Philadelphia

Birdie Busch and Blood Feathers Boys at Tin Angel Jan. 20

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Hometown heartthrob (at least for this guy) Birdie Busch is bringing her cinnamon-sugar folk tunes to the Tin Angel tonight. Birdie’s country tinged ballads with a lyrical modern twist are warm and her vocals are powerful but comforting. Her latest work Everyone Will Take You In was released on Be Frank Records, which is run by Folkadelphia host Fred Knittel. On the EP, she covers The Soul Survivors’ “City of Brotherly Love”. You can check out a video (below) where she talks about her choice of the cover. She is joined this evening by Ben and Drew of Blood Feathers who will bring a stripped-down version of their usual vintage rock hootenanny. Dickey-Mills are going to be playing songs from the Blood Feathers repertoire as well as a few “secrets”. Ha…I’m hoping for a Color Me Bad cover. Tin Angel, 20 S. 2nd St., 8pm, $12, 21+ – Adam G.
 

Philadelphia

Spirit and Dust Expanding at North Star Bar Jan. 20

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Since releasing a former Deli CD of the Month in Delight, Kristen Sylvester and the rest of Spirit and Dust have found themselves on a musical caravan that has transcended throughout many of the 50 states. The poetic and lamentful songstress has also been taking the time to expand her musical horizons by experimenting with a new found six-piece version of the band as well as collaborating with Raph Cutrufello a.k.a. Hezekiah Jones. Hopefully there will be some surprises alongside steadfast favorites like Hands and Limbs and The Center. Spirit and Dust will be opening for soulful Americana outfit North Lawrence Midnight Singers, whose sophomore LP Last Great Saturday Night proved to be a sleeper hit of last year, and somber songbird Julia Rainer. She’ll also be working with a new backing band in The Shiners. Rounding out the lineup will be garage rockers Satellite Hearts. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St., 8pm, $8, 21+ – Bill McThrill
 
Portland

The Makers of the Scene Have Voted: Open Submission results are in!

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Results! Results! They come in waves! The jurors votes for our Best of Portland Emerging Artists 2010 poll are in, and a few of your favourites are moving up to the next and most gruesome level: your very votes. The definitely qualified and musically sexy jurors have laid down the cards and so top few read: the album machine, And And And, the wet and dripping Aan, the ever swooning Y La Bamba, Apes Tapes newest bestest, Radiation City, the event that we call Housfire, the Russian excursion, Chervona, and a handful or so more! Let the guillotines of your clicking fingers drop swiftly and surely! The poll is soon to be open. Fire away!

Here’s the full list of bands that qualified to the next phase of the poll from our Open Submissions:

1. Radiation City
2. AgesandAges
3. And And And
4. Chervona
5. Guantanamo Baywatch
5. Wax Fingers
7. Harlowe and the Great North
7. Archers
9. Housefire
9. Priory
9. Reverse Dotty
9. Black Prairie

The Deli Staff

Portland

Emerging Artists Sonic Bids Picks: The Woodlands, Crown Point, Deklun & Pace

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Heading up our Sonic Bids pick for the 2010 Year End Emerging Artists Poll is The Woodlands. This duo’s musing lull will calm your spirits into a wondrous sway of a forested breeze. Joining The Woodlands for the top three picks from Sonic Bids are Crown Point and the avant-garde duo Deklun & Pace. Vote for your favourite (amongst the many local juror-picked bands) on the poll to the right!

Philadelphia

New Video and Single from Nightlands

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Nightlands (a.k.a. Dave Hartley) drops a video (below) today for his new single “All the Way”, which was directed by Audrey Smith. The All The Way 7” will be available on tour so you can get your own copy this Saturday, January 22 when Hartley comes to The Ox for Nightlands’ debut live performance in Philly. (Album Artwork from Paul Rudolph’s Lower Manhatten Expressway, c. 1967 – 1972) – The Deli Staff  
 

All the Way by Nightlands from Secretly Jag

Portland

Best of Portland Emerging Artists 2010 Fans’ Poll! Let’s Go!

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Here it is friendly Portlanders! Now you can all vote for your favorite Emerging Portland artist of 2010 from the list just to the right! And what a list it is!

