Portland

Fin de Cinema: BLOW-UP at Holocene This Thursday

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Dive into mod London with the story of a photographer who believes he’s photographed a murder! The thrill and chill of the plot aside, the film is filled with the flash of 60’s-soaked, large-haired London, Vanessa Redgrave doing what she does best, and Holocene has invited three of our favourite locals to bring it all to life. What more could you ask for than Monarques, Rocky & The Proms, and The Reservations playing a brand new score for your dancing selves? The film starts promptly at 9. Wear your finest mod attire! You won’t be able to tell London 1966 from Holocene 2011. 

Philadelphia

?uestlove Providing Some Mid-week Escape at The Blockley May 11

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There should be plenty of tweets coming from The Blockley tonight in between booty shakes and ass drops when The Roots’ ?uestlove hits the stage providing eclectic flavors from the past and future of music. The former high school band geek turned international superstar will be taking time off from Prince concerts and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to give the hometown crowd a mid-week dance party that we all deserve. (BTW: If you haven’t already, check out his “When I Was 17” video footage below. Have faith all-agers, life isn’t always going to be this awkward.) ?uesto will be bringing along potty-mouthed pals Top Bunk, nimble-tongued Mic Stewart and heartbreaker Too Much R.A.W. as well as DJ Stradegy to keep things groovin’ in University City this evening. The Blockley, 3801 Chestnut St., $10 adv/$12 door, 9pm, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman
 

Chicago

Box Jellyfish

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I just stumbled upon this band, and I really enjoy what they put up on their bandcamp page. A little garage, a little, and really enjoyable.

You can check out Box Jellyfish at The Whistler on May 26th.

NYC

Dynasty Electric release debut album

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Brooklyn based Jenny Electrik and Seth Misterka are the psychedelic electro band Dynasty Electric. Their new album Golden Arrows came out on iTunes on May 8. It’s fresh as can be, and a good kind of fresh: everything feels classic and familiar, with vocals sometimes reminiscent of No-Doubt Gwen, until they switch to intense, Björk-like huffs and reverb. The whole sound can be psychedelic, sleepy, or straight sugar. "It’s infectious, baby; directionless, love" (from their song "Infectious"–our favorite–see here). – Caitlin Clive

Philadelphia

The Holy Mess Gettin’ Sloppy at The Barbary May 11

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With a name like The Holy Mess, you expect plenty of beers to be drank and spilled during their set as strangers’ bodies fly into each other. An eclectic mix of pop punk and soul, their music allows for a smooth blend of raging and shoving between ecstatic hi fives. The local foursome’s pop melodies complimented with primal yells and adrenaline-filled riffs create a somewhat familiar yet innovative sound that will pack plenty of sweaty bros onto the often perspiration-soaked dance floor of The Barbary this evening. The Holy Mess will be opening for Dear Landlord, which is made up of members from Copyrights, Houseboat, Off with Their Heads, and Gateway District, along with dirty Jerz’s Banquet and fledgling local outfit Luther. The Barbary, 951 N. Frankford Ave., 6:30pm, $8, All Ages – Emma Branson
 
L.A.

Naia Kete warms up Molly Malones

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Pop/Soul singer Naia Kete has penned songs with some of today’s top songwriters including Olivier Leiber, Shelly Fairchild, John Forte, Peter Amato, and Stephony Smith all who have had Billboard Chart hits. Her funky, original, compositions and rich vocals grab your ears and enrich your soul. Check out Kete at her May residency at Molly Malones, Wednesday nights at 8pm.                                        Michele McManmon

NYC

NYC Artists on the rise: Pursesnatchers

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The names of Dirty on Purpose and Au Revoire Simone take us back to the very early Deli years – we covered both bands in print and online somewhere around 2005. ARS also played a rather legendary (at least for us) Deli show at Pete’s Candy Store (capacity… 30 people maybe?) before they started filling up Japanese arenas. But why are we saying this – you ask? Because we just learned that Doug Marvin from Dirty Projector and Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone not only are married, but they also have a new musical project called Pursesnatchers. This is actually Doug’s home recording project which ended up expanding into a 4 members band. Pursesnatchers have their debut album "A Pattern Language" scheduled to be released in July. Faithful to Dirty on Purpose’s aesthetics, this free single offers some catchy and upbeat drone-pop, although the sound and style are quite different from Doug’s old band – in a word, more concise.

