July 18: BEACH DAZED at Out of Asia w/ RJD2, Voxtrot, Busdriver, Railcars, Haim, Alligators, [post-foetus],
Your Majesty, Really Very. Presented by thefmly.com w/ Filter Magazine, Indie 103.1, the Tape, etc. etc. Tickets available here
This is the World Wide Website of Pizza!, a five-piece pop band from Los Angeles, California. This site features a lot of cool stuff from the group, including free downloads of their catalog, transcribed lyrics, and memorabilia. The front page of the website also has up-to-date information about the group, as well as special mp3s and videos. You shouldn’t have to try very hard to find something enjoyable here.
Our friends Andy and Ashley, of Vertical House Records in Huntsville, Alabama, have graciously put our song “Mammoth Skull” on their new compilation, Eargasms 5. We’re in good company, as the compilation also features rad traxxx from groups like the Goodnight Loving, Quintron, Nobunny, and bad-ass Huntsville locals Thomas Function.
Go to the Vertical House website in order to download the compilation in its entirety. If you’re in Huntsville go visit the store in Historic Lowe Mill on Seminole Drive. They are open Wednesday-Friday from 12-8 and Saturday from 12-5.
Today we had the pleasure of doing an interview/acoustic performance session on Jon Hershfield’s “….Is Good” radio program on isgoodradio.com. He has posted a podcast of the performance on the site. Listen to it to learn more about us and to hear “stripped-down” versions of the following songs:
1. the Future?
2. Big Mammoth Skull
3. Hotlanta
4. Be a Man
5. Repress Yourself!
Tonight we’ll be playing at the Museum of Neon Art, on a show put together by The FMLY, with Pocahaunted, Vibes, and Magic Lantern. The flier says “Kingsley,” but apparently they’ve been pushed off the scene by the Lantern, who are playing their last show for a while. Check out the facebook invitation here.
HEY EVERYBODY, PIZZA! IS GOING ON TOUR!!! YEAH!!!!
We’re going to San Diego on Friday, and then we’re coming right back!!! PIZZA! SPRING TOUR 2k9!!!
Anyway this is a free show that was set up by our good friend Junior Metro, formerly of Fifty on their Heels and now of Sunday Times. It’s located at the Soda Bar, on 3615 El Cajon Blvd.
Thursday, May 14: Five Star Bar/267 S. Main Street, 90012/Pizza!/Anavan/Yes Me to Death/Land of Ill Earthquakes
We will be playing a show on Thursday, May 14th (tomorrow). Sponsored by the Hear Gallery, the show is our first with Anavan in a long time. The show takes place at Five Star Bar, which is at the end of Main Street, right past the Art Walk that will be going on tomorrow. It costs $4, is 21+, and features a drink special: $2 PBR Tallboys!
Here is the flier:
Also, our friend Charles took some pictures of us at our Smell show. You can see them, as well as pictures of Big Whup and the Studiofix from that same show, on his Flickr site.
So this week has a lot of events! Here’s what’s going on:
Wednesday, May 6 – Alex and Geoff are playing a set of Pizza! songs on KUCI’s “What Goes?” program. The show airs from 3-5 PM PST on 88.9 FM in Orange County and online everywhere at KUCI.org. There will also be an appearance by members of Big Whup.
Thursday, May 7 – Alex, Tyler and Geoff are playing a set of Pizza! songs on KXLU’s “Part Time Punks” program with DJ Michael Stock. The show airs from 2-6 PM PST on 88.9 FM in Los Angeles and online everywhere at KXLU.com. We’ll most likely play around 4.
Both of those radio shows will be unique and strange as a result of our abbreviated lineups – they should be fun! They are just a warm-up for the full band, though, which features both Rand and Tyler on drums as well as the awesome power of Duncan, who does too many things to list.
Friday, May 8 – Pizza! plays the Smell, on 247 S. Main Street in Los Angeles. Also playing are the Studiofix, Big Whup, and My Pet Saddle. The Smell is an all-ages venue and admission is $5.
So this is kind of cool. Our friend Paul from Manimal Vinyl informed us today that we’re tops on KXLU, our favorite Los Angeles radio station. Apparently we’ve been number one for a couple of weeks now… we had no idea! Anyway, this is the first time we’ve ever been number one at anything. Once we were named “18th Most Important Band in the Entire Universe” on the Groupee website, but that’s hardly as prestigious.
KXLU’s Demolisten has posted to Youtube three songs from our recent performance there. The three songs are all new songs that we’re currently recording for our upcoming second LP, and this is the first time we’ve even had a performance video of “the Melado.”
All of the songs are smashing into one video, and the tracklist goes like this:
First off, thanks to everyone who listened to us on Demolisten on Friday. If you go over to their website, you can watch the Stickam feed of our show. Soon we’ll be putting up some highlights on Youtube in better format, so watch for that!
Octavius, one of the Demolisten DJs and a friend of ours, wrote about us yesterday on the newly redesigned Radio Free Silverlake site. As the co-host of Demolisten, Octavius knows a lot about the local scene and the bands that are coming through it. We’re honored, therefore, to have him in our corner!
Make sure that when you read the article that you listen to the audio interview with Tyler at the end.
In other news: the recording process for our new album is going great! Tyler and Rand are currently hard at work building a drumbed upon which all of the other elements will be placed.
It’s been a while since we’ve posted to this site, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been busy. We are currently doing work for our upcoming second LP and also for a David Bowie cover that we’re recording. Things are going great!!! Tyler and Rand have recorded their drum parts already, and while they compile those the rest of us are practicing a whole lot in order to make sure that all of our parts are perfect! Things are going fast and we’re confident that our finished product will be a monster jam.
For those who can’t wait (or if you’d just like a preview), we’re going to be doing live performances of songs of the record this Friday on KXLU’s Demolisten. In its twenty-fifth year on the air, Demolisten is a staple of the LA music scene and was the first show to play recordings from many local groups that made it way big, including Jane’s Addiction, Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Beck. Nowadays, the show hosts weekly live performances by the best bands in the scene, and we’re honored to be playing our second Demolisten (our first was in December 2006, back when we were called “the New Motherfuckers”).
The show will air from 6-8PM Pacific (9-11 Eastern) and will be streaming online at KXLU’s website. Those in LA can tune in to 88.9 FM, as well. Bands normally play around the middle of the show, but try to catch the whole broadcast if you’d like to get an earful of the cool stuff that’s going on in this city’s underground (hint: it’s way better than the stuff that’s going on in the “overground”).
Here is a flyer:
Here is a wicked old youtube video from the cassette era that gives the history of Demolisten:
