Wus Gwan?

peace

2010-06-14T02:00:00.001-07:00

In case you didn't get the memo, we changed our name.

we are now PURO INSTINCT.

Check out our bandcamp page, and uh, buy our new EP.

Alternately, you can follow us on twitter @puroinstinct

or our new blog: www.puroinstinct.blogspot.com

l.u.v.

the artists formerly known as p harbor

satan rulz

2010-06-01T01:02:00.000-07:00

DEMON CHANNELS from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

June 19th @ Showcave

2010-05-28T17:03:00.000-07:00

This isn't the right flyer, but you know what they say- "if you want something done right, do it yourself."

We have new members, new songs, and new records to sell you. Also, this will be our last non-tour L.A. show as Pearl Harbor.

Skylar is with child and therefore has to be married.

Cody is moving to Christmas Island to lead an environmental crusade against the evils of the Unholy Alliance, who have reduced the once fertile, Pleasant Island, to little more than a moonscape via mining and other rapacious practices.

I think I'm going to start a munchies/hangover cooking youtube variety series with Jessie.

Mike Baum is still around and is an excellent drummer, so if anyone wants to take him on the road, I wouldn't thinks them wicked.

big luv in little Cherkessk,

the late pearl harbor

Pearl Harbor 4 Vogue Italia

2010-05-20T12:49:00.001-07:00

i can't read Italian, but i think this is probably a puff piece. thanks vogue italia!

update: holy shit! vogue italia costs $15.95 USD!

damn, gina! these fools are fuckin me up!

Dudes

2010-05-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

Real life is not California, real life is a shit sandwich

2010-05-04T11:06:00.000-07:00

XYNN

2010-05-03T16:30:00.000-07:00

PH CASSETTE + 12" COMBO

2010-04-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

I just ganked this picture from some dude that's selling this shit on ebay for 28 bucks! Well, if there's anything I can say to you bidders out there, it's make another ebay account with an e-mail you don't use and outbid yourself, then buy this thing from us. Limited to one per customer, and if you try to trick us I will send you an empty box within a box within a box within a box within a box, etc

update:

xo,
ph

From the desk of Nick Castro

2010-04-28T19:30:00.001-07:00

"Announcement: The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a Condom because it more accurately reflects the government's political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed!"

5 Slivers of U 7inches 4 Sale

2010-04-27T13:33:00.001-07:00

Myspace sucks bawlz so here's the real link:

$10 for the record, $5 for shipping worl'wide

Thank you for your patronage.

-Management

they're baaaaa-aaack

2010-04-27T08:39:00.000-07:00

Bobb Trimble tees by Piper K AKA Surfside Slashers are back by popular demand.

Get them now, or if you live on the East Coast, I will probably be dropping a run off with Bobb T & Kris Thompson around July 25th and you can scoop one up from those guys, which admittedly is a lot cooler than buying it from me. Not sure if they do mail order, but maybe for you they'll make an exception.

http://www.myspace.com/bobb.trimble
http://www.myspace.com/bobb.trimble
http://www.myspace.com/bobb.trimble
http://www.myspace.com/bobb.trimble

NU MIX 4 U: Big Trouble in Little Cherkessk

2010-04-26T02:08:00.000-07:00

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9oxepx

Our BIG LOVE 7" is in!

2010-04-20T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

Slivers of You b/w California Shakedown is in stock. Pick one up at

http://shop.escalator.co.jp/paypal_overseas.html

or at one of our upcoming shows.

where all my stilyagi

2010-04-16T11:02:00.000-07:00

BIGS UP 2 Malcolm McLaren

2010-04-09T10:33:00.000-07:00

Nice run, man. R.I.P.

sOoO rad!!!!!

2010-04-03T15:26:00.000-07:00

i've never seen any Denim footage before. today is kind of kicking ass.

Go to Dig In in Highland Park tonight! Animal Style is playing with Neverever & Ringo Death Starr! Ave 55 & Fig, doggie.

