Ports Of Call

We're going at it again

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:14:04 -0400

So we’re hoping to get a new 7” out to all you nice people in the world (maybe even to some of you jerks as well). The key is going to be helping us out by pre-ordering a copy through kickstarter and getting some really cool bonuses for kicking in a bit extra.

if all goes well we should have a nice 7” piece of vinyl out to you by the end of the summer….if not, who know….global apocalypse maybe?

In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s our episode...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:55:10 -0500

In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s our episode of Bands in the Backyard!

BITBY and Milkboy Philly

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:21:31 -0500

Thanks everyone for coming out for the premiere of our BITBY session last night! We had a lot of fun playing and the episode looks great thanks to Kyle, Dave and the gang over at BITBY. We’ll be playing next Sunday, January 22nd at Milkboy Philly with Low Roar (from Iceland!) and fellow locals Soporus. It’s sure to be a great night so please come out!

Our BITBY session will be showing up at bitby.org sometime early this week, so stay tuned!

Bands in the Back Yard

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:33:29 -0500

We will be recording our session with BITBY this weekend! Please head on up to Tacony Music Hall for the premiere and a show featuring us! It will benefit Women in War Zones. https://www.facebook.com/events/202323023190184/ January 14th, doors at 6:00!

Ports of Calls Live Session for The Key @ XPN

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:20:55 -0500

Ports of Calls Live Session for The Key @ XPN:

We recorded some songs for The Key at WXPN this past weekend. Check ‘em out! Featuring three previously unreleased tracks.

Music For Headphones @ North Star

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:39:38 -0400

Hey all, just a small announcement: We will no longer be playing the Adam Franklin show this Thursday at the North Star. In our stead will be our good friends Music For Headphones!!! Should be a great show. We will hopefully have more shows to announce soon.

9/20 Terri's show thanks

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:37:57 -0400

Thanks everybody for coming out to Terri’s last night. And super thanks to Jonathan for inviting us out to play, it was a great time, and a great lil space! Now on to next week and the Adam Franklin show at the northstar, where we will see Jonathan again with New Speedway.

Free Ports show tomorrow at Terri's in south philly

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:28:06 -0400

Free Ports show tomorrow at Terri's in south philly:

9/20 pairs the low fi indie rock aesthetic Cy Twombly with the blissful gazey sounds of Ports of Call. Ports of Call’s most recent record, Fractals, has been on regular rotation during Jonathan Mono’s Sunday Late-Night DJ sets since it came out. Both bands are pretty amazing, and seriously, what else are you doing on Tuesday?

Teri’s Diner and Bar1126 S. 9th StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

8-11pm

thomas again takes to downtime with another cover, this time a...

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:31:00 -0400

thomas again takes to downtime with another cover, this time a mojave 3 song, there is another in the wings as well, but this was just a precious little cover. figured i was ok with it being in the world. enjoy.

Here is a short clip of a song we having been demoing…...

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:26:00 -0400

Here is a short clip of a song we having been demoing… lots of new stuff in the works. But for now, this small preview.

I dream of this at night!

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:58:51 -0400

I dream of this at night!

Thomas was bored in the wee hours of the 4th of july and pulled...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:02:00 -0400

Thomas was bored in the wee hours of the 4th of july and pulled this lil ditty together for you all to enjoy.

For those who may be unfamiliar, this is a cover of “Nothing Feels Good” by The Promise Ring.

happy 4th of july

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:54:06 -0400

Hey all, Happy 4th from ports of call, we’re off grilling things and watching philly skyline fill up slowly with exploding little lights. hope you are all enjoying yours. look out for some news soon….

On 6.9.2011 we were fortunate enough to get added as an opening...

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:44:00 -0400

On 6.9.2011 we were fortunate enough to get added as an opening band for Memoryhouse at Johnny Brenda’s in Philly at the very last minute. Foxes in Fiction also played, who was quite brilliant as well (and played bass for Memoryhouse).

Given the opportunity, we asked Evan from Memoryhouse if they were going to play their cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “When You Sleep”. Originally they weren’t going to do it for this tour, but they decided to try a new “surf rock” version of it for the first time at this show (much different than the version seen here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSm_5TQiccM). Sounded great to us!

Last minute add - Memoryhouse show tonight at Johnny Brenda's

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:39:30 -0400

Last minute add - Memoryhouse show tonight at Johnny Brenda's:

LAST MINUTE SHOW TONIGHT!!! We’re playing at Johnny Brenda’s with MEMORYHOUSE! Doors at 8pm, show starts at 9pm sharp! Come in and beat the heat with some cool shoegaze!!!

mroom june 25th

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:43:38 -0400

so this show is coming around the corner. we’re playing at the Mroom with Bynars and New Speedway. it’s only 8 bucks and should be a good time had by all. hope we see many faces, new and old.

Chip Maestro

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:24:29 -0400

Chip Maestro:

seriously thinking about getting a chip maestro. always wanted to play around with these and this is a great concept this kid is doing. great to see other awesome kickstarter projects taking off.

a game

Tue, 10 May 2011 09:08:51 -0400

hey people we need 19 more people to break 100 followers of twitter. I’m thinking if this friday everyone puts us as a person to follow maybe we put up a special something on this here page. maybe candy, or maybe an unreleased track….what will it be? who knows? only see if we break 100.

Phil Noto is amazing, both his comic art and everything he does....

Tue, 10 May 2011 09:02:08 -0400

Phil Noto is amazing, both his comic art and everything he does. here is a lil mixed bag of both and it is killer.

philnoto:

Black Canary/Green Arrow - Esquire July 1972

updates, updates, yummy tasty updates.

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:05:00 -0400

hey all,

so we’re plugging along. new show May 24th at Kung Fu Necktie with Psychic Teens and Swimmers Ear. Show starts at 8 sharp, i think we’re playing around 930. an early show for all you old heads (like us). We also will be putting up some amazing shirts and totes designed by James Olstein (www.jamesolstein.com) for sale on our site. For now you can grab them at the May 24th show, but we will have them available to all online in the coming weeks. Beyond that we’re working on songs to follow up our newly released EP Fractals which you can get now from our bandcamp site, in philly at AKA records, Milkcrate, and soon other record stores in the area and of course at our shows.