Jed Sed released his latest project Trivial Pursuit back in June and has released three entertaining videos since. The latest is for the track "Somewhere Over Durango" late last month.
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Signal To Noise pays tribute to Lou Whitney
Longtime KC mainstay free-form show Signal To Noise, hosted by Barry Lee, will present a special show in honor of Lou Whitney, who passed away Tuesday after battling cancer. The radio show will include in-studio guests Kristie Stremel, Tony Ladesich, Fred Wickham, and Joey Skidmore. Lou’s longtime friend and guitarist D. Clinton Thompson will also join in via telephone from Springfield, Missouri. Tune in this Sunday, October 12, at 8:00 p.m. to hear the music of the Morells, The Original Symptoms, The Skeletons, and songs recorded by the guests with Lou producing. And great Lou stories as well. Facebook event page.
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Littler Opening for Mannequin Pussy at KFN Oct. 9
Littler (formerly known as Calamity Jane) is part of a four-headed garage-punk lineup tonight at Kung Fu Necktie. With their debut EP Get A Life due out this Saturday (digitally on Monday and tape format via Number4Door). The former Deli Featured Artist(s) Poll Winners fuse an honest lyrical approach with an aggressive yet accessible pop-punk appeal yielding that pissed but pleasing sound. (You can listen to Littler’s new single "Didnt Ask" HERE.) Tonight, they’ll be joined by gritty pop-punks the Pussy Dogs, as well as the noise-punk experiment known as Mannequin Pussy, whose new LP Gypsy Pervert was released last month. The night will be closed out by the surf-infused tunes of GYMSHORTS. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $8, 21+ – Michael Colavita
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Shaking Through w/Peter Matthew Bauer
Weathervane Music just shared the latest episode from its critically-acclaimed Shaking Through series featuring The Walkmen‘s Peter Matthew Bauer performing a new song called "You Always Look for Someone Last." Bauer released his debut solo LP Liberation! earlier this year via Mexican Summer. The record won the hearts of The Deli staff, and became our July Record of the Month. You can view the making of his most recent track below, and stream it HERE.
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The Wooly Mamas Release Video “Suzanne”
You may remember The Wooly Mamas from their Artist of the Month win this spring, the trio that played six years as a cover band before deciding to focus on their originals. Or you may have caught one of their airtight shows around town (and think of how much even a year as a cover band could up a group’s game.) This video for "Suzanne" was released last Tuesday. It’s mostly footage from the recording studio, but the track is an outstanding example of all-American rock ‘n’ roll. Solid and driving, it’s a plea from a bad man to a good woman delivered with a whiff of Ben Nichols on the raspy poignancy that vocalist Rick Patoray imparts on his lyrics (though here’s hoping there’s no similiarity in the size of their livers.) This song will be officially released as a single on October 21st, the first in a planned series while the band raises the funds for a physical release in 2015. The Wooly Mama’s next Nashville show will be at The Basement on October 18th. Keep up with the band as put out more tunes of this caliber HERE.
We don’t know who Suzanne is, but goddamn, we hope she understands. -Terra James-Jura
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Caitlin Canty plays The Deli’s CMJ Roots Stage at Rockwood on 10.22
Caitlin Canty‘s wispy folk tunes bring personal stories of gritty, working class Vermont to the urban snarl of her adopted homeland in Brooklyn. Upcoming record "Reckless Skyline" pulls together this landscape in what may be her finest effort yet. Produced by singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault, "Skyline" showcases Canty’s inexhaustible energy and infectious optimism. Sneak peaks of tracks like "Get Up" and "Enough About Hard Times" show the artist still with plenty of gas left in her tank, which is just what she’ll need to burn her on a lengthy, Kickstarter-funded tour across America. She’ll be back home in New York at Rockwood Music Hall next month too. See her live at The Deli’s CMJ Roots Stage at Rockwood on 10.22 – Mike Levine
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best Rootsy songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!
