Despite their vibrant name, and the fact that thier new single ‘Pseudocide’ sways like one who has overdosed on cherryade and blue smarties, NYC’s The Colorines can be dark – although in quirky ways. ‘Everybody said I was gay, and everyone thinks I’m retarded’ they croon, telling a tale full of glorious gallows humour at the freedom that might come from faking your own death. With a merry-go-round lucky bounce to it, the track bounds along, meditatively looping with a circus style psychedelic feel that would have made John Lennon (circa 1967) very happy indeed. Luminous acoustic guitars and smokey melodica arpeggios, a fluffy tickling drum beat, and a weary vocal comprise the arsenal of intoxicating sounds that Robosco, Dwreck, Ozkr and Grim, who formed earlier this year, demonstrated on their recent ‘Paleontology‘ EP. ‘Pseudocide’ continues on the same trajectory. Fans of foxes should look away now. See them live at Glasslands on July 18. – Francesca Baker

On a Friday night of December 2004, at Manhattan venue Sin-e’ in Attorney Street, an emerging NYC band with a home recorded debut album played The Deli‘s launch party. It was a packed crowd and everyone was holding the first issue of The Deli, whose cover these upstarts were gracing. That band was Grizzly Bear. It remains one of the most exciting nights of my life, the night I understood that this magazine had a shot at being here to stay.

Now, this ten-year anniversary issue hopes to be a(nother) celebration of this great scene, in a less cluttered, more narratorial and visually appealing form thanks to art critic Brian Chidester’s work as a guest editor. This issue also comes with my deep hope for NYC to keep churning out exceptional music of all kinds for the foreseeable future.

FIND THE PAPER ISSUE OF THE DELI IN MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN, READ IT IN PDF HERE, OR BUY IT HERE FOR JUST $5.

Paolo De Gregorio,
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher

The cover of the 1st Issue of The Deli (December 2004)

"City", the first single off No Lands‘ upcoming debut, ‘Negative Space,’ is a sprawling landscape of buttery synthesized goodness. Opening into a flurry of smooth ambient textures, layers upon layers of motifs and pulsations begin to materialize, and much like the title of the LP presumes, it’s what comes between the pulsations that stand out.  Everything in this song is moving backwards and forwards, left and right, turning into what ends up feeling like a heavy cross between the musical terrain of M83 with the vocals of My Bloody Valentine.  Join No Lands for the album release show at Baby’s Alright on August 24th.  ‘Negative Space’ is out on July 29th. – Jake Saunders