NYC

Deranged NYC garage rock: The Natch! Live at The Delancey on 02.19

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The Natch is a new local female fronted trio that plays some kind of deranged garage rock in the best NYC tradition: lots of attitude, big distorted guitars, crooked vibe and a coordinating wardrobe. The band is currently working on their debut CD, scheduled to be released in the summer, but they haven’t put their live appearences on hold because of this: you can catch them live at The Delancey on Friday 02.19 and in several other cities in May during their East Coast tour.

New England

Theodore Treehouse @ Slainte Wine Bar, Portland, ME, 2.16

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Theodore Treehouse is relatively new to Portland, but thanks to a grand network of friends and a venue that will welcome almost anything that resembles a music group, Treehouse was given a vessel to kick the ass of 100 or more ears on Tuesday night. Despite the band being in an early stage, their songs were incredibly catchy and well-crafted. The core of every song was poppy, but there were some more experimental elements (repetition, jamming) that kept the band from being just another pop act. It’d be safe to say these guys (and gal) are garage pop, very much like Portland’s Metal Feathers. The timbre can make or break a band, and this band’s timbre has a wonderful coat: guitar on distortion, fuzzy synthesizer, forward bass, dynamic drums and a scratchy, but lovable voice. You could say Treehouse can fall in somewhere between Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade and earlier Animal Collective, but comparisons like this ultimately do the band a disservice, especially when they bring a completely new sound to the table and deserve the credit. If you’re interested in following the Portland music scene, Theodore Treehouse is definitely a band to take note of. I can sense that they’ll be playing a lot more shows with better-known bands real soon.

–Dylan Martin

Chicago

Ok Go on Fuel TV

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You know you’re big time when… It seems like a set up to a punchline, but the truth as soon as Ok Go hit those treadmills they became “big time”. Their latest trick is a partnership with Gibson Guitars that has now found them playing on Fuel TV tomorrow night with their ultra-customized Gibson guitars. Ok Go will be performing song from their latest album Of The Blue Colour of the Sky with their new equipment that have been modified with interactive laser systems that respond to the playing of the strings, which then project abstract images that are graphic interpretations of the music. The group collaborated with artist Moritz Waldemeyer and Fendi to create these incredibly elegant and wholly unique instruments. The instruments will make their TV debut on Fuel TV’s “The Daily Habit” tomorrow night (Feb. 18th) at 8:00pm.

Chicago

Concert Review: Coach House Sounds Night @ The Whistler

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It happens all the time, right? You walk into to your local bar and pounding drums, swirling organs, and measured guitar. You turn to look at the stage there you see a man in a peach dress were a sort of headdress make out of flowers and banging on sheet metal. Well, it is only happened to if you had walked during a performance by the Chicago legends ONO like I did last night at The Whistler. ONO has been perfecting their wild performance art since 1980, and completely wowed the crowd. Lead singer Travis merged the presence of Saul Williams, the darkness of Mike Patton, and the fashion of Courtney Love. His is a frightening crooner that often breaks to the darker side of things.

Following ONO was the psychedelic furry or Moonrises. This band was a sonic explosion and they played with passion and plenty of feedback. They combine elements of popular acts like Wolfmother or The Black Keys, but adds a fierce darkness to their sound.

The night was incredible, but I had to leave before the gentler Lesser Birds of Paradise took the Stage. Coach House Sounds had done it again, combined inventive music with live literary reading and created an atmosphere charged with creativity.

You can catch ONO and witness the madness in person on Feb 26th @ The Woodlawn Collaborative with Suckling Pigs and Anemrosetone.

Austin

T Bird and the Breaks!

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T-Bird and the Breaks can fully be described in the word ‘classic.’ Soul music with mastery of all the familiar and effective hooks and blues bass lines that defined early rock & roll. T-Bird & The Breaks seem to be ripped right from that era, back when parents were squares, music was the devil’s work, and kids couldn’t get enough of it — which is fitting enough, because T-Bird is just like that, makes you feel young, makes you want to get up and move around, and you just can’t get enough of it. The 10-piece band ranges everything from funk to soul to blues to funk to rockabilly; listening to T-Bird & the Breaks is like experiencing the history of Texas Music, like listening to the soul of the state. 

