Blane Fonda has been slowly making a name for themselves over the last several years. Their new LP, Foolish Croon, has been officially released after months of anticipation. The band released a sampler of the album last Fall, and now will celebrate the full release at Subt this Friday, June 15th with Blah Blah Blah and Volcanoes Make Islands will be the supporting acts.

The band recently had their creation story, "The Tall Tale of Blane Fonda", appear on Funny or Die.

This past week saw the release of the brilliant new album, Blood Half Moon" from Scott Lucas & The Married Men.

The band has recently released a video for the title track from the album.

You can catch Scott Lucas & The Married Men at Metro tomorrow, June 9th opening for Deer Tick along with Turbo Fruits.

Late last month the Bobby Gallivan driven band Like Pioneers release their sophomore album Oh, Magic through Abandoned Love Records. This album is noise pop at its finest. You purchase or stream the album here.

Like Pioneers will be performing at The Burlington Bar with The Runnies on June 8th.

Nate Kinsella’s latest project, a full-length album called Antibodies released under the name Birthmark, came out last month through Polyvinyl. It is his second release as Birthmark. This project is both intimate at times and grand at others. Kinsella has a way of delivering vocals in a hushed but emotional way. Yet it is the instrumentation that gives this album its warmth. Pulsing strings, looping beats, dissected sounds, every sound is thought out and well places.

Birthmark performs next at Empty Bottle on August 13th for free show.

Panda Riot released their new 7" single "Serious Radical Girls" yesterday through Saint Marie Records.

The band will be celebrating the release this Saturday, June 9th at Panda vs. Panda (3144 W. Carroll Ave.) with Videotape and Sister Crystals.

The Right Now have released their summer tour schedule which includes both Pickle Palooza and Ribfest, and a video for their track "He Used To Be" which is taken from their Record Store Day-exclusive 7" single. You can find all of their tour dates here.

What is The Metropia Experience? It is more than just another music festival of which we have an abundance in Chicago. It is an intimate event that combines music and art and above all social awareness. The community cause that this event will benefit are The Bully Police Squad and WLUW. You can learn more about The Bully Squad below.

The two day event will feature exclusively Chicago music with bands including Shuteye, Santah, Milano, Tiny Fireflies, Cold Blue Kid, and many more. Taking place both indoor and outdoor at 4325 N. Ravenswood the experience begin this Thursday, June 7th at 2pm. You can view the full schedule here.

The folks behind The Metropia Experience have been kind enough to give The Deli 12 pairs of General Admission tickets this exclusive event. The first 12 people to email jason@thedelimagazine.com with Metropia in the subject line will receive to tickets! 

Do Division Fest kicked off tonight, but really swings into action on Saturday, June 2nd with performances from some of Chicago’s best. Chicago Bands that should not be missed are In Tall Buildings, White Mystery, Magic Milk, and Mannequin Men. For a non-Chicago pick, how could pass up a chance to see Peanut Butter Wolf.

On Sunday, don’t miss Mutts, Young Jesus, and Gypsyblood. For all the details visit the Do Division website.

The Hudson Branch has released a cover of Wilco’s famous track "Sky Blue Sky". The cover is a fresh take of the track adding in elements of soul to the lazy summer track.

The Hudson Branch released their sophomore album, World Kid, this past March.

The Hawthorne Effect recently announced that their full-length debut album will be called Awakefulsleep and will be released on July 10th through Red Mist Records. The band is lead by the local music powerhouse John Jauch who wrote all of the track on this album. The album tracked, arranged, mixed, and mastered at Stranded On A Planet recording studio.