Time To Catch Up

News for 2011!!!

Ok ok ok... it's been a long time and we have a lot of news to share... First off we're working on a wearethepilots.com.  We want it to act as a main portal to all of our creative and media outlets.  We started hosting a semi-weekly podcast that is basically us just talking nonsense about music, people, shows, and sometimes news.  No one has really heard these lost podcasts but we'll post them as soon as the site is done.  Also the site will be connected to our facebook, myspace, twitter, youtube, music, and of course this blog.

In other big news we're seriously planning our next record.  Our very talented friend Charlie Bow has offered to start working with, producing and recording our next project.  You should probably check out his work with his band Salvae.  Also Tyler has been tracking some acoustic jams with Mr. Bow.  Check out this video of his making some shit up.  

Next up... the pilots have all been donating some time into a place we've called home since we first started playing music AAA Electra 99.  We'd like to get some shows going on there again and hosting events like Jam nights and art nights.  Check this place out.

It's great and we don't want to see it go anywhere.  So if you're in a band and want to play a show, or you're an artist and would like to show your work here contact us!  AAAelectra99@gmail.com

Last but not least we have still been playing a decent amount of shows between preparing to record and some of us traveling.  We have another one coming up right now actually.  This Saturday!  We're excited to be playing on the campus of USC.  Should be a great way to spend the weekend.  Check out the event page on Facebook here!

So that pretty much gets things up to date.  We have some more exciting news we'll share with you a little later once everything is confirmed so keep checking in!  PEACE!

Goodbye Residency, Hello More Shows

We had so much fun with the Detroit Bar residency that we forgot to update this blog! Our bad. You wanna know how it went? Then check this out... OCAC. That is theOC Arts and Culture article on our residency. It was so much fun! And we really appreciate all the support.

Oh look! About the last 50 seconds of our Detroit Bar residency. Look at all those damn lasers! Looks like fun!... It was. But goodbye residency, hello future shows.

We got two shows coming up! Continental Room, November 15th with The Steelwells!

Oh my goodness. And the Yost Theater in Santa Ana on November 21st with Honeypie, and more band TBA! That show is a very special show because it is our second time we will be playing for our friends Turkey and friends that organize these MS Benefit shows! They're always great and always stacked with great bands! We'll update the site with more details once we get them!

Pretty much, we're excited about everything right now. We can't wait for these shows, we can't wait for the new year, and we can't wait to get back to writing and recording as soon as possible! We wanna share some new music with everyone!

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

NEW SONG!!! (Caverns)

We are pretty proud of this track. We love playing it and we really liked recording it. This track features Honeypie's Trisha Smith on backup vocals.

Caverns by We Are The Pilots

So go ahead and download that, share it, and then watch us play it at Detroit Bar Oct 4th!

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....

Dance Party at The Continental Room

If you missed last week's show at Detroit Bar, then we feel bad for you. It was the first night of the Rye Douglas & The Echo Sounding residency, and they were awesome! Not to mention Inkblots, and White Apple Tree! It was pretty much a dance party all night...


Speaking of all night dance parties!... We're playing a show with two amazing bands at the Continental Room August 17th! Playing with local legends and personal heroes... MOOSTACHE! So you know it'll be a crazy drunken party cause when Moostache and We Are The Pilots get in the same room the debauchery will take hold and things get wild. Wet t-shirt contests, body shots, and maybe some violence. We really can't put into words how much we like this band.

We're also playing with our brothers in arms from San Francisco... Genius and the Thieves! Oh you've never heard of them? Well then you're a bunch of idiots!

Here... they made a video to help you all out with that.

Genius and the Thieves - Quart of Blood Technique from Genius and the Thieves on Vimeo.

It's a great song, and we can't wait!

Oh did we mention that we're playing an acoustic set?! We pretty much never do that... ever, so it'll be something special.

Recording In Temecula pt.1

We had our first weekend of recoding our next album "Opialet" in Temecula at our own make-shift studio, in a barn, in the heat... First day was a total success! So we jammed late into the night, partied like a bunch of wannabe rock stars in our studio barn... fell asleep in our underwear. Second day, we realized the first day was a waste of time, and then the second day turned into a success! Don't believe us? Check out our little video!



Roozie is a beast on drums. We love him.