San Francisco

Christopher Owens to Debut Solo Album

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Okay, okay, so it was a little premature to assume former Girls frontman Christopher Owens had given up the musical ghost in favor of the runway, and we’re relieved to say the least.

Turns out, Owens is preparing to debut his first solo album Lysandre in January 2013. The album documents Owens’ first tour, where he falls in love with Lysandre, a girl working at a music festival. A concept album in its truest sense, Lysandre is exclusively in the key of A, contains diagetic sound effects, and tells its story chronologically. Owens shares his feelings about his endeavor:
I feel like this is the most focused effort I’ve ever made musically; telling a story from one song to the next in order of occurrence, making the album almost like one long song. A little bit like a musical. I’m very proud of it and happy it worked so well. I’m pleased to be able to share it with the world; its story, its music, its universal and classic themes. It’s a coming of age story, a road trip story, a love story. It’s a moment in time that has been captured and brought to life through art. For you, for me, for us. For what it’s worth.
Read more about the album and listen to the first two tracks in The FADER.
 
Owens premiers his solo act on Friday, November 9 at The Lodge at Regency Center. You can buy tickets here. 

Chicago

Stayposi Records Showcase @ Subt

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There is a new label in town, and Stayposi has mission beyond just producing quality music. The label currently has a stable of four bands, The Captain and The Sea, This Is Our Year, Lights Over Bridgeport, and Milwaukee’s Avenues. Stayposi will be releasing the debut full-length from The Captain and The Sea this Spring.

Below is an intro to the label and the ticket giveaway they are holding for their debut showcase at Subt on November 16th.

NYC

Raccoon Fighter plays Knitting Factory, on Nov 7th

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Courtesy of Raccoon Fighters, here comes raw rock and roll repackaged for the post-everything generation – exploring 60s garage, blues rock, grunge sounds in a manner that stands at reasonable distance from faithful revivalism and anything formulaic. How? Complete incoherence and a soft contemporary frame. They’ve well-understood that it isn’t one particular aesthetic we’re after but an energy altogether. Those who are expecting monster rock are at the wrong door, but for the others, a tasty mouthful of dirt is awaiting – at The Knit on November 7th. – TM

Philadelphia

New Track: “Trinkets” – Eskimeaux

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Eskimeaux, a.k.a. vocalist Gabrielle Smith and producer Benjamin Schurr – both formerly of Br’er, just premiered a new track called "Trinkets" via Prefix Magazine. The song will appear on their upcoming album, which will be released November 6 via Human Kindness Overflowing, a local non-profit record label run by Power Animal‘s Keith Hampson. A majority of the prceeds will go to Philabundance and funding future charitable projects through the label. 

NYC

Album of the Month: The Sea Life “In Basements”

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With the weather causing chaos across the coast and the continuous onslaught of headache inducing fucking political ads, stress needs relief ASAP, and I got it in one listen to DC’s the Sea Life‘s latest In Basements. These indie-poppers produced 10 tracks worthy of pausing your hectic life to relax in the warmth of layers of dreampop shoegaze and fuzz.

The track "The Collector" is a total standout, with chill guitar pluckage and a chorus of oohs & aahs in the background while lyrics say "Well I cant find another way out, I change my mind, I lost my patience…"

"Sex Appeal Pt. 1" is a gorgeous instrumental piece that inevitably had me succombed to a reclined state of mind before bleeding into "Body Language Pt. 2" a nod to 90’s college radio nostalgia. Most excellent.

And "Magic Weapon" is one of those classic dreampop tracks that leads into an epic build-up of splendor and super clean feedback. –Dawn

NYC

Shilpa Ray & her Happy Hookers release video for ‘Nocturnal Emissions’

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Here’s a video which wouldn’t really come at a better time if it tried. Presidential election coming up, the sempiternal pro vs. anti-abortion debate sparked up again from the Republican front. In the midst of it all, Broooklyn-based songwriter Shilpa Ray has concocted, with her Happy Hookers (and a little help from her fans) this iconography-saturated video she released last week to illustrate the moody, sour drone of her song ‘Nocturnal Emissions’. A black&white DIY silent movie-style montage, it takes the shape of a vindictive dig at man-made contraception policies imagining a violent women-led pro-natality campaign straight out of a dude’s worst nightmare. See for yourself, and mainly, don’t forget to vote tomorrow! – Tracy Mamoun

NYC

A Place to Bury Strangers release video for ‘I’m All Up’ + play Bowery on November 18

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Following the release of their third album "Worship" early this summer, A Place To Bury Strangers recently revealed their new music video for ‘I’m All UP’ (below), off the slightly softer edged full-length which came as the latest in a gradual slip away from the band’s original devastatingly abrasive shoegazing. On the backdrop of this sweet, shamelessly melodic, effects-encrusted pop downer, the video portrays an epic massacre of an army of toys, real-life recreation of a young boy’s fantasy, orchestrated by Oliver Ackermann’s brother Karl, who calls it a ‘Toy Story IV: Battle Royale’ – check it out below. APTBS’ US tour, which kicked off October 27th in Richmond, VA, will find them heading back home to headline the Bowery Ballroom on November 18th, as one of their last dates with Philly-based shoegazers Bleeding Rainbow. Streaming below also the single ‘You Are the One.’ – Tracy Mamoun

Philadelphia

Enter to Win a Pedalboard Filled w/EarthQuaker Devices!

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Oh man – any musicians out there ready to make some noise!?! The Deli & Sonicscoop Pro Audio Giveaway is back with an entire pedalboard of EarthQuaker Devices. The prize will include EarthQuaker’s Bit Commander – a monophonic analog guitar synthesizer; Speaker Cranker – an all discrete dirt enhancement device; Hoof Fuzz – an easy-to-use device capable of warm, gritty overdrive to a huge sustaining fuzz; Rainbow Machine – a unique pitch shifting pedal designed for experimenters and noisemakers; Grand Orbiter – a 4-stage OTA-based phaser; Dispatch Master – a digital delay and reverb with an all-analog direct signal path and true bypass switching; Hummingbird – a hard and choppy tremolo; and Tone Job – an all-analog, active EQ and booster; a complete tone enhancement tool. Powered by VooDoo Lab Pedal Power Plus, the pedals and power supply will fit nicely into a Pedaltrain 2 pedalboard, which comes with a nylon gig bag with protective panels at top and bottom. Enter to win all these neat toys to enhance your sonic exploration by this Thursday, November 8 HERE – good luck!
 
Philadelphia

The Deli Philly’s Featured Artist(s) Poll Winner: Thee, Idea Men

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Rock ‘n’ roll is not dead. With all the computer-generated sounds and synth-driven beats flooding the internet, you might think that the opening statement is false these days, but it’s certainly alive and well in The Deli Philly’s recent Featured Artist(s) Poll Winner, Thee, Idea Men. Check out our get-to-know-ya interview with them HERE, and catch the trio live on Monday, November 19 at Kung Fu Necktie. (Photo by Matthew Raspanti)