Chicago

Driftless Pony Club Release Show @ Schubas

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Now that you have learned the history of Driftless Pony Club (see video below), you should check them out tonight at Schubas as they celebrate the release of their latest album Buckminster. The album was officially released in February, and is inspired by and is based on the work of Buckminster Fuller. This is the bands fourth album in eleven years.

Driftless Pony Club will be performing tonight (April 9th) at Schubas with Tight Phantomz and All Eyes West. Tickets are $8 and the shows starts at 10pm.

NYC

Album of the Month: Laughing Man – The Lovings (’63-’69)

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Laughing Man

Low fidelity swagger. That’s what Laughing Man’s debut album, The Lovings (’63-’69), exudes. It’s a short album that spans only seven tracks, but it is dense with artistic potential. The first thing you will notice when listening to this album is the unique sound of the production. The vocals of singer Brandon Moses are quivering and distorted, hiding just below the surface in a way that convinces your ears they are listening to antique vinyl. The guitar and drums manage to be both tastefully understated and sonically raunchy. The song structures are simple but based around the sophisticated voices of jazz chords and a wide range of tonality.

I feel tempted to write about this album in a way that suggests that its very genius is founded on a perfectly balanced merge between classic blues and soul and the leading edge of rock music; that the juxtaposition between post-modern soundscapes (such as the lovely minimalist droning on "Swirl") and dripping-with-attitude blues manages to adeptly cross musical boundaries in style as well as in the audience that appreciates and supports it. I’d like to go on and on about those things – about how a whole history of music that has thrived in D.C. is somehow apparent in seven short songs. I’d really like to point out that the last track on the album, "Mood and Dress," manages to consolidate all of those points the strongest. This is possibly the most self-aware track on the album with Moses’s emotion filled vocals ringing in the fuzzy background as bubbly supporting voices are brought to the very front of the song in perfect clarity.

However, I feel pretty sure that the band would cringe at reading that sort of review. Getting back to my original thesis, I’m reasonably confident that Laughing Man really just took all the music that they grew up loving and stirred it up into a really great debut. It’s lo-fi without pretention and an homage to the early days of soul without sounding geriatric (despite what the album’s aging title may imply…) 

–Jarrett

L.A.

Q&A with Queen Caveat

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What’s sexier than a front woman who can strut her stuff? Easy. It’s a band that’s a hard rocking and hardworking total package. Ben Epand and Lauren Little of Queen Caveat answered some questions with us for the uninitiated.

Biggest challenge for the band in 2010?

QC: Finding our drummer. We recorded our EP w/ Dan Epand of Nico Vega on drums last year and played a handful of shows when he was available, but we suffered months of brutal auditions, stagnancy and frustrations waiting to find someone that musically embodied our direction as well as a friend that could join our lifelong marriage. Will (bass) mentioned to the band one evening that his good buddy from Berkely College of Music, Jesse Magnuson was moving to LA in a few weeks and he thought he’d be perfect. The rest is history and we secured Jesse Magnuson (drums) and all the bolts we’re in place to begin our journey together.

– More after the jump

Philadelphia

Weekend Warrior: April 8 – 10

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There is a lot to do this weekend, but it’s that time of year again. Pilam’s Human BBQ XXXIII will be raging this Saturday and so will we! Hopefully it won’t get shutdown by the cops like last year and we won’t have to come down from the roof escaping via the back stairwell again before the police try to detain everybody. (That was a buzzkill!) Below is the packed band schedule of local favorites for tomorrow’s event (Thanks Alex!). We hope to see you there! Pilam, 3914 Spruce St., 4pm, $10, All Ages

 
Pilam Human BBQ XXXIII Schedule:
4:35 – 5:10: Acid Kicks; 5:10 – 5:40: Water Beasts; 5:40 – 6:10: Dangerbird (Downstairs); 6:00 – 6:30: Nothing (Upstairs); 6:30 – 6:50: Satanized (Downstairs); 7:10 – 7:40: Total Fucking Destruction (Upstairs); 7:40 – 8:10: Heavy Medical (Downstairs); 8:20 – 9:00: The Armchairs (Upstairs); 9:15 – 10:00: Creepoid (Upstairs); 10:00 – 10:40: Sounds of Kaleidoscope (Upstairs); 10:50 – 11:30: Arc In Round (Upstairs); 11:30 – 12:05: Asteroid #4 (Upstairs)
 
