Nashville

Year End Best of Nashville Readers’ Poll – Final Top 10!

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1
 The Protomen
2
 PUJOL
3
 Bad Cop
4
 Milktooth
5
 Diarrhea Planet
6
 Vermicious K’nids
7
 Square People
8
 Heartbeater
9
 Marj
10
 Look What I Did
This is the final Deli’s Year End Best of Nashville Fans Poll’s Top 10 – full breakdown of the votes here.

On Wednesday we’ll publish the results of the Best of Nashville 2009 Poll, which is calculated through a rather complicated system involving a jury of scene makers, The Deli’s writers, our readers, the bands’ fans, and also through an initial open contest – rules can be found here. – Stay tuned!

The Deli’s Staff
Austin

Year End Best of Austin Readers’ Poll – Final Top 10

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1
  Stereo is a Lie
2
  International Waters
3
  The Sour Notes
4
  Drew Smith
5
  Missions
6
 Whitman
7
  Harlem
 
  Survive
9
  Brazos
10
  The Calm Blue Sea
Deli Readers have spoken – final results are in for our 2009 Readers’ Poll, with STEREO IS A LIE narrowly edging International Waters for the top spot. Bronze goes to The Sour Notes.

The champs play Beauty Bar this Friday (along with Buttercup, Ideal Soul Mart and Bear Bones). International Waters recently returned from the Cavern in Dallas and are slated for the Mohawk this Feb. 11th, and the Sour Notes, who just dropped their fourth album It’s Not Gonna Be Pretty on New Years Day, will also play the Mohawk on Jan. 28th. Get out and see how they earned the top spots. 

The Deli Staff

 
NYC

NYC artists on the rise: Sad Red’s CD release party on 01.22 at Union Hall

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They might be called Sad Red but they definitely have a thing for blue – and math. This Brooklyn based quintet plays some kind of "avant-math-emo" rock, whose blue, melancholic atmoshperes match the dominant color of their debut album’s cover. The drums, guitars and keyboards rhythmic interplay recalls at times King Krimsons’ madly intricate interwoven patterns, while the overall atmosphere of their sound is alternatively not too distant from Radiohead’s moody exhistentialism and Soundgarden’s indie blues (there’s that color again). Other more relaxed tunes showcase an impeccable gusto for consuming songs that build in intensity and are not afraid to indulge in controlled guitar solos – like peeps used to do in the good old days, remember? Sad Red will celebrate the release of their CD "elder" with a show at Union Hall on 01.22, definitely worth checking out.

Chicago

Songs For Haiti

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Chicago’s Andrew Bird and Umphrey’s McGee are among the 200 plus artists who have donated MP3s (many unreleased) to this new charitable music site established by Paste Magazine. 100% of money contributed through “Songs for Haiti” will be spread among three charities active in Haiti: Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, and Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. If you have already donated you can tell “Songs For Haiti” where you donated and still gain access to site. Although we are a music site, this is not as much about the music that you will gain access to, but the act of giving in this time of need.

Chicago

CD Review: Bullets In Madison

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It’s too easy to compare Bullets In Madison to bands like Coldplay and Radiohead. Besides when you listen closely you will find that the band is not as pretentious as Coldplay and hungrier than Radiohead. On their latest album, We Became Your Family When You Died, the band does an exceptional job of creating and sustaining a complex and heavily textured atmosphere. The album opener, “Impossible Grave” is the perfect example of their craftsmanship, a mixer of aggressive drummer, angelic violins, rhythmic guitar, and floating vocals.

This album is remarkably well put together for a self-released project, and it shows how dedicated the band is to their sound. All too often young bands are still searching for their sound and try to do too much, but Bullets In Madison have perfected the orchestral atmospherics like no other. My favorite track on the album has to be “Riots”, it encompasses all the many elements that really make this album one of the first standout albums of the year. You can download the album for free at Bullets In Madison’s website. 

Philadelphia

Year End Best of Philly Fans’ Poll Results Are In!

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1
 Levee Drivers
2
  Woe
3
  The Extraordinaires
4
  Conversation w/ Enemies
5
  Dangerous Ponies
6
  Kevin James Devine
7
  Swift Technique
8
  Grandchildren
9
  Prowler
10
  Orbit to Leslie

Congrats to Levee Drivers – Winners of The Deli’s Best of Philly Fans’ Poll! The results of our Composite Chart [the one including the votes from the jury and the writers which will elect our best emerging artist(s) of 2009] will be announced on Wednesday, as we need a little time to organize it and add up the votes (yeah, we suck at math). 

