Driftless Pony Club

Cleveland and Binghamton University

2012-02-16T10:07:00.002-06:00

We're on the road for the next couple days. Here's where we'll be:

Thursday, Feb 16 - Wilbert's - Cleveland, OH - 8pm All Ages
Friday, Feb 17 - Undergrounds Coffeehouse - Binghamton University - Vestal, NY - 9pm All Ages

See you there!

MOVING AWAY SHOW @ QUENCHERS

2012-01-03T08:09:00.004-06:00

Like a defeated wizard or an Arby's sandwich, we are both sad and proud to announce that our drummer, Nate Bartley, will be moving to Minnesota. In bittersweet celebration, we are playing a show at Quenchers on Jan 14 with our good friends, Sleep Out and Post Honeymoon.

Saturday, January 14
NATE'S MOVING AWAY SHOW!!!!
Quencher's
2401 N. Western Ave
Chicago, IL
w/ Sleep Out, Post Honeymoon

9pm 21+

New Year's Eve Eve Show w/ The Hood Internet at Lincoln Hall! 18+

2011-12-10T16:58:00.007-06:00

Click to buy tickets!

November Tour

2011-11-03T10:10:00.004-05:00

We're touring the east/southeast this November. Hope to see some of you there! More info at our shows page.

Thur. Nov. 10 - Hamilton, OH - Galaxy CDs

Fri. Nov. 11 - Rochester, NY - Boulder Coffee Co

Sat. Nov. 12 - Brooklyn, NY - Legion Bar (21+)

Sun. Nov. 13 - Ardmore, PA - Milkboy Coffee

Mon. Nov. 14 - New York, NY - The Local 269

Tues. Nov. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Ballroom (this place doesn't have a website)

Thurs. Nov. 17 - Atlanta, GA - WonderRoot

Inspectors of Inspectors!

2011-10-22T08:08:00.000-05:00

Here's the new DPC video for Inspectors of Inspectors.

Thanks to Corey Vidal and the ApprenticeA team for putting it together.

Summer Tour and Music Video!

2011-07-19T11:34:00.003-05:00

Our long awaited music video for "House of 1982 built like a ship" is finally done-just in time for out summer tour!

July 20 -St. Louis, MO -2720 Cherokee
July 21 -Little Rock, AR -Vino's
July 22 -Dallas, TX -Opening Bell Coffee (w/ Man Factory)
July 23 -Austin, TX -Trailer Space Records
July 25 -Albuquerque, NM -Orchid Chamber 18+ (Minors can attend w/ parent or guardian)
July 26 -Phoenix, AZ -Trunk Space
July 27 -Tempe, AZ -Long Wongs
July 28-30 -VidCon (in Los Angeles)
Aug. 3 -Seattle, WA -Studio Seven
Aug. 5 -Provo, UT -Velour
Aug. 6 -Colorado Springs, CO -Sunshine Studios
Aug. 8 -Omaha, NE -Pizza Shop Collective
Aug. 9 -Minneapolis, MN -Acadia Cafe
Aug. 10 -Madison, WI -High Noon Saloon 18+ (Minors can attend w/ parent or guardian)

Buy the album here: http://www.dftba.com/product/xc/Buckminster-CD

Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/buckminster/id421475624

Stream Buckminster!

2011-06-21T10:47:00.002-05:00

Enjoy!

Digitour and Western Tour

2011-05-02T10:18:00.003-05:00

Two points of interest: Next week, we join The Digitour
for two dates:

May 7 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
May 8 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater

Come see us with all your favorite YouTube musicians!

Also, this summer we will be playing at VidCon in Los Angeles and we're looking for places to play on the way there and back. Help us out by getting us a show (preferably All Ages) or pointing us in the right direction or telling us what cities we should go to west of the Mississippi.

Contact info is in the upper right hand corner.

Thanks!

