Pela

On Friday, September 18th, 2009, Pela sadly announced that they were splitting up, after much music industry difficulties.  Nate Martinez has started a solo project of his own, Thieving Irons.

Name: Pela

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Related act(s): Thieving Irons

Members: Christopher Herb, Nate Martinez, Billy McCarthy, Eric Sanderson, Tomislav Zovich

Albums: All in Time EP (2005), Exit Columbia Street EP (2006, digital), Anytown Graffiti (2007)

Has toured with: Apollo Sunshine, Devandra Barnhart, British Sea Power, The Decembrists, Feist, The Flaming Lips, The Forms, Gomez, Norah Jones, Holly Miranda, Mission of Burma, The National, Sleater-Kinney

If the band was an animal, they'd be: Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Related Articles:  

Review of Anytown Graffiti

Live review from Music Hall in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on February 27th, 2008

Photo gallery from Music Hall in Williamsburg

Interview with Nate Martinez, Part I

Interview with Nate Martinez, Part II

Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on June 6th, 2008

Tour dates:

none upcoming... ever

MP3 Stream: "Lost To the Lonesome"

Pela playing “Trouble With River Cities” live at Music Hall in Williamsburg:

Pela playing “Song Writes Itself” live at Music Hall in Williamsburg:

Pela playing “St. Clyde the Cop” live at Music Hall in Williamsburg:

Pela covering Pixies' “Holiday Song” live at Bowery Ballroom:

Pela playing “Cavalry” live at Bowery Ballroom:

Pela playing “Juarez” live at Bowery Ballroom: