New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Mutts have released the next single from their forthcoming EP, Stick Together. The full EP will be released on September 11th. The band is planning to tour in support of the EP in 2018.
Mutts frontman Mike Maimone will finish out the year touring with Company of Thieves and Los Colognes.
NYC and Seoul-based Yaeji’s tracks have been percolating on the house scene throughout 2017 (Yaeji’s killer rework of “Passionfruit” is exhibit A). Her latest single, a breathy and breathless deep house banger, sees the DJ/producer threatening a real breakthrough. Released by the LA/NYC music label GODMODE (who’ve been consistently dropping fire Yaeji tracks), “Last Breath” is a sonically fascinating haze-collage of Yaeji’s icy, wispy vocals merged with stylish, soulful synth and percussion touches. It all coheres beautifully. The vaguely tribal percussion really does the trick. Icing on the cake is the make-up tutorial video accompanying “Last Breath,” which reveals a sneakily brilliant media/self-awareness. Yaeji is no joke. -juan leon
To call the Bay Area’s Sore Thumb surf rock would be a restrictive oversimplification. While the beginning half of their debut LP An Album By… is straight-up, 60s inspired, reverb-drenched rock, the record moves on from that pretty quickly. A few of the middle tracks, like “No Right, No Wrong” and “Meltdown,” explore darker undertones and move deeper into the territory of alternative rock. However, like a rubber band snapping back into shape, the sunny, surfy rock that Southern California has grown to love returns in “That’s Why” (streaming below) and remains throughout the end of the track list. This LP is also accompanied by a visual album that is streaming on the band’s YouTube. Currently, the LP is available for free download for anyone who attends a show or connects with the band on Facebook. Catch their next live show at Feral in Oakland on September 22nd. – Lilly Milman
Rock n Roll like it used to be back in the day. 70’s guitar rock with big vocals and lots of energy. That’s the Do Good Badlies. “Atlantic Ocean” from their most recent record “Electric Nights” has a laid-back southern rock feel. It would be great to crank up out by the lake….or ocean I guess if we were close enough to that. Very beer drinkable. That’s what it’s all about…especially if you’re rockin’ with em live. Which you can do on Thursday (Sept 7) at the Bovine Sex Club with Goodnight Sunrise, Rynheart and Hudson Say for TIFF Opening Night. – Kris Gies
Overlake specializes in serving up gazey and delicious tracks that showcase strong melody-writing chops. They are playing a high profile show in Philly tomorrow (September 6th), opening for The Brian Jonestown Massacre (New Yorkers will be able to catch them at Gold Sounds on October 4th). Though there’s enough wall-of-sound goodness to sink your teeth into, the band also manages to meld upbeat, indie-inspired choruses that you may find echoing up in the space between your ears all day. Our friends at Delicious Audio asked them to share a little bit about the gear that helps to define their gorgeous noise – check out the Q&A here, and their recent video for ‘Unnamed November,’ streaming below). – Olivia Sisinni, Photo: Naomi Scott
Oy, nu-music lurvers!
The new issue of The Deli NYC is available for online reading here!
On the cover, fabulous math-dream-indie-rockers Ian Sweet (who are headed on tour with Frankie Cosmos!). Check out the video of our favorite single "#23" streaming below.
Oh and hey! It’s a Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit issue! If you love guitar pedals you don’t want to miss it, it’s chock full of them, including an interview with pedal guru Mike Matthews of NYC’s Electro_Harmonix!
The print version of it will hit the streets of NYC on September 1st!
The Folks at The Deli NYC
The stylish ladies of Warpaint will be bringing their seductively moody brand of indie rock to Underground Arts this Friday, September 8 for your listening pleasure. They are also offering the opportunity for one our talented local Philly acts to open the evening. (Feel free to send "your bandcamps, videos, soundclouds, photos and a bit about yourselves to warpaintworld@gmail.com," and hopefully you’ll get a chance to share the stage with Warpaint this weekend.) Now, to enter for a chance to win a pair of tix, just send an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gmail.com with the subject line "Heads Up". Please also include your cell number in the body of the message (in case of an emergency). Good luck!
The quintet of Rosetta recently released its 6th full-length album. Utopioid hovers in a menacing yet meditative atmosphere, unleashing a decided heaviness that smacks of immediacy, while creating pockets of contemplative space. The band is gearing up to head out on an extensive fall tour next month with Tucson’s North.
This upcoming weekend (September 8-10), the Brooklyn-based music blog The Wild Honey Pie will be hosting its fifth annual Welcome Campers festival at Camp Lennox, MA. More than a festival, this is some sort of super-affordable group vacation for hipster into indie pop – a pretty rad idea if you ask us. The organizers always book a lot of great emerging NYC artists, and among those performing this year are electronic pop outfit Black Coast, a one man project that has received a lot of streaming love with recent single “Feel Something” (streaming below). Released earlier this year, this track features a fun and tasteful blend of electronic sounds with a luscious dream pop flavor. You can find the lineup and details for the festival here. – Pearse Devlin
2017 has been a good year for NYC’s melodic psych rockers Maybird: after releasing the "Unraveling" EP back in June, including the single “Keep In Line” featured by The Deli a few months back, the band was asked in quick succession to play a September residency at the Knitting Factory and to open a couple shows for Portugal, The Man during their upcoming fall tour. At the Knit, on September 14th, 21st, and the 28th, you’ll also be treated to fellow NY psych-flavored projects Evolfo and Steady Sun, the former joining their performances on the 14th, and the latter on the 21st. But for now, check out Maybird’s most popular single ‘Turning into Water,’ streaming below. – Pearse Devlin
Comprised of Charlie Dubuc, Jason Loux, Becka Lundy, and Thor Speeler, Flamingo Chicks recently shared their debut EP XOXOXO. A playful, punchy nonchalance envelops the single “E.F.T. (N.B.N.A.T.S.D.W.F.),” as dueling vocals give in to fate. Covering a heavy existential, relationship-oriented backlash with a quick thumping sense of optimism, the song captures the bright side from the outside looking in.
Chladny is a solo bedroom project that describes itself as “pretty funny and pretty sad”. They released an EP this past June called “The Boy Is Dead” which is available digitally or on cassette through their bandcamp page. The tune “Drugs” is a very chilled out track. Folk rock mixed with some slacker rock vibes. The melody is easy to grasp and the lead guitar licks over top really add a gentle aura to the song. Fire these tunes up one day when you want to relax and feel good about whatever you’re up to. – Kris Gies
