Rooftop Sessions has released a new video featuring Tom Schraeder performing his track "Honest Man".

Dastardly has released a video for their new track "Fever". The tracks comes from their new ep "Bury Me In The Country" which comes out on January 31st.

Over the last year Cold Blue Kid has transformed from the solo thoughts and tunes of Alex Longoria into full-bodied musical exploration of this six-piece band. The group played their first show back in March and began working the follow up to Alex’s debut album back in November. The result is a 6-track ep that is a force in melodic guitar rock. The ep, Mimic, will be released on February 14th.

Check out the final track from Mimic, "Maybe Town" below. You can catch Cold Blue Kid at Beat Kitchen on January 12th with Unplugged & Reborn, Videotape, and Smoke & Magic.

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On January 20th Brice Woodall is releasing his new ep, Some Odd Years. Brice’s music is best described as experimental folk, but it is hard to pin down his sound. He utilizes layers of electronics, and various sounds and noises. The ep will be released on cassette and will be given away for free at his release show at Ace Bar on the 20th.

Common Shiner made a late run in our recent poll, but fell short to Hidden Hospitals. However, you should still head out to Double Door on Wednesday, Jan. 10th, and check them out live. The band will be performing a set filled with new music, and the show is only $1.

MP3: Common Shiner "Faith & I"

Magic Milk has release a new digital ep called "Deep Stuff Vol. 1". The band embraces the lo-fi sound and have almost slacked to perfection on these three tracks. Keep in mind it takes some skill to sound and look like you don’t really care.

We received a record number of submissions for our Chicago Year End Poll for Emerging Artists. All of the submissions were ranked by Deli Editors from other cities and our finalist are listed below. These bands will advance to our Reader’s Poll phase together with the artists chosen by our jury of local "scene makers" which will be launching shortly. We would like to thank all of the bands that submitted, it was truly a great showing from Chicago.

1. Rabble Rabble
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1. Sharpless

1. Sissy Mena
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4. The Kickback
5. Paper Thick Walls
5. The Steepwater Band
6. Driftless Pony Club
6. Future Rock
6. Go Long Mule
6. I:Scintilla
6. Michael Lux and The Bad Sons
6. Mutts
6. The Sweeps

The Deli’s Staff

Warm Ones are releasing their new ep, Lena, today with a performance at Lincoln Hall tonight, Jan. 6th at 8pm. The band says they will be giving away free downloads of the ep to fans that attend the show.

EP3 has arrived and Secret Colours are back in full force. You grab your copy (physical or digital) here, and you can catch the band at Empty Bottle on Jan. 7th and Feb. 10th, and at Schubas on Jan. 25th.

Young Man has released a beautiful cover of "After Is Always Before" by Lia Ices. Hopefully this can hold us over to part two of his album trilogy coming this May.

Tonight (1/4/12) at Lincoln Hall, Young Jesus celebrates the release of their full-length debut Home. The show also includes Canasta, Brontosaurus, and Hemmingbirds.

The album is a triumph in garage rock and the albums first single, "Away" is a perfect example of the sound.