Playlist Live and Chicago CD Release Show

2011-03-23T12:46:00.003-05:00

Couple things:

This weekend, we're gonna be in Orlando, FL for Playlist Live. We're playing Sat. March 26 at 7:30pm and you can come meet us on Sun. March 27 at 11:15am.

On Sat. April 9th, we're having our official CD Release show in Chicago at Schubas. Our friends Tight Phantomz and All Eyes West will be joining us. Show starts at 10pm and it's 18+. You can buy tickets here for $8.

Hope to see you there!

Driftless

2011-02-12T02:10:00.004-06:00

Listen to a track and pre-order here!
http://dft.ba/-dpc

BAND STUFF
site: http://www.driftlessponyclub.com
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/sambonejr
facebook: http://facebook.com/driftlessponyclub
email: driftlessponyclub@gmail.com
tour:
Mar 5, St. Louis, Lemp Arts
Mar 7, Kansas City, Jerry's Bait Shop
Mar 8, Fort Worth, The Aardvark
Mar 9, Houston, Super Happy Funland
Mar 10, Dallas, Opening Bell Coffee
Mar 11, Nashville, Billups Art Gallery/Music Hall
Mar 14, Pittsburgh, Garfield Artworks
Mar 15, Baltimore, Sidebar Tavern, The
Mar 16, New York City, Local 269 on Houston East side
Mar 17, Philadelphia, MilkBoy Coffee - Ardmore
Mar 18, Hamden, The Space
Mar 19, Cleveland, WILBERT'S FOOD & MUSIC
Mar 26 or 27th, Orlando, http://playlist-live.com/
Apr 9, Chicago, Schubas

Pre-Order Our New Album Now!

2011-02-11T12:04:00.024-06:00

Here's our big announcement:

Our new album, Buckminster, will debut Feb. 25th! But it's ready for pre-order at our record label, DFTBA. You can order it with a snazzy t shirt as well!

<--Click here to order now!

As an added bonus, if you buy the hard copy, you will get a digital download of the album immediately, including four embarrassing song demos made in Garageband.

Almost two years ago, Nate (the drummer) came to us with a list of essays by Buckminster Fuller with titles such as "In the House of 1982 Built Like a Ship" or "When We Live in Circles and Eat in Merry-Go-Rounds." There were about ten essays, each one with an equally crazy/genius title. He said, for our next album, we should use these as our song titles.

I had heard of Buckminster Fuller. I knew he had invented the geodesic dome but that's as far as my knowledge went. Those essay titles had sparked my curiosity so I read his wikipedia page. Afterward, I wrote a song about him. Over the next couple months, I wrote maybe a dozen more songs of varying quality. All about Buckminster Fuller. By that time, we knew our next album would be all about him.

I was surprised by the scope of his work which went beyond domes and into automobile and map designs, even cities that floated in the sky. He helped popularize the term "Spaceship Earth" and one of the first scientists to consider our impact on the environment. But, most of all, what we found most inspiring about Buckminster Fuller was the incident that led to everything.

In his early thirties, before he had done anything, he was broke, living in Chicago public housing with his young family. His daughter got sick and died. Overcome with guilt, Buckminster started drinking and came close to suicide. But instead of killing himself, he decided to devote the rest of life to seeing what an individual could do to change the world. He saw his entire life as an experiment testing the impact a single person could have on the rest of humanity. That was Buckminster's greatest invention: Himself.

Maybe that's an overly lengthy explanation for what amounts to just a bunch of rock songs but we're pretty proud of the album, and without Buckminster Fuller, it would never have happened.

Hope you enjoy it!

P.S. We have three other CDs as well!

Expert (2009)

Purchase
dftba.com
iTunes

Cholera (2006)

>stream full album
it's free!

Purchase
CD Baby
iTunes

Janel (2004)

>stream full album
it's free!

Purchase
iTunes
HARD COPIES CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK>

New Album and March Tour!!!!!!!

