New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
The local trio On An On recently released a video for the lead track, "Ghosts", from their forthcoming debut album Give In. The album will be released on January 29th via Roll Call Records. Nate Eiesland, Alissa Ricci, and Ryne Estwing are excited about this project and are hitting the road in December.
You can catch On An On on Dec. 14th at Schubas.
Tyler Ritter’s dream pop project Shalloboi is back with a series of 7" singles that will be released digitally over the next few months, but are planned for vinyl in 2013. The first single is called "Field of Flowers Vol. 1" and features "Cut From Marble" (video below) and "I Am".
The duo Coffin Ships released their latest, Animol, digitally and on cassette via the local label Manic Static. They have three tracks for the six track release posted on their soundcloud page, one is labeled "pop", one is labeled "hillbily", and one is labeled "psychedelic". That snapshot really encapsulates the Coffin Ships sound.
You can catch Coffin Ships at Township on October 24th.
(Photo by Paul Andrews)
If you haven’t had yet been acquainted with Abigail Henderson, you haven’t had a chance to meet a person with an incredible passion for Kansas City, its music, and its musical community. The voice of Tiny Horse (as well as The Gaslights and Atlantic Fadeout) gives us some information on Midwest Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization that she heads that works toward emergency health care for those in the Kansas City musical community. She also tells us about Apocalypse Meow, a benefit originally created when Henderson was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Five years later, Meow has become a huge benefit for all local musicians. In her words, it creates a net for musicians when they fall.
Find out more about these programs and the woman herself at the link here.
–Michelle Bacon
Thrill seeking and cutting loose is the central theme of Chappo’s latest video and song “5-0.” Behind steady snare drum flams and properly reverbed crunch guitars, three rocked-out young adults snag some cash, jump behind the wheel of a sweet Mustang Ford and head out for some weed-fueled adventures. While the vocals tend to segue somewhere between Jack White and Joe Walsh (with verses delivered in the cadence of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”), the overall rhythm comes closer to Duff McKagan’s "Loaded." This momentary carefree youthful abandon on display masks the songs deeper lyrical content of wishing to be “older.” But for now it’s “all for the run” – the quick, cheap thrills – as they “build it up just to tear it down.” Included is a surprisingly lovely trippy instrumental break which takes things to almost prog-rock territory – before the rock stomp crunch returns. See Chappo at CMJ on 10.16 at the Bell House and 10.18 at XPO 929. – Dave Cromwell
deli: How did the band start?
Rebel Son Rise is a one-man-band that was conceived from a lack of musical partners after my old band Donnybrook (aka Red Cloud Revival) broke up. All aspects of the production, performance and creation are overseen and executed by me. I guess it all boils down to the fact that I now prefer to work alone.
deli: Where did the name, Rebel Son Rise, come from?
The name Rebel Son Rise is a play on words… Click here to read the rest of the interview with Rebel Son Rise.
After my first play through Rin Tin Tiger’s Toxic Pocketbook, the album looped to the beginning. Instead of consciously realizing it, getting annoyed at my playback settings, and turning it off, I continued to listen with the nostalgic feeling the song had once been a favorite of mine. Chalk it up to premature senility, but I think it’s the alt folk trio’s ability to write compelling, lyric-centric music that manages to stay contemporary, while still paying homage to the folk rock deities.
Throw on a disguise, and catch Rin Tin Tiger headline their third annual Haunted Hoedown on October 27 at Bottom of the Hill. Also on the lineup are local artists Doe Eye and Wes Leslie and His Deadly Medley, as well as LA’s The Steelwells.
You can get your $10 tickets here, but if you want to give Rin Tin Tiger more money, they might invest in some flamethrowers. We can only dream.
DETAILS ABOUT THIS SHOW + STREAMING COMPILATION OF ALL 14 BANDS HERE.
The 2012 Deli’s CMJ festivities will be kicking off on Tuesday, October 16th at The Delancey, with an extensive showcase of some of the city’s best rootsy acts. This year, we’ve booked fourteen artists, most of them local, who’ll be giving us a good taste of folk music beyond the run-of-the-mill, split between both floors of the Lower East Side venue.
Headlining the main floor we’ll have the magnetic concoctions of dream-roots duo Blonds and rootsy-pop ensemble Laura Stevenson & The Cans (pictured), amidst a farandole in which everyone should find a flavour that suits them – check out Town Hall, Swear & Shake, and The Reverend John Delore, who will be releasing a new album that night.
Upstairs, for a free (!) show, you’ll find bluegrass trio JP & The Gilberts, energetic singer folky duo XNY, and the enchanting recent additions to the NYC scene Plume Giant (pictured) – who’ve been getting some well-deserved attention since the release of their debut album ‘Callithump’ – on a night filled with talent in which everyone, even those country detractors out there, should find a reason to cheer. Check out the full details of the line-up here.
Here’s the official poster for Apocalypse Meow 5! More details soon… For now, visit http://www.apocalypsemeow.net for a full lineup and http://midwestmusicfound.org for more information on the event.