PH in Performer Mag

2010-04-01T17:01:00.001-07:00

We are in this month's issue of Performer Magazine! Woo wooo

Pearl Harbor in Performer Mag

"Muckrakers of the New Millenium"!!!! I can't believe that made it.

dweebin' around in the post

2010-03-30T19:24:00.000-07:00

PH 4 huffington post

California Shakedown live @ 2 Headed Horse in Echo Park, CA

2010-03-29T10:43:00.000-07:00

pretty sweet although it would've been cooler to hear the vocularz. footage by Wonder Wheel

haha

2010-03-24T22:23:00.001-07:00

PH in Paper

this is funny, because CHRIS ZEIGLER printed shit that I didn't say!

The myths question- I said that, yes, but he left out the part where I said "One man's dream is another man's dumpster" which I feel really made that quote sing.

We don't have any 7"s coming out on Human Ear, we have an EP coming out on GLORIETTE, next month, entitled "PURO INSTINCT" that will feature "Can't Take You Anywhere" plus 3 mas. More info on that soon.

this is hilarious

2010-03-24T20:35:00.000-07:00

it was like, 40 degrees outside and i won't name any names, but just know that everyone pictured here was at least half-way drunk.

THIS FRIDAY!

2010-03-23T01:44:00.000-07:00

This is our last L.A. show for awhile because we're going to be spending the next couple of months recording/going to school/hangin' chill in various chill-zones so come out!

In case you can't read Soviet-Amero Cyrilloglyphix, here's the line up:

PH
GUN OUTFIT (Olympia, WA)
ANIMAL STYLE
YOUNG PRISMS (SF)

+ DJs Jimi Hey & Heather Gram

FREE
9PM
CHEAP BEER & WHIXKEY
420 OK

Blah blah blah

2010-03-22T17:54:00.000-07:00

South By Southwest. My friend Jimi referred to it as a "rummage sale of crashing cymbals" and he couldn't be more right. For what it's worth though, it was pretty fun/funny and I enjoyed the time I spent hanging with friends or at the raw bar at Whole Foods. Also, major props to Dean Spunt for having kombucha on tap at the PPM showcase. that was a presidential move.

Here's a nice little review of our Mexican Summer/GvsB SXSW show @ Klub Krucial on March 19th via the Daily Texan

Pearl Harbor, newcomers to the city of Austin, played a gorgeous set of California-dreaming pop songs, and guitarist Skylar Kaplan, now 16 years old, played with the confidence and swagger of a live-music veteran. Equally amazing was sister Piper Kaplan’s stage presence — sweet and dreamy, she hypnotized the audience into submission with sonically warm vocals and warmer smiles.

Here's a couple of pictures courtesy of D. Barthelow:

nice little write up about our new 7"

2010-03-16T19:51:00.000-07:00

check pinglewood.com to listen to the totally hi-ficial version of Slivers of You, streaming EXCLUSIVELY through their site.

Check it here.

Also, from our facebook page:

"Here's one of 5,480,484 band interviews AOL's spinner.com conducted in honor of next week's sacred SXSW ceremonies. i'm kind of a little puke, and that translates really well here.

PH 4 Spinner.com"

echo show

2010-03-13T10:25:00.000-08:00

if you're in Echo Park and you feel like watching a bunch of 8 year olds get wild go to the echo around 5pm. We're playing with the smith westerns. there's a flyer that goes with this event, but if you really want to be there you won't need a flyer to get there. so just think about it a little bit. no pressure, but we hope you can make it.

i'm considering, i'm considering, a move to Memphis, a move to memphis

also, HOLY SHIT! How good is the new Ariel Pinque "Round and Round"?! the future is here! Bow down all ye champions of mediocrity and bumpkins of human consciousness! burn a one today in celebration of tomorrow.

We're going to cover this

2010-03-12T09:30:00.000-08:00

Modern Anti-American Propaganda Pop-Rock straight out of Former USSR

REVISED- NEW PH 7" 4 U

2010-03-05T19:25:00.000-08:00

Just to clarify- these are different versions from the ones that are on our "Wish We Were Here" demo sessions cd-r. i'll have a release date soon.

