New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
This past week saw the release of the brilliant new album, Blood Half Moon" from Scott Lucas & The Married Men.
The band has recently released a video for the title track from the album.
You can catch Scott Lucas & The Married Men at Metro tomorrow, June 9th opening for Deer Tick along with Turbo Fruits.
The drums pump along at a running pace, and then as you begin to sweat, intense electric guitars join you making the ground beneath your feet feel slightly uncomfortable as loose gravel penetrates your skin. However, once you reach maximum speed, there’s no slowing down, and a sweet feminine voice steadies the course. You lock in. Your body seems to move in one fluid motion, until it becomes effortless, and you’re left to your own unfiltered thoughts. The terrain is ever-changing, and the soundtrack is Bleeding Rainbow.
M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Elise Moureau, SAT One Button Dash, Lost Will Follow, Preston Hull, Thee Idea Men
Shannon Pelcher, Robert German and Bryan Dunn are among the 12 NYC artists performing on the third night of the Deli sponsored, four-night-long 6th Annual LC Fest, organized by independent music community Local Correspondents at Bar4 in Park Slope, Brooklyn (444 7th Ave., bar4brooklyn.com).
Shannon Pelcher, who blends Tin Pan Alley, 1960s folk and experimental acoustic, just released her self-titled debut EP, "Shannon Pelcher and the Iron Threads" earlier this year. Robert German fuses folk, jazz, blues and lyrical storytelling with vocal acrobatics, and second album, ‘Sunrise at the Speakeasy’, is due out later this year. Bryan Dunn (pictured) blends classic rock with Texas twang, and his latest album, "Sweetheart of the Music Hall," was just released in April 2012.
Shows are free, doors open at 6 p.m., and performances begin at 8 p.m. For a complete schedule of all four nights (from June 6 through June 9), go here.
Oh shit – this almost slipped our minds! We LOVE our neighbors Philly AIDS Thrift! Come to their benefit show tonight at Magic Gardens with Dangerous Ponies – a rad place and a radder band! Good times and a great cause! Also food, refreshments, cash bar, silent auction, prizes, surprises, and more! Magic Gardens, 1020 South St., 5pm – 9pm, $25 General/$50 VIP (Open Bar Included), All Ages – Q.D. Tran
The Adams Morgan Summer Concert Series showcases a wide variety of locals, and is back for 2012. It was kicked off last week with DC Americana-rock band Kid Goat taking over the plaza of BB&T. This Saturday June 9, get there by 5 PM to check out the next act in this summer series, DC based post-punk Dot Dash (pic above.) Their album Spark Flame Ember Ash is now available, featuring the track "Learn How To Fly" as heard/seen below.
And over the next several Saturdays, stop by the plaza to check out: 6/16 the Black Sparks (previous DC Deli Band of the Month!), 6/23 Down Tyme, 6/30 Batuque, and 7/7 the Honeyguns (previous DC Deli Band of the Month!)
Saturday @ BB&T Bank Plaza, Corner of 18th St & Columbia Rd. 5-7 PM, FREE!
Bear with me here… if there was a way to merge the Arctic Monkeys with Red Hot Chili Peppers, you might be in the ballpark of Viva Mayday‘s sound. Like Alex Turner, singer Jafe and company perfectly convert his sadistic protests to anthemic screams on the catchy new single ‘Monster.’ Here, an otherwise perfectly catchy rock tune is turned on its head by exploring devilish thoughts while riding a dance groove.
A relatively young and stripped down three-piece, with only a couple tracks released so far (check out the equally catchy ‘Bay of Pigs’), the band has already warranted several remixes, and promises a debut LP later this year.
Sweat and shout with the group tomorrow night (06.09) when they play Pianos with The Yes Way & IAmDynamite. – Mike Levine
Tonight, The Jackpot scores another big show with Brooklyn band Hospitality, Lawrence band Spirit is the Spirit, and KC band Monster.
Though Hospitality is from Brooklyn, lead vocalist Amber Papini originally hails from Kansas City. Check out their style of indie pop here.
Spirit is the Spirit (from The Record Machine) just completed a successful Kickstarter campaign last week, raising over $4,000 to buy a van to begin a US tour. Though the 6-piece band has only released one EP (Mother Mountain), they’ve found great success with an ethereal and harmonic, yet accessible groove. Spirit is the Spirit was recently featured in Secret Handshakes, a 12" collaboration between The Record Machine and Golden Sound Records, with a track called "Pillows." Check out the video below.
Kansas City/Lawrence band Monster opens up the show.
Spirit Is The Spirit // Pillows // Music Video from Micki Hadley on Vimeo.
Still have no plans for tonight? Even if you do, drop them. Local indie pop sensation Love Inks will be taking the stage at Mohawk tonight with YACHT as part of the latter’s Shangri-La World Tour. Simple in the best ways possible and always fun, Love Inks, and especially vocalist Sherry LeBlanc, always make sure that they have your attention. Off of their latest album, E.S.P, tracks like ‘Blackeye’ and ‘Skeleton Key’ show that they can balance catchy and dreamy to perfection. If all is right, these guys should keep making noise in the indie pop world for a long time.
DC based indie rock band stereosleep dominated our last poll and were rightfully crowned Band of the Month. So we got a hold of Alexandre Jeanty (guitar), Billy Wood (drums), Bruce Fulton (bass), and Donny Ray (vocals/guitar) to find out more about what goes into the sound they’ve created. Here they tell us about Craigslist roots, headlining the Black Cat, and the power of a pen. Now onto the interview…
With electronic music taking off as much as it has recently, and with everyone and their mother getting on their laptops and calling themselves a DJ these days, it often seems like it is getting harder and harder to find quality, original electro. However, Rioux, with his talented vocals and unique arrangements, shows that he is exactly that. The Brooklynite has announced two local shows this summer, this Saturday at the Mercury Lounge and July 5th at the Knitting Factory, to support the release of his upcoming EP, Come On All You Ghosts, which will be available July 17th. Here at the Deli, we can’t wait.
We are extremely proud to announce The Deli’s "[mostly] Electronic Stage" at the upcoming L Magazine Northside Fest. Check out this lineup and come to party on Father’s Day (06.17) at Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn!
10.30 AVAN LAVA
9.40 COMPUTER MAGIC
8.50 SAADI
8.00 PAPERTWIN
7.10 SPACECAMP
6.20 OSEKRE & THE LUCKY BASTARDS
The Deli’s Staff
P.S. Sorry for the above par flyer, our awesome illustrators are off today!
In support of "Swing Lo Magellan," Dirty Projectors‘ new album out July 10th, the band has unveiled this video for lead single “Gun Has No Trigger”. The video marks David Longstreth’s directorial debut, and is reportedly about the impossibility for true dissent. Dirty Projectors is set to perform at Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn on July 10.
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