Conveyor is one of the most intriguing emerging Brooklyn bands – pulling off their intricate sound on record obviously requires a good knowledge of the music production process. We asked them a few questions about their latest record and their favorite pieces of audio equipment here.
Philadelphia
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The Deli Philly’s Final Tuesday Tune-Out w/Vintage Kicks, Cousin Brian & More at PhilaMOCA Sept. 25!
It’s my final Tuesday Tune-Out at PhilaMOCA, and I’m not lying when I say that I’m surely going to get banged up tonight so come join me! We have great rockin’ lineup with up-and-coming local acts Vintage Kicks and Cousin Brian (and I’m hoping that they’re ready to party down with me). I also chose to screen one of my favorite documentaries, Don Letts’ Punk: Attitude. The film along with getting a chance to share local acts that I dig are the main reasons why I wanted to do a music and movie-themed event like Tuesday Tune-Out. I’ve had a great time getting to know the artists, attendees, and nice, dedicated folks at PhilaMOCA. I hope that they’ve had a good time too. Just a heads up to our readers that we’ll be back at the multipurpose space on Friday, October 26 for The Deli Philly’s Halloweeniversary Partay! Yes, we had such a great time last year at PhilaMOCA throwing our Halloween Partay, and since our anniversary falls in the same month, we decided to combine them and throw a serious rager. We’ll have more deets for you soon, but we already have some great acts confirmed that we are really looking forward to sharing with you. Until then, we hope that you can join us for our last hurrah this month, and make sure to bring some cab money because we don’t want anyone to be able to walk or drive home this evening. Cheers! PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8pm, $5, All Ages – Q.D. Tran
Philadelphia
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Free Download: “SVNTN” – Cold Graves
Check out the latest single from Cold Graves, the collaboration from Cold Fronts and Grave Goods, called “SVNTN”! It’s a sweet little ditty that makes us long for our youth again. You can also download it for free below.
Chicago
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ONO “Albino”
Art-Noise Rockers ONO are back and releasing their first recordings since 1986. The band has been performing their wild, energetic sets around the city with regularity, but it is great to see them capturing a even a fraction of their catalog in the studio. The track that is available from the release is called "Veil" and is a collision of jagged guitars, rhythmic pounding, noise, and haunting vocals from the amazing Travis.
Albino will be released on October 31st through Chicago’s Moniker Records and there is not a better day for this album to drop.
NYC
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Cultfever plays Mercury on 09.28 + Deli CMJ Electronic Stage on 10.18
To experience the next wave of Brooklyn music full blast and to grasp its weird complexities, one can’t do much better than Cultfever’s first single, “Knewyouwell.” The swelling of electronic chaos, motorik rhythm and shoegaze-y backing vocals wrap Tamara Jafar’s lusty soul leads in a kind of gothic disco whole that is greater than the sum of its many influences. Their self-titled debut album (released November 2011) sticks pretty close to this formula throughout; only towards the end do Cultfever break out of the club-like feel with the closers “Boys, Girls” and “Collector,” each boasting a more aspirational tone, replete with big choruses and fist-pumping declarations like “Hey darlin’, sticks and stones would make our homes if we were anyone, anyone else!” – See Cultfever at Mercury Lounge on Friday September 28 with Emanuel & the FEar, and at The Deli’s CMJ Electronic Stage at The Delancey on 10.18 with Dynasty Electric, Lushlife, Maus Haus, Anomie Belle, Railbird and a few more. – Brian Chidester
Philadelphia
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Where Is My Mind?: TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb’s Dan Bruskewicz
I’ll always remember the first time that I learned about TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb. I was on a balcony in NYC at my friend’s housewarming party, and was talking to the guitarist (at the time) of the band Xylos. I had just started working with The Deli, and he was asking me about Philly acts that were good and were worth reaching out to for trading shows. Then he inquired if I had ever heard of a “great band” called TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, which caught me by surprise because I hadn’t. I had also been doing some booking in Philly for the last few years and paying close attention to venue bills, but didn’t remember coming across that name. TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb was the first band that was suggested to me since beginning to write for The Deli. I came home after a fun, drunken night, and was surprised that I was able to remember their name. I checked out their MySpace, and he was right. They were great, and I eventually wrote my first of many pieces about TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb. Well, today is the release date for their long-awaited follow-up to Idiots entitled Manufacturing Joy. It’s another fantastic LP from Kong and his crew that you should definitely take a listen to and purchase. They’ll also be celebrating its release this Thursday at Johnny Brenda’s. First, check out our interview with TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb’s talented, hard-livin’ frontman Dan Bruskewicz HERE.
