As heard in "The Mountainside" (streaming below) or "When You Were Born" from his 2013 release ‘The Lonesome World Beyond the Trees,’ upstate New York-bred musician Elijah Wolf makes impressively sophisticated folk. Like Fleet Foxes, the early-twenties singer/songwriter tells relatable stories of longing that are delightfully accentuated by sweeping strings and thumping percussion. According to his Facebook timeline, the New York City-based Wolf is currently working on new music. In the meantime, he performs at The Mercury Lounge on 9.25. – Zach Weg
Nashville
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Kilo Tango to Release EP on 7″
With scorching summer days slowly fading into crisp autumn nights, it’s about time to gather ’round a bonfire and a turntable to mourn the loss of our beach flings and bikini weather. Luckily, Florida dream-garage rockers Kilo Tango have the cure for your summertime sadness… and it’s coming out on vinyl.
With Katie Mitchell’s candy-like vocals and straightforward lyrics on top of echoey surf guitar and light, steady percussion, Kilo Tango’s newest single "Will U Go" is a sweet, salty beach breeze with a sandy grit. You can download the EP "Bleu"for only a buck from Further Sky Records AND/or pre-order the super-limited vinyl with YOUR NAME on the back!
Listen to the two-song EP below and grab your copy while they last. -Caroline Bowman
NYC
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Brooklyn folk quintet Wilder Maker plays The Bowery Electric tomorrow (9.3)
The past is hard yet holy on Brooklyn folk quintet Wilder Maker‘s April-released EP, ‘Everyday Crimes Against Objects of Desire, Volume II.’ Comprised of such guitar-ached tracks as "Relief" and "Liliana" (streaming below), the second part of a trilogy is a tome on the lovelorn moments that have us looking back in smile-faced melancholy. Like the great poet C.K. Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Repair, the album illuminates the profound in the mundane, imbuing seemingly senseless pain with a certain sacredness. Wilder Maker is set to release ‘Everyday Crimes Against Objects of Desire, Volume III’ on 9.25. In the meantime, the band plays at The Bowery Electric on Thursday, 9.3. – Zach Weg
Philadelphia
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Free Download: “Revenge Of The Nameless Ranger” – Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball are working through some difficult times right now with the need to recently cancel their Australian tour with Iron Chic as well as their appearances in the UK at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, due to Brendan Luken’s continued struggles with anxiety and depression. It’s a difficult one but absolutely the right move. The band just made its latest single, "Revenge Of The Nameless Ranger," available for streaming and free download. The track was originally an exclusive download for those who pre-ordered tickets to their upcoming tour with PUP, Jeff Rosentstock, and Tiny Moving Parts, which will closeout in Philly on Saturday, December 12 at Union Transfer. We wish Brendan and the rest of the MB gang all the best.
Philadelphia
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New Music Video: “Pretty” – Girlpool
Below is a new music video from Girlpool for the track "Pretty," off the duo’s latest album Before The World Was Big (Wichita). It was directed by Allyssa Yohana, Harmony Tividad, and Cleo Tucker. Girlpool is about to start their European tour, and will be touring the U.S. this fall with Alex G, Frankie Cosmos, Eskimeaux, Told Slant, and Joyce Manor, which will culminate with a homecoming show on Saturday, November 14 at First Unitarian Church. (Photo by Allyssa Yohana)
Philadelphia
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Rock Out for Knockout Benefit Show at WCL Sept. 2
After living in Philly all these years, it’s sad to say that you grow accustomed to all the violence that surrounds you. However, it doesn’t mean that you should be numb and turn a blind eye to it. On July 25, fourth grade school teacher and former Liberty roller-derby skater, Danecia “Nina Knockout” Berrian, and her one-year-old baby girl were brutally attacked in their home, suffering multiple stab wounds. Denecia is currently in stable condition, but her daughter is still in critical care. Things like this shouldn’t happen, especially to good people! If you’d like to help out, come out to World Café Live this evening for Rock Out for Knockout Benefit Show featuring Foxtrot & the Get Down, Billy Black, The Sideshow Prophets, and Chalk & The Beige Americans. In addition to ticket proceeds, donations will also be collected to help Danecia and her daughter through this tragic event in their lives that no one should experience. World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 7pm, $15, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman
Philadelphia
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New Mumblr EP Available for Streaming & Download
After prolifically releasing two LPs and 4 EPs since 2013, alt-rockers Mumblr just shared their new three-song EP, entitled Super! Premium! Deluxe! It’s the group’s first record of 2015 and the follow-up to Full Of Snakes, which was The Deli Philly’s October 2014 Record of the Month. You can stream and download their latest EP below, and catch Mumblr this Saturday, September 5 at Lavendar Town’s One Year Anniversary Party.