SLIVERS OF YOU B/W CALIFORNIA SHAKEDOWN COURTESY OF BIG LOVE

LIMITED TO 300 COPIES

COMING SO SOON

sounds of the apocalypse

2010-02-28T22:10:00.000-08:00

КИНОMANIA

2010-02-24T19:23:00.000-08:00

FRIDAY NITE & I'M FEELIN ALLRITE

2010-02-19T02:00:00.000-08:00

Hey guyeezzz,

We're playing a free show with the wonderful Harlem & Smith Westerns @ Madame Wong's in Chinatown. It is conveniently located in the same complex as Mountain Bar & Ooga Booga. Keep an eye out for wasted teenagers, conspicuous internet predators, local celebrities, and other likely attendees as they will help guide you to your destination.

Colt 45 will be there, but I don't know if it's free. If you don't want to pay, maybe you should, you know... figure something out...

Jimi Hey will be DJing

Doors @ 9
Harlem @ 9:45
Smith Westerns @ 10:45
Pearl Harbor @ 11:45

Sounds good to me! C U THERE

949 Sun Mun Way, L.A. Chinatown, I don't know the zip

sweet

2010-02-17T09:18:00.000-08:00

So that's 2 shows as a 5-piece down and the rest of our lives to go. we're pretty stoked on how things are coming along.

We have one more show in L.A. until after we get back from SXSW, so hopefully we'll see you there? It's at Madame Wong's in Chinatown with a really cool band who I can't reveal until the day of. My friend Jimi Hey is gonna DJ too. He's got the best records ever, so you're pretty much set if you go to this thing. Did I mention that it's free? And there's going to be free beer? Score!

Pictures from last nights show @ the Echo w/ my babies Dunes & Magic Kids:

new Animal Style jam

2010-02-11T22:42:00.001-08:00

If you don't know who Animal Style are by now, maybe you should take a minute and ask yourself what you're doing with your life.

Cool fact: Our bassist-turned-guitarist-pt. deux, Cody, also plays guitar in Animal Style.

THIS FRIDAY!

2010-02-09T13:24:00.000-08:00

After party @ Footsies in Highland Park with DJ's Piper K & Jimi Hey! All the blissed out bubblegum luv jamz a guy like you could ever ask for.

RSVP here

LUV,
PH

Pearl Harbor in the LA Times

2010-02-05T17:20:00.000-08:00

We made it to the Times, buu uu uu ddd.. also featured are the lovely Nite Jewel Gonzalez, Bestany Coastentino & Dee Dee Girls.
Read the Article here

Hey, look

2010-02-02T10:51:00.001-08:00

We're going to SxSW!

The live line-up will be

Me on brokal vocals
Skylar on guitar
Cody on guitar
Jessie Clavin on bass
Jessica Espeleta on drums

More info to come.

Our dad is a wuss

2010-01-28T11:32:00.000-08:00

I just called my dad to print out a bunch of these Wish We Were Here CDR covers at work so we don't have to pay for them again, and he was like "Holy shit! I can't print pictures of little boys playing with soap in the bath at work, they're gonna think I'm fuckin Peewee Herman!"

Ivan Cattaneo

2010-01-18T23:32:00.000-08:00

this is fucking weird!

2010-01-17T19:13:00.000-08:00

http://www.ictmag.info/politics/rising-pearl-harbor/

"I institute this digit achievement that I can’t modify feature what it’s called, but it has rattling dolphin songs on it"

this song is so beautiful.

2010-01-15T21:02:00.000-08:00

so good

2010-01-11T22:13:00.000-08:00

amasing

2010-01-10T11:29:00.001-08:00

good vibes

2010-01-08T13:05:00.000-08:00

Marek Biliński

2010-01-06T00:51:00.000-08:00

Is the world even ready for this guy?

