May 16, 2010

Everyday I'm Hustlin'

Are you excited about this new album yet? If you're not, then you're probably not in The Pinstripes. Cause you had better believe we're ridiculously pumped on it. If you've been to a show in the past six months, you've probably heard a good chunk of the material from the future record being played live. And if you haven't been to a show in the past six months, prepare to be delighted. We've got almost all of the songs somewhat put together, and now that our little gentleman, Mr. Casey Jordan Weissbuch, has returned from the floodplains that is Nashville, TN, we are ready to knock these songs out and get them tighter than a gnat's asshole. If you want to come by the practice space some evening in the next two weeks and listen to some songs, get a hold of us somehow, we want constructive criticism!

Upcoming Hometown Shows
May 29: Taste of Cincinnati - MetroMix Stage
June 02: Fountain Square - Reggae Wednesdays
June 13: Play By Play Cafe w/ The Moon Invaders (Belguim)

Posted by Chris on April 19, 2010 April 19, 2010

Firing All Thrusters

DRASTICS SHOW THIS SATURDAY! | FLYER | VIDEO

In the next few months, The Pinstripes will end yet another lineup era. Come July, we will be sending Matt Kursmark, our beloved guitarist, designer, manager, financier, beard elitist, and brother off to bigger things out west. The man landed a job with ADOBE in San Francisco, and will be working with some of the best, most creative people in the country. So with heavy hearts, and resounding solidarity, we will help him transition to the next phase of his life. Be sure to get some face time with him before he leaves, and tell him what a great dude he is.

HOWEVER! This, by no means, indicates an end to The Pinstripes. We will be working our asses off through June to accomplish everything we possibly can while we still have Matt with us. This includes songwriting, playing on Fountain Square and Taste of Cincinnati this summer, recording a new album in Chicago (with Anthony Abbinanti of THE DRASTICS), and bringing European rockers, The Moon Invaders, to our hometown. You can sleep when you're dead.

Keep in touch! We'll be at home working.
CHRIS

Posted by Chris on April 19, 2010 March 3, 2010

Word, Sound, and Power.

Spring is nearly upon us, the Olympics are over and Dr. Dre's new album still hasn't come out yet. Aside from these things, we've actually been pretty busy. A lot of our time has been spent gigging and rehearsing up the newest member of the group. We're proud to announce the addition of Leo Murcia, he'll be blowing the trombone and singing some sweet nothings into your ear.

Our friend Chap Sowash left the band at the end of January after 4 years of hard work and dedication. He's a gentlemen and a damn fine trombone player and we have only love for the man. We wish him well in all his future endeavors and although we will miss his smiling face and smelly feet, we are excited to get to work with Mad Mouth Murcia.

We're also excited to be seeing old friends and new when we finally return to the east coast later this month. We've got a fantastic tour kick off show at the Mad Hatter on St. Patrick's Day to boot. All this and more over at our shows page.

Then we finally re-upped some of other the sections of the site including the free stuff and merch sections so please, if you're already here, take a look around. I think that's it for now....

Oh and we played last night with Fishbone and The English Beat. If you ever have a chance to see either of these bands and are on the fence about it...go see them. They change lives. Just sayin'.

Posted by Matt on March 3, 2010 January 13, 2010

Ska is Dead. Seriously.

Hello Friends! We wanted to thank everyone for the continued support we've had throughout this winter so far. The fun is only just starting but all our friends in Knoxville, Michigan, Kentucky, etc. have shown us an awesome time already.

For Cincinnati folks, we have a lot of awesome upcoming shows including one THIS FRIDAY (12/5) at the Play by Play Cafe in Silverton for the Ohms CD release party with our friends Losanti (18+). Go here for more details: Play By Play Cafe

Everyone up in Chi-town get ready cuz we'll be back Feb 13th playing with The Drastics at Martyr's. DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW. It's gonna be ill. Go here for details: Facebook Event

Plenty of shows coming up, so be sure to keep checking our calendar as we'll be all around the Midwest through March and are capping off our busy schedule with a run out to the East Coast.

In other news, we've finally got the new One Drop T-shirts in stock and they are super slick! Look for those at shows or go to our merch page where you can purchase one.

And last but not least, we've got a super secret surprise that we've been waiting to tell you about…..and now we can let it out of the bag! Well you know what, actually I won't even tell you, I'll just let this clip speak for itself. Please, enjoy it: YouTube

Dope. Ok gang, we'll keep checkin back to our site, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and whatever else the kids are using these days, because we've got oodles of exciting stuff upcoming. See ya at the shows!

Posted by Matt on February 4, 2010 December 31, 2009

THE WINTER BEGINS

Welcoming in 2010. The holidays are over, and now it's time for much more important things, like playing reggae music in your city. In about two weeks, we embark upon our weekend warrior schedule of touring. We'll be trying to hit as many different cities as we can in the midwest between now and the end of March. Notably, we'll be coming to Knoxville, Detroit, St. Louis, and probably a run out to New York State later on. Check our tour schedule for an updated list.

For you special Cincinnatians, we'll be blowing up the Southgate House Parlor on January 15th with the Frankl Project, the Happy Maladies, and Jahlumbus homeboys Stretch Lefty. Definitely not a show to miss. It's a Friday night. Come get loose! 5 bucks at the door, and this show will be smoke-free

Posted by Chris on December 31, 2009 November 13, 2009

A NEW LEAF, A NEW LOOK

Welcome to the new Pinstripes website, culture collective. We've been working towards something a bit more comprehensive, and now you have it. You're here. Poke around. Get into it!

Check it out. Available to you now includes a wide variety of Pinstripes artifacts. Organized photo albums, an awesome video library, a comprehensive and detailed list of live performances, and lots of other things for you to find on your own. The site will continue to improve and change each time you come back to it.

This Weekend:

Saturday: Chicago, IL @ The Beat Kitchen
Sunday: Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie's
Tuesday: Cincinnati, OH @ The Southgate House Parlour

Posted by Matt on November 13, 2009 November 5, 2009

Ska is Dead. Seriously.

On Monday, November 9th, we are playing on the Ska Is Dead tour at the Mad Hatter in Covington, KY. This show features such legendary bands as The Toasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Deal's Gone Bad, and local punkers, Loudmouth. Tickets are $15, but we are running a contest on our Facebook event page. Whoever invites the most people to the event wins two free tickets!

To our Chicago crew, we have good news: you only have to wait until November 14th to catch us again. We'll be playing with Passafire at the Beat Kitchen and are extremely eager to get back to Chi-town and to see all you guys there.

Lastly, if you haven't heard already, we've been nominated this year for a Cincinnati Entertainment Award, in the category of Best World Music. We had the distinct honor of winning this award back in 2007, and are eager to win once more. You can vote on the Citybeat Magazine website here. But hurry up: you only have 'til Monday to get your vote in!

Posted by Matt on November 5, 2009 October 12, 2009

RiotFest 2009 & Punk Rock Grandma

If you missed out on Chicago's Riot Fest this year, you ought to be kicking yourself. So many great bands in such a great city. Our show was awesome, The Aggrolites ruled, and the Punk Rock Bowling Tournament was a blast. Big ups to Riot Mike for putting it all on.

In other news, this saturday is a very special one. At The Mad Hatter, we will be hosting a night to honor Pat Rice, a local music legend. Our basist, Chris Grannen, produced and directed a documentary about her, and this will be the first public screening of it. The show starts at 8pm, and the documentary will be played at 11pm or so. For $5, there's no better way to come out and support one of the biggest supporters of music in Cincinnati.

Posted by Matt on November 5, 2009 ⇐ Previous entries