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Fun video from our Open Blog: Top Ten Lovers

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Top Ten Lovers Say: "We love, hate, and aren’t sure about…owl caricatures, buffalo hunting, Betty Davis, people that need a lot of attention, Paul Westerberg, perfect hair, Tom Waits, hangovers, trains, fog and steam, Dwight Yoakam, TV, Television, indecision, heartache, Sly Stone, Velvet underground, J Lindeberg, Woo, catching wild animals with your hands, loud-ass guitar amps, falling in love, Mark Bolan, Sleep Dirt, THE CLASH!!! staying for one more, Scott Walker, non-guys, Russian Animation, burgers, stealing cigarette lighters, beating on the brat, Brooklyn, late night jams, Sexy beast, revolution, drumbo, the shaving of the widows peak, Silver apples, Adidas, computers, coffee, war, Leonard Cohen, hurricanes, fire places, secrets, black clouds of smoke, automatic weapons, the smell of dead leaves, Daniel Johnston, Joe Tex, Mitch Mitchell , Dave Davies, hey buddy deli phone chat, mods and rockers, blues hammer, empty socks, carrying stress in the jaw, chick chat, Hasil Adkins, Hudson river,The War on Drugs, pop culture, dropping out, Townes Van Zandt, tape machines, sleeping late, distant cousins, fugazi, a sharp knife, a deck of cards, mass media, drones, sheep, and their behavior, fingerino, hillbilly junk, texas, panic, scroungers, peepers,stoners".

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NYC Artists on the rise: Hypernova

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Iranian-born rockers, turned New Yorkers via Los Angeles, Hypernova, are set to release their debut album “Through the Chaos” through Narnack Records this spring. Raam (vocals/guitar), Jamshid (bass), Kami (drums), Kodi (guitar), and Poya (rhythm guitar) have endured the chaos and limits of Tehran and the competition of the music scene in American metropolises only to emerge on top. The quintet masters rollicking and bright guitars, accompanied by forceful, syncopated drums, and an interchange of tormented and hopeful lyrics about their struggle, journey, and fortitude. The group’s fast-paced, dark dance-rock fits comfortably into the New York groove; and with the new album on the way, these determined gentlemen are sure to fulfill their American and rock n’ roll dreams. – Meijin Bruttomesso

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From our Open Blog: Childe

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Some may say that by the sheer sound of their music, Brooklyn based trio – CHILDE – was born out of the side of a dragon’s fiery head or perhaps the hairy gut of a bearded gypsy. But reality has proven that the strangely heroic and poetic rock of this new band stems from the wit and spit of their hard work. CHILDE has sprouted a surprising new sound – something earth shattering and soul satisfying – a solid sense of proportion and passion amidst the vast vagueness of music in our culturally over-saturated contemporanea. A fiery blend of stoned-out punk rock and psychadelia with a pop sensibility to make any music lover feel they are on the edge of a great vastness with no strings attached. – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here).

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Beautiful new video by Paul and the Patients – Live at Union Hall on 02.03

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Gravity is a rare quality in rock music nowadays – the gravity you find in those intense songs from the 60s and 70s, from the Doors to John Lennon, from David Bowie to Syd Barret. Brooklyn’s Paul and the Patients own that trait, not only in their songwriting, but also in their looks – and we dig it. This new video develops a simple idea in a gorgeous way, and definitely enhances the intensity of the song (called "Complaint 15), that really sounds like a classic to our ears.

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The Vandelles release new CD in the UK + play Mercury

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The Vandelles (who placed 22nd on our Best of NYC 2009 Poll) have just release a new self titled EP in the UK under SVC Records. The band’s sound (quite literally) reverberates with British noise pop influences reminiscent of Jesus and Mary Chain with an added blues, surf and… vampire edge ("vampire"? Is that a new genre? – we hear you ask. Yeah maybe… you know when the vocals sound like they are coming from… hell or something?). Don’t miss them tonight (01.22) opening for Serena Maneesh at Mercury Lounge.

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NYC Artists on the Rise: Shayna Zaid & The Catch live at Rockwood

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We stubmled upon Shayna Zaid & The Catch last night at Southpaw and were charmed by their sunny and well performed rootsy pop. I guess we weren’t the only ones to be charmed considering that as of late the band signed not one but 7 tv Licenses and 2 ABC Family films. They are also doing an in studio perfromance next week on Break Thru Radio and Sirius. The band has a busy schedule ahead with a series of shows booked – including several performances at SXSW and a showcase tonight (01.22) at Rockwood Music Hall in the LES. Check them out!