2010-01-03T18:43:00.000-08:00

Wishin'

2010-01-03T12:20:00.000-08:00

2 E.Z. 2 <3 ST.V.

2010-01-02T20:39:00.000-08:00

angels singing

2010-01-01T22:21:00.000-08:00

2009 faves

2009-12-31T16:36:00.000-08:00

Nice

2009-12-30T12:07:00.000-08:00

Subject: Fuck you!! you poser
6:27 AM
To: Pearl Harbor

You are just stealing the ideas of early 90's British Noise and regurgitating it for the new generation. There is nothing real there. The only reason I wanted to buy your stupid CD was because I was doing a comparsion study in my zine about "girl" bands of today versus bands of the early 90's. It's basically how all of you have really nothing to say and are just entertaining the hipsters.
Just because you have gotten press and are playing shows doesn't mean shit. You better have a better business sense and a better fucking thick skin to deal with assholes. If I pissed you off imagine what others will do at your shows. I know, I've seen it all. You better get your shit together and not take your little fame for granted or you are really going to find failure.
But thank you for the inspiration of the article. I'll call it "Pearl Harbor are a bunch of Cunts"
I like it.
Cheers

merry merry

2009-12-25T11:30:00.000-08:00

happy holz from angus brown jones

cool!

2009-12-23T10:30:00.000-08:00

More props from Alan McGee!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/dec/23/mcgee-music-tips-2010

Some holiday well-wishing from your friends at Pearl Harbor

2009-12-22T11:20:00.000-08:00

season's greetings from the Crystal Matrix:

all the Roy Wood/Wizzard Christmas vids have been in heavy rotation, but this song is way better than any Christmas song because Christmas is for babies and people with money:

How to buy our EP

2009-12-20T12:05:00.000-08:00

There are a few different ways to go about this that I know of:

1. Order online from us via paypal, Mexican Summer, Insound, etc...
2. Buy at our shows while we still has thems
3. If you live in the L.A. area stop by Origami Vinyl, Vacation Vinyl, or Amoeba to pick up a copy.

PH plug

2009-12-17T09:14:00.000-08:00

New bomb ass Raw/Vegan spot in Hollywood:

Elderberries
7564 W Sunset Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 798-4557

COOL

2009-12-15T15:44:00.000-08:00

remember

2009-12-12T17:41:00.000-08:00

the deeper the curl, the darker the shadow

gurp gurp

2009-12-08T21:47:00.000-08:00

View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

"DLR has the ability to be a total whore and a total pimp at the same time"- youtube commenteer. so true.

View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

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december 10th/ party @ sync

2009-12-07T22:01:00.000-08:00

4306 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles 900299999999999999999999

Irishtimes write-up + Something About the Chaparrals 12" VINYL available!

2009-12-06T17:50:00.000-08:00

i don't know what's going on or who is behind this ph luv'n, but they sure are a sweetha't. thanks irishtimes!

read here.

also, if you're interested in purchasing the Something About The Chaparrals 12" vinyl, it is now available. You can purchase it through Mexican Summer, or from us directly. If you buy it from us, you get some cool extras like an insert & our Calistonia Dreamin' CD-R because we like hooking fools up.

E-mail: windstoned@gmail.com for details. We'll have some to sell at shows too.

Oh yeah, one more thing.

Did you know that Stevie Nicks went to Chaparral High? Perfect coincidence? I had no idea until I was youtubing Stevie interviews, most of which she is very drunk in (another thing we have in common).

PH in the Independent UK

2009-12-04T11:29:00.000-08:00

Read here:
Pearl Harbor: It's a little bit better than "Shitgaze" right?

DREAM BABY DREAM

2009-12-03T09:53:00.000-08:00

this is my shit

2009-12-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

meet:

Technicolor Yawn

www.myspace.com/breakinghands

&

Animal Style

www.myspace.com/animalstylela

hey baby

2009-12-01T16:14:00.000-08:00

oh man

2009-11-25T10:56:00.000-08:00

ebony eyes

2009-11-22T10:09:00.000-08:00

BEST SONG EVER

2009-11-21T10:11:00.000-08:00

"troof" by kevin ayers

2009-11-17T19:01:00.000-08:00

nov 21 @ the smell

2009-11-15T21:50:00.000-08:00

secret circuit featuring eddie ruscha, t koh & cole gn
animal style featuring cisco delgadillo, cody porter & jon weinberg
roy corduroy featuring jason mason
dj ? featuring me and frank and daniel at the controls

pitchfork.com: a little slice of heaven right here on Earth

2009-11-11T10:05:00.000-08:00

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11621-luv-goon/

if Pitchfork points were dollars, we'd have 7 dollars. that's like, dinner at Arby's plus $2 left over for some MAD DOG. i noticed that weezer/lil wayne only got 3 bucks for "can't stop partying", so i guess we'll just shut the fuck up, take the money and run.

