New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Yawn has just released a video for their track "Toys". The video was filmed in France, Germany, Czech Republic, Netherlands and the USA, and directed and produced by Eli Stonberg. "Toys" is the first song off their self-released, self-titled ep which can be downloaded for free from the band’s website.
Ezra Furman and The Harpoons announced the details of the third studio album, Mysterious Power, today. The album finds the band departing their local home Minty Fresh for the Warner Music label Red Parlor Records. The album will feature twelve tracks include the tile track, Mysterious Power, which the band performed for Daytrotter back in Feb. 2009. Furman has come to be known for his over-the-top and deeply emotional lyrics, and from the looks of this release he will not disappoint. With tracks like "I Killed Myself But I Didn’t Die", "Hard Time in a Terrible Land", and "Bloodsucking Whore" you can see that he is going all out on this one. The album is set to be released on April 5th.
Ezra Furman and The Harpoons will launch a headlining US tour in March after their appearance at SXSW.
Fool’s Gold Record just released a new mixtape by Kid Sister. The mix is called KissKissKiss and was mixed by Nick Catchdubs. It features a lot of great tracks from Kid Sis and tracks from Green Velvet, Pall Wall, and Jo-De-Ci.
The latest video from the folks at Giant System features Netherfriends.
Brooklyn folk poppers Freak Owls are bringing in the new year with a slew of upcoming shows, including a Winter East Coast Tour – they played at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village a few days ago. Check out this pretty B&W video of their song "Little Things". – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here).
Shenandoah and the Night is a band with en plein air picnics on its mind and a nightingale in its heart. Steeped in the tradition of American folk with elements of doo-wop, and haunting vocals, their music maps out cinematic landscapes and nostalgic love scenes. Come see them live at Bar 4 in Park Slope on January 21. – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here).
"Its tough to be impartial when it comes to your friends art, so I’m not gonna even attempt to do that (and just ramble). I’ve known the gruesome two-some of Brendan and Peter for a few dog years or so, and I’ve seen the band consistently develop throughout this friendship puberty we’ve got goin’ on (whats with all this hair?). I’m two tracks in so far and I can say that THIS is their most impressive recording to date, and I wanna kiss them on their mouths. They managed to harness the uninhibited temper tantrum that we’ve come to expect of their live show on to tape. There’s the fuzzy guitar acrobatics cast alongside more focused, metal-meets-SST style drumming, both climaxing in unison, exploding angst-ridden love on all our faces. Well done dudes." -Russell Hymowitz – The Highway Gimps – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here).
As public voting for our 2010 emerging artist poll approaches, I think now is an apt time to talk about someone who the Deli hasn’t covered quite yet, as our recently announced list of bands definitely has some familiar faces.
Patrick Joseph is an interesting fellow; in his mid 20’s he’s an accomplished singer/songwriter whose declined record deals in the pursuit of doing things on his own terms. His debut full length, Antiques, was released in November to eager ears. The album includes "Arsonist Blues", a song that landed him an offer from Original Signal records and has him sounding like the grittier, spirtual successor to Jeff Buckly’s throne. Named as one of his inflences, the track "Don’t Believe It" takes a cue from Radiohead’s Karma Police piano melody, but just enough to make you proud that you realize the reference. The entire album is streaming via Patrick’s Myspace if you feel so inclined.
Patrick’s next show is Januart 30th at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach for their songwriter round.
-Angelo Lorenzo
Altamont Sunrise by Dragon King
Conjunctionally cacophonous indie channeling some sort of surf rock with a sleight punk wave, And And And, like their name, just keep it coming. If there ever was a group of album bleeding rapscallions to make you forget the snow-worthy-yet-still-snowless winds as of late, it’s these guys with their EP after EP after album after album of &&&-branded energy. You can’t help but dance to it, yell and scream along with it, and kick up the dust of their summertime-nostalgia sounds. A new album due sometime in March is in the works at this very moment (do they ever run out of material??), as well as a split vinyl on Eggy Records coming this summer with Archers, Woolen Men, and Charts. And And And is playing the Into The Woods One Year Anniversary extravaganza at Holocene on January 27th, where you’ll be able to catch their video for "Blast 2" from Into The Woods’s Feels Like Home series. – Mike Harper
Well in the midst of all our current Best Emerging Artist poll business we should, of course, still mention there are still shows to be seen this week. Here are a few selections from the calender.
Tomorrow Bay Area Bourgeois will present a show at Era Art Bar in Oakland with Ben Thompson (recently selected for the poll from our Sonicbids Submissions), Hydroplane and Fool’s Paradise, 8pm.
Friday out at the Knockout Maus Haus will be playing their last show before a few month hiatus with Sleeptalks, 10pm.
Saturday at Slims catch Magic Bullets with the Fresh and Onlys and Crocodiles, 9pm.
–Ada Lann