Congrats also to Woe and The Extraordinaires – who placed 2nd and 3rd in the Fans’ Poll. 

The Deli Staff
 
Austin

Balmorhea Release Party 2/19

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At the time that we crowned Constellations as our current album of the month we had no news of a release party – but news has now arrived: Balmorhea will celebrate their upcoming release at the Central Presbyterian Church downtown on February 19th, doors at 8 pm. Singer-songwriter Damien Jurado – who happens to be a favorite with the Deli editor – will be there to open. 

Portland

Year End Best of Portland Readers’ Poll – Final Top 10!

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1
  Bodhi
2
  Housefire
3
  Starry Saints
4
  C. Margolin & the Dregs
5
  Soft Tags
6
  Kelli Schaefer
7
  Mimicking Birds
8
  Dropa
9
  Y La Bamba
10
  Very International Love
The Deli Portland would like to thank all of the readers who went hog wild in the Readers Poll voting of your favorite emerging Portland artist for 2009. We had over 800 votes in just a little under two weeks, and after a neck-and-neck sprint on the final lap, garage-rock debutantes Bodhi emerged the victors! Congratulations to Bodhi (also a former Deli Portland band of the month in September 2009), and a special shout-out to ALL of the bands, fans, and readers who helped us with the voting!!!!


Stay tuned this Wednesday when we unveil our Deli Portland Best Emerging Artist of 2009 composite chart, which will name the overall Best Emerging Artist of 2009. This chart combines the Readers Poll voting points, as well as points bestowed Portland bands by way of our Open Poll, as well as our Jury Votes from the end of 2009.

As always, make The Deli Portland your daily potion for local show previews, live reviews, album reviews, and whatever other gossip enters our surly, brow-beaten craniums.

– The Deli Portland Staff
Chicago

Jonny Rumble van stolen!

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Sad news for the boys of Jonny Rumble. According to their Twitter account, the band’s van was stolen today, and they are asking for your help. If you spot a 1994 green Dodge Caravan with the license plate number 804 0214, please report it to the police. Good luck, JR! – Neph Basedow

Chicago

Year End Best of Chicago Readers’ Poll results are in!

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1
  I Fight Dragons
2
  King Sparrow
3
  Makeshift Prodigy
4
  Daniel Knox
5
  Jerome Holloway
6
  Treaty of Paris
7
  Hudson Branch
8
  Kid You’ll Move Mnts
9
  Loyal Divide
10
  The Fold
The results of the reader’s poll are in and the winner by a slim margin was the superhero tee sporting, NES freaks, I Fight Dragons. In fact, the margin was so close that we have decided to let the second place winner, King Sparrow, share our top banner. The final results of all the polls, jury, open poll, reader’s poll, and so on will be released on Wednesday win the overall winner is announced, so stay tuned! – The Deli’s Staff

Portland

Stephanie Schneiderman Takes Over Jimmy Mak’s

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Reinventing your sound is exciting, scary, adventurous, and a sign of a spectacular artist…that is, as long as it works. And yes, it did for Miss Stephanie Schneiderman.

Artists that evolve, break their personal mold and creative boundaries – that explore – are the elite musicians. Reinventing your sound is "risky business," according to Stephanie Schneiderman, but the risk factor is decimated when you have producer/beat-extraordinaire Keith Schreiner (Auditory Sculpture) on your team.

Stephanie’s also kept her songwriting and voice, which smoothly floats over Keith’s soothing trip-hop ambiance. It’s sexy. It’s relaxed. It’s lovely.

The two bring their down-tempo, electro-beats and sensual vocal bliss along with James Beaton (Storm and the Balls) on keys to Jimmy Mak’s on Saturday, January 23rd with Come Gather Around Us at 8:00 p.m. for $10.

And this girl is setting up and knocking down cocktail hours at Jimmy Mak’s every first and third Thursdays starting in February through April. These shows will feature the keyboardist/singer Jade Vanacore, and Stephanie says, "I’ve been working on a more stripped down version of the trip-hop show involving beats, loops, keys, electric guitar and harmonies, so this residency will give me a chance to get really comfortable with all my new toys. Also, I’m going to try out a bunch of new songs!"

– Chris Young

Chicago

Widow Wake My Mind

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Smashing Pumpkins have released another track from the 44-song project, Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. The track is called "Widow Wake My Mind". This is the second release from the album and will be available for download through the bands myspace for the next 24 hours.