THANKSSS

2009-11-10T14:17:00.000-08:00

thanks to everybody that came out to cha cha for the L.A. Record thing.. it was soo much fun! So many good DJs, so many awesome people showed up, and the vibes were on point! totally bitchin' night..

alexandra sladjana milosevic- miki miki

2009-11-08T18:51:00.000-08:00

fluourescent party version

steamy beef-cake version

Pearl Harbor 4 LA Record

2009-11-06T10:20:00.000-08:00

ph @ mountain bar on 10/20

2009-11-04T13:22:00.000-08:00

pic courtesy of la-underground.net

a friendly slap on the ass courtesy of flavorwire

2009-11-03T09:41:00.000-08:00

http://flavorwire.com/47025/best-coast-washed-out-pearl-harbour-theyre-lo-fi-theyre-worth-it#more-47025

hangin chill w/ the Doc

2009-11-01T20:42:00.000-08:00

today i met merrell fankhauser! he was so rad.

yeah girl

2009-10-31T12:10:00.000-07:00

meet Israeli pop sensation Ilana Avital, pop sensation from Israel

nethe'lanz '92

2009-10-30T15:33:00.000-07:00

это - любовь

2009-10-26T20:41:00.000-07:00

very important message from your friends at PH

2009-10-24T16:57:00.001-07:00

We changed the spelling of our name a couple of months ago.

it is now P-E-A-R-L H-A-R-B-O-R

Please make necessary adjustments to any written
acknowledgments of our coterie.

better off without U,

PH

A Word with Mr. Freddy "K" Kussman

2009-10-21T14:26:00.000-07:00

PK: When did you start writing music? Were you a solo musician first or was "The Breeze" there from day 1?

FK: I dont really remember. played piano at 5 and guitar lessons from 7 to 9,,, i was probly writin some bizzare poetry stuff as a mid-teen...songs actually started to take shape at age 23 when i finished a ten year run smokin dust from age 13.. .definately a narrow path with few survivors ...would not advise it to anyone else although im grateful for what i learned in hindsight...i guess ive always been a solo artist...the breeze was a nickname i gave my friend and collaberator Jimmy Beseke..we/ I use to make names for everyone and everything/they were fun and immature/Deep times ...but the "Breeze" turned from an individual to a concept...everyone in the world was considered by us/me a member of the Breeze...it was non-optional ...you were a member whether you liked it or not.Ive played with a multitude of talented musicians...im more of just a songwriter/survivor/historian.

PK: What bands/musicians would you site as your hugest influences?

FK: oh Boy...everything .Dylan /young / pink Floyd /Alice Cooper /cat stevens /patti smith/doors/supertramp/seeger/springstein/bowie/beatles /stones/traffic..elton john./pre disco Beegies,,even elvis ..tubes/zepplin/Grand funk Railroad.... toooooo many to ever list with proper gratitude ... these artists and many more saved my life in hard times with their insight to help a poor boy like me to carry on

PK: What's your favorite FK & the Breeze jam?

FK: Full Time Musician /Livin In A Love Song 45 vinyl from 1986 let me know i could do this...it was raw and real ,,,Kids were tough as Nails is kind of signature tune and Clean Friends is cool whatever ... all songs are like my kids...ive got a good hundred plus tunes that God only knows if theyll ever be heard or appreciated in this life form...as long as it exists in the eternal spiritual realm is probly more important than human appreciation or current day approval.

PK: I read on your website that you are involved in a Christian Action Fellowship prison program "witnessing to inmates through song and shared experience". How is that going? What's the craziest thing that you've seen while visiting with these guys?