 

Since November, T-Bird and the Breaks have been releasing a single the first Tuesday every month that will keep going on ’til April – that’s right, two new songs, every month.  Following in their yesteryear style – though the new music attempts to stray away from this sensibility, making style their playground – the singles are available on 7" vinyl as well as digitial download.  Giving them a chance to flex a more experimental muscle, the most recent single, “The Piano Joint” showcases two different songs toying with a more hand-churned, hip-hop-meets-big-band-meets-funk feel.  Not to say that’s not what T-Bird & the Breaks had going on before, but this hits you in a different way.

Playing next Friday, Feb. 19 at Antones, end your President’s-Day-Week right with some jazzy-bluesy, bluesy-jazzy, sweet funky soul music that’ll warm you off from the cold and get you moving, dancing and sweating.

–Mitchell Mazurek

 

Philadelphia

Grandchildren and Pink Skull Bring Their Circle of Life to JB’s Feb. 17

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JB’s is hosting a bill that should have your head spinning and your ass moving. Grandchildren, runner-up of our recent Best of Philly Emerging Artist(s) Poll, with their bombastic sound that slips and slides into ethereal moments that might be found “the day after” nuclear devastation, will be opening for local DJs turned full fledged band Pink Skull, whose time travel electronica will get survivors of Grandchildren’s set dancing towards a new world. But before this apocalyptic event and rebirth, Brooklyn’s Dinowalrus will bring you the feelings of chaos and acceptance that ensue before such momentous occasions. Survivors will be rewarded greatly! Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 9pm, $10, 21+ – Q.D. Tran
Philadelphia

Kurt Vile Comes Home to The Barbary Feb. 17

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Philly’s “childish prodigy” Kurt Vile will be hitting up the Barbary tonight. He’ll be bringing along his steadfast companions The Violators and hopefully that great looking hair. Vile delivers noisy, deliberate pop-rock tunes compared to folks like Tom Petty and The Boss, but his sound is not at all stuck in the past. On his newest album, Childish Prodigy, out on Matador, his arrangements are intricate, entwined and washed in distortion. His deep, lazy drawl nicely compliments the psychedelic tunes. Kurt Vile and The Violators will be swinging home for the evening along with his Canuck tour mates Fucked Up before continuing their travels up North. The Barbary, 951 N. Frankford Ave., 7pm, $12, 21+ myspace.com/kurtvileofphilly – Adam G.
 
NYC

Submit to play during SXSW! – Music Tech Mashup Party!

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Deli readers who play in bands,

The Deli has reserved 3 showcase slots at Music Tech Mashup during SXSW, which will take place at Rusty Spurs in Austin, TX on 7th St. on March 17. Rusty Spurs features 3 stages with an 800 person capacity in the middle of it all and is an official SXSW venue. During SXSW it will host shows by heavy hitters like Echo and the Bunnymen, Vega (Neon Light side project) and Semi Precious Weapons (recently on tour with Lady Gaga) amongst others.

To apply to play this SXSW show all you need to do is fill in this form HERE and click on the confirmation email you’ll receive (this will simply add you to our mailing list and enter your band in our fabulous charts organized by genre and region – one day we’ll also create band profiles!). 3 artists will be selected by the organizers (one of them will be a local Austin, TX artist). Any band that is available to travel to Austin is eligible. Submission deadeline is Monday 02.22 at 11.59 pm.

Music Tech Mashup Showcase (hosted by Coast to Coast Models & Events and presented by The Deli, Hunnypot, GreenShoeLace) will celebrate the convergence of music and technology and the opportunities it presents for everyone involved just as SXSW itself switches gears from Interactive Week to Music Week.This is a list of some of the artists already booked: Jada – Universal Motown Records (Boston, MA) – Bamboo Shoots – Epic Records (New York) – Shinobi Ninja – (Brooklyn, NY) – McAlister Drive – (Boston, MA) – Odd Modern – (Los Angeles, CA) – Keys and Crates (Toronto, Canada) – Curtis Santiago (Toronto, Canada) – Keith Masters (Chicago, IL) – FutureCop! (UK) – Mark Foster (Los Angles, CA).

