Rob Cantillon and the Pocket 10s

Rob Cantillon & the Pocket 10s are a rock band established in New York City.

In high school in Connecticut, Cantillon was the band leader of “Rob Cantillon and the Pocket Sevens”, a predominately-cover band that performed local sets and hosted a few small festivals. During college at NYU, Cantillon began performing the original music he was releasing, as well as a selection of rock covers, with an ever-changing and ever-growing rotation of highly talented musician. That musical project has become Rob Cantillon & the Pocket 10s, a New York rock band.

The band typically performs as a four- or five-man crew, with Cantillon on the guitar and vocals, Tim Youngman on the bass guitar, Rakan Haddadin-Cameron or Ethan McDonnell on keys, and Julen Rodriguez on the drums. The band remains a collective of young and talented musicians in the New York area, brought together by the spirit of live rock and roll. Additional musicians often join the band as substitutions or guests, including, in the past, Aeneas Sparks, Eric Zeller, Gaetano Lardieri, Mattias Onnerud and Shane Long on the drums, Archish Arun on keys, Jack Kastner, Justin Ma, Mario Marqués, and Eli Gunther on bass, and Jules Pasko and Aliza Gandhi on vocals.

Rob Cantillon and the Pocket 10s take musical influence from, among so many other artists and bands: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, and The Clash. Some popular covers include “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Petty, “Sweet Up & Down” by Dave Matthews Band, and a medley of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” with Elvis Presley’s “That’s All Right”.

The band’s name serves as a fitting tribute to the fact that, like so many great things, they began to come together thanks to a poker game.

The band’s first single, ‘Got To Get Away’, was released on September 22, 2023. This energetic rock track, written by Cantillon nearly five years ago, is available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music, among other major music streaming platforms. The session band for ‘Got To Get Away’ showcases Cantillon on vocals and guitar, Tim Youngman on bass and organ, Julen Rodriguez on drums, and Jack Solomon on lead guitar, and was engineered by Irving Gadoury.

The Pocket 10s’ second single, ‘Going Postal’, was released on November 10, 2023. Known to fans of the band as the song that closes out all their sets, and penned by Cantillon in the spring of 2022, ‘Going Postal’ is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major streaming platforms. The session band for ‘Going Postal’ includes Cantillon on vocals and guitar, Tim Youngman on bass, Archish Arun on keys, Justin Gerber on lead guitar, and Mattias Onnerud on drums, and was engineered by Irving Gadoury and Jacob Choplin.

Come hear both of these tracks, and much more, at the Fall 2024 Pocket 10s shows!

Stay tuned for forthcoming announcements regarding upcoming shows, as well as a third single coming soon!

Upcoming Shows:

Connolly’s (Times Square) - Fri, Oct 4, 10pm

Otto’s Shrunken Head (East Village) - Sun, Oct 13, 8pm

Hart Bar (Bushwick) - Thur, Oct 24, 11pm

The Delancey (Lower East Side) - Thur, Nov 7, 9pm

Young Ethel’s (Park Slope) - Fri, Nov 15, 7pm

The Windjammer (Ridgewood) - Thur, Nov 21, 8:45pm

Past Shows:

DROM - Friday, January 27, 2023

Pete’s Candy Store - 2023: February 10, April 14, July 6, November 16; 2024: April 26, Sep 21

Heaven Can Wait - Friday, March 3, 2023

Berlin Under A - Sunday, March 19, 2023

Hart Bar - Sunday, April 23, 2023; Tuesday, November 14, 2023; Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Otto’s Shrunken Head - Friday, May 26, 2023

Mulberry Presents - Friday, October 13, 2023

Connolly’s Pub Klub 45 - Friday, February 23, 2024 + Friday, June 21, 2024

The Delancey - Friday, March 15, 2024

Pianos - Sunday, August 25, 2024