New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Songwriter, flutist, and singer Jenni Stark released her debut album, Salt Water, back 2021. She has scheduled a series of shows around the city this summer including sets at Golden Dagger, Burlington Bar, and Montrose Saloon.
You can catch Jenni Stark at Uncommond Ground (3800 North Clark St) on June 1st opening for damsel..
Pop Punk group Anything Is Everything their debut album, a tragic optimism, back in April. This is the work of Alex Surdu, Chris Sanchez, Christos Grigoropolous, and Sam Mago.
You can catch Anything Is Everything at GMan Tavern on June 8th with Clear Coat and No Tagbacks.
Composer, visual artist, and engineer Hannah Sandoz released her debut album, Leaving the party early, back in March. This is lush, experimental folk pop.
You can catch Hannah at Downstairs at Subt on June 18th with American Poetry Club, Trust Fund, and Orisun.
The Dead Bolts have released a new single, "Blood and Water", their second of 2023.
You can catch The Dead Bolts at Lincoln Hall on June 2nd with Waltzer.
Marching Band legends Mucca Pazza recently released a new album called GET PUMPED!.This is the first new album from the group since 2014’s L.Y.A..
You can catch Mucca Pazza at Unity Park (2636 N. Kimball Ave.) on June 10th from 12 to 2pm.
The Empty Pockets have released a new single called "Make It Through". This is the second new single from the group since the release of their 2022 album, Outside Spectrum.
You can catch The Empty Pockets at Chicago Theatre on June 10th with George Lopez.
We’re been doing a little Spring cleaning over the long holiday weekend here at DeliCorp HQ and you’ll never guess what we found under a couch cushion…yeah you guessed it, we discovered this March 2023 DELI DELIVERS playlist which hasn’t been posted in this space yet…so here it is for your listening pleasure no worse for wear (lint and melted gummy bears besides) and be sure to follow the DELI Instagram account and our LinkTree account to so you’ll always be up to date re: the latest goings on and keep reading below for a reprint of the text from the relevant IG post, April and May playlists to follow very soon…
MARCH 2023 DELI DELIVERS PLAYLIST
Mixes are all about two things—selection and flow—and while selection is obviously crucial to any mix it’s less so than in days past what w/it being so easy to skip tracks in digital formats or just to leave the selecting entirely up to “the algorithm” but there’s one skill AI hasn’t mastered yet and that’s flow…
…which is why we’re assembled a crack team of musicologists—most having never even used crack before—to compile the latest ”DELI DELIVERS” playlist whose 90 tracks were all released in March (except for one or two!?! can you spot them?!?) as can be heard by clicking on the link above…
…and lemme tell ya this whole thing flows like Mount Vesuvius getting ready to devastate the citizenry of Pompeii—we’re talking an epic five-plus-hour journey—and if you go under “preferences” and SET A THREE SECOND CROSSFADE we promise a entire magnificent Garden Of Earthly Delights will open up before your ears…
…cuz just check out how “Waste” by Nashville weirdos Snōōper flows seamlessly into “Little Palm” by New York weirdos Parlor Walls and ditto for Kill The Pain’s "What Have You Been Doing?" when paired with Shallowhalo’s "Renaissance Affair" and that’s all just in the first 10 tracks…
…plus there’s some nice “shock cuts” that purposefully disrupt the flow like when the street-preacher post-punk churn of Dead Tooth’s “Electric Earth” dissolves into the airy disco reverie of Say She She’s “Reeling” so go ahead and activate those crossfades folks…
…bur even if you don’t you’ll certainly detect some other meaningful patterns like the sequence of tracks starting with Mirrors’ “Parallax” that ends up sonding like a pre-arranged mini-suite of moody rock, extreme metal, and hard techno…
…so check it out, yo, otherwise all those musicologists we hired are going right back on to unemployment (Jason Lee)…
Twin Coast recently released their debut EP, "Twin Coasts". This is the work of Kira Isbell and Reid Isbell.
You can catch Twin Coast at The Fallen Log (2554 Diversey Ave) on June 2nd with Seventh Cloud Society and Joe Glass.
Dirty Blond has released a new single called "I Make The Same Mistakes". This is his second single of 2023 and second since the release of his 2022 album, FAWN.
George Arthur Calendar recently released his latest Synth Pop gem, "Thrift Kiss".
This is his second single of 2023 and fourth since the release of his 2021 album Paradox.
Qari has teamed up Phoelix on a new introspective track called "Quite Swell".
This is the first single from Qari this year and third since he released his outstanding 2022 album Stronghold.
Pop Punk group Fluorescents recently released their latest EP, "Sober Lullabies". The EP closes with the song "Weekendz" which the group released a video for back in October.
You can help Fluorescents celebrate the release of the EP at Cobra Lounge on June 2nd with Dead Bundy.
