Awkwafina, fresh and clean queen of hipster tRap, boasts about watching “A League of Their Own on Laser Disc” and shopping for things she can’t afford “like a millenial.” She produces her own tracks, was featured in a documentary about Asian rappers, and even just had her first book published. Her brand of crass feminism isn’t uncommon among the hipster rap pack (See Handjob Academy and Nova Rockefeller), but her swagger indicates a brass set of ovaries. Come celebrate her book release at Baby’s All Right this Thursday May 7th, it will be quite “ratchet.” – BrokeMc

Is blues the music of the Devil? The minor third note interval that’s the basic ingredient of anything bluesy is famous for conveying a sad feeling, not evil, but – at least according to Wikipedia – "the word [blues] may have come from the term blue devils," and "depending on the religious community a musician belonged to, it was more or less considered as a sin to play this low-down music." W guess that simple fact made the genre very attractive to young rebels… who ended up moving to the more liberal US coasts…
Brooklyn’s Junk Boys, an obscure band we stumbled upon almost randomly, seems to accept and even promote this notion. Their debut single "Call On Me" (streaming) features a devilish cover art, and an apocaliptic sound at least in part reminiscent of a hammondless and heavier version of The Doors, another band that enjoyed blue references to Beelzebub. You can participate in their pagan live ritual at the Gutter on May 14.

P.S. We found some more info about Junk Boys on The Men’s website: "ex-members of Organs, Russ from Dream Police."

For some songwriters, writing good songs is simply not satisfying enough – and besides, that’s not how their creative process works. These musicians feels compelled to wrap those songs in complex arrangements and original sounds, and sometimes those are actually the starting point of what then becomes a song, in a beautifully bizarre reversed music production process. In their tracks, sound design has as much importance as lyrics, chords and structure. 21 years old Elliot Moss belongs to this category, so we thought he might have something interesting to say about his creative process and the gear he loves – read the interview on our sister blog Delicious Audio. Elliot Moss will perform live at Rough Trade on May 15.

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