The names of Dirty on Purpose and Au Revoire Simone take us back to the very early Deli years – we covered both bands in print and online somewhere around 2005. ARS also played a rather legendary (at least for us) Deli show at Pete’s Candy Store (capacity… 30 people maybe?) before they started filling up Japanese arenas. But why are we saying this – you ask? Because we just learned that Doug Marvin from Dirty Projector and Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone not only are married, but they also have a new musical project called Pursesnatchers. This is actually Doug’s home recording project which ended up expanding into a 4 members band. Pursesnatchers have their debut album "A Pattern Language" scheduled to be released in July. Faithful to Dirty on Purpose’s aesthetics, this free single offers some catchy and upbeat drone-pop, although the sound and style are quite different from Doug’s old band – in a word, more concise.

Mp3: Pursesnatchers – Baseball on the Radio

P.S. But wasn’t Annie also involved with DOP at some point?

Thurston Moore – a man who ages so well he could be named "the Dorian Gray of the NYC Scene" – is about to release a new solo album entitled "Demolished Thoughts" under Matador’s powerful wing. The mp3 available for download (embedded here) features a cleaner, acoustic-but-still-fuzzy version of the usual dissonant-ish guitars that are such a big part of the Sonic Youth sound, plus a welcome use of a string section, which adds an overall orchestral flavor. Quite interestingly, the new album will feature not only a bio written by Thurston himself, but also a series of particular guitar tunings everybody’s noise rock hero has been adopting during the songwriting process.

Mp3: Thurston Moore – Circulation

Even though Sondre Lerche was born in one of the most sun deprived corners of the world (Norway) and is currently based in one of the most dark and experimental scenes in the world (Brookyln), his music reflects an upbeat optimism proper of sunnier ways of life. Sondre just announced the release of a new album on June 7th on Mona Records (Yep Rock Group) and will be performing at The Bowery Ballroom on June 4th.

U SAY USA have been strutting their rambunctious, psychedelic pop around their home borough since their inception within the McKibbin Loft basements in 2009. But this May, the band and their fans will call The Trash Bar (256 Grand St., Brooklyn) home. U SAY USA will give their rich canon a work-out as they take the stage with a unique set every Tuesday in May, flanked by handpicked local favorites (Not Blood Paint, Crash Robin, Food Stamps, My Cousin The Emperor, many more) for FOUR full Tuesday nights packed with awesome local music (and of course, Trash Bar’s 8-9 OPEN BAR and tater tots). The shows are every Tuesday in May (3/10/17/31, excluding the 24th) from 8pm-12am! For details check out the event flyer on the U SAY USA’s Facebook Fan Page.- (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here). The Deli’s NYC Open Blog is powered by The Music Building.

Psychedelic garage rockers, The Living Kills, are celebrating the completion of their upcoming album "Faceless Angels," with a pre-album release party at Public Assembly May 13, also featuring The Tablets, Indian Rebound, author readings, and food, book, music, and alcohol giveaways. WNYC Culture had this to say about the band’s 7-inch, "Like dutiful musical offspring of the Velvet Underground, the Living Kills play the kind of dark, psychedelic rock that sounds like it should’ve drifted out of the windows of the Factory in its ’60s heyday." And in the year since, they’ve only continued to evolve, adding texture and polish to their songs. Special guest Liz Godoy of the Tablets will join them singing back-up. – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here). The Deli’s NYC Open Blog is powered by The Music Building.

