New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Campfires is releasing a new 7" called "Dusty Mansions" on Small Plates Record (the new imprint from I Guess I’m Floating and YVYNYL music blogs) on April 12th. Campfires is primarily the work of Jeff Walls, and he is making a name for the band in the thriving Chicago experimental scene. You can preorder the album now.
The line-up for the 2011 Rock N’ Roll Rumble has been announced. This Boston rock institution is presented by Boston Emissions with Anngelle Wood and sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon. Twenty-four bands will compete over the course of nine nights all to win one crown. It begins Sunday, April 3 at TT the Bear’s. Tickets for the preliminary shows are $9 and available via TT’s website. The six-night preliminary line-up is as follows:
Sunday, April 3
9pm The Blizzard of 78
9:45pm Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents
10:30pm OldJack
11:15pm McAlister Drive
Monday, April 4
9pm Full Body Anchor
9:45pm Tijuana Sweetheart
10:30pm A Wish For Fire
11:15pm Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys
Tuesday, April 5
9pm The Autumn Hollow Band
9:45pm Cult 45
10:30pm John Powhida International Airport
11:15pm Spirit Kid
Thursday 4/7
9:30pm TRiPLE THiCK
10:15pm Static of the Gods
11pm Mellow Bravo
11:45 The Acro-brats
Friday 4/8
9:30pm Tired Old Bones
10:15pm Stereo Telescope
11pm Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
11:15pm Keep Me Conscious
Saturday 4/9
9:30pm Cradle to the Grave
10:15pm The Year Million
11pm Black Thai
11:45pm Sidewalk Driver
–Chrissy Prisco
Detholz! has released a new digital album that you can pay what you like for on bandcamp. Death To The Traitor combines interesting instrumentation and sparse rhythms with historical themes and images. The album is fun and danceable in spite of some of the heavier themes.
Detholz! will be celebrating the release of the album at The Hideout with Rachel Reis (her farewell to Chicago show) on March 19th.
Slang Chickens sophomore EP "My Floor" is set to be released this Spring but both the CD and EP can be preordered online here. The opening track for the EP is “My Floor”, a refreshing country spirited and rock ‘n’ roll driven track. Slang Chickens roam in uncharted territory with an original sound sure to rope in the fans.
Murfreesboro ain’t Nashville, but it has its moments as well as a few hidden gems. Gems like Grand Palace, the tiny record store/recording studio/silkscreen business/low-profile venue that’s been tucked discreetly away on Murfreesboro’s downtown square for just over five years. Sadly, this little music hideaway is splitting up. The printing shop may be headed to Nashville and the recording studio is moving to Chattanooga. The venue, however, is no more.
Not to say it didn’t go out with a bang last weekend with two final shows. Ascent of Everest, The Gold Room and Seafood Hotline played Friday night, while locals The Only Sons and Glossary (whose bass player, Bingham Barnes, co-owns Grand Palace Silkscreen) tore it up on Friday. The shows were fairly hush-hush, Barnes’ Facebook announcement being the extent of the advertising, but a sizeable crowd turned up nevertheless to bid the creaky upstairs venue farewell.
Both groups played extensive sets, starting with The Only Sons whose searing pedal steel filled the room along with Kent Goolsby’s country-soaked licks. Then Glossary finished things off with a colorful southern rock palette. Considering the bassist’s affiliation with Grand Palace and the two Boro-based acts’ growing prominence, it was the perfect way to shut down 128 ½ N. Church Street, and send pieces it off into the great beyond. – Jessica Pace
Pitchfork TV has released a new session with Smith Westerns. The band perform’s four tracks for their recently released album Dye It Blonde. The band is performing six shows at SXSW including the Pitchfork Party on 3/17 at The East Side Drive In, 6:15pm and the NPR Showcase @ Stubb’s BBQ pn 3/16, 10:15pm.
We just e-stumbled upon Foley Stewart, a young NYC songwriter who is having a residency at Pianos in April, and we really enjoyed his intimate, intense songs that are in equal parts reminiscent of Jeff Buckley and Elliot Smith. We definitely see a lot of potential here, you may want to check this guy out at Pianos at 7 pm on April 7 or one of the following Sundays.
Brooklyn based Tiny Victories play an interesting, rich brand of electro-pop. Floating on several layers of synths, electronic sounds, and steady drum patterns, their songs are luscious in the arrangement department and properly structured. The vocals add sobriety to the mix, through minimalistic melodies sung with very little emotion, in the classic "brainy pop" tradition inaugurated by Brian Eno. The band will play a series of shows at SXSW and then come back to NYC to release their debut CD on April 2 at Pianos. Check out the dates here.
Here’s the cover of the 1st issue of The Deli Austin. Click on the cover to access the pdf file. 5,000 copies of the magazine will be distributed in Austin during SXSW MUSIC 2011.
Deli Readers,
Check out the new Deli SXSW channel, featuring (on the right) a nifty aggregator of SXSW related news from the main music blogs out there.
The Deli’s Staff
The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here! Well, not quite here…SXSW 2011 is in full swing, but music has yet to officially kick off. Still some calm left before the storm – though tomorrow some of the good unofficials really get going, with Art Disaster @ Beauty Bar, SXES @ Thunderbird Coffee, and Frog ML @ The Ghost Room.
Soon we’ll be bringing you reports from the fray…but for now, one last rec for an off-Sixth venue: The Lustre Pearl. It’s tucked away in an odd pocket of real estate south of Cesar Chavez and west of 35 – area is home also to the G’Raj Mahal, worth a peek. The Pearl is hardly a secret – the line tends to be long and the names tend to be large, but it’s a venue worth seeing if you can squeeze your way in. This year’s performers include Okkervil River, The Black Lips, Dawes, and The Cold War Kids.