San Francisco
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New Video + Elbo Room Gig: Adios Amigo
San Francisco’s Adios Amigo enlisted local art school student Caitlyn Adkins to create its new video for "Chicken," the single off the Dos EP. Download Dos for free here. The stop motion video shows indie folker John Major playing throughout the streets of San Francisco.
Catch Adios Amigo at Elbo Room on Friday, Oct. 5 with Solwave and Dogcatcher.
NYC
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Dear Mister Manager on the Ground Zero Bill this Saturday
Dear Mister Manager are playing the Ground Zero in Bellevue, WA this Saturday, September 29th with Postmadonna, Special Explosion, and Chung Antique.
The band has a motley bunch of demos streaming right now…from the future! It is a pretty exhilerating venture into the year 2017, too. The four piece’s scrutiny for detail reveals itself from the get-go, most vividly in their dynamic construction of songs. They know when to go low, and when to swing the curtains high and push passionately with soaring choruses.
"The Big Easy" summons, among other comparisons, the names of post-hardcore darlings like The Fall of Troy and Circa Survive. The vocals pulse powerfully and cleanly, foregoing the sheer aggression and muscle of screaming for emotionally-potent wailing.
"the Id and the Ego" features some technically adept stop/start segments whose math rock origins tango comfortably with their sound’s nexus: heartfelt rock music with musical iterations that flirt with progressive rock and post-rock.
Dear Mister Manager’s music works equally well for pumping you up or spinning your inclinations inward; energetic and bombastic, or pensive and reflective. Check them out this weekend at Ground Zero, the lineup is a compatible group of inspiring live bands. Doors at 7:30pm with a $6 entrance fee. Listen to "The Big Easy" below and move along to their bandcamp to hear the whole set of demos available.
– Cameron LaFlam
L.A.
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Eyes Lips Eyes plays The Satellite 10.3
Disco/punk? Ok, the result isn’t really half as improbable as one might think. For one, disco’s merely faint flavour in the rhythms and melodies, really there as a festive canvas rather than a true label to stick to Eyes Lips Eyes. Then, we’re speaking more of a post-punk sound than punk rock – however, they’ve certainly retained the careless stance of the latter, and a good dose of irony to complete the picture. We’re so pretty! We’re so pretty! Following up to their 2011 album ‘Blue Red’, which included its own cover of Talking Head’s ‘Psycho Killer‘, ELE released in August an EP with RCR, What You Want (If You Want), and are now about to hit the road for an extensive tour, which will be starting at The Satellite on October 3rd!
L.A.
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Army Navy kicks off tour at The Troubadour 9.26
With a new single ‘World’s End‘ released a few weeks ago, LA’s indie rock four piece Army Navy – who over the last few years have earned themselves wide critical approval – is about to leave for a new tour. World’s End is one of their specialties, wholesome indie pop with a top coat of 1960s cheese contrasting with the depth and quality of the sound. Second on the record, a cover of Yazoo’s hit debut ‘Only You’, much fuller in sounds and emotionally passionate than its original. Until the end of October, Army Navy will be travelling around the country, hitting Portland,OR on the 25th before they head back to California. Stream the single here, and see them off on Wednesday (9.26) at The Troubadour with Nashville’s The Features.
Philadelphia
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New Track: “A Little Death to Laugh” – Cold Cave
Cold Cave just shared a new track called “A Little Death to Laugh” today which is the A-side to a three-song 7” that will be released via Wes Eisold’s own label Heartworm during their fall tour. The single was inspired by the late poet Tristan Corbiere. Eisold plans to record a new album, which is due out next year, with his new band lineup that consists of David Scott Stone (LCD Soundsystem, Melvins), Hunter Burgan (AFI), Cody Votolato (Blood Brothers, Jaguar Love), and London May (Samhain). Cold Cave will be performing next in Philly on October 22 when they open for Divine Fits.
NYC
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People Get Ready streams new track from full length debut
We wrote so often about People Get Ready in the last couple of month we won’t even bother singing their praises again – you can find it all here anyway. What you want to know though is that the NYC band/performance collective has just posted a new track from their upcoming full length debut on The Nationals’ label Brassland – to be released on 10.23. Also, they announced a series of performances entitled "Specific Ocean," scheduled during the CMJ Music Marathon at the New York Live Arts.