We are a 3-piece indie rock/garage folk band from Tampa, FL. Shae sings and plays guitar (and sometimes harmonica), Derek beats on the drums and Russ plays bass (and messes around with pedals). When not doing these things, we like to sit on our front porch and watch funny cat videos on youtube (not necessarily simultaneously). If you want to book us, contact us at ylosdospistoles@yahoo.com.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Folk music is not an acoustic guitar – that’s not where the heart of it is. I use the word ‘folk’ in reference to punk music and rap music. It’s an attitude, it’s an awareness of one’s heritage, and it’s a community. It’s sub-corporate music that gives voice to different communities and their struggle against authority.
Ani Difranco
We will be playing WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave. We play at The Bricks at 8:30pm. There are so many great, eclectic bands playing this - we’re stoked!
Shae making an ass of herself at the end of her solo set last night at Dave’s Aqua Lounge. Garage folk to drunken rap - what’s next?
We are proudly endorsed by Knucklehead Strings!
A handful of people have told us that their favorite song of ours is the one we usually end our live shows with - Take Me Dancin’. This song is three simple chords because I wrote it on the banjo, and these were the only three chords I knew at the time. Here is the demo, written way back in July of 2007, before I moved to Florida. It was recorded in my parents’ kitchen when I was home alone, and I had considered it a throw-away song until a year later when Derek unearthed it and said, “Well, what if we build it up at the end…?”
Garage-folk battle cry during our set at the Fubar in St. Pete.
There are more pictures from the night here. Thanks, Nicole! And thanks, Fubar (& Chewy!) for having us. We had a blast!
Playing at Transitions Skate Park Friday, February 3rd with Big Eyes, Rational Anthem, Blast and the Detergents and the Jones Street Boys. 8pm. $6. Our mighty canon has a new cello and will be playing with us!
We will be playing The Blue Owl in Sarasota this Friday, the 27th, with Signals From Satellites and The Send Offs. Our first show in Sarasota!
We are playing this Saturday, the 17th, at Collage in Ybor. Bring a toy, get in free! We’re scheduled to play at 9:30, but there are so many great bands playing, come out early to catch them all.
Show tonight!
We are playing tonight at Crowbar in Ybor with Funky Panda and Flat Stanley. The more the merrier!
We, along with Yawn (from Chicago), are opening for Mates of State tonight at the Orpheum in Ybor. Doors open at 7pm. It’s going to be a great show!
October shows!
- Saturday, October 1st at Stoney’s in Tampa - free show! Starts at 8pm. With Signals from Satellites, Marc Ganancias, Brahm Bones and Thundersak.
- Saturday, October 8th at The Orpheum in Ybor - opening for Mates of State (yay!). Starts at 8pm.
- Tuesday, October 18th at Evo Records in Lakeland - $5. Starts at 7pm. With Marc Ganancias, Sadplant and The Prescription.
Best Band to Drink Whiskey To
…Y Los Dos Pistoles
Too bad many of the venues they play don’t serve liquor. Cough. Flask. Cough. The woozy and waltzy and uniquely named … Y Los Dos Pistoles is one of the most intriguing and insinuating purveyors of pop, folk and country, etc., a stunning standout in a scene overwrought with roots music. Led by sexy no-nonsense chanteuse Shae Krispinsky, the Tampa-based band serves up the perfect blend to chase down that mean drunk you get from a bottle of Jack.
Thanks Creative Loafing! This is such an honor! We love that we give off the late-night front-porch vibe - certainly a high compliment in our book. (Also, can I add without coming off as too emo that while I definitely appreciate all the attention given to me, I could never do this without Derek and Russ. They are sexy, too!)
We’re not sure, exactly, what this means. Are we the biggest drunks? Do you need to be drunk to listen to us? Whatever it is, we’re the best…
