As we mourn the end of summer, let us not forget the good things about autumn… seasonal beer, the return of leather jackets, and the sun going down just a bit earlier, which means you can party through the night just a little bit longer! Wyldlife is four 70’s-styled pop/garage rockers who swear by foot stomping, hard drinking, mic swinging, and all forms of delinquency. Currently working on a new album, they’ll be playing their next show on October 20th, for the CMJ marathon, at Brooklyn’s Grand Victory – come out, shout, and forget about the summertime blues, ‘ya dig? (Posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here). The Deli NYC Open Blog is powered by The Music Building.
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Bardo Pond Opening SOLD OUT Godspeed You! Black Emperor Show at Union Transfer Oct. 2
Yeah, there is a big sold-out show coming to town at Union Transfer tonight with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, especially since they just announced yesterday that their first album in a decade, ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!, will be officially released on October 16, but is already available on tour. While you’re rushing to grab your copy, make sure to get there early to catch the set of Philly’s favorite experimental drone-y psych rockers Bardo Pond. The hometown staple has been helping to keep things weird on our music scene for over 20 years now so “ya betta redneckognize!” It’s going to be a transcendental evening! Oh, where have all the acid dealers gone when you need them? Union Transfer, 1024 Spring Garden St., 8pm, $25 (SOLD OUT), All Ages (Photo by Chris Becker) – H.M. Kauffman
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Fast Years release new video + play Deli CMJ show 10.17
Next on a recent string of awkward dance solos: watch granny get her groove on at the park in Fast Years‘ new music video for ‘Stolen Love’ (streaming below), revealed a few days ago. Three minutes of hip grinding and contortions later, if you’re not up for partying yet, there’s probably something wrong with you. Hey, she’s probably about seventy, and may look like some sweatpants-wearing lunatic out of a Monty Python sketch show, but she got moves! Enjoy. Stolen Love was taken off Fast Years’ debut EP ‘Women’, which they released in June, the latest output from these five Brooklyn up-and-comers to keep an eye out for – they’ll be playing The Deli’s CMJ Indie Pop stage, on Wednesday October 17th at Spike Hill, alongside Eytan and The Embassy, The Last Royals & more.
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A new superalcoholic NYC supergroup: Diamond Rugs
Don’t call it a "side project." Or even worse a "supergroup." Much like The Divine Fits, the members from the band Diamond Rugs think of it as just that – a "band." The personnel may pull double duty in other formidables like Black Lips (Ian Saint Pe), Deer Tick (John McCauley and Rob Crowell), Los Lobos (Steve Berlin), and Dead Confederate (Hardy Morris), but this is most certainly a rock n’ roll unit in the tightest sense of the word. Their hard-charging self-titled debut was released on Brooklyn’s own Partisan Records earlier this year, and the band has just announced some live dates this Fall. Before heading South, the tour kicks off with the Rugs’ only current Northeast appearance at Carnegie Hall on Sat. 10/27, where John McCauley will play with collaborators past and present. – Ryan Henriquez
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Tuesday Tune-Out w/Levee Drivers’ August John Lutz II at PhilaMOCA Oct. 2
I had a blast getting to hear some fine local musicians in an intimate setting and watching films that I have and haven’t seen before with new friends during my curation of last month’s Tuesday Tune-Out at PhilaMOCA. Well, it’s a new month, and The Swollen Fox’s Kevin Kennedy will be hosting October. Tonight he has invited one of The Deli’s favorite local area talents and all-around good dude August John Lutz II (from Levee Drivers) to perform a solo set. We’ve done shows with him and his band multiple times in the past, and definitely heart their blend of soulful country-blues. August has also chosen to screen one of my favorite movies of all-time that was directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino (which I almost played last month) so you should definitely make it out this evening. Good stuff! PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8pm, $5, All Ages – Q.D. Tran
Philadelphia
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Work Drugs Remix Chosen in Bon Iver Stems Project Contest
Congrats to Work Drugs for being chosen as one of the winners of the Bon Iver Stems Project contest with their remix of “Beth/Rest”! Each of the winners were given a cash prize of $1,000, and their entries were included in an official Spotify remix compilation, which you can take a listen to below.
Philadelphia
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New Dr. Dog EP Out Today & Available for Streaming
Dr. Dog’s new 5-song EP Wild Race is out today. You can check out the album below as well as its tracklist.