NYC
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Alternative rock band Broke Royals to play Tropicalia, 9/18, and support second EP release
Broke Royals are a bold duo hailing from Virginia, bringing with them an inspired sound and fun energy. Having played together for barely a year, members Philip Basnight and Colin Cross have recorded and released two stellar EPs, The Luxury of Time Pts. I & II, fusing their different creative spirits into a wondrous collaboration. Broke Royals are fresh and they’re similar to the best parts of Bastille, but with an acoustic bent and heartstring-tugging lyrics. They’re on the rise in the region: they opened for UK band Life in Film last week. You can catch this dynamic pairing live at the Tropicalia, 9/18, playing second between Skyline Hotel and Bencoolen. Doors at 7, $10, and a great time is assured. -Jonathan Goodwin
San Francisco
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Music Video Premiere: Katie Garibaldi – Lock The Door, Lose The Key
We’re excited to premiere a new music from the San Francisco based country artist, Katie Garibaldi. Garibaldi is another local artist who chooses to express herself in a more traditional music genre. With her beautiful voice and talent for musical arrangement, we always respect Katie for her hard work and well written country ballads.
I’ve kind of nicknamed "Lock The Door, Lose The Key" the ‘newlywed song’ because it’s basically about newlywed business. When I go through big life moments, including falling in love and getting married, those subjects infuse themselves into my creative mind and are reflected in my songwriting. I wrote a lot of the songs on my album, Follow Your Heart during the period of my life when I was engaged and newly married. "Lock The Door, Lose The Key" is about that honeymoon phase my husband and I were in when we basically just wanted to lock ourselves away in a blissful nest and forget the rest of the world. It’s become one of my favorite songs to perform live from the album because I’ve noticed how happy it makes people who are listening. It’s a really fun story and a staple song off Follow Your Heart that contributes to the record’s signature sound, so I chose this song for my first official music video to celebrate the album’s one-year anniversary as a celebration of what an absolute blast this past year has been touring with these songs, and as a personal thank you to my supporters. – Katie Garibaldi on writing Lock the Door, Lose the Key
Check out Katie’s "newlywed song", Lock the Door, Lose the Key exclusively on The Deli Magazine San Francisco!
Toronto
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Video Premiere: Flamingo Bay – “Righteousness”
There’s no denying that Toronto and Hamilton have their share of hot spots to hit up when the sun goes down. Even if it isn’t about a specific location, the new video by Hamilton jam-rockers Flamingo Bay shows that sometimes it’s cool to just walk around the city at night and pretend you’re in a music video. The 5-minute film captures guitarist Dillon Henningson through Go Pro footage walking (and cabbing) around, sampling the good stuff from Toronto and Hamilton’s nightlife. A couple of landmarks from each city make an appearance (Honest Ed’s, The Baltimore house) as well as everyone’s favourite default beer of choice (“Old Style” Pilsner). It’s about as straight forward of a video as you can get, but it coincides perfectly with the mid-tempo jam about heart broken dudes and people changing. Check it out below! – Chris PJ D
NYC
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Chillout with indie rockers Hillary Chillton Saturday at The Smell
Hillary Chillton, or "Hill Chill" as it’s affectionately inked, is a band that resides just east of Pomona in the quiet suburbs of Claremont. The five-piece rep the VLHS Warehouse in Pomona that, like DIY venues Bridgetown and The Smell, have never wavered to bring great local talent and ennervate youths to support the music community. As such, there’s an opulence of hi-gain twinkle and garage dirt in Hillary Chillton’s indie rock sound that balances pop sensibility without sacrificing that DIY aesthetic (their outputs are personally recorded and engineered). They’re also really into Weezer and Modest Mouse — just don’t harp them to cover "Float On" or "Pork and Beans".
Find them Friday at the stage of San Diego’s AwesomeFest 9, or hang back and watch them at The Smell this Saturday with some local cats: the previously featured post-rock angels Young Lovers and garage punk Saiyans Dustin and The Explosions. Listen to "Devil in Tights" from their recent split with Void Boys pop punk from the Bay. – Ryan Mo
NYC
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From The Deli submissions: debut single from FEVER HIGH
"Tantalized" (streaming below) is the first single off the debut EP from Brooklyn-based indie-pop duo FEVER HIGH. Replete with perky synths, neon melodies, bright and catchy vocals, and a bevy of "oh-oo-ohs" and "doo-doo-doos," the song is an infectious electro-pop tune that would fit right in at an ’80s dance party. The duo consists of singers and instrumentalists Anna Nordeen and Reni Lane, and the EP was recorded and produced by Adam Schlesinger (the bassist for popular NY acts Fountains of Wayne and Ivy). Although the group has no scheduled shows, the EP is currently in the works. – Patrick Wolff