Pillars and Tongues is on tour… again! This will be their fourth tour since the release of Lay of Pilgrim Park last year (fifth if you count Mark’s recent solo jaunt in France). They are joining Joan of Arc – with whom they frequently collaborate – as they traverse much of the eastern united states, and will be performing as four piece for several of the dates, accompanied by Ben from This is Cinema. It will be lush!
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Pillars & Tongues Tour Dates
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9pm, Friday, Jan 21 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
$5 w/ dREKKa, Learner Dancer, Sticky and the Bees
8pm Saurday, Jan 22 – Louisville, KY @ The Rudyard Kipling
$5 w/ Zak Riles, Nathan Salsburg
Sunday, Jan 23 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
w / Joan of Arc
Monday, Jan 24 – Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave
Tuesday, Jan 25 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
w / Joan of Arc
Wednesday, Jan 26 – Pembroke Pines, FL @ The Talent Farm
w/ Joan of Arc
Thursday, Jan 27 – Ybor City, FL @ New World Brewery
w / Joan of Arc
Friday, Jan 28 – Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
w / Joan of Arc
Saturday, Jan 29 – Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar
w / Joan of Arc
Sunday, Jan 30 – Asheville, NC @ Blend Gallery and Hookah Bar
Monday, Jan 31 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
w / Joan of Arc
Tuesday, Feb 1 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
w / Joan of Arc
Wednesday, Feb 2 – New York, NY @ Zebulon
w / Hiro Kone, Highlife
Thursday, Feb 3 – Purchase, NY @ SUNY Purchase
Friday, Feb 4 – Baltimore, MD @ 2640
w / Highlife, more TBA
Saturday, Feb 5 – Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA
Sunday, Feb 6 – Columbus, OH @ Skylab
w/ Saint Seneca, others TBA
Arch-Drude Julian Cope (Lord Yatesbury) has commenced his monthly reviews section for 2011CE with a glowing review of “the highly evocative, near religious sounds of LAY OF PILGRIM PARK, a magnificent work by Chicago trio Pillars & Tongues”.
“With just three members, Pillars and Tongues manages to craft powerful folk abstractions and interwoven, trance-inducing vocal dynamics. Both composed and improvisational, these shifting forms evoke spiritual vibes in their soulful essence, heavenly harmonies, and repeated patterns.”
– Scott Morrow, Alarm Magazine
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:
After a short break, Sonny & The Sunsets are back on tour. They will be joining another excellent retro-cali-sunshiney pop outfit for the majority of their shows, Best Coast! Meanwhile Empty Cellar is still anxiously waiting on Sonny’s latest release – a 4 song 7″ E.P. featuring harmonies from the Sandwitches – from the pressing plant.
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