2010-12-01T23:25:00.003-06:00

We've been rather dormant lately working on a new album but that's all about to change. The album is almost done (let's say it will be available in a month or so). Most of the songs are about this guy. He's awesome.

Also, we are going to tour the south and east coast of our beautiful united states this March. We went west last year so we decided to give the other side of the continent a try (Sorry, west coasters, but we'll be back in the summertime). Here's basically where we want to go:
So, if you want us to come to or near your hometown, give us a holler. If you can help us book any shows, even better. If you know of an all ages venue in your town, let us know.

You can:
Demand us to play in your neck of woods at: http://www.eventful.com/driftlessponyclub
or contact us at: http://www.facebook.com/driftlessponyclub
or tweet at us: http://www.twitter.com/driftlesspony
or youtube us: http://www.youtube.com/user/sambonejr
or use good ol' fashioned email: driftlessponyclub@gmail.com
or write your local congressman and tell them your country needs dpc more than ever: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Love,
dpc

Stream 'Expert' for Free!

2010-02-28T16:08:00.002-06:00

cuz, why not?

March 11th Show at The Hideout in Chicago!!!!

2010-02-10T11:26:00.003-06:00

Hello there lovelies, we're playing on March 11th with our friends Shapers and Old Fake at the Chicago former speakeasy and current wonderful rock club The Hideout. Show is 21+, 9:00pm, $5. Chicago area 21+ rock connoisseurs unite!!!!

Metro Show December 20!

2009-12-05T17:35:00.005-06:00

That's right! We're playing a show at the lovely Chicago venue known as The Metro on December 20th!

Info:

When: December 20th 8pm
Where: The Metro, 3730 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL
Who: w/Lasers and Fast and Shit, Old Fake & Call me Lightning

Also, it's 18+

Tour Video Playlist

2009-10-19T10:46:00.001-05:00

Watch all 14 of the tour videos in order, or click the side arrows to scroll through.

Our Tour

2009-09-25T14:36:00.008-05:00

View Larger Map

Chicago EP Release Show Friday!

2009-09-16T11:46:00.005-05:00

We're playing our EP Release of Expert on Friday at the Subterranean. Yippie!

Where: 2011 W. North Ave, Chicago
When: Friday, September 18th 10:30pm
Who: Us and you if you're 21 or older. Also, Laura Barrett and The Embraceables.
How: Train, bus, cab, car, bike, legs.
Why: You can purchase our EP, drink, and watch a rock show, duh. Sometimes rock shows can be fun. I think this will be one of those times.

Thanks for the poster design, Janel Schultz.

New Merch at Spreadshirt

2009-09-06T18:25:00.002-05:00

Yep, you can buy DPC garb here. Image designed by DPC drummer extraordinaire Nate Bartley.

"Bike" live in Zaid and Amelia's basement

2009-08-24T11:13:00.003-05:00

Here is a live performance filmed in Zaid and Amelia's basement. Audio was recorded and mixed by Zaid.

Legends of Archery Music Video

2009-08-16T21:58:00.003-05:00

Our EP 'Expert' is now available at dftba.com and on itunes. woohoo!

We Play at Reggies on Thursday

2009-07-21T15:51:00.006-05:00

the background image was found doing a "reggies" image search:

Pre-order Expert

2009-07-20T13:59:00.003-05:00

You can now pre-order our EP on dftba.com. It will be shipped August 15th. Isn't that wonderful?

We Actually Played Live!

2009-06-30T12:20:00.002-05:00

Watch us play one and a half songs below. Thanks to Ryan and Jake for filming. Thanks to everyone who came out to the Beat Kitchen on a sleepy sunday evening.

An evening of Television

2009-06-26T12:48:00.001-05:00

When will we ever get a digital converter box?!?!?!

Driftless Pony Club plays at:
The Beat Kitchen
Sunday, June 28 9:00pm
Chicago, IL

w/Jai-Alai Savant and Che Arthur