NYC

Acrylics release new video + plans tour + plays Bklyn Bowl on 02.05

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Acrylics has announced tour dates in the US and UK leading up to SXSW in support of their two recent releases. Their debut, All of the Fire, was produced by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear and released on the label he owns with Ethan Silverman: Terrible Records. The single "Molly’s Vertigo," which is not a part of the EP, is being released on Something In Construction in the UK. The band also released this new video for this song, that clearly displays their heavy 80s influences. The band will play Brooklyn Bowl on 02.05 and Glasslands (a few blocks away) the next day, with label mate Class Actress in occasion of Terrible Records party.

New England

Interview with Will Dailey

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Will Dailey
Photos by Michael Spencer

Boston’s Will Dailey  has his roots planted in classic rock and the local Boston music scene but his ambitions are high and successful. Dailey sat down with the Deli to talk about Neil Young,Brendan Boogie’s Cover-up, and how to cultivate your first musical influences.

Dailey is playing the Somerville Theater with Tim Gearan and Dwight and Nicole on February 5th for Dwight and Nicole’s CD release, Signs. Take my word for it. This show is a once in a lifetime show. I bet all my jellybeans it will be an intergalatically stellar night.

Deli: How would you describe your music?

Will Dailey: That’s always the hard question, how would you describe your music? It’s probably best described as where I want to take it and not where it’s been. Writing songs and performing them makes me happiest and I’d say the music I write is a reflection of the music that has always influenced me in a way.

–Read the whole interview by Meghan Chiampa HERE

Chicago

Goodness Gracious

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Chris Otepka (formerly of Troubled Hubble) may have recently moved to Washington, but he is still a Chicagoan at heart. In fact, most his new album, Goodness Gracious (Greyday Records), was recorded here last March just before Chris left. Chris spent his last Chicago winter around a wood stove with friends Michael Mergenthaler, David James, Steven Mitchell and Nick Lombardo, who played in local band Ulysses S. Grant. The result is a chilling collection of songs that are a full-band composite of many songs written and performed solo by Chris during the past two years of touring. Releasing at least one record per year since the first The Heligoats release in 1999, this album is not just another entry in the catalog. Opteka and the band have really crafted something unique and extremely enjoyable here.

Goodness Gracious was released today by Greyday Records, and The Heligoats will be playing at Schubas on March 2nd.

NYC

Deli Best of Local Scenes 2009 Final Summary – don’t miss these bands!

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The Deli’s Year End Polls for emerging artists are a great opportunity to catch up with all the most exciting up and coming bands that left a mark in the previous 12 months. Don’t forget to check out these bands as they might hit it big in 2010 (if they haven’t already!).

AUSTIN BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: STEREO IS A LIE

Also check out
Missions (2nd place overall)
Neon Indian (3rd place overall)
Black Joe Lewis (3rd place overall)
Austin Overall Chart – Austin Fans’ Chart

CHICAGO BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: I FIGHT DRAGONS

Also check out
Hey Champ (2nd place overall)
Netherfriends (3rd place overall)
Chicago Overall Chart – Chicago Fans’ Chart

LOS ANGELES BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: LOCAL NATIVES

Also check out:
Fitz & The Tantrums (2nd place overall)
Crash Kings (3rd place overall)
Light FM – (Fans’ Poll Winners)
LA Overall Chart – LA Fans’ Chart

NEW ENGLAND BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: MEAN CREEK

Also check out:
Michael Bernier and the Uprising (2nd place overall)
Jesse Dee (3rd place overall)
McAlister Drive – (Fans’ Poll Winners)
New England Overall Chart – New England Fans’ Chart

NASHVILLE BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: THOSE DARLINS

Also check out:
Non Commissioned Officers (2nd place overall)
Protomen (3rd place overall and Fans’ Poll winners)
Nashville Overall Chart – Nashville Fans’ Chart

NYC BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: TALK NORMAL

Also check out:
Freelance Whales (2nd place overall)
Bear in Heaven (3rd place overall)
Midnight Spin (Fans’ Poll winners)
NYC Overall Chart – NYC Fans’ Chart

PHILLY BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: READING RAINBOW

Also check out:
Grandchildren (2nd place overall)
Free Energy (3rd place overall)
Levee Drivers (Fans’ Poll winners)
Philly Overall Chart – Philly Fans’ Chart

PORTLAND BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: EXPLODE INTO COLORS

Also check out:
Nurses (2nd place overall)
Bodhi (3rd place overall and Fans’ Poll winners)
Portland Overall Chart – Portland Fans’ Chart

SAN FRANCISCO BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: GIRLS

Also check out:
Man/Miracle (2nd place overall)
Or, The Whale (3rd place overall and Fans’ Poll winners)
Orchestra of Antlers (Fans’ Poll winners)
SF Overall Chart – SF Fans’ Chart

NYC

More summer evoking music: Pearl and the Beard play Sycamore 02.06

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Remember Will Smith’s thrilling musical career? Brooklyn’s Pearl and the Beard sure do. Not long ago, the trio composed a charming Will Smith melody, seamlessly threading together some of his top hits, including the notorious theme to “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” You can watch them getting jiggy with it in various parts of the city in this music video. In all seriousness, Pearl and the Beard create the kind of heartwarming music that makes the bitter winter months bearable. The soulful folk trio’s energetic output envelopes the listener with whimsical, uplifting joy. Without a wave of distortion, pristine voices are free to entwine with a hearty collage of organic instrumentation. The spirited vocal harmonies tantalize the senses with the playful interaction between male and female voices. If you can’t get enough of their infectious folk, cellist Emily Hope Price is in the midst of a personal project, in which she writes and records a new song every day for the next year. Witness the impossible on her blog. Catch Pearl and the Beard with the equally lovely Dinosaur Feathers on Saturday at Sycamore or on March 5 at The Studio at Webster Hall. – Nancy Chow

Philadelphia

Deli Top Performer: Woe

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Is the band’s name Woe or Woah? I had never heard of them until this poll, but if they were actually named Woah, it would make sense to me. I would probably add a bunch of exclamation points. Woe pummel the senses with their unrelenting prog-black metal. They attack their compositions with unabashed reckless abandon that you like to find in a band that ROCKS! They recently signed to Candlelight Records, which is probably the biggest news on the local metal scene since Rumpelstiltskin Grinder signed to Relapse Records. Frontman Chris Grigg also runs Phillymetal.com if you want to know what’s happening in the Metal scene on the home front. A much needed site for a very fragmented scene. Woe will begin recording the new album Quietly, Undramatically this month, and it’s scheduled for release in Summer 2010. myspace.com/woeunholy (Photo by Scott Kinkade) – H.M. Kauffman