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Talk Normal Win Deli Best of NYC Poll + Cover of Deli’s Spring Issue!

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Noise is back with a bang in the NYC music scene! Brooklyn turbolent Talk Normal are the winners of our Year End Best of NYC poll (the full chart, including 67 emerging artist, can be found here). The band gathered 8 jury and one Deli writers’ votes which allowed them to seal the poll’s 1st position – even if they obviously didn’t promote the readers’ poll (only 5 votes were cast in their favor in that department). Hey, we are cool with that! The fans’ vote, though, was instrumental in assigning positions from #2 to #7 – as these 6 artists all received 7 votes between the jury and the Deli writers. Freelance Whales and Bear in Heaven will therefore need to thank their fanbase for appearing on the smaller cover pictures of the Spring 2010 issue of The Deli. We’d like to bring to everybody’s attention that any of these 6 bands could have won the overall contest if they had placed 1st or 2nd in our readers’ poll – we are saying this because often readers and bands complain about the fact that in our system the readers’ votes don’t bear enough weight.

Curiously enough, Freelance Whales‘ 2nd place seems like a symbolic testament to how wide the NYC scene’s sonic spectrum is: where Talk Normal’s music literally couldn’t exist without electricity, the guys in Freelance Whales pride themselves of being able to play live shows without any amplification – not even microphones (that’s what they did during our packed CMJ party in October – although sure enough some people in the back couldn’t hear much…)

Bear in Heaven (in third place) complete our virtual podium with their texturally rich psych rock. In a rock scene as fragmented as ever (in which attitude more than genre has become the aggregating component) the psych rock and shoegazer community of artists represents an exception; they are part of probably the only genre-defined rock scene in NYC, developing a very defined sonic legacy. Bear in Heaven – an incredibly talented and hard working band – is definitely one of the best expressions of the current NYC psychedelic sound.

64 more bands are listed in our charts, from the world conquering, exotic experimentations of Dirty Projectors to the beautifully sparse and intimate songs of Callers (the two bands coincidentially share the same record label, together with our current cover band Glass Ghost). We will cover all these bands in the spring issue of The Deli and on our NYC site in the following months.

The Deli’s Staff

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Best of NYC 2009 – Composite Chart Final Results

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   Artist  J  W+C  R  Total  
1
Talk Normal
8
1
0.005
9.005
2
Freelance Whales
5
2
0.089
7.089
3
Bear In Heaven
7
 
0.044
7.044
4
Dirty Projectors
5
2
0.025
7.025
5
The Antlers
5
2
0.024
7.024
6
Real Estate
4

3

0.012
7.012
7
Sleigh Bells
6
1
0.003
7.003
8
Cymbals Eat Guitars
3
3
0.014
6.014
9
Buke and Gass
6
 
0.002
6.002
10
Beach Fossils
3
2
0.004
5.004
11
Sharon Van Etten
3
2
0.002
5.002
12
Midnight Masses
4
0.75
0.019
4.769
13
The Woes
3
1
0.072
4.072
14
The Dig
4
 
0.014
4.014
15
Dinosaur Feathers
3
1
0.01
4.01
16
The Depreciation Guild
3
1
0.005
4.005
17
Small Black
3
1
0.004
4.004
18
Here We Go Magic
3
1
0.003
4.003
 
