Portland

MOGO Fest Pick 1: The Fur Coats, KING WHO and Enjoy Things at Alberta Street Pub

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 In just its second year, MOGO Fest is beginning to make a name for itself in Portland’s fairly large market of music festivals big and small. For the next two days, cleverly curated shows will be taking place around town spanning genres from jazz to psych and indie rock, so we’ll be picking out a couple shows at the top of our list. Be sure to check out ALL of MOGO Fest’s happenings over at their website, since there’s something for everyone!

Our first choice is curated by Rola Music, who has taken care of booking all the indie and pop styles for the fest. Soulful r&b psych will be coming from our readers’ poll winners for Best of 2017 The Fur Coats. This is their second to last show before they leave on their European tour, so they’ll be sharing some new songs as they prep for the road.

Playing with them is the dreamy sludgepop of KING WHO (formally Us Lights), fit with brooding synths and layered soundscapes that help the mind escape. Along with the high energy heaviness of Enjoy Things and this show is surely something to enjoy.

This 21+ show starts at 9pm at Alberta Street Pub, with tickets running $7 a piece.

Nashville

Best of Nashville Roots Acts: Tyler Childers and New Suede

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Our Best of Nashville 2017 poll began last week with the Roots category and, after you-the-people cast your vote, we have the results to share with you!

Overall Poll winner (Jurors vote + Readers’ vote): Tyler Childers

Readers’ Poll Winner (Readers’ Vote only): New Suede

Tyler Childers offers classic country folk songs that fit the modern context. His lyrics are imaginative and descriptive of elements of life in the country. With blue-grass oriented instrumentation including fiddle, banjo, mandolin, his style brings early Avett Brothers to mind. His songs blend the modern indie-folk impulse with the root elements of the bluegrass and country. Where his vocal tendencies and lyrics use the popular style of the alternative country/folk genre in its current form, the instrumentation and song structures harken back to truly rural country roots of his origins in a rural Kentucky coal mining town. 

New Suede is an act that’s mastered the art of origin digging. "Taxi," the single they’ve released ahead of their new album, is a number heavily influenced by classic R&B and Jazz elements but molded into the form of an indie rock experiment with similarities to psychedelic/jazz/indie outfits like Homeshake or Mild High Club. The makeup of their work so far consists of groovy, easy rocking that dabbles in enough dissonance to keep us on our toes. Be on the lookout for their album, Ocean Drops, coming out on March 11th. 

The full list of nominees can be found under the streaming tracks. 

 

Here is the list of all the finalists in the Nashville Roots category and their readers’ poll results: 

 

 Aubrey Peeples
  1%   3 votes
 Bird Cloud
  0%   1 vote
 Blackfoot Gypsies
  0%   0 votes
 Jillette Johnson
  0%   0 votes
 Molly Parden
  0%   1 vote
 Moon Taxi
  2%   7 votes
 New Suede
  95%   266 votes
 Panfish
  0%   1 vote
 Poly
  0%   0 votes
 Strange Rivals
  0%   0 votes
 Sisterhood
  0%   0 votes
 Tyler Childers
  0%   0 votes
 
Nashville

Birocratic brings loungy electronica to Sunnyvale tomorrow (03.04)

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NYC’s Birocratic hones electronic production that blends elements of soul and jazz with psychedelic influences. The songs are just dancy enough to keep bodies moving but contain the type of strangeness and complexities that send heads in the clouds. The off-tempo, off-key jazz rhythms and melodies create an atmosphere that owes its origins to great loungy electronic acts like Flying Lotus or Air. Compositions like streaming single ‘Tony’s Belated Breakfast’ are monolithic enough to be instantly gratifying while throwing in tempo and key flares that spice them up and make them interesting. Birocratic offers a holistic take on electronica, crafting sonic spaces that hold both body and mind in their grip. Don’t miss tomorrow’s show at Sunnyvale (03.04) – Andrew Strader

Philadelphia

Ticket Giveaway: Rozes at The Foundry Next Thursday

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Homestown area gal and Chainsmokers collaborator Rozes, a.k.a. Elizabeth Mencel, is coming to The Foundry next Thursday, March 9! To enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line "Say You’ll Never Let Me Go". Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency). Good luck!

