Endless Nest

(((folkYEAH!))) Presents:
Wed, May 9, 2012
Sweet Chariot
Joseph Childress
Big Eagle

Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm
Brick & Mortar Music Hall
1710 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
San Francisco, CA
$8.00 – $10.00

We are proud to announce the debut LP by Charles Sharp 6 (C#6), Exits. This is NEW Jazz from California, the second in Empty Cellar’s Jazz series after Sword + Sandals’ (John Dwyer, Randy Lee Sutherland, Shaun O’Dell) debut LP. In a similar vein as Henry Threadgill, Dave Douglas, Ornette Coleman’s large ensembles, and Sun Ra, the Charles Sharp 6 braid together jazz tradition with experimentalist and popular music threads. Exits captures a spectrum of sounds held together by Sharp’s direction, as the ensemble of six musicians blaze through compositional structures and freely improvised responses. The collection of musicians Sharp gathered for an evening have collaborated with artists as diverse as Mike Watt, Anthony Braxton, Kenny Burrell, Nels Cline, Tito Puente, Fat and Fucked Up and Vinny Golia, and includes two percussionists; two upright bassists, at odds–panned left and right; and a chamber-punk veteran on cello. Confident direction among the players creates an inspiring momentum as Sharp (saxophones) directs through sketches, gestures, and example, all of which fuels their conversation. This music is in dialogue with its times (as good free jazz is). It is music to stroll through crowded spaces, and to develop something outside the oppressive banality of the mainstream broadcast. In stores May 8th and available now for presale at the Endless Nest Store. Limited to a single pressing of 250 copies.

Mark Trecka of Pillars and Tongues will be playing six dates in France starting Thursday, April 26th. If you live in or near any one of these towns then we highly recommend that you get close and intimate with his rich baritone voice for an evening.

Apr 26 Le Stakhanov – Nantes, France +
Apr 28 House show (TBA) – Cholet, France ^
Apr 29 Kraspek Music – Lyon, France ^
Apr 30 Hotel des Vils – Clermont Ferrand, France ^
May 01 Le Sambre – Rennes, France ^
May 02 L’international – Paris, France ^

^ with My Name Is Nobody
+ with Mermonte

A few weeks ago, I woke to the sound of a dude peddling his wares outside of my San Francisco apartment window. Turns out said dude was an international tape collector, Rick Foust, who had to get out of town quick and could not take his tapes (200-300 rare 70′s tapes from Thailand and India). We get to chatting and the plot thickens; he is the same collector who contributed several of the key tapes that Sublime Frequencies used to compile their recent Saigon Rock and Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 release. After looking at the first layer of tapes in the first box, I knew that this was one of those once-in-a-lifers, so I ran to an ATM and bought the whole lot.

So, what does a dude with hundreds of Thai tapes and no time to listen to hundreds of Thai tapes do? He gets sane and donates them to his favorite international music collective, Dublab! Stay tuned for some awesome Dublab curated Thai tape compilations, courtesy of Rick Foust… wherever he may now be.

Hardly Art made the exciting announcement this week that Magic Trick (Tim Cohen and the gang) will be releasing their follow-up to last year’s epic The Glad Birth of Love (Empty Cellar). The new album is titled Ruler of the Night and is due on June 12th. Be one of the first to pre-order the new LP from Hardly Art, and receive a limited edition “ruler” of the night! Listen to the solemn new track “Torture” below:

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Magic Trick’s next show is presented by (((folkYEAH!))) on April 25 at Great American Music Hall with Jonathan Wilson and Tortured Genies.

First Joseph Childress plugged in, and now Charles Sharp will be treating us to a delightfully glitchy electronics-backed set at an appropriately dive-y Long Beach watering hole. Head over if you live in the greater LA area and appreciate some blazing saxophone! Stay tuned for a special related 12″ vinyl announcement…

Joseph Childress is debuting his electric band tomorrow evening at Amnesia in San Francisco… it is going to be loud and early (5:30 PM). Come out!

If you cannot make it tomorrow, then you can catch Joseph and Band at Cafe Du Nord on April 2nd for a great evening presented by Communion.

If you are wondering what it will sound like… this might give you a hint of what’s in store:

The Sandwitches are hitting the road. These are their first shows in the US since their European tour late last year, so go check these shows out and welcome them back.

04-11 Sacramento, CA – Bows & Arrows #

04-12 San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar # $

04-13 Los Angeles, CA – The Satellite # % +

04-14 San Diego, CA – The Soda Bar #

# with Deep Time (Yellow Fever)
$ with Muscle Drum (Rob Spector from Bronze)
% with White Fence
+ with Magic Trick (Tim Cohen) solo

The Sandwitches – The Pearl, 7″ (Hardly Art)

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Pillars and Tongues – Sacred Architecture, CD (The Lotus Sound)

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Various Artists – San Francisco, LP (City Limits)

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Various Artists – Chicago, Cassette (Two Syllable)

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Chicago’s Pillars and Tongues (Empty Cellar), whose most recent album just received a great review on Foxy Digitalis, will be playing two rad FREE shows this week in their home town.

On Sunday evening (2/19) Millennium Park will be transformed into a digital canvas of light and geometrical form, Luminous Field, by artistic ensemble Luftwerk. Pillars and Tongues will perform an inspired extended set in a heated tent adjacent to the giant bean at 7pm (doors at 6:30).

Then on Tuesday night (2/21) the Brooklyn Vegan presents Pillars and Tongues opening for Pitchfork proclaimed rising star Willis Earl Beal

Dates:
02-19 Luminous Fields/Millennium Park – Chicago, IL
02-21 Cole’s Bar – Chicago, IL w/ Willis Earl Beal (Brooklyn Vegan Chicago Presents)

In the last month Pillars and Tongues have released two intimitate live sessions featuring unreleased songs:

Their third Daytrotter session was released on January 9th:
Click here and listen to the latest Daytrotter sessions by Pillars and Tongues.

…and last week Epitonic unveiled their live Saki session:
Click here and listen to Pillars and Tongues live at Saki Store Chicago (presented by Epitonic)

Tim Cohen will be touring the western states solo this week and next in support of the most recent Magic Trick album The Glad Birth of Love. All dates are with Papercuts!

12/2 – The Satellite, Los Angeles, CA
12/3 – The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
12/8 – The Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
12/9 – Cabaret at The Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, BC
12/10 – Bunk Bar, Portland, OR

yvynyl premiered the official music video for Pillars and Tongues’ (Tumblr | Bandcamp) “Thank You, Oaky”, today. The mysterious video is directed and produced by the talented folks at 19th State Productions. The song is dark and driving, unsettling and addictive, spartan and mystical… and the video is beautiful. “Thank You, Oaky” comes from Pillars and Tongues’ most recent album on Empty Cellar Records, The Pass and Crossings.