On their way through Chicago, Young Statues stopped in at Audiotree to record a live session. The set features a solid sampling of The Flatlands Are Your Friend including: “Natives,” “Run The River Dry,” “Flood,” “No Shadow,” “Flatlands (pt. 2)” and “Strangers In a Dream.” Enjoy the earnest tunes, which manipulate textures, developing a more immediate ambiance in the process. View the session, and grab two additional songs “Half Light” and “Spacism” by purchasing the download.
NYC
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Footwerk wins the Best of DC Area 2014’s Readers’ Poll for Emerging Artists
Deli Readers,
The Deli DC Area’s Best of 2014 Readers and Fans’ Poll for local emerging artists is over, thanks to all those who cast their vote in support of the emerging local bands and artists in our list of nominees.
Here is the top ten, and streaming track of the top four bands – which we congratulate!
1. Footwerk
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3. Vexine
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Here’s this poll’s top 10 chart, full results can be found here.
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Stay tuned for the composite chart, to be released soon, which will include details about the point nominees accumulated from the jurors and Deli writers’ votes, and will crown The Deli’s Best Emerging DC Area Artist of 2014.
The Deli’s Staff
Chicago
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Flocks and the Lookout
The husband and wife duo of Austin and Hannah Massey (aka Flocks and the Lookout) have new album being released this week called Hills and Valleys. The alt-folk recently recorded a live session at Greenville College in which they performed their new track "Wake Up".
NYC
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Goste releases “Eugene EP” + plays tomorrow (01.30) at Rocwood
After touring extensively the US and Europe in support of last year’s album "Deleted Scenes," Brooklyn based solo electronic artist, Goste (aka Owen Ross), is already promoting a new release, entitled "Eugene EP." Lead single "Loaded Like a Pistol" (streaming below) is a darkwave track featuring Goste’s raspy vocals, that bring shape and character to the entrancing minimalistic track. You can catch Goste live in NYC tomorrow night (01.30) at Rockwood in Brooklyn next weekend (02/07) at Bar Matchless. – Jordannah Elizabeth
Philadelphia
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Immerse Yourself in Mo Lowda & The Humble at Ardmore Music Hall Jan. 29
Let’s develop a groove. Letting the bass bob, the drums snap their way back in line, and the guitar picks its place to drift in, all the while the vocals encompass that soulful personal funk. Now, submerge yourself in that groove allowing it to evolve and roll with the tide. Immerse yourself in the flowing tunes of Mo Lowda & The Humble opening this evening for Rusted Root at Ardmore Music Hall. This trio has a well-hone grasp of what locking in means, and while it’s easy to let that sound melodically wash over you, stay alert because that relaxed, subconscious sway has an underling power, which boils below the surface only to reveal itself when the group inevitably turns up the heat. Tonight, Mo Lowda & The Humble set the table for the percussive jam vets Rusted Root. Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave. (Ardmore, PA), 8:30pm, $25, 21+ – Michael Colavita
NYC
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Blankus Larry’s “No Time No Money”/”Girl You Make Me Wanna”
Blankus Larry is garage rock done right. Recorded to tape, dirty and noisy, squeezing out the screech and holler of electric guitars. Blankus Larry released the album Hell Or High Larry in early 2013, a unblemished tour through classic analog psychedelic sounds and garage attitude, mixing indie-rock reminiscent of Frank Black with a cathartic punk-rock squall. Since then their only release (to my knowledge) was last year’s lone track, the psychobilly "Dead For Christmas." It looks now like they’re preparing a new wave of songs with this double-A Single "No Time No Money/Girl You Make Me Wanna" dropping in the past week.
Not only does the single continue to demonstrate Blankus Larry’s command of the genre and the studio, it suggests the band is becoming even more adventurous, infusing old forms with new energy. "No Time No Money" is a gnarly beach jam, with a killer surf-rock guitar solo. You can wiggle and dance to it, or break things. "Girl You Make Me Wanna" is like a Sonics track done by Nirvana. It is a full on sonic assault and emotional release. I’m drooling thinking of seeing these guys play at The Pinch next Friday, February 6th with Ezra Mae & The Gypsy Moon and Calavera Skull (both previous DC Area Deli Artists of the month). –Natan Press
NYC
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Folk Poppers Side Saddle unveil video for “Something I Said” + play three NYC boroughs in a month
What a beautiful world it would be if each one of us learned to argue without taking issue at diverging opinions! As you can see in the first few seconds of the video we are premiering here for single "Something I Said," the six guys in NYC folk pop band Side Saddle are not very good at that, but at least there’s enough of them to allow them to resolve their disagreements through a football match in the park. That’s a better way to settle disputes rather than screaming at (and secretly hating) each other, although admittedly not a very time-efficient one, in particular for bands, often cauldrons of conflicting egos. But this two year old project doesn’t seem to have that problem, since it’s coming out from a very productive year that saw the release of debut EP "The Postcard" and, more recently, full length album "The Astorian" (a reference to the NYC borough the band hails from). The latter features "Something I Said" and also their most popular single, the Simon and Garfunkel-esque "Don’t Wait For Him." Speaking of the legendary folk duo from the 60s, it’s obviously a strong influence on Side Saddle’s music, but the band wears it with impressive flair, churning out catchy and compelling folk pop gems, enriched by tasteful and absolutely spot on vocal harmonies.
