THE CLIENTELE Kick Of Their US Tour @ The Sanctuary !

England's THE CLIENTELE who happened to garner a "Best New Music" feature from the ever hated-on Pitchfork will be kicking off their upcoming US tour in Philadelphia on Wednesday August 2nd inside of The Sanctuary of The First Unitarian Church. For those unfamiliar, The Clientele play some of, if not THE best lo-fi pop music in the world. Their full length debut last year appeared in almost every imagineable "Top 10 / Best Of 2005" list imaginable. Tickets for these lovely lads just went on sale today - get yours now (below)

You can read a recent interview with them : HERE

Wednesday August 2nd 8:00pm
At The First Unitarian Church's Sanctuary
2125 Chestnut Street (22nd and Chestnut)
Philadelphia, PA
Take A Look Of The Room : HERE and HERE
$12 / All Ages
Purchase Advance Tickets For This Show Right Now (click the tickets) :

Tickets Also On Sale At Spaceboy Music (704 South Street)
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SLEATER KINNEY - SOLD OUT !

Don't say we didn't TELL WARN YOU
All tickets for the Monday July 31st SLEATER KINNEY show have been sold.
We will likely release a few more tickets via MySpace.
Be the first to find out by being our "friend" at http://www.r5produdtions.com/r5productions

CAREER SUICIDE Show Moved !

Hello friends the CAREER SUICIDE show was moved from The Fire. Please change your travel destination to The Shore House (51st & Spruce) in West Philadelphia. The show is now also starting at an earlier time of 6pm

Thursday July 6th 6:00pm
CAREER SUICIDE (Canada)
GOVERNMENT WARNING
SPLITTING HEADACHE
WASTED TIME
@ The Shore House (51st & Spruce)
All Ages / No Tickets (du'h)
For more details e-mail Andy - andy@r5productions.com

R5 Catches Comedy Bug ?

Everyone else is doing it, so we figured to give it a shot. On Tuesday July 11th at 8PM we'll give our first whirl with Stand Up Comedy at The First Unitarian Church (22nd and Chestnut) . Unlike most "comedy clubs" it will be BYOB and there is no two drink miniumum ! Our friend Corey has managed to put together a solid lineup with....

LEO ALLEN
Leo Allen is a former writer on "SNL", has been featured on "Upright Citizens Brigade", "Stella" short videos, and NBC's "Ed.". You can read an interview with him HERE

SETH HERZOG
Seth Herzog is an actor and comedian, long time friend of Michael Showalter of "Stella,". He has been recently seen in "The Baxter" and you may also recognize him from his 6-month stint on VH1's "Best Week Ever" and CBS's "Love Monkey."

PETE HOLMES
Pete Holmes is a regular commentator on VH1's "Best Week Ever" and has also been featured on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend." . You can read more about Pete HERE

More info is available at : R5Productions.Com

Elder Punks Catch Cancelation Bug =(

Longtime Canadian punks NOMEANSNO have canceled their Friday September 29th show in Philadelphia. All tickets will be refunded from point of purchase. We are sad.




Legendary Dead Kennedy's Frontman - JELLO BIAFRA also had to cancel his Saturday June 24th appearance at The First Unitarian Church. Jello continued to run into flight delays and problems in the New England area. We were even moved the speaking engagamement to a 8pm start at Blackfloor Gallery - but then Jello's flight was delayed again. He will eventually make up the date in Philadelphia down the line. All tickets will be refunded from point of purchase. We were sad.

Sleater Kinney To Play One Of Their Final Shows w/ R5 !

Sleater-Kinney have decided to call it quits and announced the sad news yesterday with the following statement:

"After eleven years as a band, Sleater-Kinney have decided to go on indefinite hiatus.The upcoming summer shows will be our last. As of now, there are no plans for future tours or recordings. We feel lucky to have had the support of many wonderful people over the years. We want to thank everyone who has worked with us, written kind words about us, performed with us, and inspired us. But mostly we want to extend our gratitude to our amazing fans. You have been a part of our story from the beginning. We could not have made our music without your enthusiasm, passion, and loyalty. It is you who have made the entire journey worthwhile."

Here's Sleater-Kinney's final tour schedule. How depressing is it that their last show is at Lollapalooza?