Thanks to the bands that made it on from SonicBids and the lovely votes of our jury of scene makers (see the list below), we’ve a list for you (yes you!) to pass your rainy judgement on. The artist from this list that will win the poll’s composite chart (i.e. jurors + Deli writers + fans’ votes) wins the illustrious title of Best Emerging Artist of 2010. Right now all the artists in the list have accumulated some points from the votes cast by jurors and writers, now it’s the fans and readers’ turn!

Have at it, cats and kittens!

Jurors: Megan Welling, Joel Sommer, Theo Craig, Matthew McLean, DJ Gustav, Alex Wideman, Matt King, Katrina Nattress, Chris Young, Nick Mattos, Terry Currier

The Deli Staff

P.S. Wondering how The Deli’s Year End polls work? Rules are explained here.

Philadelphia

The Great Cranberry Presents “Aquarius Prom” at Adobe Café Feb. 5!

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Did you miss your high school prom? Well, you have a chance to live a much cooler experience (with no chaperones) when The Great Cranberry presents Aquarius Prom on Saturday, February 5 at the Adobe Café (upstairs)! The event is a prom-themed party with performances by THE JAWNS, a live mashup/soultrain band featuring members of The Extraordinaires, The Armchairs, Arrah and the Ferns, Nicos Gun and Virtual Virgin as well as DJ Evil V spinning some ass-shaking grooves. It’s going to be a crazy dance party to warm you up from this cold, cold Philly winter! There will also be a discounted admission for those who get dressed up ($3) and an extra special discount for those who are ready to get Ab Fab in drag ($2). Oh yes, this is going to be an old-fashioned love fest so please dress to impress! – The Deli Staff
 
NYC

MNDR and Chromeo release single and tour together.

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Green Label Sound today release their latest single "Cut Me Out" by electronic-pop songstress MNDR a.k.a. Amanda Warner and co-producer/co-writer Peter Wade (featured in our Best of NYC 2010 list). Starting tomorrow, MNDR will join Chromeo on the road for a coast-to-coast North American tour presented by the same Green Label Sound. In less than six months, MNDR has toured the world opening for acts including Miike Snow, and Massive Attack. Chromeo on the other hand will be playing at Terminal 5 on February 4th and announced the release of a new track exclusively on iTunes.

Austin

People Problems: Oh No Oh My

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The long-awaited sophomore release from indie-poppers Oh No Oh My People Problems arrived yesterday and has been justly praised by sources as diverse as Paste and the Wall Street Journal. "I want this album to make people cry," said member Daniel Hoxmeier of the new effort. For right now, they’ll be making the French cry: the band have embarked on a two-month tour of Europe, including multiple dates in France throughout the remainder of January and Feb. Ah, the sacrifices we make for art. 

L.A.

Chasing Kings – The Current State of Our Future

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If you could splice the musical genes of Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, and Phantom Planet into one band, you’d end up with Chasing Kings. Their debut offering, The Current State of Our Future is not some horrible genetic musical mutant, but a finely prepared super soldier. The album keeps an upbeat tempo, never getting too slow or too tense for very long as Matthew Schwartz smooth voice flows over band mates Drew Beck, Mike Goldman, and Nick Sandlers pop melodies. "An Empty Handshake" slows things down for a bit while songs like "Empathy" and "The Current State Of Our Future" keep things danceable. The band followed up with the release of the singles for "Just Our Luck​" and "Maybe It’s The Distance" in December of 2010. All barely 20 years old, their music shows that Chasing Kings has the potential to take over the world.

-Angelo Lorenzo

NYC

Noveller, Bell, Grooms and Sundelles play Bruars Falls on 01.29

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Professional shredder/ Filmmaker Sarah Lipstate aka Noveller (pictured) is bringing her distant droning guitar epics to Bruar Falls on January 29th. Despite her young age, Noveller is a seasoned NYC "scenester", having been part of bands like Parts & Labor and Cold Cave. Her music is brooding but delicate, gloomy yet serene and its weight can be felt even more in a live setting.

Opening is Olga Bell’s brainchild Bell (picture above) with their ethereal electro pop and commanding vocals over schizoid beats. The line-up is further filled out with scrappy indie-rockers Grooms who just finished mixing their new album, so expect them to jam out some soon to be released tunes. Rounding out the line up is vintage garage rockers Sundelles whose warm pop will sprinkle some sugar on this rather noisy but exciting bill. The show is presented by up and comer J4 Productions.- (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here).