NYC

Neon Indian announces LP “Era Extraña” + shares free single

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Brooklyn via Austin one-man-(electro)-band Neon Indian will return this fall with a new release entitled "Era Extraña", an album entirely written in an efficiency apartment in Helsinki. Alan Palomo is sharing the single "Fallout" with us at www.neonindian.com – in exchange for our email address. Era Extraña, is the follow-up to the 2009 debut Psychic Chasms, which created well deserved waves of buzz in the music blogosphere and beyond. The record is reported to have a darker sound that (quoting the press release) "tosses somewhere between an 8-bit shoegaze record and peering through the fence of a teenage apocalypse drive-in flick." I don’t think we could have come up with a description as intriguing…

NYC

DEIDRE (from Savoire Adore) releases solo EP “Curious Parcels” at Pete’s Candy Store on 07.28

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NYC’s Savoire Adoire entertained us for quite some time with deliciously well crafted synth pop gems, and we are intrigued to hear that the band’s singer is releasing a solo EP under the DEIDRE moniker. The two songs available for streaming feature a very playful approach, that borderlines bubble-gum pop in the EP single "Classic Girl". The simple arrangement is enriched by interesting production touches, ranging from B52’s inspired naughty keyboard stabs, to atmospheric, heavily effected twangy guitars, and other electronic textural elements. The EP "Curious Parcels" will be released on August 2, don’t miss DEIDRE’s release party at Pete’s Candy Store on July 28 with other entertaining NYC based bands Starlight Girls, Wavebreaker and Little Anchor.

 

Philadelphia

New Music Video: “Light Moves Slowly” – Moon Women

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Moon Women just posted a new music video for “Light Moves Slowly” from the 7” single of the same name. The local post post punk outfit has a new album in the works and will be sharing 3 or 4 new songs tomorrow night at Johnny Brenda’s when they open for Disappears featuring members of The Ponys, 90 Day Men, and BOAS as well as recently added official member Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. You can also download the “Light Moves Slowly” digital single HERE for free. Enjoy! – The Deli Staff
 

NYC

Awesomely African: The Sway Machinery at 92YTribeca on August 2

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What do you get when you combine Arcade fire, Balkan Beat box, Antibalas and Tom Waits’ band together? Captain Planet? Folk Voltron? Well, sort of… The Sway Machinery is a border-crossing five-piece containing a member from each of these landmark bands. Equal parts baroque-pop songwriters and folk music curators, this band takes the Jewish tradition of Cantorial singing and attaches it to a swinging brass section with Ivory Coast percussion holding it all down. It’s something you’re not likely to find at many synagogues, but luckily they’ve found a home here in Brooklyn. The band comes back from Mali where their new LP was just recorded earlier this year (The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. 1 off JDub) to play at 92YTribeca on August 2nd. Make sure and come early to see my favorite ethnomusicologist/DJ Awesome Tapes from Africa begin your overseas journey before the band takes the stage at 9pm. – Mike Levine


 

NYC

MC Nyle & the Naysayers release “TRAILER” mixtape (with visuals)

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NYC via Philly MC Nyle‘s new project is blowing eardrums and popping eyeballs. His “TRAILER” mixtape, named from the infamous Brooklyn Trailer Park where he lived during much of the album’s production, is both an aural as well as a visual gem. Not content just to bang in your headphones, Nyle has built a visual accompaniment so that when you DJ your next dorm room party with YouTube, you’ll be able to fullscreen the vids for full visual "pimpocity". The raps are solid, the beats are properly ferocious, the guest spots are noteworthy, and the visuals are mesmerizing! More at nyleraps.com! – BrokeMC

Philadelphia

One Day Craft on Craft Market and Concert Series w/The Extraordinaires & On the Water at Barkentine Gazela July 27

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As an avid concertgoer, I’m always looking for unique venues and concert experiences. Well, catching a couple of my favorite local acts, The Extraordinaires and On the Water, today aboard the Portuguese tall ship Gazela Primero, a 177 foot Barkentine Square Rigger docked on Penn’s Landing, certainly sounds like one of them. They’ll be performing as part of the One Day Craft on Craft Market and Concert Series, which will also feature small businesses and cultural institutions selling their wares. Unfortunately, it will be a midday event so all you 9-to-5ers will be missing out unless you find a way to sneak off for a couple of hours. Come on – you don’t really like your jobs anyways! Alt folks embrace the perks of alt living and head toward the water. What else do you have to do today? Barkentine Gazela, Market St. & Columbus Blvd., 12pm, $5, All Ages (On the Water Photo by Lisa Schaffer) – Q.D. Tran
 
L.A.

Active Child August Residency at The Echo

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If you’re over 21, spend your Monday nights in August at The Echo with Pat Grossi; it won’t cost you anything. The harpist, ex-choirboy, who goes by the moniker Active Child, produces mesmerizing, prodigious arrangements that hint at M83’s post-new-wave instrumentation and Animal Collective’s layered harmonies, with Grossi perfectly hitting every falsetto note. Grossi will be releasing his debut album, You Are All I See, during the free residency. It’s slated for an August 23 release via Vagrant Records, and the album’s first single, “Hanging On,” is available for a free download on Active Child’s website. –Katrina Nattress

Active Child – Hanging On

NYC

Interview with The Electricutions

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Hey, cool, check this out. So the interns up in NYC have been looking through all the past poll winners throughout all the cities that the Deli covers, and reached out to some of their faves, including DC’s garage punk band The Electricutions. Repping them in this interview is Scott Wilson who hints to more recording this summer, a possible tour in the Fall, and the shocking truth behind their name. Check out some of their tracks below from their 7” Forgetten City, now available on vinyl through Windian Records.  Now on to the interview… (Photo by Sasha Lord)

L.A.

A Rock Reunion: 400 Blows

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 Patience is a virtue that can pay off. After a six-year hiatus, LA noise-punk outift 400 Blows returns to the scene to, no pun intended, blow our ears off. Their sixth studio album, and first since 2005, Sickness and Health, is to be released on August 23rd via ORG Music. It promises to be another headbanger in the vein of their previous work. You can check out their website for more info on their new release. And be sure to catch them performing live this August in support of the Butthole Surfers, which kicks off at the Sunset Junction in Los Angeles. – Taylor Lampela

New England

Bobb Trimble on His Lost Album: The Crippled Dog Band

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On Monday, July 18, I met up with Bobb Trimble and his manager, Kris Thompson, at Zuzu in Cambridge’s Central Square. When I walked in, Bobb was seated at the corner of the bar in classic Bobb-attire: an American flag t-shirt, jeans, and a jean jacket. He had a cup of coffee in front of him and was coloring in fliers for an upcoming show at Zuzu.

Bobb was excited for the interview. Although he was a little apprehensive at first when I told him I would be recording the interview, once the first question had been asked, Bobb opened up and answered everything honestly and thoughtfully.

Here he talks about the real reasons he scrapped his album, The Crippled Dog Band, after its first pressing in 1984 and why now is the right time for it to be released.

The Crippled Dog Band is out today on Yoga Records. The official CD release show is this Thursday, July 28, at Great Scott with DJ Thundersun, Roland and Jane, and MMOSS. The show begins at 8pm, is $8 and is an 18+ event. 

Click here to read the interview with Bobb Trimble.

–Chrissy Prisco