Pistolera

Behind closed doors…

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:00:45 +0000

A belated Happy New Year to everyone! After a much needed internet-free holiday break, the creative juices are flowing again. It might seem like there’s nothing going on (where are all the shows?) but in reality so much is happening. New songs with new sounds and beats are taking shape in our cold basement Chinatown rehearsal space. Without good songs, we have nothing. After spending much of last year working the new album, we are staying behind closed doors for a while to make new good, make that great, songs. The greatest gift an artist can have is continued inspiration. Maybe it’s the Chinese New Year, or maybe that holiday break really did the trick. Whatever is, I haven’t felt this creative since I started the band. Being an independent band means having to wear all the hats. So when creativity knocks it’s best to answer the door, invite her in, court her, and make something special. – Sandra

Village Voice 2011 Poll

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:10:54 +0000

Very humbled by having our album, El Desierto Y La Ciudad, put in the Top Ten albums of 2011 by two writers for the Village Voice.

We are in some great company in Tad Hendrickson’ s list

We are joined by some of our finest fellow Brooklyn musicians in Marty Lipp’s list.

Gratitude Attitude

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:22:23 +0000

It was an eventful year. The release of our third studio album, El Desierto Y La Ciudad, (as well as that of our side project for families, Moona Luna), lots of shows and happy audiences, new friends in new cities and familiar supportive faces singing the words. There are cities we didn’t get to in 2011 that we hope to reach next year. Thank you to everyone for your support. Whether you came to a show, or told your friends to go, or bought our CD’s, or wrote us a nice email. We are so grateful and look forward to bringing you more great music in 2012.

Sandra Lilia Velasquez helping to redefine Mexican-American music, says Huffington Post.

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:20:16 +0000

Two other Mexican artists based in the U.S. have also been creating their own hybrids. New York-based Pistolera’s latest album, El Desierto y La Ciudad, takes the group’s sound in a new direction. Where they had been spunky rockers imbuing their music with Mexican rhythms and the folksy huffs of an accordion, El Desierto is more elegiac. In fact, frontwoman Sandra Lilia Velazquez’s voice is, at times, reminiscent of David Hidalgo of Los Lobos at his most beseeching. Read the Full Article

Holiday Sale until 12/20

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:57:27 +0000

From now until December 20 we are having a Holiday Sale on our web store. All CD’s are just $8, include free shipping in the USA, are signed by the band, and a link to download the album digitally.
Thank you everyone for your continued support this year. It means everything. We can’t wait to see you in 2012!

Thank you Milwaukee & Chicago!

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:23:11 +0000

We are so grateful to all of you who came out to our concerts in Milwaukee at Latino Arts and Mayne Stage in Chicago. Both venues were fantastic in their own way as were the people than ran them. It was great to see familiar faces as well as new ones. We are back in New York for just a couple days before we head out on tour again with our family friendly bilingual alter-ego, Moona Luna. It’s been a great year. We hope to return to the Midwest in 2012! Until then amigos….

Midwest dates this week!

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:24:18 +0000

We are performing a special Day of the Dead concert at Latino Arts in Milwaukee on Nov. 4th at 7:30pm, and at Mayne Stage in Chicago on Nov 7 at 7:3pm. We are excited to get back to that part of the country and perform the music from our recent album.

Rolling Stone Mexico

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:25:47 +0000

We are thrilled and grateful for the continued press our new album, El Desierto Y La Ciudad, is receiving. Click on the link to read the nice review. We have included a rough English Translation alongside it. We hope to return to Mexico on tour again soon!

National Geographic Feature Interview

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:27:28 +0000

It was a thrill being invited to the New York Offices of National Geographic for an in depth interview about our new album, El Desierto Y La Ciudad. As a kid I dreamed of growing up and working for them one day. Being able to travel the world and report on various cultures sounded just perfect. Instead I grew up to become a musician who gets to travel the world and bring my own culture to others. Not so bad either! Check It Out

In The Huffington Post

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:26:17 +0000

World music journalist Michal Shapiro stopped by our concert at DROM in New York City on July 29. She filmed and edited a song from the concert and wrote a flattering editorial for the Huffington Post. Check it out and pass it along!

Pistolera -Taking Life by the Teeth from Michal Shapiro on Vimeo.