Artist: The National

Check out the trippy new music video and song for Valentine's Day called "Wake Up, I Love You" from Attia Taylor . It premiered earlier today via her music blog Lady.Bang.Beat. Wake Up, I Love You - Attia Taylor from Lady. Bang. Beat.

Our Year End Best of NYC Poll for Emerging Artists took a heavy toll on our time in the last few weeks, and also distracted us from our digital pile of music submissions - it was time to get a few of them out of the way (so to speak). All these bands submitted their music for review here (it's free), and so can you - if you make music and live in the NYC area. Graveyard Lovers by Graveyard Lovers Singer Zach Reynolds has described his [...]

Any artist is obviously free to choose whichever website they want to premiere their new album, but I honestly feel perturbed by Sleigh Bells ' decision to use The Times. It must be noted that this is not a game The Deli is involved in (we deal with emerging acts, not with established ones), so this feeling is not generated by envy, but I guess by some kind of solidarity towards other music blogs. All blogs survive because of advertising, and advertising is supported by traffic. An album première by Sleigh Bells means a decent amount of traffic for [...]

From the moment I heard the amp buzz on the opening track of Second Coming , I knew The Sinbusters were going to be full of raucous, rowdy energy. While the album is short (no track is over 2:30 in length), the band manages to leave a lasting impression on the listener with their classic, hard-nosed punk rock style. The Lowell-based quintet is heavily versed classic punk rock, while borrowing occasionally from other genres. One example of this mixing of styles would the fourth track on Second Coming , "Gimme the Word." The track, a surf rock-ish groove [...]

White Birds dropped their new full-length album When Women Played Drums as a "fuck you" to Valentine's Day. Check it out below, and purchase it HERE !

Just last month, Black Wing Halo put to rest their previous name, decibel., and began 2012 afresh, sharing the stage with a handful of prime NYC artists and Deli magazine favorites, Your 33 Black Angels, That Handsome Devil, and Black Taxi at Mercury Lounge this past weekend. A multifaceted, sonic hybrid, BWH, comprised of Josh Weinstein (vocals /guitar), Doug McGregor (bass/vocals), Justin Hofmann (drums), and Stephanie Linn (vocals), delivered tunes from their upcoming album, including highlights, "Bite My Lip," "Welcome to the Show," "Sway," "Rats," One More for the Chopping Block," and "Above My Head," that incorporate the [...]

If you are a fan of our site, then you know we are happy to share this with you. Check out and download below the mind-titillating remix of Power Animal 's "Better Water" by Lushlife that was just posted yesterday. Enjoy!

Love it or hate it - Valentine's Day is here. If you're looking for some tunes to share with your significant other or to help get that gal or guy you are eyeing up in the mood, there is not a shortage of places to go. The Northern Liberties Winter Music Festival will be kicking off this evening at The Fire with "A Night of Duets" by some of your local folk-y/bluesy favorites like Adrien Reju & Chris Kasper , Kristen Sylvester ( Spirit and Dust ) & Todd Henkin ( The Great Unknown ), Emily Zeitlyn [...]

Carl Hauck released his latest album, Windjammer , back in 2010 and it is a wonderful collection indie-folk. His session with Audiotree, which was recorded late last month, was released last week.

Nonagon is raw, wild, loud, and so enjoyable on a primal level. Their latest ep, People Live Everywhere , reminds of Fugazi, dirty basements, high school, and what made me fall in love with music so many years ago. Check out the lastest from Robert Gomez, John Hastie, and Tony Aimone (aka Nonagon) below. <a href=" http://nonagonchicago.bandcamp .com/album/people-live-everywh ere">People Live Everywhere by Nonagon</a>

Last week we shared the new track from Serengeti, "Shazam", and now we can share to equally silly and amazing video. The Kenny Dennis Ep is coming this April via Anticon.

Laena Geronimo, singer and multimistrumentalist for Raw Geronimo , displays a rhythmic swing that's both lively and trippy. With a vocal pitch that varies from playful to ominous (but ever so sticky sweet), Geronimo feels so seductively at ease that its contagious. She's the driving force in "Role Play" a bouncy, twangy ditty that effortlessly crosses different decades (fifties nostalgia, fun in the sun beach vibes, and seventies Rough Trade post-punk) with a breezy, irreverent tongue-in-cheek slant. <a href=" http://neuroticyellrecords.ban dcamp.com/album/role-play-shot -on-the-spot">Role Play / Shot On The Spot by Raw Geronimo</a>

When a discerning blog listener sees that a band has the word "Beach" in its name and "Ghost" in its latest album title, they probably have a clue just what style of music they're about to get into. Amidst the flurry surf rock revival in recent years, it's easy to be dissuaded by this kind of now-familiar branding. Fortunately for us, Blood Beach pulls it off with great success. All the right ingredients are here: plenty of fuzzy distortion, chilly reverb, and energetic rhythms [...]

This Thursday night is not to be missed at Music Hall of Williamsburg, with Pearl and the Beard headlining what is sure to be a powerful, fun and entertaining show. This truly talented trio comes stacked with strong vocals, a plethora of instruments, lyrics to pull you in and just enough quirkiness to keep you coming back for more. They defy the standards of folk, gospel and Americana, engaging audiences of all tastes and styles with their original sound and truly likable personalities. If you haven't been to a Pearl & the Beard show yet, make this the [...]

Tezeo is a Brooklyn/DC based duo that plays a brand of electronic pop that flirts with a spiritual, almost new age element. We'd be tempted to define their music "dark" if it wasn't asctually so serene in its austere melodicism, and so simple. This is definitely a band to keep an eye on, check them out live at Glasslands tonight (03.13).

With two records out and a third almost ready to go, The Deli thought it was about time we caught up with Murfreesboro hardcore punk band Tetsuo , namely frontman Ardis Redford. For a loud and prolific band, they've been making their mark around town quietly and to few. But The Deli thinks they're too interesting a band to go unnoticed. Here, Redford talks about Tetsuo's first two records, These Crystals Don't Burn and Inmates , and how they do or don't fit into Nashville. Read interview .

Below is the second single "Heard About It" from North Philly's Ground Up off their forthcoming mixtape The Get Up (due out March 6). The track also features fellow local native Freeway and is produced by Jahlil Beats .

Mercy Lounge swooned while the mobbed corners of the viewing floor spun. Filtered through moist screams, friends of molly and children with exes on their hands and smoked liquor in their hearts, happy to have companions who have fun the same way they do, a chant could be heard bouncing across the rafters. "This is baby-making music," said one swaying observer when asked to describe the bands capricious, cross-genre vibe. With thoughts of Al Green and Barry White running wild, it was surprising when two white kids from Murfreesboro stepped to the podium, and the lusting crowd went nuts at [...]

In a scene that seems to be getting progressively poppier and poppier, it's kind of refreshing to stumble upon Freshkills , a group that exudes that dark and dangerous vibe we hear in many seminal rock records produced in NYC in the late 60s. The band just announced the release of a new album "Raise Up the Sheets", out on March 13, and unveiled this single entitled "The Bigger Man" (streaming below).

Phonographic Arts just announced the lineup for their very own music festival! Liberty Fest 2012 will be taking place at their home base The Level Room and EMODA Gallery from April 6 - 8. Take a look at the lineups and deets below. The Level Room (2102 Market St.) Friday, April 6 - 8pm, $15, 21+ Early Show: Midnight (Nuclear War Now/Hells Headbanger) Kim Phuc (Iron Lung) Ladder Devils [...]