FK: ive seen some pretty heavy stuff /more as an inmate in my teens and early 20's//// i got a little tarred and feathered after about a dozen plus years volunteerin at the state prison /in typical freddy k fashion...one of the inmates put me on his phone list cause i knew his girlfriend and she was actin up ...that was a no no and i got SUSPENDED from Prison ...Imagine that ...but i still work with Ex cons all the time and have been goin into juvy jails lately ....those kids are tough as nails....nothin like we were ...their more just fresh and disrespectful ...but ya gota love em .. maybe reach one of em once in a while ..try anyways

PK: What's your public access show all about? What kind of community issues do you touch on?

FK: its about whatever flows along ...mostly i play music solo or with guests ..usually in nature settins ...i get goofy ,political, spiritual, probly go right over most of the audiences heads. but i dont mind ..someone out there might get it and the rest get what they get...ive done shows in homeless encampments and really ryled up the powers that think they Be

PK: Why is everyone in Boston such a bro?

FK: people are pretty cool in general given the chance ...as long as you dont leave your wallet hangin in plain site...the rich are probly more likely to dip in than the truely desperate ...go figure ,,,but im use ta boston people... i guess were just starvin for love round here

PK: What do you believe to be the most formidable sociopolitical issue(s) facing Americans today?

FK: WOW ,,,the more i give my version/perception of the truth the less friends ill have...Lets just say that Mankind in general have verred from their true purpose for existance,,,lookin for external/temporal fixes and losin sight of their internal/eternal purpose and condition for bein ..,, America is a farce,,,our Government has sold us out to the New world Order .." a Patriots never dead enough until you take away his countrys love,,,a patriots never dead enough until he bows down to the new World Order." WE need to mind our own business and stop showin preferential treatment to THe UnHoly Land .

PK: Who are the devil-worshipping bastards from hell, or rather, who's the ultimate devil-worshipping bastard from hell? Any messages you'd like to send him/them?

FK: We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities....mine is not to judge or damn any Human being but to treat them as if they have the potential for redemption ...all will be judged ..but thankyou God it aint my job

PK: Any plans for reunion shows?

FK: My whole frekin life is a reunion show ...but yes i hope to kick some butt shortly with some live stuff as soon as i identify a worthy target

PK: Thanks a lot, Freddy! You rule!

FK: your super welcome J I L

www.freddyk.com

wzp

2009-10-20T09:11:00.000-07:00

tonight w/ HUNX & his PUNX @ Mountain Bar in Chinatown

friday w/ Dunez @ Whizzle Ztop in Zan Diego

Alan McGee gives PH the green light.. a few typos & our names are spelled kind of crazily, but the intention is clear. thanx alan!!

Read here:

Pearl Harbor on Pepsi Maxcast

nyce

2009-10-15T19:37:00.000-07:00

Alrigh ahri

2009-10-13T21:14:00.000-07:00

Pearl Harbor @ Matzahs w/ Vivian Girls, Beets, and Woah Hunx

Sound is kinda crazy, but thas cuz we's ponk

Oh yeah, and peep this shit! KINO- Gruppa Krovi

so killer

2009-10-07T22:06:00.000-07:00

Fank-Haus brings the Mahayan message to your tube

2 KOOL 2 DIE 4 U

2009-10-06T09:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.toocooltodie.com/index.php?/tctd/interviews/pearl_harbor_answer_the_questions_of_doom/

a few old geezers at the spittoon

2009-10-05T22:34:00.000-07:00

I Circle Round- Thokol

2009-10-01T12:37:00.001-07:00

wuss gwanananananan

2009-09-30T12:25:00.000-07:00

show this friday in SD

2009-09-28T13:51:00.001-07:00

summer's over, sandy's dead

2009-09-28T12:57:00.001-07:00

Celebrate #1 Pearl Harbor blog post with Thunny!

our debut EP, "Something About The Chaparrals" is available for download via Mexican Summer, check site for deets. Vinyl's out in october, til then... stay nyce for Lindo.