You know when you “accidentally” put too much tequila in that Margarita and end up liking it that much more? It’s that type of party. Sonia’s Party throws down a pungent fusion of soul and hip hop guaranteed to get your juices loose and your pumps jumping. Lead vocalist Sonia Kreitzer croons with a prowess akin to Gladys Knight while the band (featuring co-rapper Max Burgundy) generates enough funk and swing to keep everyone’s hips gyrating feverishly. They’re definitely a party group; with live raps, infectious rhythms, and brash attitude they pay tribute to the blossoming expanse of hipsterdom in which they’ve taken root. They’re a tongue-in-cheek makeout session completely cognizant of the irony spraying all over their wet T-shirt contest. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned veteran of the week-long bar crawl, Sonia’s Party is a shindig you simply must attend. – BrokeMC

Minerva Lions is an emerging Brooklyn band playing rather chilled alt-folk alternitevly reminiscent of Beck from the "Sea Change" period and early Gomez, although – now that I think about it – Ascension Day ( the song that made me think of Gomez) is more like a reinterpretation of Pink Folyd’s "Money". The band is getting a good amount of attention lately. They just released a 3 song EP you can stream here, and will be performing at a private last.fm party in Williamsburg on May 13 – you are NOT invited.

Punk-folk trio Bottle Up & Go – who shared stages with rather established like minded artists like Titus Andronicus, Crystal Antlers, Man Man, Deer Tick – are back after a few years of silence with a video and a new EP, to be released digitally in the summer.

For another fingerpicking folk artist coming out of Brooklyn, Howth has a great eidetic spectrum: It can take you on a drive through the country, it can take you to a peaceful city street at night, it can make you remember feeling in love. i.e., "Hey There Delilah" couldn’t hold a candle to Howth‘s "Timeless Square". (By the way, this CD is sold out, so that must mean something).

There’s something naturally beautiful in raw acoustic guitar and passionate, whispered singing.  Bird Courage plays the Silent Barn tomorrow, and it should be a pure, almost transcendental experience. The modern indie/folk duo is now recording an album due out this month; preview here.
 

When a band on myspace has six songs up, all with less than 100 hits, it’s usually an indicator of sub-indie mediocrity. However, I just landed on a legit electro/surf rock band FishDoctor, playing consistently catchy electronic rock for a 15-strong friend section. Check out my favorite FishDoctor track, "We are we".

These bands submitted their music for coverage on The Deli through this link. – All reviews by Caitlin Clive

On May 20, the best thing next to hearing epic, jangly bands on a spring break road trip will be seeing them play live at Glasslands. Whether you come out to see Radical Dads, three veteran rockers from Gowanus who sing about subjects ranging from dinosaurs to the La Brea Tar Pits, or Cymbals Eat Guitars, a band so emotional that lead singer Joseph D’Agostino has literally no control over his facial expressions when soloing, you’ll get all the elements of any good road trip out of this show (minus the scenery and high gas prices of course). I miss seeing groups like this, who have a sound as large as the destinations they’re writing about, and the ability to actually pull it off. Rounding out the evening will be the TV on the Radio-inspired Mirror Mirror and Iranian rockers The Yellow Dogs. Tickets on sale here. – Mike Levine, photo by Kristin Roby for The L Magazine.

Delicate Steve is the pseudonym of Steve Marion. At least it is sometimes. Other times it can mean a number of different things, but more on that later. Hailing from New Jersey, Marion has emerged as one of the Garden State’s most exciting prospects. Blending trippy percussion loops with catchy avant-garde rhythms, he’s tearing up the pop rulebook, and creating a buzz that has been felt down the turnpike and throughout the five boroughs. – Read Dean Van Nguyen’s feature on Delicate Steve here. – Delicate Steve will play The Deli’s NYC B.E.A.F. at Brooklyn Bowl on May 28 with Headless Horseman.

In a city the size of New York, it can be hard to keep up with the many scenes and genres of the moment. Chill-wave, lo-fi, weirdo-beard-core… But what about the straight up rock bands? How do they get the proper rock and roll recognition of a band like The Hold Steady or Obits without some bandwagon to give them a lift? When they have “nothing” but amazing talent and great songs and motivation to work with?
For Appomattox, the plan is to work hard, practice hard, and keep playing. – Read Liz Schroeter’s interview with the band here. Appomattox will play at Pianos on May 14.