The Two Sides Of Tim Cohen is back in press! Empty Cellar & Secret Seven Records have pressed another 250 LPs. You can pick up a copy for yourself at our store. It is distributed by Revolver.

There is a great print feature by Jennifer Maerz about Tim Cohen and The Two Sides… in the San Francisco Weekly today. Check it out

… and read what other people have said about it recently and before:
Blurt
The Bay Bridged
Mystery Theater
Expressway To My Skull

Not so long ago, we received an email from Dan at Ash From Sweat Records. They are a great label out of Denver, Colorado that also put out a split 7″ featuring Joseph Childress. We made a trade, and now we have that 7″ available at our online store. It kills. Joseph and Strangers Die Everyday put forward a beautiful track each, the pairing couldn’t be better. Joseph plays a stunning rendition of “White Castle Creek Mother” the only track to surface from his 2007 recording sessions with Chris Adolf of Bad Weather California. Drawing on chilling imagery of the personal & collective history of the plains in Wymoning on which he worked ranch – as told to him by a young girl – “White Castle Creek Mother” features a beautifully subdued full band arrangement, a rarity for Joseph’s recordings. Strangers Die Everyday contribute a beautiful multi layered post-rock composition. In the vein of Godspeed You Black Emperor and Explosions In The Sky, their untitled track achieves a remarkable level of lush intensity despite sparse instrumentation, and but one electric instrument, a bass guitar, amidst a cello, violin, and drums. 480 copies exist on grey vinyl with full color artwork by Aaron Ray.The packaging is rad too. We have 10 available.

 

I have recently come to realize that bloggers might be one of independent music’s greatest allies. Not that we didn’t kind of already know; but really, I am not sure that we could have gotten the word out about “The Two Sides of Tim Cohen” if it wasn’t for all the help we received from music writers online. As we were preparing to release of the Joseph Childress / White White Quilt – Split (Water Tower) 7″, we came across several great blogs that feature 45’s & 7″ records exclusively.

Here are just a few of the ones we found (there are many more out there):
7 Inches
I Think I Hate My 45s
Dereks Daily 45s
7 Inch of the Day
7 Inches from the Underground

We are fortunate enough to be currently featured on Jason Dean’s 7 Inches blog, for the Water Tower Split. You can read Jason’s review of that record here. He also invited us to do an interview for his podcast. You can access that podcast at this post. We are honored. Hopefully I did not make a fool of myself in the interview.

Speaking of Joseph Childress… He will be playing tomorrow (Sun 9/20) at Yoshi’s Songwriter’s Sunday with two others, Roberto Miguel & Mason Lindahl. Check it out if you can.

8:00pm-Midnight
1330 Fillmore at Eddy
San Francisco
$5

…and speaking of 7 Inches, the Sandwitches finished recording their acoustic 7″ e.p. for Empty Cellar Record at the Garden Chamber this week. It will be titled Duck, Duck, Goose. They will be mixing the record with engineer/producer Wymond Miles when he gets back from tour with the Fresh & Onlys. Can’t wait to hear it!

-Arvel

Our favorite twisted old-timey garage trio, The Sandwitches, is committing a three song E.P. to tape today in our very own Garden Chamber Studios. They are in good hands with Wymond “Creature Man” Miles of the Fresh & Only’s at the controls. The E.P. will be available on a 7″ from Empty Cellar Records in late October, just in time to haunt your Halloween. In the mean time, you can see them live on the record release tour for their Debut LP, How To Make Ambient Sadcake, on Turn Up! records, & watch these great videos shot by The American Opry (below):

The Sandwitches Tour Dates with Jonesin’:

The Sandwitches at Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco

The Sandwitches at Amnesia, San Francisco

Track Listing:

01) Lost Daughter
02) Black Is The Color
03) Sruti
04) The Golden Vanity
05) Evangeline
06) Too Soon For Flowers
07) The Crow
08) Batwood
09) Rhiannon

Antenna Farm has released The Dry Spells debut album, Too Soon For Flowers, on CD. Empty Cellar Records will be  releasing the vinyl LP next month (September). It will be limited to a single pressing of 500 copies and is available for pre-order from the Endless Nest store.

Listen to “Sruti” a track off Too Soon For Flowers on NPR’s Song Of The Day!

This is what we have to say about it:
Too Soon For Flowers marks the debut of San Francisco’s female fronted psych-folk ensemble, The Dry Spells. Recorded by Tim Green (Fucking Champs), and featuring members of Citay, this album is an impressive set of epic genre-defying compositions. Existing somewhere near the sonic intersection of Fairport Convention, Fleetwood Mac, and some heavy spaced-out dub, Too Soon For Flowers transitions effortlessly between eastern-influenced sustenatos, ethereal folk, and fuzzed-out psychedelic crescendos. Recommended for fans of Linda Perhacs, Cocteau Twins, and Paula Frazer, this record evokes numerous influences without sacrificing a drop of creativity. This is a mysterious and woodsy album with many subtle nuances that require repeated listens. Keeping with the times, the LP comes with a high-quality digital download of the full album including The Dry Spells stunning rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon”. Limited to 500 copies.

Check out what other people have been saying about the CD:

“Every element of this record is impressive – the playing first rate, the songs accessible but without cliché, the producing (that’s Tim Green) sharp and clear. You get the sense that all five principals know a good deal about music, not just folk and rock, but classical, madrigal singing, raga and other styles, and have folded all these ideas seamlessly into a cohesive statement.”
— Dusted Magazine

“The group’s whimsical yet often brooding sound gives way to imagery evoking woodland like wonder coupled with a dark, gothic sensibility….Brilliant. Of course, you’ll want to go back and listen in on their subtle nuances over and over.”
— Delusions Of Adequacy

“The band takes folk and rock influences and weaves them into mystic, heady tapestries worthy of such Californian forebears as Fleetwood Mac.”
— Pop Matters

“Beautifully recorded on tape by the Fucking Champs’ Tim Green at his Louder Studios, The Dry Spell echo with reverb-y lyric guitar, plinging bells, a touch of droning melodica, and baklava-sweet harmonies that evoke the minimal post-punk of Electrelane and the maximal ethno-folk-punk of Camper Van Beethoven.”
— SF Bay Guardian

“Mixes the rockier side of Fairport Convention with the folkier side of Fleetwood Mac…the perfect weekend wake-up music.”
— NPR, All Songs Considered