photo Credit: (Top) Sarah Buss, (Bottom) Nicholas Liby.