Woods
2
2
0.003
4.003
20
Midnight Spin
 
1
3
4
21
April Smith
1
2.5
0.085
3.585
22
The Vandelles
 
3.5
0.039
3.539
23
Motel Motel
 
3.5
0.005
3.505
24
The London Souls
3
 
0.5
3.50
25
Penguin Prison
3
 
0.067
3.067
26
Gordon Voidwell
3
 
0.052
3.052
27
Asa Ransom
2
1
0.03
3.030
28
Air Waves
3
 
0.015
3.015
29
The Drums
2
1
0.008
3.008
30
Zombie Dogs
3
 
0.006
3.006
31
FaltyDL
3
 
0.002
3.002
32
The Shake
 
1.5
1.5
3
33
Cavalier Rose
 
0.75
2
2.75
34
The Paper Raincoat
 
1
0.096
2.596
35
The Courtesy Tier
 
1
1
2.5
36
Anamanaguchi
 
1
0.056
2.056
37
The Fearsome Sparrow
2
 
0.04
2.04
38
Hospitality
2
 
0.007
2.007
39
Liturgy
2
 
0.005
2.005
 
Earl Greyhound
1
1
0.005
2.005
41
Ninjasonk
2
 
0.004
2.004
42
A Rose Parade
2
 
0.004
2.004
43
Javelin
2
 
0.003
2.003
44
Double Wonderful
2
 
0.001
2.001
 
Locksley
2
 
0.001
2.001
 
Glass Ghost
2
 
0.001
2.001
 
Streetlab
 
1
0.001
2.001
 
Xeno & Oaklander
1
1
0.001
2.001
49
Miracles of Modern…
 
1.75
0.038
1.788
50
Monogold
 
1.5
0.077
1.577
51
Catarina Dos Santos
 
1.5
0.014
1.514
52
Hawk and Dove
1
 
0.148
1.148
53
Zambri
 
1
0.138
1.138
54
Eskalators
1
 
0.085
1.085
55
Julie Peel
 
1
0.051
1.051
56
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The Deli’s Year End Best of NYC Fans’ Poll Final Top 20 Chart!

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1
 Midnight Spin  
2
 Cavalier Rose  
3
 The Shake  
4
 The Courtesy Tier  
5
 The London Souls  
6
 Hawke and Dove  
7
 Zambri  
8
 The Paper Raincoat  
9
 Freelance Whales  
10
 April Smith  
11
 Eskalators  
12
 Monogold  
13
 The Woes  
14
 Penguin Prison  
15
 Anamanaguchi  
16
 Gordon Voidwell  
17
 Julie Peel  
18
 Jones Street Station  
19
 Bear In Heaven  
20
 El Jezel  
This is the final Top 20 chart of the Deli’s Year End Best of NYC Fans’ Poll for emerging artists – breakdown of the votes here.

On Wednesday we’ll publish the chart of the Best of NYC 2009 Poll, which will assign the cover of the spring printed issue of The Deli Magazine.

As we have 67 artists on this list, we are taking a few days to double check all the votes, which were assigned through a rather complicated system involving a jury of scene makers, The Deli’s writers, our readers, the bands’ fans, and also through an initial open contest – full rules can be found here.

Stay tuned!

The Deli’s Staff
 

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Best of NYC 2009 – List of Jurors and Writers

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We would like to say a big "Thank You" to all the jurors who helped us, with their vote, compile the list of The Deli’s Year End Best of NYC Emerging Artists.

List of Jurors (in random order): John Donohue (The New Yorker) – Daniel Givens (Other Music) – Claire McNamara (Oh My Rockness) – Frank Garcia (Union Pool) – DJ MOJO – Andy Bodor (Cake Shop) – Doug DeFalco (Southpaw) – Pianos Talent Buyers – Darrell McNeill (BAM) – Jack McFadden (The Bell House/Union Hall) – Max Brennan (Lit Lounge) – Tammy Sprinkle (Soundfix) – Karen Soskin (East Village Radio) – Jessica Dessner (Sycamore) – Matt Tyson (Earfarm.com) – Nora Walker (I Rock I Roll Blog) – Christopher R. Weingarten (1,000 times yes) – Marc Hutner (Ascap) – Brandon Haas (BMI) – Jamie Dominguez (SESAC) – Trevor Silmser (The Studio at Webster Hall).

The following Deli writers cast their vote as well: Andrew Spaulding, Erin O’Keefe, Nancy Chow, Paul Dunn, Ryan Henriquez, Liz Schroeter, Simon Heggie, Nicholas Palumbo, Joe Coscarelli, Lauren Piper, Charles Davis, Lindsey Goetz, Chloe Schildhouse.

Thank you to all the bands who participated to our poll either by submitting to the open contest or be simply being selected, and thanks to all the fans and Deli readers that animated our fans’ poll.

NYC Deli Editor in Chief Paolo De Gregorio also voted as part of the jury (we don’t really need to thank him, as he’s writing this!). Many other scene makers and Deli writers were asked to vote and – for a reason or another – they didn’t; we point this out because we want you all to realise that also this element (the missing votes) had a crucial influence on the results.

The Deli’s Staff

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Best of NYC 2009 – Deli Writers Chart: Real Estate + Cymbals Eat Guitars

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 Cymbals Eat Guitars
 
 Real Estate
3
 The Antlers
 
 Beach Fossils
 
 Dirty Projectors
 
 Freelance Whales
 
 Motel Motel
 
 Sharon Van Etten
 
 The Vandelles
 
 Woods
This year we gathered so much data for our Year End Best of NYC Poll that we can even give you a chart of our Deli writers vote – here it is.

The top two bands received 3 votes from our writers, while the groups of bands in 3rd place received 2 writers’ votes each.

The Deli’s Staff