Wild Race EP Tracklist:
1. Be the Void
2. The Sun
3. What A Fool
4. Exit for Sale
5. Wild Race
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The Pear Traps “Elsewhere”
The Pear Traps have a new ep called Elsewhere that has been released digitally. The band has also put out a video for the ep’s first track "Santa Fe".
The Pear Traps will be celebrating the release on Nov. 2nd with a free show at Cole’s with Landmarks.
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Show review: Midwestern Audio Compilation Release Party, 9.23.12
(Photo of Everyday/Everynight)
More often than not, a bill of diverse acts just doesn’t work. When you’re a show promoter, you typically don’t set up a group of guylined cock rockers with a charming folk duo.
Fortunately, sometimes it runs smoothly and flows naturally. The Midwestern Audio, Vol. 1 double CD compilation from Midwest Music Foundation glides smoothly along, just as its release party did on September 23, featuring six acts featured on the compilation.
Gemini Revolution, opened up the night with an avant-garde, psychedelic, chilling performance. The trio returned only days before from performing POP Montreal, and left the trickling-in crowd wanting more. Dedric Moore, Delaney Moore, and Mika Tanaya are also part of the experimental and somewhat more accessible Monta At Odds, and brought an otherworldly, intergalactic vibe to their music. Whether this form of free jazz infused with electronic pop is your cup of tea or not, there was no doubt that Gemini Revolution played music on its own terms, and brought an eerie, nail-biting soundtrack to get the evening started.
While Gemini Revolution set up the scene for the evening’s festivities, the next act took it to an exhilarating apex. Reach brought a compelling performance with help from the Diverse jazz trio. Witnessing each act on its own is a spectacle of musicianship, ingenious lyrics and astounding rhythms, but the combination of the two put the audience in awe of its splendor. While Hermon Mehari supplied smooth, poignant trumpet melodies, the rhythm section added a compelling, vital component that the audience couldn’t take its eyes off of. And then there’s Reach, who has proved in his years of being an emcee in Kansas City that he has true starpower and talent, with the rare ability to keep a crowd energized while depicting real life in brilliant rhyme schemes.
The natural progression of a psychedelic trio to a jazz/rap collective to jazz/blues swing group may seem like an odd mashup, but Grand Marquis provided a refreshing backdrop to a lineup that continued to build in dynamics and potency. This five-piece group—who recently recorded a session at the historic Sun Studio in Memphis—made sure the mostly indie pop/rock audience would take notice and spring to its feet. Dressed to the nines, Grand Marquis helped transform the recordBar into a speakeasy for about 45 minutes. The group played a mix of big band standards and originals with a swinging New Orleans jazz flair. Like Diverse, Grand Marquis reminded us of the vibrant history of Kansas City music, but also showed us how the sound remains relevant today.
The last two bands of the night provided the crowd with the heaviest dose of indie pop and rock. Antennas Up highlighted the show with its signature dancey, mind-melding synth pop power. Complete with The Ryantist’s Space Invaders drum kit, the energetic four-piece took us on a stellar ride through the universe, but not in the same way as Gemini Revolution. As the night’s opener astonished the audience with its finesse of taking unstructured music and making it accessible, Antennas Up blasted the crowd into space with clear vocal harmonies and plenty of boops and beeps to keep listeners intent on their aural surroundings.
Everyday/Everynight wrapped up the evening in true form to any headlining act. Shimmering guitars, echoing vocals, and enormous atmospheric noises made the group’s music simultaneously beautiful and excitingly aggressive. Frontman Jerad Tomasino took a moment to acknowledge Midwest Music Foundation for putting together a free local compilation, which includes 41 tracks from some of the most talented musical acts in the area.
You can find tracks from all of these acts on the Midwestern Audio, Vol. 1 compilation. It’s available for FREE at Love Garden Sounds in Lawrence and other stores around the Kansas City. Brenton Cook, who compiled the CD, will be handing out copies this Saturday at Earwaxx Records during an in-store event with featured bands Be/Non and Appropriate Grammar. It’s also available for download at the Bandcamp link below.
