PEARLY GATE MUSIC


 

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Pearly Gate Music is an incredibly gifted gentleman by the name of Zach Tillman (although he records and usually plays live with a stylistic variety of full-band options), who makes beautiful, challenging, simple-yet-complicated songs structured around his extraordinary singing, vivid lyrics, and unusual melodic sense. Sometimes conjuring the feeling of a punk rock religious revival in an old-time prairie tent, sometimes stripped down to spare acoustic-guitar-and-lovely-croon, Tillman's music sounds as if it were written and performed by a bedraggled dust bowl poet influenced by whatever popular songs from the poor folk circuit were being sung after dinner in the parlors of his youth — and who somehow managed to supernaturally absorb the sound of Lubbock circa 1955, Laurel Canyon circa 1968 and Berlin circa 1980.


HEADLINES

BrooklynVegan streams debut Pearly Gate Music release [ 13 May 2010 ]

pearly gate music / pearly gate music (bark95)Pearly Gate Music and Barsuk Records are excited to announce that, beginning today, BrooklynVegan is streaming the self-titled debut release by Pearly Gate Music exclusively for one week.

Pearly Gate Music will be hitting the road this summer with Freelance Whales, Frog Eyes and Beach Fossils.

Ra Ra Riot, Pearly Gate Music to go on Daytrotter tour [ 13 Mar 2010 ]

Daytrotter is back with another run of Barnstormer dates, taking a handful of favorite Daytrotter recording alums out to tour the rustic, old barns of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois for some more nights to remember. One and all are encouraged to attend and caravan with the tour; grilling with, camping out, and staying at the same campgrounds and bed and breakfasts as Daytrotter and the bands (which include Ra Ra Riot, Pearly Gate Music, Delta Spirit, Nathanial Rateliff, and Free Energy). It will be five days that no one will soon forget.

Pearly Gate Music Daytrotter session [ 11 Feb 2010 ]

Pearly Gate Music is an incredibly talented gentleman by the name of Zach Tillman (although it should be noted that he records and often plays shows with a full band), who makes beautiful, unusual, simple-yet-complicated songs structured around his extraordinary singing and melodic sense. Pearly Gate Music’s Daytrotter session has debuted and is available here.

Pearly Gate Music’s tremendous, confident, delicate debut full length, entitled pearly gate music, will be out May 18th — we will also be releasing a limited-edition 7" single (big escape) on March 9th.

Pearly Gate Music 7" vinyl [ 10 Dec 2009 ]

pearly gate music / big escape (bark97)Pearly Gate Music is an incredibly talented gentleman by the name of Zach, who makes beautiful, unusual, simple-yet-complicated songs structured around his extraordinary singing and melodic sense. His debut full-length will be out in 2010, but we'll be releasing a 7" single in March to whet your appetite, featuring one track from the album, and one non-album track. Quantities will be limited — sign up here to be notified when they're available for pre-ordering.

UPCOMING SHOWS  •  MORE

21 Sep

VANCOUVER, CANADA [ Rickshaw ]
all-ages

23 Sep

CALGARY, CANADA [ Republik ]
18+

24 Sep

EDMONTON, CANADA [ Starlite Room ]
18+

25 Sep

SASKATOON, CANADA [ Amigo's ]
19+

27 Sep

WINNIPEG, CANADA [ West End Cultural Centre ]
all-ages

 
 
 

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