New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Post-punk trio darkturn released their latest EP, O Delmore, yesterday. The Florida transplants bring a wild and dark sound to the scene and some interesting album art courtesy Alex Matz.
You can catch darkturn at Reggies (2105 South State) with Psych-Rocker Jude Shuma, Dorian Taj, and Sounds Del Mar on June 5th for just $5.
Electropop/video artists Teen Men (featuring members of The Spinto Band) just premiered their new self-titled LP over at Pop Matters. The album is comforting, like an old friend who is always there for you. Teen Men officially drops on June 9 via Bar None, and the band is currently on Clap Your Hands Say Yeah‘s 10th anniversary tour. (Illustration by Natalie Simons)
Featuring Ryan Newmyer and Jen Goma of Philly’s A Sunny Day in Glasgow and Brooklyn’s own Kurt Feldman (Ice Choir, Pains of Being Pure at Heart), trio Roman à Clef crafts light-hearted songs heavily inspired by the sophisticated English pop of the ’80s (think Lloyd Cole and the Commotions and – in particular – Prefab Sprout). Their super breezy, borderline jazzy pop features alternating male and female voices, with Feldman’s crooning tenor carrying most of the lead vocals’ weight. The project has been around since 2013, when single PSBTV was released digitally; two years later (i.e. just a few weeks ago), the band unveiled that single’s video (streaming), a testament to how tortuous the creative process can be for indie musicians. Roman à Clef will be celebrating the release of their sophomore album ‘Abandonware’ at Union Pool tonight (June 2nd).
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!
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Big Eyes is a truly great sounding NYC based melodic punk trio that’s been around at least since 2010, and that for some mysterious reason went completely unnoticed here at The Deli NYC. They have a series of singles and two full lenght albums under their belt, the latest of which, "Almost Famous," was released in 2013. But our favorite track (at least of the ones we listened to) is last year’s single ‘Asking You To Stay’ (streaming, from a 7" split with Post Teens) which took us back to the days when Joan Jett was at the peak of her punkyness. If you are looking for a fun and loud way to spend June 4th, don’t miss these guys’ show at Shea Stadium.
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best punk/garage songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!
On Cyberbully Mom Club‘s latest single, "No-Fun," it sounds like Shari Heck really wants to go on a roadtrip. Unfortunately, Mikey is never down; however, we think that it’d be a blast to travel anywhere with Heck, as long as she keeps playing the ukulele and singing us her charming ditties. We’ll also bring a bag of fun so give us a holla, Shari!
Even though they always shared a common passion for drugs, Punk music and Psychedelia have mostly been at opposite sides of the alternative rock spectrum, which prevented a lot of genre-blending (with some noteworthy exceptions like Butthole Surfers and early Mercury Rev). Brooklyn’s Acid Dad, who’ve been active for less than one year and have three singles on their Soundcloud page, call their music "psych punk." Their repertoire doesn’t touch the level of sonic insanity of the aforementioned artists, but does offer a fun blend of those genres, with a heavier punk accent. Notwithstanding their short existence, they are already getting a good amount of attention and made a list of best 10 new emerging NYC bands (which interestingly featured some not very new bands). You can check them out live at Aviv on June 6 with The Gradients and other locals.
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best punk/garage songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!
Lately, Collin Ludlow-Mattson & the Folks have been stretching out their songs—exploring their material from many angles through improvisation. They’ve evolved into something of a post-punk jam band. This new improvisatory approach results in interpretations of songs that are highly situation-specific. What is played is not just a reflection of the song as written; the playing also very much reflects the atmosphere in which the song is currently being played and the evolving relationship of the musicians (Collin, Indianna Hale, Sean Olmstead, and Sterling Schlegel), who are housemates and friends. The kind of music Collin Ludlow-Mattson & the Folks are making now grows best when it is exposed frequently to an audience—people who respond to the music and cause the musicians to respond to their responses. It is perfect then that in June CLM & the Folks have a Tuesday-night residency at San Francisco’s Amnesia—placing them in contact with an audience weekly. Amnesia, which is the hub of a blossoming Bay Area music scene, will be hosting a number of very exciting lineups during the CLM & the Folks residency. The lineups for all five shows are full of local bands who have very compelling catalogs of songs and unique sonic approaches for realizing their songs in a live setting. This is a not-to-be-missed June event, one that will perfectly compliment other notable musical events taking place in Northern California in June—like Hickey Fest and the Grateful Dead reunion concerts.
6/9: Soft Shells
Pat Hull (beautiful tunes from Chico)
6/16: Mark E. Deutsch (super album release!!!!)
Dead Recipe
6/23: TV Mike and the Scarecrowes (playing songs of the Grateful Dead)
Sea Dramas
6/30: Jeff Grimes
1 more band TBD!
Cosmic adventurer Marshall Allen recently celebrated his 91st birthday. The alto saxophonist and leader of Sun Ra Arkestra continues to prove that his creative nature has no bounds tonight when he teams up Man Man drummer and experimental beat-maker Christopher Sean Powell (a.k.a. Pow Pow/Spaceship Aloha). If you are looking for a rare evening of outside-the-box music, which is brought to you by Ars Nova Workshop (so you know that it will be definitely interesting), then you need to get your ass over to Johnny Brenda’s this evening. The two local heroes will be supporting blogosphere darling Holly Herndon, who just released her brilliant new album Platform. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $15, 21+ – H.M. Kauffman
Reef The Lost Cauze & King Syze came out with one of our favorite local hip-hop albums last year, Year Of The Hyenas. Unfortunately, it came as a surprise around the holiday season so we feel that it didn’t get the attention that it deserved. Well, we are happy to see that the record will be getting reissued July 3 via Goon MuSick Records, Inc. Check out their new music video below for "Sigel (Snowgoons Remix)," which was directed by MDot Cinema!
Jennifer Hall is preparing to release a tremendous new self-titled EP this month. Hall has a power voice and is a skilled songwriter. This is the follow-up to her 2011 EP, "In This". The first single from the EP is called "Make It Out Alive" and is available for purchase on itunes or streaming below.
You can help Jennifer celebrate the release of EP on June 12th at Subterranean with Hemmingbirds and Mike Maimone.
June marks the official start of summer, and Tennis System kicks it off by premiering the video for "Such a Drag" from the 2014 album Technicolor Blind. Guitars shimmer and crackle in this down-tempo memento, but the song is anything but a drag — Matty’s and Zach’s harmonizing "oohs" swirl amongst the torrent of sound through fast and slow rhythms courtesy of ex-member Misha Bullock’s impeccable drumming.
Check out Tennis System’s first night of residency tonight at The Echo with The Primals, Sunset Sons, and Bonfire Beach — it’s free, so what’s stopping you? – Ryan Mo
