San Francisco

The Deli Magazine SF Giveaway: Win Two Tix to Split Screen’s Album Release Show – 9/20

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WIN TWO TICKETS to the San Francisco based avant indie rock band, Split Screens album release at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on September 20th!

Yassou Benedict​ and New Spell​ will be sharing the bill with this new local band who has been growing very quickly within the local Bay Area music scene. We’re always into supporting great bands in the underground scene and Split Screens is a band who is a quintessential example of artists who do their best to put out great music and promotes their music well. We totally think you should attend this show. We’d like you to support this event so much so that we are giving away free tix!

​Email: sfeditor@thedelimagazine.com to submit your name to win! ​​We will announce the recipient of the tix on September 19th!

Chicago

The Lauren Wolf Band “Rise Up”

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The Lauren Wolf Band is returning with a new album called "Rise Up". This is the follow up to the band’s 2011 debut album "All My Secrets" and finds the band venturing into a more soul and blues rock sound. The album features ten original songs and a solid Bee Gees cover and will be released by CAU Dog Records on September 20th.

You help The Lauren Wolf Band celebrate the release of Rise Up on Sept. 20th at 27 Live in Evanston. The band will also be premiering a video for their new single "Run Daddy Run" at this event.

Chicago

Kid Sister is Jane Jupiter

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Jane Jupiter is the secret or not so secret identity of Kid Sister and as Jane Jupiter she has released a new mixtape called Dusk2dawn. The video finds her dressed as a human disco ball and taking a on a more pop and dance friendly persona. The mixtape features contributions from Different Sleep, Dam-Funk, Bukkwheat Bill, and more. 

NYC

Tigers Are Bad For Horses release new single “Recovery”

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The track sounds “a lot like electronic and indie pop, but not” describes Tigers Are Bad For Horses pianist, Lyell Evans Roeder. When his rock and classical roots paired up with Mellen (Mary-Ellen) Funke’s folk-vocals, the duo created a sound all their own. Influenced by Bonobo, Alt-J, and Daft Punk, “Recovery” is a beautiful blend of Funke’s sultry voice and Roeder’s relaxing electro-jazz melodies.

Tigers Are Bad For Horses, a name created by Roeder’s "crazy-but-brilliant" Russian college roomie, have only been working together since April 2014, but already have a lot in the works. They are currently producing a second single, which they plan to release before the drop of their EP; both are expected this fall. The pair say they are dreaming big, but for now, they are looking forward to performing in the D.C. area in the next few months. If you haven’t already heard “Recovery” on Sirius XM Chill, take a listen below. –Sade A. Spence

Austin

Smoking White play Beerland 9/17

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Wednesday is the rebel of the week. Right smack in the middle it can be the turning point that leads to an epic week ahead or just another day to tick off the calendar. Get out of a mid-week slump and head to Beerland and check out Smoking White. The Austin foursome’s shoegaze-psychedelic sound is every bit present on their early summer release, Soft Chains.  Available on cassette, yes a cassette tape, the distorted guitars and subdued vocals of Soft Chains will sound great as you contemplate life while listening to your Walkman. Go get your copy September 17 at Beerland, 9 p.m. There is also a digital version, but where’s the fun in that? -Allison Mayoral

 

NYC

Lia Ices releases “ICES” + plays Mercury on 09.17

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Lia Ices, one of our favorite NYC chanteuses (featured on the cover of the 25th issue of The Deli in 2011) is finally back with her long awaited sophomore album, and, well… it sounds nothing like the debut one that grabbed our tortured hearts. But change and experimentation are necessary in music, and in this record – entitled simply "ICES" – Lia abandons the spare, deeply intense ballad format that characterized her early career in favor of more lighthearted, lo(wer)-fi pop tunes that embrace many world influences, Caribbean ones in particular – we are thinking more about Calipso than reggae. The vacation related imagery in this new video for single "Higher" confirm how "ICES" can be filed under the ‘beach pop album’ category. Since it’s dropping at the end of the summer, it might help us extend the perception of the warm season through sound induced nostalgia, or maybe even make us dream of that trip through exotic lands we never took. Don’t miss her live tomorrow (09.17) at The Mercury Lounge.

Philadelphia

New Vita and the Woolf EP Available for Streaming & Purchase

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Vita and the Woolf just released their debut eight-song EP Fang Song. You can stream and purchase it below. Led by the confident, sultry vocals of Jennifer Pague, the group will be honoring its release this Saturday, September 20 at Ortlieb’s with Bondage & Discipline and Canon Logic.

NYC

Synth-pop from NYC: Una Lux plays Glasslands on 09.18

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Led by singer Kelso Norris, NYC emerging synth pop quartet Una Lux constructs dark melodic songs that land somewhere between Depeche Mode’s digestible industrial pop and Goldfrapp’s lush and layered romanticism. They released their first single ‘Simon’ in mid August, and just unveiled its video (streaming below). The band is scheduled to play Glasslands Gallery on September 18.