Portland

SUPER LATE NOTICE! Plankton Wat House Show TONIGHT

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This is an extremely late notice report. I just found out one of my favorite solo projects is playing a house show tonight. Dewey Mahood of Eternal Tapestry’s side project, Plankton Wat.

In my advancing age, I’m experiencing crowd anxieties. And as much as I’m a fan of the rock, I’m also becoming more of a fan of things that are away from the mainstream—example: MusicFest NW. And really, they have enough support. Do they need one more aging and self-important hipster music nerd?

Dewey of Plankton Wat put out arguably the best psych record of last year, entitled Dawn of the Golden Eternity on DNT Records. It was equal parts loner blues, John Fahey-style folk guitar workout, and acid-drenched stoner jams. Plankton Wat will be playing with Selaroda from Oakland, CA.— Michael Henning of The Why Because solo project. Also on tap will be Stag Hare from Portland.

The location is The Wail at 5135 NE 42nd Ave. @ Sumner. The time is 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

– Chappy

NYC

Dive Index release video and CD

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Dive Index is the collaborative, cross-genre project brainchild of NYC producer/musician Will Thomas. The sophomore album "The Surface We Divide" (out on 10.12) features vocals by Joseph Arthur, Cat Martino, and even former Ride vocalist Mark Gardener, and instrumental appearances include cello by Julia Kent (Antony & the Johnsons) and drums by Kevin O’Donnell (Andrew Bird). They recently released this video featuring Cat Martino on Vocals.

New England

Muy Cansado and The Lights Out Release EPs Saturday at Middle East Upstairs

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Typically, it’s the vocalists on any given night of live music who leave with the odd satisfaction of a hoarse voice – the physical manifestation and deep impression of a noisy night, a good time shared with friends and strangers, and a job well done.  This Saturday, get acquainted with your vocal exercises and expect to leave the Middle East (Upstairs) like a singer.  Okay, sans glitter and makeup, maybe, and perhaps a little less sweaty – but sore voice, ringing ears and all!

Muy Cansado and The Lights Out release their latest EPs, "Love and Fear" and "Rock Pony," respectively, with star-studded support:  Boston’s Sidewalk Driver and Brooklyn’s The Press.  If that bill hasn’t already gotten you humming a melody, head over to their websites and learn them.  Really.  That’d be an order if we could enforce it.  It’s as solid and infectious an evening of high-energy rock (both pop- and, er, -and roll) as you’ll find.

Check back here at the Deli New England soon for a spotlights of "Love and Fear" and "Rock Pony."  

The national release of "Love and Fear," which we can go ahead and tell you is a thoroughly wonderful collection of indie rock gems, on Goodnight Records is September 14th – but you can grab your copy early at this show.

9pm – The Press
10pm – Sidewalk Driver
11pm – Muy Cansado
12pm – The Lights Out

$10 / 8:30pm doors

– The Deli Staff

Philadelphia

Weekend Warrior, September 10 – 12

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One of the most prolific hardcore bands to rise from the underbelly of Philly is set to come back for one night only. Pagan Babies are considered one of the pioneers of fusing hardcore and punk with rap and hip hop, and were also known for the graffiti style artwork that appeared on their albums courtesy of their drummer Bruce Boyd. Aside from returning to play the “Legends of Philly Hardcore” show in July of 2007, the band has essentially called it quits since 1989. But in honor of the release of their special anthology Last on drp records, the band is set to perform tonight at The Troc for one more time (but I bet that they might change their tune if Last takes off). They’ll be joined by another local hardcore legend McRad who have been a Philly music institution since the 80s and Reading thrash masters Common Enemy who have been assaulting the scene since 1998. Add in the newest project from Kermit “Hell” Lyman of Slumlord, Thee Nosebleeds, who will also be performing with legendary thrashers D.R.I. later this month. And you have a lineup that’s ready to fuck shit up! The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 7:30pm, $12 adv/$15 door, All Ages (Artwork by Bruce Boyd)

