Having been hard at work on their new LP for the past few months, Alpenglow is getting ready to stretch their wings and debut a full set of new songs in a mini tour of the Northeast. The new album, which is being produced by Sam Cohen (of The Yellowbirds), promises for an even trippier, more insightful continuation of their lonesome-traveler, psych-folk sound, drawing from the essence and experience of perhaps one too many New England winters, and translating their move to Brooklyn into audible incentives by which to live. The psych-soul underlining of Cohen’s vision will introduce only the most effectual tonal brilliance to Alpenglow’s already established soul-searching sound. The tour stops at Rough Trade on February 19, with support from Barsuk Records’ Laura Gibson and Wild Leaves . –JP Basileo

Comprised of four dudes (some of them unshaved), there’s a new Brooklyn band that calls itself Female and just released debut single "Florida" – talk about being fond of paradoxes! After all, genders are blending these days, but hopefully that will never be true for geography. Florida is a plodding dream rock song with an interesting, evolving melody, and features heavier drums and a spacier atmoshpere than your average "chill wave" tune – which is NYC’s own, poppier take on psychedelia. References to the psych rock of the 60s abound in the guitar and vocals (you may hear some references from The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper era at some point). Female formed in the summer of 2014 and will be playing a free show at Baby’s All Right tonight (02.04).

Deli Nation,

Our Year End Poll for Emerging DC Area Artists was – as usual – a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we pulled it off with remarkable flair!

Congratulations to garage-pop wizards Typefighter for winning the poll! Typefighter released The End of Everything in early 2014 to much critical acclaim. Their tight and energetic live shows make them a must see, and obviously one of DC’s most exciting bands. We wait with baited breath for their next move. 

Richmond’s Sleepwalkers came in a close second with our jurors, thanks to their phenominal debut album, Greenwood Shade. Less than two years after they formed, Sleepwalkers released an impressively ambitious and succesful collection of well crafted psychedelic pop-rock that defies categorization and leaves jaws dropped.     

Teen Mom keep our excitement bubbling on a constant simmer, dropping lo-fi fuzz-pop gems every few months. A staple of DC’s rich house-show scene, they do everything you love about electric guitars. We want more. Now please. Thank you.  

Here is how it all went down: first, we let the local bands submit their music (for free), and got our Deli editors to pick the nominees. Then we polled a list of 15+ DC Area scene expert (our jury) and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each. Then we polled our writers, then we polled our readers. We tried to keep things open for each single genre, from Indie Rock to Roots Music to Hip Hop.

If you are a geek interested in all the subtelties related to how this poll works, you can read its rules here (happy reading!). But if all you care about is the awesome new music DC Area produced in the year 2014, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2014 POLL FOR EMERGING DC AREA ARTISTS ****** FINAL RESULTS ******

ARTIST   J OS R TOT   1 Typefighter   7   0.001 7.001 2 Sleepwalkers   6   0.051 6.051 3 Teen Mom   5   0.003 5.003 4 Dead Professional   5     5 5 GEMS   4   0.001 4.001 6 Footwerk   2   2 4 7 People’s Blues of Richmond     2 1.5 3.5   The Walking Sticks   3   0.5 3.5 9 Party Like It’s   3   0.072 3.072 10 Dr. Robinson’s Fiasco   3   0.026 3.026 11 Avers     3 0.019 3.019 12 Louis Weeks   3   0.018 3.018 13 ELM   3   0.007 3.007 14 Spirit Plots   3   0.006 3.006 15 Owen Danoff   3   0.004 3.004 16 Hot Dolphin   3   0.003 3.003 17 The Deadmen   3   0.002 3.002   The NRIs   3   0.002 3.002 19 Barbelith   3   0.001 3.001   Disciples of Christ   3   0.001 3.001   Lowercase Letters   3   0.001 3.001   Navi   3   0.001 3.001   PLOY   3   0.001 3.001   Putrisect   3   0.001 3.001 25 Art Sorority For Girls   3     3   Black Clouds   3     3   Curse   3     3   Loud Boyz   3     3   Old Lines   3     3 30 Sean Barna   2   0.037 2.037 31 The Cowards Choir   2   0.028 2.028 32 Feed God Cabbage   2   0.023 2.023 33 The Trillions   2   0.015 2.015 34 Pigeons Playing Ping Pong   2   0.012 2.012 35 MH & His Orchestra   2   0.006 2.006 36 Cigarette   2   0.003 2.003   Two Inch Astronaut   2   0.003 2.003 38 7 Door Sedan   2   0.002 2.002   Furniteur   2   0.002 2.002   Priests   2   0.002 2.002   The Milkstains   2   0.002 2.002 42 Chaz French   2   0.001 2.001   Pure Disgust   2   0.001 2.001   Terracide   2   0.001 2.001 45 Cemetery Piss   2     2   Lightwaves   2     2   Lobo Marino   2     2   Unsacred   2     2   Vexine   1   1 2 50 The Northerners     1.5 0.008 1.508 51 Andrew Aylward     1.5   1.5 52 Walk the Plank   1   0.032 1.032 53 Fortress   1   0.031 1.031 54 Sun Cycle   1   0.025 1.025   The Duskwhales   1   0.025 1.025 56 Sol Root   1   0.019 1.019 57 Moogatu   1   0.012 1.012 NYC Skyline wins The Deli’s Readers’ Poll tied to the Best of Austin 2014 Poll for Emerging Artists Posted on: February 3, 2015 Deli Readers, The Deli Austin’s Best of 2014 Readers and Fans’ Poll for local emerging artists is over, thanks to all those who cast their vote in support of the emerging local bands and artists in our list of nominees.  We happily announce our top three local emerging artists, super young blues rockers Skyline, textured and mellow indie rocker Comforter and talented singer songwriter Leah Nobel. Whoo-Hoo!! This was an incredible experience! We thank you for all your Deli support! 1. Skyline 2. Comforter 3. Leah Nobel ———————————— Here’s this poll’s top 10 chart, full results can be found here.  BEST OF AUSTIN 2014 – READERS’ POLL RESULTS   Artists Votes   1 Skyline 277 2 Comforter 205   3 Leah Nobel 51 4 Lowin 48 5 Grace London 30 6 The Stargazers 27 7 Anya 20 8 Illustrations 19 9 Popper Burns 17 10 Keeper 14 Stay tuned for the composite chart, to be released soon, which will include details about the point nominees accumulated from the jurors and Deli writers’ votes, and will crown The Deli’s Best Emerging Austin Artist of 2014. The Deli’s Staff NYC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted on: February 3, 2015 Folks, The Deli’s Best of NYC Readers’ Poll is finally on – see right column in this same page, under the ad. The Deli’s Staff. NYC NYC lounge rockers Looms release “Happiness” from upcoming debut album Posted on: February 3, 2015 Brooklyn lounge rock band, Looms, are set to release their debut album entitled "Waking Days," and we are streaming here their first single, “Happiness.” The title is actually deceitful, since the song depicts happiness as the façade in a relationship. This is actually a break up tune, which comes in gentle on keyboards (electric piano is a signature sound here), then aggressively builds up in tension, exploding in a chorus filled with louder guitar power chords and vocals. The soul/rock-influenced quartet, which underwent a name change recently, has been at it since 2012 and plans on forging through 2015 with "Waking Days" in tow. – Robert Frezza