Mr. Smalls Presents
J. Robbins (band) plays Burning Airlines
Special Guests: Trace Remains, Glass Caps
Sunday, December 07, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Price:
$25.25 ($20 + $5.25 fees)
$25.25 ($20 + $5.25 fees)
Guitarist/singer and indie rock stalwart J. Robbins formed the band Burning Airlines with drummer Peter
Moffett, an old friend and fellow Government Issue alumnus, in late 1998, almost immediately after the
breakup of Robbins’ longest-running and best known band Jawbox. Bill Barbot, who had been the other
guitarist in Jawbox, was tapped by Robbins to play bass. This lineup made one record, Mission:Control!,
for Dischord-adjacent indie label DeSoto Records, before Barbot decided to depart the rock life to start a
web design company. Mike Harbin then joined on bass for the rest of the band’s tenure, and this lineup
made the second Burning Airlines record, Identikit, and toured far more extensively, including trips to
Europe and Japan, and US runs with Rival Schools, Braid, Promise Ring, and even the Buzzcocks, to
name just a few, before disbanding in October 2001.
Burning Airlines may have never quite escaped Jawbox’s shadow in its own time, but BA was a unique band whose music picked up where Jawbox left off, moving into areas equally more pop, more rock, more melodic, and more experimental. With the German label Thirty Something reissuing both records on vinyl in 2025, J. Robbins (band), with Robbins and Moffett having been 2/3 of the BA lineup, and bassist Brooks Harlan ably filling the shoes of Barbot and Harbin, is playing a small number of Burning Airlines themed shows to celebrate.
This Event Is All Ages
All Sales Are Final.
Burning Airlines may have never quite escaped Jawbox’s shadow in its own time, but BA was a unique band whose music picked up where Jawbox left off, moving into areas equally more pop, more rock, more melodic, and more experimental. With the German label Thirty Something reissuing both records on vinyl in 2025, J. Robbins (band), with Robbins and Moffett having been 2/3 of the BA lineup, and bassist Brooks Harlan ably filling the shoes of Barbot and Harbin, is playing a small number of Burning Airlines themed shows to celebrate.
This Event Is All Ages
All Sales Are Final.
VENUE INFORMATION:
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
400 Lincoln AvenueMillvale, PA
ATTRACTIONS:
J. Robbins (band) plays Burning Airlines
Directions
Parking
Street parking is available along Lincoln Ave and on the surrounding streets. Valet parking will be available for select shows in the future. Check back for more info.