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Weekly Feature: MOTHXR plays The Deli’s Electronic CMJ Stage at Pianos on 10.24
Early in 2014 NYC’s downtempo electro-pop-soul act MOTHXR (previously known as ‘MOTHER,’ an ungoogleable moniker destined to be challenged in court) came out of nowhere and dropped a doozy for their first single, entitled ‘Easy.’ It’s a fog-fueled, intricately percussive, and harmonically-spiraling package of goodness. Industrial at times, beachy at others, it sports Gossip Girl’s star Penn Badgley behind the mic for extra glamour. The release was followed by two more singles reiterating the group’s dark, borderline gothic electro-soul style, dominated by Badgley charismatic and soulful tenor, and well supported by a lineup of solid musicians also active in Lolawolf, Reputante and No.
MOTHXR will be performing at The Deli’s Electronic CMJ Stage at Pianos on 10.24 with Sunflower Bean, Baby Alpaca and Bo Ningen among others.
LINKS:
Read Brescia Mascheretti’s interview with MOTHXR.
Listen to The Deli’s playlist of Best Electronic songs by emerging NYC artists – including music by MOTHXR.
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New video for Paperhaus’ “Cairo”
DC’s Paperhaus are ramping up for their first full length release early next year. Shortly after returning from a tour of the east coast, they dropped their first single, "Cairo," and have just released it’s companion video. Directed by Nigel Lyons (who’s been doing some amazing work for the best bands in the local scene), the video channels booth the energy and excitement of Paperhaus’ live show, and the vivid colors and vibrant tones of the band’s recordings. These masters of DC’s current DIY scene are set to dominate the national stage. Catch them locally while you still can at The Black Cat on October 13th, and DC9 on October 23rd. –Natan Press
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Wanted Man’s “Slow and Steady” video.
DC’s hottest band Wanted Man have released a video for their garage-rock blitz "Slow and Steady." Ahahaha! It’s funny ’cause the title is misleading. I know you have less than two minutes to check out the video below, recorded at DC’s house of houses The Paperhaus. When does this album drop? I need it. –Natan Press
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The Funk Ark record release show for Man Is A Monster this Friday!
The Funk Ark are releasing their new album, Man Is A Monster, on October 14th via Ropeadope Records. Recorded at Richmond’s Montrose Recording (an amazing space that has quickly become a premier studio in the DMV, recording many previous DC Deli Artists of the Month including Avers, and People’s Blues of Richmond), the album is like going on a Caribbean cruise through space on acid with an afrobeat orchestra following you around deck while you sail past galaxies and supernovas. The songs are all instrumental jams, but the changes are so tight and inventive that the energy never ever wanes (not for one second), and each track is over much too quickly (which is the opposite reaction I usually have to this sort of thing). Six action packed minutes on the mothership feel like three. It’s a trip. Don’t miss Funk Ark‘s amazing live show, supported by the equally incredible Black Masala, this Friday, October 10th at Black Cat. Check out the title track below. –Natan Press
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The Nightingale Trio Wrap-Up D.C. Tour
For the first time Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland hosted the beautiful sounds of The Nightingale Trio. This touring group, inspired by traditional Eastern European music, is comprised of Rachel LaViola from Texas, Sarah Larsson from Minnesota, and Nila Bala from California, who now resides in Baltimore. The women of The Nightingale Trio met during college while performing in the Yale Women’s Slavic Chorus. After graduation they decided to keep providing the public with the harmonies and blends of traditional Slavic folk music. Last year, while on tour, the songbirds completed their first album, "Letya," within 4 hours. Letya means fly in Bulgarian – the perfect name for the album according to Bala. “Nightingales are prevalent in Eastern European folk songs and we always have to fly to one another to tour.” The Nightingale Trio is currently planning another east coast tour. But until they fly to a town near you, enjoy the splendor of the pure, rich vocals of The Nightingale Trio below. –Sade A. Spence