2PFXVI: the sweet 16

a benefit for Papermill Food Hub

2/11/23

featuring the following 22 duos (presented here in alphabetical order):

Argyle Torah

boreXhole

Brown rainbow

Buck Gooter

bungler

Disaster Artist

Driftwood Soldier

Drivel

George Korein and The Spleen

ghosh

Jurassic Kong

Mandy X

Narco Medusa

peter&craig

Planet Y

Righteous Aquarium & Jet Lightspeed

Rope Trick

Salina Kuo + PurePly

Snot Hostel

The Great Cackler

The Joint Chiefs of Math

Venus Twins

@The Rotunda

4014 Walnut St

Philadelphia, PA 19104

2PM - 11PM

$2 or $22 SUGGESTED DONATION!

ALL PROCEEDS TO PAPERMILL FOOD HUB!

posters by Peter Helmis

2pfxiv (virtual, thanks to COVID)

streamed live on 2/28/21. 2pm
a benefit for MUTUAL AID PHILLY

The v.TWO PIECE FEST XIV program:

--------P&C - opening remarks / theme--------

Good Fuck (CHICAGO)

the great cackler (PHILLY)

Doom Beach (CT)

sandcastle (PHILLY)

senor y senora (SPAIN)

Heavy medical (PORTLAND, OR)

the pat fortenbaugh 2 (PHILLY)

Slugging Percentage (COLUMBUS, OH)

Brown Rainbow (PHILLY)

Hamish Kilgour & Paul Kean (NEW ZEALAND)

Sihasin (NAVAJO NATION)

--------Dinner Break--------

7th Victim (PHILLY)

SATWO (MALAYSIA)

Flippers (PHILLY)

Dresden Wolves (MEXICO CITY)

ShellShag (NYC)

Methods Body (PORTLAND)

McGarnagle (PHILLY)

Sour Spirit (PHILLY)

Lovelorn (PHILLY)

Peter & Craig (PORTLAND / CHICAGO)

Slingshot Dakota (BETHLEHEM, PA)

David Fishkin & Julius Masri (PHILLY)

--------P&C closing remarks--------

video editing by Scott Troyan
RE-WATCH HERE - https://youtu.be/EcJWQCs5GTw

February 23, 2019

TWO PIECE FEST XII: the philly special (all duos from philly!)

@ everybody hits philadelphia

2pm - 11pm

22 duos, $10

Peter & Craig

McGarnagle

Drums Like Machine Guns

Fantasy Racquet

Burnt Nurse

Hatchers

Hermit High Priestess

7th Victim

The Afterglows

Sour Spirit

Camp Candle

Beloved Binge

Static Brothers

RQE

Brown Rainbow

Korine

International Klein Blue

Geb the Great Cackler

Petty Laugh

HUEY with DJ jewelsea

Hollywood Milk

DeStructos

listen to most of these duos here: 

https://twopiecefest.bandcamp.com/album/2pfxii-2

TWO PIECE FEST XI

February 24, 2018

The Rotunda

Anna Altman

Bocce Party

Boon

Bungler

Craig & Peter

Crammm

Danjo

Drums Like Machine Guns

Geb the Great Cackler

Honeytiger

Lung

Madam Data/Mental Jewelry

RUKUT

Sandcastle

Scream Team

Shrill

Slenko & McKeys

Static Brothers

SUUDUER

temporary eyesore

Tiffany's House

Welcome Center

22 duos / 2pm-11pm / $10 / all ages

The Rotunda

4014 Walnut St

Philadelphia, PA 19104

above poster by Justin Duerr

below poster by Cat Park

TWO PIECE FEST MIDWEST iii

DAY ONE: Friday, February 12th, 2016

The Funs - fuzzy reverb dreams

coma regalia - emotional mayhem (INDIANA)

Jack & Ace - sprawling indie rock (Bob of Braid)

pussy foot - gloomy lo-fi grunge

Doors: 10:00 pm / Show: 10:30 pm

DAY TWO: Saturday, February 13th, 2016

Peter&Craig - didactic punk candidates

Jitters - math rock (FLORIDA)

Minimum Wage Assassins - fucking grindcore (DEKALB)

Secret Means of Escape - experimental rock (Mark of US Maple)

Tinkerbelles - garage trashpo(o)p

Date Stuff - 2/3 of lala lala

Doors: 5:30 pm / Show: 6:00 pm

EACH show $8, TWO-DAY PASS for $13

DOWNSTAIRS at SubT

2011 W North Ave

Chicago, IL 60647

poster by Peter Helmis

TWO PIECE FEST MIDWEST II

2/21/15  

@ CHITOWN FUTBOL, CHICAGO, IL

White Mystery

Slingshot Dakota (PA)

+HIRS+ (HELL)

The Funs (MO/IL)

Solids (QC)

Walker/Billington Duo 

Peter & Craig (PA/IL)

Coma Regalia (IN)

Minimum Wage Assassins

Radiation Blackbody (NY)

Earring

Secret Means of Escape (ex-US Maple)

Space Blood

Eaten By Trees (WI)

Radradriot (AK)

