NYC

Deli Party with Glass Ghost, Flotilla, Naked Hearts Tonight! $10, 19+

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Don’t miss the Deli’s 21st issue party tonight at The Studio at Webster!

Glass Ghost – the band gracing our latest issue’s cover – will be headlining the bill. The Brooklyn based duo’s sparse, trippy, enigmatic and subduedly subversive sound conquered the Deli NYC editorial staff’s ears.

A slew of 5 other emerging local bands are opening, including NYC/Monteral’s Flotilla and other orchestral-ish acts like The Loom and Miracles of Modern Science. Echostream and Naked Hearts will contribute with electronic fluorishes and indie rockness respectively.

Here’s the schedule:

Doors at 7.20 – $10, 19+
7.30 The Loom
8.15 Echostream
9.00 Miracles of Modern Science
9.45 Naked Hearts
10.30 Flotilla
11.15 Glass Ghost

Webster Hall is at 125 E 11th Street in Mahnattan

P.S. Apologies for the quick flier… we are still recovering from the insane amount of work related to our Year End Polls!

Chicago

Linear Views

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Like a tortured replica of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Syllable Section present a warped and damaged brand of pop. Their debut album, Linear Views, sounds like a demonic, drug induced, ‘60’s pop binge played in reverse, or perhaps a traditional pop tune cut-up, taped back together, and then looped. What ever it is, this psychedelic mess, the listener is taken on a journey that changes them and they are never really the same.

Vocalist Mathew Marquardt makes Kevin Barnes look sane as he places his falsetto whine on tracks about “Normalcy”, loneliness, mood changes, and other craziness. You will feel like you have heard pieces of this before, but never be able to zero in on melody or rhythm. There is beauty in these tracks, but it is being repeatedly strangled to death. The Syllable Section is both traumatic and enjoyable.

Austin

Closer Look at Manikin; Show 2/13

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Manikin is one of several current bands emerging in the nascent Austin post-punk/new wave revivalist scene. Their rhythm section gravitates toward classic punk 130 bpm grooves. However, Manikin’s overall sound evokes a sense of nostalgia for late 70’s British music scene when punk had evolved to embrace a more experimental style, complex arrangements and primitive melodic elements. It’s no wonder then that frontman Alfie sites as a major influence the seminal Siouxsie & the Banshees.

After three previous albums almost entirely in a classic punk vein, Manikin’s incipient post-punk charm is displayed on their latest 2009 LP Stop the Sirens. Alfie’s effective but not affected use of telephone distortion voice effects as well as the introduction of trumpeter Bill Jeffery’s frantic brass melodies splashed like cold water across the irreverent face of songs such as "Leaders" and "Perfect Pictures" widen the style gap between 2005’s Still and last year’s Sirens. The post-punk aesthetic is rounded out by Alfie’s occasionally melodic, occasionally discordant guitar. The synthy, stuttering guitar riff on "Fumes" would sit well in any song from the Stranglers’ 1979 classic "Raven." Drummer Alyse periodically moves away from the stiff rhythmic confines of punk purity. "Perfect Pictures" serves up a fast rolling tom-snare call-and-response reminiscent of Killing Joke that props up the hollow vocal harmony between Alyse and Alfie. Manikin throw down a tight and invigorating live performance of past and current songs that fans of classic punk and early post-punk/new wave alike will enjoy.

–London Ferguson

[Ed.: You can catch Mankin this Saturday night at The Parlor, and again during SXSW at Beerland, March 17th…] 

NYC

Elastic No No Band plays Anti Folk Fest at Side Walk Cafe on 02.17

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Justin Remer and his Elastic Nono Band could be considered a little bit like the NYC Antifolk scene’s own Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention – for the unstoppable productivity, for the cluttered arrangements, for flirting with absurdity and ridiculousness, for an uncontrollable urge to mix up the genres, even for the preference for what we will call graphics with some sort of "expressionist" vibe to them. Of course you’ll find a lot more folk, country, rockabilly and silly jokes (and no jamming at all) in the Nono Band’s latest double CD entitled "Fustercluck" – an effort that succeeds once again in being funnier than Bright Eyes (this has been the band’s mission since 2004). The punk element that theoretically should belong to any antifolk artist (but which doesn’t in a majority of cases) is replaced in the Elastic Nono Band’s music by a "Weenesque" repulsion for the idea of seriously conveying feelings through music – now that’s definitely something that goes against folk music’s clichés. Mr. Renerwill play The Anti Folk festival at The Side Walk Café (the East Village AntiFolk hub that for some reason rejects our magazines 9 times out of ten – no, we’re not bitter…) on 02.17.

Philadelphia

Weekend Warrior, February 12 – 14

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If you don’t know Jack Rose, it might help to know that he had been a part of music here in Philly for well over a decade. A virtuoso on the twelve-string, his curiously Eastern-tinged folk and blues experiments have lit up the Thrill Jockey roster for quite some time now. Sadly, he passed on last year from a heart attack, much too early at the age of 38. But the only thing left to do is celebrate the man and his legacy in any way possible! In the case of the folks over at the Latvian Society, they have a huge show set up, not only as a means of commemorating his life, but also his forthcoming, posthumous album Luck in the Valley. As well as some really heavy-hitters (Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth), there’s the wispy folk stylings of Espers‘ Meg Baird, who will be joined onstage with guitarist Chris Forsythe, Megajam Booze Band, and many, many more. It’s a real event, one you’d be insane to miss. The Latvian Society of Philadelphia, 531 N. 7th Street, 7 pm, $18, 21+ myspace.com/jackrosekensington
 