Astorians can see them at Old Prague on January 31, Manhattanites at Bowery Electric on 02.02, and Brooklynityes at Muchmore on 02.20. Staten Islanders and The Bronx… ites (?) get no love for now (but they rarely do anyway…).
Chicago
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Pearls Mahone @ The Hideout
Pearls Mahone is a throwback in nearly every sense of the word. He new album, Echoes from the Prairie, is a collection of Country & Western ballads and soulful barn burners.
Pearls Mahone will be celebrating the release of her new album at The Hideout on Feb 6th.
Chicago
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Dream Version
Dream Version released their debut full-length album, Beginners, this week. The 4-piece indie pop band perfectly blends surf, garage, punk, and pure pop. It’s so early in the new year, but this release could be one of the finest when all is said and done.
Philadelphia
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New Music Video: “Pieces” – Lithuania
Check out the video for “Pieces,” the latest offering from Lithuania, the project that combines the forces of Dominic Angelella (DRGN King) and Dr. Dog’s Eric Slick! Having expanded to a four-piece, “Pieces” is a fine example of what Lithuania’s debut LP Hardcore Friends might sound like. Paced by a battering-ram combination of percussion and guitar, the song takes a grunge edge that you can dig your teeth into. The old-school skateboarding footage with lyrics injected as notes provides an enjoyable homespun touch. (Photo by Abi Reimold)
Nashville
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Watch Wildfront’s New Video “Strange Gold”
See, this is what happens when you fall out of touch with your friends: they change their names and release award-winning music videos unbeknownst to you. Josephine and the Wildfront shortened their name and raked in a few awards (Best Song, Best Inspirational Film, Best Music Video) at the 2014 ARTligthenment Art and Film Festival for "Strange Gold" before dropping it on the general public. The video is beatufilly rendered and almost begs to be just 55 minutes longer to allow the full scope of the story play out. The song is equally as gorgeous, with a weighty guitar line providing backbone as Moore’s vocals and splashing cymbals float around it in pure dream pop perfection. February 7th is the release date for Wildfront’s new EP, "Strange Gold." Follow the band and be informed of their as-yet-unannounced March tour dates HERE. -Terra James-Jura
Wildfront – "Strange Gold" from Wildfront on Vimeo.
Austin
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A Witchy Track from Tele Novella
Tele Novella was one of our nominees for The Deli Austin Emerging Austin Artist of 2014 poll (full results soon to come, so keep your eyes out), and we realized that we had made the grave oversight of never posting on this dynamic ATX band that’s a bit of a supergroup.
Tele Novella’s roster is made up of parts of the split-up bands Voxtrot and Agent Ribbons, both from Austin and each with its own substantial following, plus keyboardist Sarah La Puerta. Where Agent Ribbons was a band with a lighthearted, gently experimental indiepop sound, and Voxtrot was part of the early 2000s indie-rock-that-gets-dancy scene, Tele Novella is an entirely new sound from these musicians. It’s a moodier, retro-conscious approach to indie pop, and the lyrics tend toward odd, off-kilter storytelling and imagery. If you can imagine music that’s tailor-made for a desert scene in a Tarantino film, you’re not far off much of what Tele Novella does.
Of course, there’s much more to this band, which sometimes gets poppier than that description, but under their always-complex arrangements rides an obvious knowledge and nod to the American past, both musically and otherwise. You can tell just from listening that these are people with large record collections, or who at the least would know their way around one. Taking that level of musical knowledge and producing enjoyable music that takes it into account can be a hard trick to pull off, but Tele Novella is nothing if not thoroughly enjoyable. The instrumentation is fun and full of exciting turns, singer Natalie Ribbons’ voice is gripping and dynamic, the harmonies are tight and interesting, and the overall result is smart and undeniably listenable.
Their debut album is said to be in the works, and Tele Novella is set to play Holy Mountain with The TonTons and Wild Moccasins on February 12.