 
Other events that might strike your fancy…
 
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Wes Mattheu and the New Way Down, Papertrees, Charlotte Littlehales, Swedeland, SAT Ethel Cee, SUN The Spinning Leaves
 
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Hermit Thrushes and Old Goats, SAT Strapping Fieldhands and U.S. Girls, SUN Nico’s Gun
 
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI The Levee Drivers and The Fallen Troubadours, SAT Rosetta Album Release Party, SUN Banned Books and The Tea Club
 
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI U.S. Funk Team Reunion Show w/ Kite Party
 
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Blayer Pointdujour, Adam & Dave’s Bloodline, Faux Slang
 
Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Jukebox Zeros and The Slotcars, SAT Invisible Friends
 
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Pagan Babies Reunion Show w/ McRad, Thee Nosebleeds, Common Enemy
 
The Ox (2nd and Oxford St.) FRI Golden Ages and Prowler
 
Pterodactyl (3237 Amber St.) SAT Kill You in the Face
 
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) FRI Eskimeaux
 
The Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum (3819 Hamilton St.) SAT Carnivolution w/The Hydrogen Jukebox Album Release Party
 
The Blockley Pourhouse (3801 Chestnut St.) FRI The Absolute Zeros
 
Greenfest Philly (2nd and South Sts.) SUN Papertrees
 
The Northern Liberties Music Festival (Poplar and Wildey Sts.) SAT Black Landlord, Blood Feathers, Ports of Call, Baby Flameheads, Dressed Like Stolen Cars and more
 
NYC

NYC on the Rise: Emil & Friends

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We will soon write a little more in depth about  Emil & Friends (you know how Friday is right for a blogger, right? You feel like you used all the words already…), but for now we’ll just say that we really like them – they sound a little like a folky version of Dirty Projector with less weird melodies. No upcoming show announced, but several promising signs (a sold out vinyl and a new EP released on Cantora Records, which lauched MGMT and now Bear Hands and… a custom super hero suite!!!).

L.A.

Seasons premiere new video for ‘Light, Lost’

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LA band Seasons

If your idea of a good music video includes a beautiful girl running away from sandman-esque stalkers set to the flowing vibes of Season’s song ‘Light, Lost’, well then this video is for you. If you didn’t see the band premiere the video earlier this week after their set at Spaceland then you can certainly watch it here. The video is directed by Christopher J. Ewing and is nothing less than delightful.

NYC

Jesse Robertson plays Bar 4 on 09.16, releases album in February

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Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Jessi Robertson is set to release her first full band album "Small Town Girls" in February 2011, but "Half Moon," the album’s first single, will be available through iTunes, CD Baby and most major online outlets beginning September 16, 2010. In addition, "Half-Moon" is currently streaming at MySpace. The song showcases Jessi’s electric folk sound while lyrically exploring the loneliness and alienation that have become haunting themes in her work. See her live at Bar4 (444 7th Ave. Brooklyn) on September 16. – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here).

NYC

Darlings release single, announce EP release, play Union Pool

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Without a doubt, Darlings are currently the NYC band that better carries the torch of the carefree guitar indie pop of the 90s (fans of Pavement, be advised). This group of former NYU college mates has been enjoying a growing buzz in the last few months and we wouldn’t be surprised if they were one of the "it" bands at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. Darlings just announced the digital release of their first single on PopMatters, and announced the release of an EP in the fall. See them at Union Pool on 09.10.