Philadelphia

New Track: “High Gear” – Elegant Animals

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If you’re searching for some slinky, soulful funk to get you hyped for this weekend, Elegant Animals is ready to take you there. Slip into seductive groove of “High Gear,” which can be found on the freshly released Warm Blood Pt. 1. We’re thinking The Purple One was on his mine for this one. Really making us feel good this morning!

NYC

Impressive electro-punk from DC’s Den-Mate

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Babe City Records artists Den-Mate have been turning some heads with their dark and disdainful electro-punk sound. Headed by singer-songwriter Jules Hale, the band has seen success following the release of their self-titled debut album last year. Heavy with a sense of foreboding, Den-Mate’s music is at once catchy and ominous, full of traditional post-punk tropes and the dystopian sounds of Crystal Castles like beats and distortion. With very modern and skillfully constructed songs, Den-Mate is a DC band to look out for.

Catch Den-Mate this Saturday, March 4th at the Black Cat.

-Written by Michael Dranove

New England

The Deli New England Premiere: Replacire Debuts New Track “Act/Re-Enact”

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2017 is going to be a big year for Replacire.  The Boston-based metal outfit is set to release their sophmore LP, Do Not Deviate, on March 17th via Season of Mist, and the band will be kicking off an east coast tour–sweeping their muscular riffs and sinister doomscapes across the Atlantic seaboard.  We sat down with guitarist Eric Alper to talk about the album and to get an exclusive taste of their track "Act, Re-Enact".  Of the new song, Alper remarks, "Out of all the songs on the new record Act, Re-enact is the most straight-ahead. This song combines consistent grooves and a catchy song structure while maintaining the eccentricities and rhythmic stabs that make a Replacire unique."  See below for the full interview and track stream. 

For new fans, who is Replacire?  Can you tell us a little bit about yourselves?

Replacire is an extreme metal band from Boston Mass, we formed in 2009 and have recently signed to the label Season of Mist, who will be releasing our new record in March.

The new album, Do Not Deviate, is about to drop.  Your last release was The Human Burden in 2012.  How has the band grown since the last album, and how does the new release represent who the band is today?

We’ve definitely gotten heavier.  With this type of music, you’re always trying to push yourself as a musician.  The tempos go up and the riffs get a little trickier.  Something that was hard to pull of on the first record is your new comfort zone so you need to step out of that to progress. During the recording of The Human Burden I discovered that my strength was rhythm playing, mainly in my picking hand. So a lot of my contributions include string skipping and fast downpicking. In short, the band is more extreme.

The album is full of impressive technical musicianship, while at the same time keeping a strong emphasis on the integrity of the songs. Is it a challenge trying to strike that balance?

Thank you, thats something thats very important to us. Once we come up with the material that makes up the song we spend most of the time on arrangement, making sure the song winds up and releases in a pleasing way.

Can you describe what your creative process is like? Does it change from song to song? And do you find that lyrics or riffs come first?

The music has always come first for us. We all contribute riffs and have this big pile of material to draw from. Once we start working out ideas new parts are created through brainstorming. We then move on to arrangement, we come up with a name for every part and lay it out on a whiteboard. We try different arrangements until we have it flowing like a song. We try hard to avoid being linear or just riff sandwiching parts together. If you analyze the parts, often they’re all connected in some way, some are more obvious than others. Lyrics are the last step.  

What are you hoping people take away from the album? Is there a central message/concept?
The lyrics are fairly metaphorical, often dealing with existential dread and the power of the mind. But honestly they’re very open to interpretation. Like most art I’m hoping the fans can find their own way to interpret and enjoy it.

In three words, how would you define your sound?

Weird, cerebral, metal.

 

What can we look forward to seeing/hearing from Replacire in the future?

We’re hoping to play shows and tour as much as possible in support of the new record. Hopefully some playthrough videos as well.