Bubonic Bear (PA) 

Imelda Marcos

Clouded (OH)

Gnarly Death

XAbruptX

Pathos Mathos

poster by Ben Chlapek

TWO PIECE FEST VII

2/15/14

@PILAM - PHILADELPHIA

PETER & CRAIG

JOINT CHIEFS OF MATH

CAT JACK 

+HIRS+

SHELL SHAG

HOLY DEATH

BANNED BOOKS

SHAHMAN 

THE LUXURIOUS FAUX FURS 

AMERICAN SPIRITUAL

SORTA LONELY 

EX BY V

RASPUTINS SECRET POLICE 

TR0L0L0

ERODE AND DISAPPEAR

THESE BRANCHES

GUN MUFFS

DRIFTWOOD SOLDIER

EMPTY VESSELS

OLD SCRATCH

OMAR

WAMPBLERS

above poster by Allison (empty vessels)

below poster by Peter Helmis

T-shirt by Sidney Howells

TWO PIECE FEST VI 

2/2/2013 

Philadelphia, PA @ PILAM

Pattern Is Movement 

Forest Kingdom 

Peter&Craig 

Slingshot Dakota 

Cat Jack 

Shell Shag 

Joint Chiefs of Math 

Hulk Smash 

Bubonic Bear 

+HIRS+

Erode and Disappear 

Holy Death 

Slutever 

Pheromones

Trololo 

This Temper

Gun Muffs 

These Branches 

Hot Dudes 

The Water 

Mycity 

Hive Bent

t-shirt and poster prints by Sydney Howell

TWO PIECE FEST V 

Day One: 2/25/2012

Philadelphia, PA @ THE ROTUNDA

1994!

Norwegian Arms

Peter & Craig

My Nation Underground

Eric n Eric

Delorean

Erode and Disappear

Trololo

Lagomasino/Fishkin

Rasputin's Secret Police

Mannequin Pussy

Omar

Shell Shag

Holy Death

Trophy Wife

Deer Gear

Double Rainbow

Forrest Kingdom

Great Red Spots

Jabberjosh

TWO PIECE FEST V 

Day Two: 2/26/2012 

Philadelphia, PA @ THE ROTUNDA

Slingshot Dakota

Fat History Month

The Joint Chiefs of Math

Dads

Dust From 1000 Years

Unstoppable Death Machines

Huge Pupils

Tooth Decay

+HIRS+

Slutever

Bubonic Bear

Hulk Smash

Best Friends

Heavy Medical

Porktamer

Pheramones

Ken South Rock

Prime Homeless Time

poster and t-shirts by Sydney Howell

2PF IV 

2/25/2011: One Piece Fest

Philadelphia, PA @ PHILA MOCA 

Jeffery Lewis

Joe Jack Talcum

Gull

Spoonboy

Hop Along

Mike Bell

2/26/2011:  TWO PIECE FEST IV 

Philadelphia, PA @ THE OX (cut short, finished elsewhere)

1994!

The Joint Chiefs of Math

Erode and Disappear

Peter&Craig

Unstoppable Japanther Machine

Hulk Smash

Best Friends

Heavy Medical

Bubonic Bear

Slutever

Lithuania

Double Rainbow

Footnotes

Tia and Tamara

Moral Crayfish

Omar

Pinelands

Sunny Ali & the Kid

Sadgiqacea

Chakra Kahn

Dads

Abiku

2PF IV: Three Piece Fest

2/27/2011 

Philadelphia, PA @ DANGER DANGER GALLERY 

Algernon Cadwallader

Glocca Morra

Party Photographers

Bandname

Black Kites

Dry Feet

above screened poster by Greg Labold

below poster by Peter Helmis

TWO PIECE FEST II

2/22/2009

Philadelphia, PA @ PILAM

Japanther

1994!

Slingshot Dakota

Trophy Wife

Reading Rainbow

Ingrid

Shellshag

Deer Friends

Best Friends

Peter & Craig

Bubonic Bear

Hulk Smash

The Book Slave

Deer Gear

Hoop Dreamz

Color Change

Gold Eyes

Moister

The Joint Chiefs of Math

I.R.E.

Northless

No Bodies No Graves

above poster by an unknown "T. GUSTER" (we found it hanging out on the street!)

below poster by Peter Helmis

TWO PIECE FEST

2/2/2008

Philadelphia, PA @ CIRCLE OF HOPE (broad and washington)

Japanther

Hulk Smash

Peter & Craig

Slingshot Dakota

Inertia

Birds in Our Backyards

Ospreys

The Celebs

Rowan and Hastings

Bezout's Identity

Redwing Blackbird

Ezra Joyce

The Terrordactyls

The Pilgrim's Regress

Deer Friends

Imaginary Us

Demeanor

Eric n Eric

above poster by Peter & Craig

below poster by Jill and Craig

the original idea of TWO PIECE FEST came from this show we titled "'2 pieces and a biscuit' showcase" at our house -BE HAPPY HOUSE- on September 30, 2006:

isha & zetta
sleep littone one sleep
bezout's identity
IRE
elephant kingdom
peter & craig