Austin

Album Review: The Authors’ Get Haunted

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The Authors recent CD release, Get Haunted, is the soundtrack of every summer. Sporting a California-styled, beach-rock, New Wave sound, The Authors first full length record since their debut EP rolls riffs like waves of music into your ear holes. The sound of Get Haunted is something that falls between The Police, Dick Dale, at times Flock Of Seagulls, and something all their own, without having that awkward kind of acquired-taste sort of sound that such a hybrid would usually warrant. In fact, every song is catchy, toe-tapping, and addictive while still maintaining individuality among songs without dragging along like many first full-albums seem to do. The first track, "Timebomb", stands apart as something special. A slightly garage-grungier, harder rocking song compared to the offerings of the rest of the album, while being at the forefront to set the tone, while the following songs descend more and more into New Wave. The entire album is a gradient of genre, really, going from that grungier rock all the way to Hawaii Five-O styled guitar licks near the later songs of the album, showing a kind of range and variety paired with great confidence, all of which is rarely present in a first album. Though they are Austin darlings through and through, Get Haunted takes your head-space to Venice Beach during a summer sunset, without having to worry about all the reasons Austinites abhor California. Solid tunes, from a solid band, and at only $12, the album is more than worth the dollar per song.

Get Haunted debuted Sept. 7th.  The Authors will be at End of an Ear Records today (Sept. 10th), at 6pm, sporting free beer for fans.

–Mitchell Mazurek

Philadelphia

Golden Ages LIVE at The Ox Sept. 10

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Golden Ages’ stylized distortion feels cinematic with swirling synth buzzing between earnest vocals and pulsing thumps. Electric, chill and trippy, “Be Cool” plays out like Atlas Sound nix the forlorn aftertaste. The opening chimes of “The Whale” ring out, rise, then settle into subdued yet dancey backbeats later morphing into fuzzed out riffs that hypnotize. The audible aftermath of Francis Tseng’s dorm life, Golden Ages’ Tradition released last April is inventive. Familiar (think Animal Collective and M83) yet unpredictable, Tseng’s surreal soundscapes are ultimately ethereal and organic. Joined by party starters Prowler and Brooklynites Dinosaur Feathers, Golden Ages will chase away the work week’s blues, christening the weekend posi with promise. The Ox.  2nd & Oxford Sts., 8pm. $5, All Ages (Photo by Jake Baumohl) – Dianca Potts
 
Philadelphia

Wes Mattheu and the New Way Down Get Down at JB’s Sept. 10

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I’d never listened to music that came “straight from the BEARD”, as Wes Mattheu claims to produce with his own full, firey set and his twangin’ rock ‘n roll family The New Way Down. But since I’ve started listening to them, I’m team beard USA 100%, about to start my thesis in pogonology. OK, so maybe I’m being a little dramatic. But seriously, ten years in the making, Wes Mattheu and the New Way Down’s debut album Finding a New Way…The Old Way, featuring vocals from local songstress Adrien Reju, was worth the wait. With Wes singing like Uncle Dave Macon, rocking the 12-string acoustic with accompaniment by country favorites like the banjo and fiddle, and with Joe Kille on the pedal steel to stir up flashbacks of its birth in the barn dance days, you could hear their songs echoing from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, whether it be one hundred years ago or this Friday. But, luckily for us, Johnny Brenda’s has them booked to start this weekend off and they better have stocked up on plenty of bourbon and whiskey. Joining them will be fellow down-home souls Papertrees, whose constantly evolving cabaret-folk lineup has included members of TNWD, and Charlotte Littlehales, a UArts graduate with delicate acoustic vignettes to keep you warm at night while you roam the American countryside. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ (Photo by Scott Perryman) – Katie Bennett
 
Philadelphia

Blayer Pointdujour, A&D’s Bloodline and Faux Slang at M Room Sept. 10

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When you unleash an ambitious new eleven-piece music project onto the world you need to put out a masterful recording that gives it proper justice. And that’s exactly what dub, big beat orchestrator Blayer Pointdujour aims to do, but he might need your help tonight when he brings the party to the M Room to raise funds for this ambitious project. The artist has been involved in the Philly music scene for a good eight years now and has been a part of projects such as Phil Moore Browne, Miss Argentina and Kid Kreyol. Pointdujour will be getting by with some help from his friends tonight. And since those friends include Adam & Dave’s Bloodline, whose indie ballads get better and more addictive with each listen and catchy krautrockers Faux Slang with their heavy synth laden compositions, it’s a good thing. M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 8pm, $10, 21+ – Bill McThrill