Serious show to support serious local causes!

This will be an epic show, and you should go to support SF institutions KUSF and The Eagle Tavern, but don’t take our word for it… Read more at The Bay Bridged and 7×7 Magazine.

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TONIGHT!!! TONIGHT!!! TONIGHT!!!

“On Wednesday, February 9th, four of San Francisco’s best bands come together for a night of rock and roll to benefit the Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco.”

Thee Oh Sees
Sic Alps
Ty Segall
The Sandwitches
February 9, 2011
Great American Music Hall
8pm, $13 adv/$16 door, All Ages

More info from local sponsor: The Bay Bridged

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Sword + Sandals Record Release Celebration #1

Collage by Paul Morgan

THIS Saturday (8/21/2010) make your way to Amnesia in San Francisco to watch John Dwyer and Randy Lee Sutherland perform in the first of two events celebrating the release of Sword + Sandals’ debut studio recording, Good & Plenty, out soon on Empty Cellar. It is likely to rule.

Sword + Sandals
Asss (Portland)
Tussle
and some DJs for the after party

Sat. 8/21 @ 9:00 pm
Amnesia
853 Valencia St.
(Between 19th & 20th)
San Francisco

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Introducing: Sword + Sandals on Empty Cellar

John Dwyer
traps.flute.bass string

Randy Lee Sutherland
alto.bass clarinet.traps

Shaun O’Dell
tenor.alto.keys

Sword and Sandals emerged through the vision of founders John Dwyer and Randy Lee Sutherland. Within the intense interplay of Dwyer’s blurred wrists and strobe-like fills caressing the cry of Sutherland’s horn, the possessed pair incorporated second horn Shaun O’Dell and initiated a trail composed of both conjured soundscapes of euphoric beauty and signifying shrieks of postmodern existence (thus far). As an improvisational trio—with guests sitting in occasionally—Sword and Sandals provide an existential outlet for those seeking connections beyond peripherally materialist arrangements and toward closer, more cerebral intimacies. Their sound envisions the metaphor of their Ben Hur-esque name: while wearing sandals into combat enables a graceful interplay with one’s adversaries, the sword (let alone the opponents) remains razor sharp, reminding the participant of the thin line between achieving transcendence and triumph and the brutal reality of second guessed timing, and unfocused adherence or intent as one waltzes through moments and situations—improvising for survival and renewal. Trust forms the blue print for Sword and Sandals, sealing their execution, empathy, and a progressive existence within the interplay of their music. As economist Jacque Attali once noted, music is, “by its very presence, a mode of communication between man and his environment, a mode of social expression, and duration itself. It is therapeutic, purifying, enveloping, liberation; it is rooted in a comprehensive conception of knowledge about the body, in a pursuit of exorcism through noise and dance.”

Empty Cellar’s upcoming release for Sword + Sandals stemmed from one all-day 16-microphone recording session, with Anthony Petrovic sitting in on synth, captured on 1-inch tape.

Coming September 28th:

SWORD + SANDALS – GOOD & PLENTY

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V/A – In A Cloud: New Sounds From San Francisco

Secret Seven’s rad new San Francisco comp In A Cloud is available for presale at the Endless Nest Store. It features Empty Cellar artists: Sonny Smith, Tim Cohen, and the Sandwitches!

In A Cloud is a collection of 14 previously unreleased songs from some of our favorite San Francisco musicians including: Thee Oh Sees, Sonny & The Sunsets, Fresh & Onlys, Hannah & Raven (of Grass Widow), Jacques Butters, Ty Segall, Sandwitches, Exray’s, Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month, Trainwreck Riders, Dylan Shearer, Paula Frazer, Tim Cohen, and Kelley Stoltz. Mastered by Paul Oldham. Art by Richard Hart & Sarah Poole. (Limited to 500 copies)

“a glimpse at the wealth of amazing new talent exploding in San Francisco”
– Chris at Gorilla Vs Bear.

“Yummy”
– No Conclusion

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