More shows if you have the energy…
 
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Psalmships & Kettle Pot Black Split EP Release Party w/Brian Flanagan, SUN Capillary Action Album Release Party w/Scott Churchman
 
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Univox
 
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Devolver and Real, SAT Wes Mattheu and Satellite Hearts
 
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Those Mockingbirds and Sweetbriar Rose, SAT (Early) Broken Frequency and The Lopez, (Late) Parachuting Apostles and Chelsea in Orbit, SUN M’Balia and Attic Dancers
 
Tritone (1508 South St.) FRI Robotrippers and I Death, SAT Strange Engineers
 
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) SAT The New Connection, SUN Birdie Busch
 
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) SAT Moon Women
 
JR’s Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) SUN Mikingmihrab
 
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT Igor’s Egg
 
The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Beru Revue
 
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Joe Jack Talcum, SAT Parasol Glitch
 
Danger Danger Gallery (5013 Baltimore Ave.) FRI Bardo Pond
 
The Barbary (951 N. Frankford St.) SUN YDI and Violent Society
 
Electric Factory (421 N. 7th St.) SAT Black Landlord and Alien Architect
 
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) SAT Snow Caps
 
The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Starskream and Razorblade Skin, SAT Bong Hits For Jesus
 
The Station (1550 McKean St.) FRI Vintage Kicks, The Jawnz
 
The Kimmel Center (260 S. Broad St.) SAT The Spinning Leaves and Kuf Knotz
 
The Bookspace (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT Mountjoy, EL Fuego, The Homophones, TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb, Flamingo
 
Hong Kong Garden (Please contact one of the acts for details.) FRI Peter Joseph & the Roaring Twenties and Chelsea Q
 
Motel Hell (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT A Night of Dirt Worship: Dirt Woshipper, Holy Dirt, Worshiper, Dirt Farmer
 
The Bordello (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SAT Emily Pukis and the Vagrants, Fecal Dick, Christ
 

Kevin Sorbo Hut (Please contact one of the acts for details.) SUN Omar (Last Show), Kite Party, Rob Lately, Aloysius

 
Cinefest Street Festival (Outside Ritz Five) SAT Vintage Kicks
 
Nashville

Nashville Daytrotter Sessions

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Doing a Daytrotter session seems to be a developing trend for some of our favorite Nashville bands recently, and that’s awesome because it just means more outside-of-Nashville-exposure-that-isn’t-just-country-music. If you’re not familiar with Daytrotter, it’s a music/entertainment website that gives "exclusive, re-worked, alternate versions of old songs or unreleased tracks by your favorite bands and your next favorite bands." It’s kind of like Black Cab Sessions or Take Away Sessions on La Blogotheque, but extra special because you have the option of downloading mp3 files of any session you want for free! It’s a great way to hear the versatility of the artist, which is why we wanted to give you a comprehensive list of our favorite Nashville Daytrotter sessions that have occurred in the past several months. Enjoy :)–Deli Staff

Most Recent Session Links —->>>  KOREAN IS ASIAN ::: PUJOL ::: TRISTEN  ::: TURBO FRUITS :::

Oldies but Goodies —>>> CAITLIN ROSE ::: JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD ::: JONNY CORNDAWG :::

Philadelphia

Where Is My Mind?: Moon Women’s Justin Pittney

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Moon Women seemed to mysteriously pop up in Philly’s music scene with some quality shows and an eye-catching music video for a wickedly kick-ass track in “Listen Closely”. It was followed by a self-released cassingle (a word that we get a kick out of saying and hearing every time), but no digital format posted on the usual sites to be streamed or shared. While this may sound all gimmicky at first, we soon learned from our recent interview with lead man Justin Pittney that things simply just happen with Moon Women, and it’s probably best not to over-think anything that they do. Well, this “formula” of having no formula is working quite nicely for the shadowy post-punk trio who will be joining Black Lips and Vivian Girls tonight in DC at The Black Cat and tomorrow night in Philly for a hometown throwdown at The Troc. But before all this fun goes down, Pittney was nice enough to answer our interview questions and share some little known facts about Moon Women HERE.

