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.

Gorilla Vs. Bear debuted two rad music videos for The Sandwitches this week. Above you have a stunning video for “In The Garden”, off of their most recent LP Mrs. Jones Cookies,directed by Ryan Browne and shot at San Francisco’s legendary Esta Noche. Below you “Benny’s Memory Palace,” taken from their new Hardly Art 7″ single, The Pearl. Created/directed by the talented Sophia McInerney. Both videos are most excellent:

The Sandwitches UK/European Tour Dates:

11.15.11 – London, UK – Heaven ^
11.16.11 – Gent, BE – DOK
11.17.11 – Utrecht, NL – DB’s
11.18.11 – Hamburg, DE – Molotow Bar *
11.19.11 – Koeln, DE – King Georg
11.20.11 – Berlin, DE – Monarch *
11.21.11 – Erfurt, DE – Museumskeller *
11.22.11 – Dresden, DE – Ostpol *
11.23.11 – Vienna, AT – Arena *
11.24.11 – Celje, SI – Kino Metropol *
11.25.11 – Graz, AT – Forum Stadtpark *
11.26.11 – Carpi, IT – Mattatoio *
11.27.11 – Rome, IT – Touch the Wood @ Micca Club
11.28.11 – Bologna, IT – Spazio Elastico *
11.29.11 – Milan, IT – Rocket *
11.30.11 – Lausanne, CH – Brasserie du Chateau
12.01.11 – Geneva, CH – Bibarium
12.02.11 – Paris, FR – La Mecanique Ondulatoire
12.03.11 – Amsterdam, NL – OCCII #
12.07.11 – San Francisco, CA – SF MOMA

^ – w/ Washed Out and John Maus
* – w/ Carletta Sue Kay
# – w/ Peaking Lights

This Wednesday we’ll be partying at the Rickshaw stop in celebration of the new LP, The Glad Birth of Love by Tim Cohen and his band, Magic Trick. Tim will have the last Limited Ed. copies of the Magic Trick album available at the show! It will, however, be a bittersweet night, as it is the final show for Bay Area stalwarts, Magic Bullets. Local lo-fi’s PreTeen will be releasing a 7″ that night as well.

((folkYEAH!)) and Empty Cellar Present:

TIM COHEN’S MAGIC TRICK (Album release party!)
Magic Bullets (Last show ever),
PreTeen (7″ release show)
Tambo Rays
plus DJ Britt Govea of ((folkYEAH!))

8:00 PM, Wednesday 8/24
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell Street, San Francisco

Purchase tickets HERE

Today (Saturday)… maybe even right now, Pillars and Tongues wil be playing at Reckless Records with This Is Cinema and Houtakker. They are there to celebrate the release of a new cassette compilation titled Chicago (Two Syllable Records) featuring some of our favorite Chicago musicians including the two above, Angel Olsen, and many more. If you don’t live in Chicago, then you can get the tape HERE. If you do live in Chicago, then you should head over to Reckless, catch their sets, and consider picking up a copy of Pillars and Tongues’ latest album The Pass and Crossings.

Tomorrow (Sunday)… Pillars and Tongues will be playing with High Places and Dusty Bibles at The Empty Bottle get Tickets HERE

It is not everyday that new release day falls on your birthday, and you also happen to be releasing an album. It is, however, more likely to happen if you are the ever-prolific Tim Cohen. Today, on Tuesday July 19th 2011, Tim Cohen is releasing 100 limited edition copies of his new album The Glad Birth of Love on Empty Cellar Records. Get your limited edition copy HERE

Listen to one of the four EPIC tracks, “Daylight Moon”, here: Daylight Moon

Magic Trick is:
Tim Cohen – A little bit of everything
Noelle Cahill – Angel Voices and more!
Alicia Vanden Heuvel – Angel Voices and more!
James Kim – Drums and more!

More on the record:

Empty Cellar records is proud to announce the latest full-length album by Tim Cohen (Fresh and Onlys), The Glad Birth of Love. This is Tim Cohen’s fourth album following his 2009 debut, The Two Sides of Tim Cohen (Empty Cellar), and two full-lengths (Laugh Tracks / Tim Cohen’s Magic Trick) and one EP (Bad Blood) on New York’s Captured Tracks label. Featuring guest appearances by John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees), Grace Cooper, (The Sandwitches), Diego Gonzalez (The Dry Spells, Citay), and several other San Francisco musicians, The Glad Birth of Love is the first Tim Cohen album to not directly bear his name, but the name of his band, Magic Trick. Recorded in a tower at Tim Cohen’s home this album marks a departure from his signature radio-ready song craft. The Glad Birth of Love is a 45 minute album composed of four epic long-form compositions saturated with Tim’s uncanny pop sensibilities and vivid lyrical imagery. Transitioning seamlessly from sparse acoustic blues, to dense bass & oud ragas, to layered of lush vocal harmonies this album is a culmination of Tim’s work to date. 100 limited edition copies will be released on Tim Cohen’s birthday on Tuesday July 19th with a limited edition art print by Kevin Earl Taylor. Mastered by Paul Oldham and featuring artwork by Kevin Earl Taylor.

Track Listing:
1. Cherished One (13:23)
2. Daylight Moon (7:26)
3. Clyde (10:46)
4. High Heat (11:30)

Pre-order HERE