Other places to go now that you can…
 
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Philly Opry w/ Birdie Busch, Scott Pryor, Esposito Bandito and Sneaky Cheese, SAT Ghetto Songbird
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Brown Recluse, SAT TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Toy Soldiers, The Great Unknown, Orbit To Leslie, The Circadian Rhythms, SAT Slo-Mo, The Hustle, Spinning Leaves, SUN A Tribute to "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" w/ Cheers Elephant, Oso, Canadian Invasion, Toy Soldiers and more.
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, SAT Patterns

The Khyber (56 S. 2nd St.) FRI Big Terrible, SAT Welcome to My Face and 722, SUN McRad, The Boils, Necktie

M Room (12 W. Girard Ave.) SAT Biodiesel and Sonic Spank, SUN Liz Fullerton and Johnny Miles
 
Tritone (1508 South St.) SAT Sgt. Sass, Homophones

2424 Studios (2424 E. York St.) SAT Enchantment Under The Sea Dance w/ Blood Feathers

 
Philadelphia

Rumpelstiltskin Grinder Ready to Destroy at North Star Bar Feb. 12

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Living For Death, Destroying The Rest has been an epic album for old school metal revivalists Rumpelstiltskin Grinder. It helped make them the headliner of this year’s Philly Thrash Fest, and was recently named one of the top metal albums of last year by metalsucks.net. And since they just announced tour dates with the likes of DRI, Obituary, and Deceased, it looks like 2010 is shaping to be a fine year for them. But before they hit the road their going to hit North Star Bar tonight for an old school metal show that will have your head banging and your arms flailing. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St., 9pm, $10, 21+ myspace.com/rumpelstiltskingrinder – Bill McThrill

 
New England

Michael Bernier & The Uprising in Portland, ME – Tonight at The Big Easy

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Michael Bernier & The Uprising will be playing his last show before he leaves the country to go to Belize to explore more about hand-drumming. Bernier won 2nd place in the overall year end contest and 2nd place in the reader’s poll. We will be featuring an interview with him when he returns from his travels. Supporting at The Big Easy, Station 85, Div Kid  and People With Instruments.

–The Deli Staff

 

Philadelphia

Brown Recluse Keeps It Chill at KFN Feb. 12

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Ambient, lo-fi, and calculatedly atmospheric, Brown Recluse is a laid-back six-piece band specializing in modernizing the music your parents used to listen to. Shimmering, bright guitars lay down a fantastic backdrop, with upbeat drums and bass topped off by the occasional loose brass section. Casually witty lyrics float on this wave of dreamy pop sound, the vocals creating a dreamscape of their own, beautiful and oddly haunting for a group of such cheerful stature. In September 2009, they released a 7” EP titled The Soft Skin on Slumberland Records. Brown Recluse will be performing at Kung Fu Necktie tonight with touring Irish retro-pop band So Cow. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 6:30pm, $8, 21+ myspace.com/brownreclusesings – James Sanderson

 
Philadelphia

Birdie Busch Is Hosting a Philly Opry at JB’s Feb. 12

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The seed of an idea was long simmering, something discussed excitedly over coffee between Johnny Brenda’s booker Brandy Hartley and musician Birdie Busch. Brandy, inspired by a night of music she used to attend while living in Chicago called “Devil in the Woodpile” and Birdie by old television variety shows like that of Johnny Cash’s and Dick Cavett’s in the 70s, made plans to have a night at Johnny Brenda’s that brought a lot of their co-conspiring to light. Thus we present the inaugural unarguable Philly Opry on Friday, February 12th, the night of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and the kick-off for all St. Valentine weekenders with their dance cards eagerly in hand. Hosting and performing the night with her band will be Birdie Busch, and joining her as featured acts will be local songsmith Scott Pryor and the traveling honky-tonk harmony-tastic Sweetback Sisters. Tying them all together like the fine embroidery of a nudie suit will be Esposito Bandito and Sneaky Cheese weaving stories of Wild West Philly and other special guests. As you may have guessed, dressing up in your finest country flare is crazily encouraged and will be celebrated upon your arrival to the revival. – From The Deli’s Open Blog

Philadelphia

Riffs a Plenty at Millcreek Tavern Feb. 12

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Shred masters Jail have a heavy guitar laden sound that will appeal to just about anybody. Well, anybody who likes to feel assaulted by their music. It’s heavy on the Motorhead style riffs and metal instrumentals. But also has a drunk and dirty country twang, and psychedelic grind. And when they play Millcreek Tavern tonight with Gondola, they’ll be joined by their perfect match. Gondola is still fairly new to the scene, but have previously wowed audiences with the tripped out psychedelic rock sounds they dished out while playing shows with Nebula and The Asteroid #4. They’ll be warming up their chops for their upcoming mini Mid-Atlantic tour in March. Rounding off this head banging lineup is Lancaster County’s Electric Horsemen, who are getting ready to put out a new full length album. Millcreek Tavern, 4200 Chester Ave., 9pm, $8, 21+ ( Photo by Dan Argots) – Bill McThrill

 

 
San Francisco

Maus Haus to release a new 7″ at Noise Pop

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The Deli SF’s Best Emerging Artist of 2008, Maus Haus, will release a new 7" single "Winter"/"Zig Zag" at their Noise Pop 2010 show. This is Maus Haus’s first release since 2008’s Lark Marvels and includes an additional digital only 4 track EP Sea-Sides.

The February 27th show at the Mezzanine features My First Earthquake, Sugar & Gold, Maus Haus and Brooklyn’s !!! – a lineup that promises a lot of energy and a lot of dancing. It will undoubtedly be one of the many highlights of the festival.

-Nicole Leigh