Light Moves Slowly by Moon Women

Austin

Scoot Inn Japan Benefit 4/9 w/The Boxing Lesson, One Step Program, Lean Hounds, and more…

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The Scoot Inn will be packed with local bands this Saturday night (4/9), all to benefit the people of Japan…The Boxing Lesson, One Step Program, Lean Hounds (above) and more will take the stage. Be sure to go check out One Step Program, whose track "Bad Spaceman" is my own all-time favorite profanity-laced boasting track narrated by an astronaut – bar none. How often can you hear that live AND help people? 

Philadelphia

Univox Headline Early Show at KFN April 8

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Call me a school girl but Univox makes me giddy. Their contorted, spastic noise always excites me so, and whenever there’s a chance to catch the Philly act in action, like tonight at Kung Fu Necktie, I jump on it like a starving cheetah (OK, maybe more like a hungry rat). Outside of their live grinds, Whether I’m spinning their latest EP, Conan, which features the smashing "Conan" from their self-titled debut on ROIR, a sweet Golden Ages remix of the song, and the non-album, home-recorded track "Philadelphia Red Clay, 1945", playing their in-studio acoustic performance last Wednesday at YNot Radio, or checking out UNIVOX TV on their Tumblr page (they just posted Episode 6), it goes without saying you should follow my lead. And while you’re at it, snag the new album, Black Shark from the North Carolina indie three-piece Hammer No More the Fingers, and educate yourself on the DC/Brooklyn quintet Deleted Scenes, both billed for tonight’s show. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St, 7pm, $8, 21+ – Annamarya Scaccia

NYC

Need to catch up with the NYC emerging indie scene? 17 local bands play the Brain Cave Fest on 04.09!

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This Saturday Cara Bella presents the Brain-Cave Festival, which will feature some of Brooklyn’s finest emerging bands, artists and DJs at Shea Stadium. Some of the bands include Dinowalrus, Shark?, She Keeps Bees, Mr. Dream, Natureboy, and Dpony (mem of Hooray For Earth).  There will be 17 bands total and four DJs showcased alongside live painting and artwork. Brain-Cave promises to be a 12-hour explosion of artistic stimuli that is not be missed!
Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St. Brooklyn NY, 11206)
April 9th, 2011 – 2pm-2am – $10
Food by donation from 6-8pm

Bands: Dinowalrus, Mr.Dream, She Keeps Bees, Natureboy, Dpony (members of Hooray for Earth), Shark?, Gunfight!, quiet Loudly, pet ghost project, El Jezel, Mussels, Datadog, Quilty, Magnetic Island, Blast Off!!!, The Rex Complex, Flotilla
Art: Riener Gamboa, Gabriel Correa. Portions of artwork curated by Paper Garden Records.
DJ’s: Chris of The Battering Room  Neon Brown, DJ T.O.N.Y, Selector F Yes (Afuche).
Facebook: brain-cave fb page or brain-cave fb invite

Philadelphia

Power Animal Cancel Tomorrow Night’s Appearance at First Unitarian Chapel & Share New Fan Music Video!

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Unfortunately, Power Animal had to cancel their appearance at tomorrow night’s sold out show with David Liebe Harte (Tim & Eric Awesome Show) in the First Unitarian Chapel. Power Animal mastermind Keith Hampson was hospitalized last night with a rare form of strep throat. We’re sending him good vibes for a speedy recovery. We’d also like to share with you a new fan music video (below) for the track “Empty Parking Lot, Scary Dog, Snowing” from 2010’s People Songs that was made by Media Art Production from Australia. Andrew Keller’s Snow Caps will be taking Power Animal’s place on the bill. – The Deli Staff