Nashville

Benefit show for Yeah! with HIBTB, Shoot the Mountain and Hammertorch

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Local benefit show with lots of good Nashville bands this Thursday, January 28th, at YEAH! (an acronym for "Youth Empowerment through Arts and Humanity). It’s an 18 and up live event from 9pm-Midnight featuring How I Became The Bomb, Shoot The Mountain and Hammertorch. Your $5 cover and the beer you buy will be a 100% donation to help keep YEAH! around – so get there thirsty! Enjoy this not too new video of How I Became the Bomb to get an idea of what is waiting for you.

Austin

Thank You, Thank You Very Much

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Thanks are overdue to our wise and wonderful expert jury, who helped to determine the results of our Year End Emerging Artists Poll. These are some of the people who know, love & support Austin bands: 

Will Evans (Emo’s), Austin Powell (Chronicle), Daysha (Earthbird Music), John Laird (Side One Track One), Lawrence Boone (Covert Curiosity), Mike (The Peen Scene), John Kunz (Waterloo Records), Tiffany Diane (Austin is Burning), and Tyler Groover (TwoGroove).

We also solicited votes from our own writing staff, including Tolly Moseley, Resalin Rago, Ellen Green, and Mitchell Mazurek. 

Thanks also 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. Looking forward to the bands of 2010…

 

NYC

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

Austin

Medium Head Boy

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Big local band happenings afoot today – not the least of which is the live performance by Spoon scheduled for 4 pm in the Waterloo parking lot downtown. Waterloo will be giving priority guaranteed admission until 3 pm along with any purchase of Transference, so, basically, you’d get album + live show for price of album. For the post-cosmic cowboy generation I’d say this is a landmark Austin musical event. (The cosmic cowboys had their fun, and benefitted Haiti, at the Austin Music Hall last night.) 

Also heard news today of the official release date for a band that has topped many local lists and made our own top ten: The White White Lights will release their debut Medium Head Boy (on Indierect Records) February 27th. And they’ll be playing the Independent along with The Sour Notes on Jan 30th (that’s Saturday). 

Philadelphia

Winner of The Deli’s Best Local Record Label: Punk Rock Payroll!

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It was certainly a tight race this year, but we are happy to announce that Punk Rock Payroll are the winners of our Best Local Record Label Poll which was voted on by our selected jury. They managed to edge out Siltbreeze Records by one vote, but we certainly believe that Siltbreeze deserves kudos for their years of continuous work with such interesting artists. However, this moment is about the high-quality work that Punk Rock Payroll is churning out from their headquarters in South Philly. Frede and Misty Zimmer’s adventurous spirit led by their belief in the things that they are passionate about has led them to the top of our list, and it doesn’t hurt that we love artists on their roster like The Extraordinaires and Dangerous Ponies. Congrats for seeing art in everything that you do! punkrockpayroll.com/ – The Deli Staff

Philadelphia

Levar Mother Fucking Burton Would Be Proud of Reading Rainbow!

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When I tell people that Reading Rainbow are one of my favorite new bands from Philly, they often ask me to describe what they sound like. In Reading Rainbow’s case, I can’t find the appropriate comparisons. I can’t say if you like Jesus & Mary Chain then you’ll like Reading Rainbow. But I will. Can’t say that they’re My Bloody Valentine meets The Ronettes meets Bo Diddley meets Velvet Underground is right on either, but it sort of is. My point here being that while Reading Rainbow may conjure up your own personal touchstones, they are uniquely creating their own reverb nation with lo-fi sharpness, indulgent psychedelia and to-the-point noise pop melodies. Last year Reading Rainbow’s Sarah and Rob made a great record called Mystical Participationthat you owe to yourself to buy and vibe out to. myspace.com/levarmotherfuckingburton – Bruce Warren, WXPN/Some Velvet Blog

Philadelphia

Grandchildren Definitely Running Up Strongly

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Mark my words – if the rock gods are just, then Grandchildren will be HUGE! No one on the local scene impressed me more in 2009. I was instantly drawn in with my first listen of tracks from their debut full length Cold Warrior, a project by Aleks Martray three years in the making. He changed what might have been your average acoustic singer-songwriter material into something accessibly drenched with layers of the most interesting sounds coming out of our local music scene. He also performed a Herculean task of bringing together a group of Danger Danger Gallery talented misfits into a six-piece mind-blowingly dynamic live band. With Cold Warrior scheduled to be released this spring on Green Owl which was responsible for 2009’s critically acclaimed Warm Heart of Africa by The Very Best and is owned by Benjamin Bronfman, M.I.A.’s baby daddy and son of former Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr., the stars seem to be aligning correctly for this crew of West Philly’s finest. myspace.com/grandchildren – Q.D. Tran
 
Philadelphia

Free Energy Always Honorably Mentioned

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Free Energy was the local band that seemed to skyrocket from nowhere this year. They went from being Dave P’s fun-loving neighbors with a band to the torch carriers of classic rock ‘n roll who found themselves in the studio with LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy. With more hooks than the opening day of fishing season, they are making big guitar riffs, tight pants and having a good time a prerequisite for all their shows. This year was their coming out party with DFA Records, but expect the full monty when they release their first full length album Stuck on Nothing on Astralwerks this February 23, 2010. myspace.com/freeenergymusic – H.M. Kauffman

Philadelphia

Artist(s) Who Deserve Your Friendship: The Spooks

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The Spooks play unabashed garage/surf rock with guitar riffs that come from somewhere below the waist and vocals that could scare you into loving them. Their raw, punkish energy might possibly have you playing air guitar with some serious ferocity by the end of the night. Recently back from a tour down South in support of their EP Sea Monster, the boys should be well-practiced and tight when they join The G next Sunday night at Kung Fu Necktie. myspace.com/spooksquares (Photo by Megan Trosclair) – Q.D. Tran

 

NYC

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).