 

If you were going to go on tour, what dream artists would you love to be playing with?

Man there’s so many great bands its tough to choose. All the bands on the Season Of Mist roster are sick and it’d be an honor to tour with any of them, especially Gorguts! Outside of that, Behemoth and Meshuggah put on such amazing live shows, I could see that being a lot of fun. Also, I’m a big fan of Cattle Decapitation, it’d be amazing to be able to watch those guys every night.

 

Are there any artists in the NE area that you’re really excited about?

Fuming Mouth and Lord Almighty are a couple really great bands in the area right now. Scalpel, Obsidian Tongue, and Pathogenic are also some amazingly talented metal bands.

 

What are your biggest non-musical influences?

Mostly the need to create….and whiskey. 

 

 

For more info, including upcoming tour dates, click here.  -Brian Varneke

 

 

Photo credit: Tom Couture

 

 

 

 

NYC

Glass Tactics release debut EP “Tactics” + play Pianos on 03.17

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Not many people will promptly associate Craigslist with rock’n’roll, but it’s not rare to hear of musicians finding each other in the free online classifieds’ Musicians section. That’s what brought together NYC Indie quartet, Glass Tactics. In February they released their three track debut EP “Tactics,” a record that, with its catchy hooks and laid back choruses, captures the essence of a classic power pop track. On their Facebook page, they describe their shows as “joyous, finger-bleeding” which seems like half of one good reason to see them on March 17th at Pianos. – Jocelyn Huggler

This artist submitted music for coverage here.

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

Philadelphia

The Deli’s Best Emerging Philly Alt Rock Artist: Curtis Cooper!

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We are nearing the end of this year’s Deli Philly Best Emerging Artists Poll. After compiling the jurors’, readers’/fans’ and writers’ votes for the Alt Rock category, congrats go out to Curtis Cooper! The Philly songwriter caught our attention towards the end of 2015, and then truly emerged on the local music scene last year with the release of his debut Laughing In Line. The album begins in a more radio-friendly manner, but as you delve deeper into the cuts, it becomes apparent that gifted artist has a much more diverse musical palette that we predict will only expand as time goes on. BTW: We absolutely flipped over the video of his powerful performance of the previously unreleased single "2016," which you can view below.  

 

And coming in a very close race for second and third are the good time boys of Mumblr and the pot-lovin’, rockin’ ladies of Marge. We’ll also be back very soon with our final Readers’/Fans’ Poll for the categories of Hip Hop/Funk/Electronica, so stay tuned! 

Philadelphia

Debut All Bad LP Available for Streaming & Download

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The barrage of bashing, contagious rhythms begins as soon as you press play for No Good, the new album from All Bad, comprised of Cat Park (Amanda X, Eight), Evan Bernard (The Superweaks, ex-Dangerous Ponies) and Jarret Nathan (PEARS, ex-Ghost Light). Available on cassette via Get Better Records, the quick-hitting collection of songs cultivates a playful, power-pop set of dynamics, instantly adhering to your hears. The album speeds past in a familiar flash, so go ahead and spin it a few times.

Austin

Magna Carda Continues to Define ATX Hip Hop

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 Aptly described as ‘Austin’s answer to the Roots’, Magna Carda refuses to back down from their lyrical conviction and inventive beats. MC/producer duo, Megz Kelli and Dougie Do, have a knack for Southern-styled ambient beats in which they drop effortless flows that are equally provocative as they are amusing.  Sprung from the campus of St. Edwards in 2012, the duo has continued to evolve and progress as they ascend to sharing the stage with the likes of the Pharcyde, Joey Badas$$, and Chali 2na.  Having recently released the album CirQlation in 2016, Magna Carda is riding some strong momentum from their live-wire performances and growing national recognition.  While Magna Carda is the Deli Austin’s ‘Best Emerging Soul/Hip-Hop act of 2016’, it can’t be denied that their ability to shine on the national stage will be evidenced in 2017.

 

-Lee Ackerley