07-29 Louisville, KY - Mellwood Arts Center
07-31 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
08-01 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
08-02 New York, NY - Webster Hall
08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)

So goodbye, Sleater-Kinney. Because of this announcement, we expect tickets to sell out even faster for the July 31st show (especially once the NY show sells out) . So if you are interested, better get your tickets quickly!

You can purchase tickets below :

Sleater Kinney - Monday July 31st
At The Starlight Ballroom / Club Polaris
460 North 9th Street (just blow 9th and Spring Garden)
Philadelphia, PA
$15 / All Ages / 21+ To Drink
Purchase Advance Tickets For This Show Right Now (click the tickets) :

Tickets Also On Sale At Spaceboy Music (704 South Street)
Or Call 1-866-468-7619 (toll free)

Pointless Fest Lineup Announced (well most of it)

Another summer, another Pointless Fest is taking place on August 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th. What is consistently the best and most organized "real" punk festival in The United States for the past four years. Real deal DIY punk/hardcore bands from all over the globe are flying in as they do each year. Remember last year when there was a four page spread in the Philadelphia Daily News Tony Pointless wearing anarchist chaps with a shotgun? Hah! Anyways this year's lineup for the most part includes.....

NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS (only us show - from Denmark)
As Described By Maximum Rock N Roll : Christ, if this hasn't been the soundtrack around the MRR house winter I don't know what is - not a day goes by where this doesn't get blasted at full volume - and with good reason. Those København punks have done it again - yet another amazing record that sounds like some long lost classic punk record, something so familiar that you swear that you've heard it before. It brings back some immediate connection in your mind to a youth spent drinking in alleys, smoking cigarettes in the rain and running from cops after stealing tubes of glue meant for an afternoon of huffing. And skating, always skating. "I stuffed myself with pills today, doesn't seem to be working… It's a rainy day, my life just slips through my hands just to fade away." Edgey, anthemic riff heavy punk that pulls heavily from the blueprint mapped out by early TSOL and AGENT ORANGE. It's dark and moody while still retaining some sense of melody and an emphasize on writing top quality songs. Anthems, if you will, for a doomed youth. Absolutely essential

SEVERED HEAD OF STATE (only east coast show)
Current and former members of Detestation, His Hero is Gone, Tragedy, and World Burns to Death (as you probably already know). This record is a bit more diverse than the band's previous work, ranging from fast paced blasts of somewhat noisy hardcore to slower and more metallic riffing with a little bit of interesting dissonant melody (check out "Dust to Dust"). The vocals are lightly distorted shouts that never let up, they just occasionally venture out of the midrange into higher or lower territory for a short time

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH (only east coast show, LP release show)
Fuck… here's some blistering hardcore/punk with an incredibly tight performance and a really unique vocal sound. It's a multi vocal attack with predominantly straight shouts and then some higher screams that make for great tradeoffs, but it's really a step aside from the usual delivery. These guys display some great songwriting that offers up tons of changes and a lot of semi complex subtleties that are pretty rare when it comes to this genre of hardcore. The songs are fast and heavy with a lot of energy, and something about this record is immediately more memorable than most of what's out there

1905 (last show ever)
A longtime East Coast favorite - Male/Female vocals over hardcore that is in turn influenced by the melodicism of Rites Of Spring and the raw power and forward thinking lyrics of Four Hundred Years

As well as .....
Rambo (last philly show till 2007)
Paint it Black (ex-kid dynamite/lifetime)
Caustic Christ (ex-aus rotten from Pittsburgh)
Witch Hunt (profane existence)
Direct Control (one of the best us hardcore bands. feral ward)
Magrudergrind (grindcore from dc/va)
Hellshock (from portland. only east coast show)
Violation (members of AOS)
Pissed Jeans (subpop records)
World/inferno F.S. (13 member crazy cult circus pants)
Thought Crime (ex mems Suicidal Supermarket Trolleys and Distruaght)
Dismal (scandi-crust influenced brutality)
Kylesa (brutality from georgia)
Carpenter Ant (skate core w/ the singer dressed in full skate gear etc)
Fighting Dogs (philly)
+ A Few More Special Guests

Thursday August 10th to Sunday August 13th
At The First Unitarian Church
2125 Chestnut Street (22nd and Chestnut)
Philadelphia, PA
$45 for a 4-Day Pass / All Ages
Purchase Advance Tickets For This Show Right Now (click the tickets) :

Tickets Also On Sale With No Surcharge At Spaceboy Music (704 South Street)
Or Call 1-866-468-7619 (toll free)