The Deli’s Staff

Portland

Archeology Looking for Video Extras this Saturday

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If you are anything like me – a total attention whore – you would jump at any opportunity to get your name and/or face shown to the public. Instead of spending countless hours trying to make a video to be on the soul-sucking, brain-numbing Real World, why not be a part of something local and that doesn’t require utter humiliation?

Portland’s Archeology is looking for extras for their video shoot for “By the By,” which is a single off their new album Memorial due out next month. The shoot will be this Saturday, February 20th. The locale is Sauvie’s Island and St. Helens. The feel of the video is creepy mixed with celebratory angst, and the band asks that everyone dresses in ’30s-’60s period clothes.

Meeting time is 12 p.m. on Saturday at the parking garage under the NW Burnside Fred Meyers. This sounds like a ridiculously fun time and a great chance to support a local band. If I wasn’t whoring myself out somewhere else this Saturday I would be there fo’sho’. Oh, and don’t forget to come out for Archeology’s show at Mississippi Studios this Wednesday, February 17th with fellow Portland mellow-rockers Oh Captain, My Captain, and Seattle’s The Globes. Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. $8

– Deanna Uutela

San Francisco

The Deli SF’s Weekend Highlights For 2/17-2/21

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While the rest of San Francisco gears up for Noise Pop next week, this weekend it seems that the Bay Area’s psychedelic roots have decided to pop up in force for various performances around the city.

Tomorrow night the 17th the fantastic noisy garage-psyche band White Cloud will be sharing the stage with the more folk-y Ash Reiter and TV Mike and the Scarecrows at the Rickshaw stop. That show incidentally is Ash Reiter’s CD release party as well.

Friday night the 19th at Bottom of the Hill Here Come the Saviors will be performing their shoe-gaze inspired psychedelia with Boy in the Bubble at 9pm. For a more traditionalist approach to psychedelic rock Friday night, head across town for The Love Dimension performing with The Parties, The Polymers, and Augustus at Kimo’s.

If you’re in the East Bay with a hankering for traditional 60s inspired psyche, Teenage Sweater, The Buttercream Gang, The Helen Kelers, and Samvega will be playing across the water at The Stork Club around 8pm also on Friday.

That’s all for this week. Be sure to keep updating the calender and check back for next week’s recommendations.

 

-Ada Lann

Chicago

Cap’n Jazz Reunion is Offical!

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Today Jade Tree Records and The Bottom Lounge announced the official reunion of Cap’n Jazz. On June 15th, Jade Tree will be reissuing the bands album Analphabetapolothology. The double LP will be packaged in a deluxe gatefold album jacket with plenty of bonus material not included with the original CD release, including never before seen photos, show fliers, and new liner notes by Tim Kinsella. This may not come as a surprise to those who managed to catch the surprise live set the band played last month, but the band is planning an official reunion show on July 17th at The Bottom Lounge. Cap’n Jazz is frequently recognized as one of the most influential bands every to grace Chicago’s indie scene even though they only had one official release in the seven years they were together. Since their split bands like Joan of Arc and The Promise Ring have formed, and flourished. This is truly a reunion not to be missed.

Chicago

Fake Fictions Final EP

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Fake Fictions played their final show on November 20th, and then went into the studio to record their final four tracks. You can see why the arrival this their final ep, Magic Infinity, is bittersweet. Recorded at Glamour Studios Logan Square with Gerard Barreto and Seth Vanek, these four tracks further exemplify the cleaner sound the band had been perfecting. These tracks guide the band even further into realm of ‘70’s rock and way from the surf-basement pop they had been playing a few years back. However, it is very much present in a track like “(Step Into The) Brite Lite”. This is a wonderfully farewell from a band that has always been drastically underrated.

You can download Magic Infinity for free through the Fake Fiction’s website.