Listen to the romantic opener – Throw My Ashes From This Pier When I Die: [audio:http://www.endlessnest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/01-Throw-My-Ashes-From-This-Pier-When-I-Die.mp3]

Empty cellar is excited to announce Sonny & The Sandwitches, a new 7″ e.p. by Sonny Smith (out 12/14). You can pick up your own personal copy here. Pitchfork and a slew of other online hot-sheets beat us to the punch, but for those of you who haven’t heard… here is the full story:

Not long ago, Sonny Smith (Sonny & The Sunsets) survived a near-drowning off the coast of northern california. The experience affected him profoundly and led to a wealth of output including a play, a novel, and a stack of songs. Sonny’s critically acclaimed “100 Records” project is itself a direct product of Sonny’s fight with the sea. A novel he began, “Adelard the Drowned”, broke into 100 pieces. Four of those pieces come as songs on this 7″ e.p., each bound to the next by a twisted braid of water and death. Through the fog and the haze, however, there lies in these songs a shared sense of redemption, transformation, or reawakening. Featuring appearances by Heidi and Grace of the The Sandwitches and a long-lost band called The Transients, this record features Sonny’s songwriting at its strongest, staring death in the face. Perhaps, this is in part why the ocean gave him back. Recorded in San Francisco and mastered by Paul Oldham, each record includes a comic book, four full-color album covers, and a high-quality digital drownload.

Preview the intensely personal comic penned by Hank Champion and illustrated by Teppei Ando:

We have been a very busy at Endless Nest and a little slow on posting here lately… but in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we would like to make a major shout-out to UK journalist Cian Traynor for featuring Empty Cellar artist Joseph Childress in the Irish Times this month alongside luminaries Leonard Cohen, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, Peter Green, and Vashti Bunyan… for this we are thankful!

Will Oldham and Emmett Kelly (Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang) have been touring The Wonder Show of the World (Drag City) for many months now, and it has taken many forms. Here they are performing “Troublesome Houses”, Live at Store Vega Copenhagen 05.25.2010 with Nori Tanaka on drums:

…and here they are performing “The Sounds Are Always Begging” in Whelans, Dublin. 07.29.2010 with The Trembling Bells:

This weekend (Friday and Saturday) they will be playing shows on opposite sides of the San Francisco bay in their latest incarnation. Both shows will feature bassist Danny Kiely, drummer Van Campbell, keyboardist Ben Boye, and backing vocalist Angel Olsen.

(((folkYEAH!))) presents Tomorrow’s SOLD OUT event in Sausalito. The venue looks like this… hot dawg!

Cavallo Point, Wooden Chapel (Mission Blue), Sausalito, CA

If you weren’t able to procure a ticket for that performance, then you can still catch them (and about 100 of your musical heros) for FREE on Saturday at the 10th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. They close out the Star Stage at 4:40 PM.

The Sandwitches are on a brief tour NOW through Washington, Oregon, and California. They are performing in their original line-up (pictured above). That’s right, Roxy’s back! Catch them if you can!