Thursday May 29th at 7pm, Brooklyn blunderbuss Warren Britt celebrates the release of his new EP ‘Awww, You Mad?’, available on Britt’s bandcamp page. Like the MC himself, it’s a record full of love. Producer Chaz Van Queen laces the 7 tracks with a wide array of style from the boom bap funk of “Off We Go Again” to the drum roll chaos of the title track. Like all of Britt’s work, the record takes you for a ride and at the end you’re inclined to start it over immediately. Also, I ain’t mad at all after listening to it! The release party at The Studio at Webster Hall on 5/29 features Tyquan Sounds, Teddy Faley, and Silent Knight. That’s almost too much good local hip hop for one night.

Low Fat Getting High is one of the most prominent Brooklyn bands riding the new wave of guitar rock inspired to the noisy 90s, although they predated this trend, since they’ve been releasing their first record in 2012. Their recent ‘Poor Circulation’ EP is their noisisest and darkest record to date, and also the best produced one. Reoccuring sonic references to noise rock, blues rock and even metal are framed within four wild punk rock nuggets. Also, ‘Poor Circulation’ is not just an EP but also a ‘zine, illustrated by the band’s lead singer/guitarist (and frequent Deli visual contributor) Michael Sincavage.

The band (which also made our latest Best of NYC list) will be opening for Titus Andronicus and Eagulls at Warsaw on June 12 during the Northside Festival, and is currently working on a full length scheduled for a fall 2014 release. Check out the EP opener Emasculator, streaming below.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best guitar rock songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

We were at Baby’s All Right on 5/17/14 to check out a few interesting local artists. Opening act Juniper Rising started the night out with garage alt country, featuring a pedal steal player and twangy female vocal harmonies.  Up next, Bad Girlfriend, an all girl group with great fashion sense, fit the night of garage rock with style. The main treat of the night however, were New York City darlings Fletcher C. Johnson.  These boys filled the venue with their brand of jingle-jangle surf-rock, making it hard for the members of the audience not to bounce along to their tunes.  Frontman Johnson’s stage banter and lighthearted stage presence makes the downtime in-between songs as enjoyable as the group’s tunes, which are filled with fun references to the pop of the 60s that are perfect for the upcoming summer season.  Their songs include catchy melodies, clever lyrical content and dance inducing energy.  Their latest record “Salutations” is out on Burger Records. The band will be playing live again at the Bushwick Block Party on Troutman st at the Jefferson L train stop on Sunday June 1st. – by Jessica Louise Dye. More photos from Jonathon Bernstein can be found here.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best Psych Rock songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

If in the 90s the world realized what women could do with a (distorted) electric guitar in their hands, the 10s will probably be remembered as the decade when femal musicians embraced technology to make some of the best records of the new millennium. Yes, we are generalizing of course, but if you can think of another decade that expressed this many female artists/sound designers/producers (Santigold, St. Vincent, Au Revoir Simone, Julia Easterlin and Tei Shi, to name just a few out of NYC) give us a shout. 

Emerging Toronto /Brooklyn artist Lydia Ainsworth belongs to this talented bunch. She’s been cultivating an enviable musical vocabulary, touching on anything from Enya-esque vocal abstractions to orchestral soundtracks rich with lush strings, and even vaguely oriental sounding industrial experiments. But her new track ‘White Shadows’ (streaming) brings her output to a new level by gathering all these elements together, organically, in an actual song. We are looking forward to more tunes like this one in her debut album ‘Right From Real Pt. I’ – out on June 10. While waiting, you can see Lydia Ainsworth live at Rooftop Film Festivals ‘Dark Toons’ night at  iconic Brooklyn landmark Industry City near Sunset Park.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best mellow songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!