Mp3: Pursesnatchers – Baseball on the Radio

P.S. But wasn’t Annie also involved with DOP at some point?

New England

Interview with RED BELLOWS

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Check out the deli’s interview with Red Bellows, one of our bands of the month in April! Be sure to check out their show tomorrow, 5/11, at church in Boston with whenairturnstowater, Cats and Cats and Cats, and Ladycop. Red Bellows goes on at 8 pm.

deli: How did the band start?

Red Bellows: Uncontrollable outside factors caused the creation of this band. Beckoned from different corners of the planet, the RB sound evolved from four prototypes bouncing around like a ball of barbed friction. 


deli: Where did the band name "Red Bellows" come from?

RB: We looked through a camera with red bellows once. We liked what the other end looked like. We also couldn’t call the band Shred Yellows or Bread Cellos because that would just be ridiculous.

Click to read the rest of the interview.

New England

The Cars — TOUR KICKS OFF TODAY!! “Move Like This” out now, check out the full album below!

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The 24-year wait is over as today, May 10, The Cars release their brand new album, Move Like This, via Hear Music/Concord Music Group. Move Like This, produced by Garret "Jacknife" Lee (U2, REM, The Hives, Weezer) and The Cars, finds the beloved band – Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, Elliot Easton and David Robinson – brimming with confidence and creative energy, in full charge of their considerable power and enduring influential artistry. In celebration of the release, the band is sharing an embeddable full album stream for fans to hear and share available via soundcloud.

The Cars tour dates are as follows:

5.10.11 – Showbox @SODO – Seattle, WA
05.12.11 – The Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
05.13.11 – Fox Theatre – Oakland, CA
05.15.11 – The Fillmore – Denver, CO
05.17.11 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
05.18.11 – The Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
05.20.11 – The Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
05.22.11 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
05.23.11 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
05.25.11 – Roseland Ballroom – New York, NY
05.26.11 – The House of Blues – Boston, MA

 


Move Like This by The Cars

–Chrissy Prisco

Chicago

Urge Overkill Rock & Roll Submarine Out Today

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The day is finally here, and Urge Overkill has released Rock & Roll Submarine their first album in over 15 years. To celebrate the band has released a new track from the album for us to stream. "Mason/Dixon” is the first track from the new album. The band has announced their partnership with Groupees, who will be selling the Rock&Roll Submarine with a “pay what you want” model ($2 min, $7 suggested) for the next 72 hours – click HERE to take advantage of the offer. 10% of all donations will go to MusiCares.

Urge Overkill will be performing at Bottom Lounge on May 20th.

Chicago

Tom Schraeder’s “92 Tales”

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Tom Schraeder is celebrate the launch of his new project 92 Tales which is an ep that will be released exclusively through short film. Directed by Felix Peneiro & BAILOUT Pictures, the film showcases some of Chicago’s up-and-coming visual artists responding to the music of ’92 Tales’. The event is at an undisclosed location, and to RSVP and find out where it is you must email 92tales@gmail.com.

NYC

Thurston Moore releases new solo album + unveils sonic guitar tunings

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Thurston Moore – a man who ages so well he could be named "the Dorian Gray of the NYC Scene" – is about to release a new solo album entitled "Demolished Thoughts" under Matador’s powerful wing. The mp3 available for download (embedded here) features a cleaner, acoustic-but-still-fuzzy version of the usual dissonant-ish guitars that are such a big part of the Sonic Youth sound, plus a welcome use of a string section, which adds an overall orchestral flavor. Quite interestingly, the new album will feature not only a bio written by Thurston himself, but also a series of particular guitar tunings everybody’s noise rock hero has been adopting during the songwriting process.

Mp3: Thurston Moore – Circulation