Empty Cellar Records

Photographs from Wednesday’s Show

Happened to catch a man by the name of Josh Bettenhausen snapping some photographs at the sold out show on wednesday. He was kind enough to send some our way:

Pillars & Tongues

Joseph Childress

The Up Died Sound (notice the laser-psych-fireworks)

Pillars & Tongues Tour On Home Stretch

Pillars and Tongues live at Annie St. Arts Collective in Austin 9/10 (photo by Dan Grissom)

After a rad show in San Francisco Pillars and Tongues are now on the home stretch of their western states tour in support of their new LP, Lay of Pilgrim Park.

Listen to “Decadent Crossing” courtesy of Bluesanct from their 9/05 performance in The Pine Room Tavern in Nashville, Indiana HERE

Some praise from the road:

“Using layers of harmonized vocals and accompanying them with little more than a violin or a double bass—if anything at all—Pillars & Tongues approaches Americana and gospel with a style that’s both hauntingly simplistic and ambitiously complex.”
– Santa Cruz Weekly

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Pillars & Tongues Tour Continues!
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Friday, September 24 – 7:30 PM
Prescott, AZ – The Raven Cafe – with tba

Saturday, September 25 – 8:00 PM
Albuquerque, NM – The Kosmos – with North America and tba

Sunday, September 26 – 8:00 PM
Santa Fe, NM – the Process presents at Little Wing

Tuesday, September 28 – 7:00 PM
Colorado Springs, CO – Modbo Gallery – with tba

Wednesday, September 29 – 8:30 PM
Denver, CO – Meadowlark Bar – with Princess Music

Thursday, September 30 – 8:30 PM
Lincoln, NE – Clawfoot House

Friday, October 1 – 9:30 PM
Grinnell, IA – Grinnell College Herrick Chapel – with tba

Saturday, October 2 – 9:00 PM
Iowa City, IA – White Lightning Warehouse – with Prince Rama and Skye Carrasco

Sunday, October 3
Daytrotter session

Sword+Sandals Release Celebration Part II: Joseph Childress, WR/DS, Pillars & Tongues, The Up Died Sound

Come celebrate once more the release of Sword + Sandals debut studio LP, Good & Plenty tomorrow night! It will be a super night for Empty Cellar, with three label artists on the same stage. In a way, it is a double record release show between Sword + Sandals (represented by WR/DS (words)) and Pillars & Tongues (on tour from Chicago in support of Lay of Pilgrim Park). The night will also feature Joseph Childress and New Yorkers, the Up Died Sound. The evening will be capped with the debut screening of the latest Chasing the Moon Video Podcast featuring Birds and Batteries; so in a way, it is a triple release show.

8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Wednesday, September 22nd

The Up Died Sound (NYC)
Pillars & Tongues (Chicago)
WR/DS (Shaun O’Dell & Randy Lee Sutherland of )
Chasing the Moon Video Podcast debut of Birds & Batteries at Hyde St. Studios

Viracocha
998 Valencia st. @ 21st st.
San Francisco

Pillars & Tongues Western States Tour Begins Today

If you live in the western portion of the United States of America, then Pillars and Tongues will probably be performing within earshot of your home this month. Scan the dates below and mark your calendar. This is the first Pillars and Tongues tour in the US since the release of Lay of Pilgrim Park, and it comes not a moment too soon. Rumor has it, they have already finished recording the next album.

Pillars and Tongues are a beautiful experience live. They have performed over 250 concerts in the past three years throughout the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Each performance weaves composition and improvisation into unique golden braid. Be there… see it… and understand why they have been invited to tour with Bonnie “Prince” Billy and at other times perform with artists such as Nick Cave + Dirty Three, Bill Callahan, Sir Richard Bishop, Daniel Higgs, Chirgilchin, and many more…

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TOUR DATES
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Wednesday, September 1 – 7:00 PM
North Manchester, IN – The Firehouse – with TBA – FREE

Friday, September 3 – 9:00 PM
Bloomington, IN – The Bishop – with Elephant Micah – FREE

Saturday, September 4 – 8:30 PM
Nashville, IN – The Pine Room

Sunday, September 5 – 8:00 PM
Louisville, KY – Skull Alley – with Elephant Micah + tba

Monday, September 6 – 9:00 PM
Murfreesboro, TN – Trash Mt.

Wednesday, September 8 – 9:00 PM
New Orleans, LA – Allways Lounge – with Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship

Thursday, September 9 – 7:30 PM
Houston, TX – The Orange Show – with Listen, Listen

Friday, September 10 – 8:00 PM
Austin, TX – Annie St. Arts Collective – with Weird Weeds, Bosque Brown, Some Say Leland

Saturday, September 11 – 8:00 PM
Marfa, TX – Marfa Book Co. – with tba

Sunday, September 12 – 8:00 PM
Las Cruces, NM – Trainyard – with tba

Monday, September 13 – 8:00 PM
Taos, NM – Seco Pearl – with North America

Tuesday, September 14 8:30 PM
Albuquerque – Winning Coffee – with Hedia

Wednesday, September 15 – 9:00 PM
Flagstaff, AZ – Cottage Haus – with tba

Thursday, September 16 – 8:00 PM
Los Angeles, CA – Echo Curio – with Metal Rouge, Up Died Sound and tba

Friday, September 17 – 9:00 PM
Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place – with tba

Sunday, September 19 – 8:00 PM
Sacramento, CA – The Hub – with Pregnant and Up Died Sound

Monday, September 20 – 9:00 PM
Chico, CA – 1078 Gallery – with Up Died Sound

Tuesday, September 21 – 8:00 PM
Nevada City, CA – Cafe Mekka

Wednesday, September 22 – 8:00 PM
San Francisco, CA – Viracocha – with Up Died Sound, Words, & Joseph Childress