–Michelle Bacon
| Michelle is editor-in-chief of The Deli – Kansas City. She also has a weekly column with The Kansas City Star and reviews music for Ink. She plays with Deco Auto, Drew Black and Dirty Electric, and Dolls on Fire. She flosses daily. Do you? |
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Mini Mansions plays The Observatory 10.5
Here’s two things about Mini Mansions. One, their guitarist is no other than Queens Of The Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman. Two, anything to do with ‘mini’ is as far from being reflective of their output as could be.
The first notion that comes to mind, listening to just about any of their tracks, is that these three guys are very fond of The Beatles. More specifically, The Beatles’ juicy take on psychedelia. But where the Liverpudlian lads might have privileged a softer, elusive aesthetic, Mini Mansions are heading for grand and somehow stable key-driven tracks, dark & deep effusions of generously reverberated goodness and polyphonic deliriums. Add to those some vocal harmonies that will TRULY take you back to memories of the four most famous Northeners in rock&roll history, and you’re in for a lush out-of-time psych-pop treat made of many layers to venture through as you please. You can listen to their recent EP ‘Besides‘ here, and catch them at The Observatory on Friday (10.5) with Brooklynites Pegasus Warning & Twin Shadow.
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Buke and Gase releases “General Dome” in early 2013
Hailed by The Deli as "The Best NYC Band of the New Millennium (so far)" and also as "the NYC band with the worst name ever" (please note they recently changed Gass to Gase, which slightly improves things), Buke and Gase are a creative force of epic proportions. The duo builds and master to perfection their own crazy sounding instruments and forges a musical style that’s hard to pintpoint: I guess "electric-industrial-noise-rock" (since industrial is normally an electronic genre) gets very close to the substance of their music. The band was on the cover of the summer 2009 issue of The Deli, but didn’t make Pitchfork’s "Best New Music" only because the reviewer (who shouldn’t have reviewed that album) thought their songs weren’t structured enough. While that’s a critique that makes sense for your regular indie pop or indie rock band, a different set of criteria should be used for an act so obviously (and so efficiently) experimental.
This being said, the preview track from the upcoming album ("Hiccup," streaming below), besides showcasing once again Arone Dyer’s melodic talent and the band’s imaginative "anti-funk" tendencies, also betrays signs of coming to terms with a more "classic" song structure, which is something that can take this band to the next level in their career, since we all enjoy the tension and release qualities of more traditional pop songs.
For some more crazy goodness, check out the video for "Misshaping Introduction" here.
Buke and Gase is a band that will be remembered, and is best enjoyed live (Arone is also very entertaining on stage), so do not them at Mercury Lounge on October 12, and we mean it! – PDG
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The Deli Philly’s Halloweenniversary Partay Deets!
It’s October – our favorite month of the year! Why? Well, it means Halloween, the bestest holiday ever is just around the corner, and it’s also The Deli Philly’s birthday month so we have plenty to celebrate. And we’ll be doing so on Friday, October 26 at PhilaMOCA for our Halloweenniversary Partay! We simply had so much fun dressin’ up and throwin’ down at the old Mad Decent mausoleum last year that we just had to do it again, and we also decided to combine the bash with our anniversary celebration to really make it another night to remember. As always, we’ll be bringing you some fine music acts to keep us all entertained throughout the evening. Who will be gracing the stage this year? Well, we are proud to have experimental electro-acoustic-pop outfit Grandchildren headlining the evening. If you’ve ever caught one of their live performances, then you should already know why you need to come. The ultra-rad West Philly six-piece will have plenty of mind-melting new material as they gear up to release their sophomore full-length album, and old favorites will also be in tow to drive the crowd into a frenzy. Grandchildren will be supported fellow locals Ghost Light, who put out a wonderful EP Awful Feelings earlier this year via Single Girl Married Girl that was our July Album of the Month, and ex-Armchair Andy Molholt’s latest psych-pop project Laser Background, who also recently released their strangely intoxicating self-titled debut EP via UK label Stroll On Records (Ku Klux Glam – the collaboration of Ariel Pink and R. Stevie Moore). Plus as a very special guest and treat (certainly not a trick), kick-ass San Francisco psych rockers Sic Alps (Drag City, Siltbreeze, Slumberland, Woodsist) will also be getting friggin’ weird with us. And of course, we’ll have plenty of party favors to help us all do that. Yeah, it’s going to be a dope time so mark your calendars, punch it in your iPhone or do whatever you need to do to remember to show up!
Much love,
The Deli Staff