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The hip-hop duo add four new shows.

A few weeks ago Snowmine asked The Deli to curate one of their Pianos February residency nights (the 02.16 one). We went ahead and booked these bands. We will be there, hope to see you too! - Read Dave Cromwell interview with the band here . RSVP via Facebook here . 8.00 - CLEMENTINE AND THE GALAXY <a href=" http://clementinegalaxy.bandca mp.com/track/crying-my-whole-h eart-out">crying my whole heart out by clementine and the galaxy<--- 9.00 - GRASSFIGHT <a [...]

If Stephen Malkmus was reincarnated as a petite blonde woman from Connecticut, he'd be fronting the post-punk band EULA in the guise of Alyse Lamb, the vocalist for the now Brooklyn-based trio that also consists of bassist Jeff Maleri and drummer Nate Rose. They've released 6 videos in support of their 2011 LP "Maurice Narcisse," including a new documentary about the recent show they opened for post-punk icons Mission of Burma. The band recently opened for Mission of Burma at Music Hall of W'burg (see documentary here . You can see them live tonight (02.10) at the [...]

Final walk at Nicholas K at The Studio at Lincoln Center yesterday.

Over the past couple years, Woodsman (recently relocated from Denver to Brooklyn) has been on a vision quest of sorts. Relentlessly touring and honing a sound born in basements and warehouses sprouting from amps and speakers like lichens on the forest floor. Grounded in experimentation and inspired by the films of Stan Brakhage, the band seeks to create visceral tunes born from their environment. The band's two drummers are the focus of the sound, leaving room for the effected sounds conjured by the two guitar players. Constantly moving, shifting their collective consciousness toward something mutual. The band just [...]

Deli Readers, After a somewhat dramatic competition, atmospheric psych/post rockers Equals won our Best of Austin Readers' and Fans' Poll for Emerging Artists, congrats to them! Kudos also to electro-rock duo Auto Body , who placed 2nd, and alt-folk ensemble The Preservation , third in this list. Great bands and great variety! Boy (the band) also deserves a mention here. They were leading the poll when they realized that a fan was helping them gather votes through illicit hacking. If everybody showed this kind of integrity the world would [...]

The Clox formed in Brooklyn in 2007 after Kazakhstani professional soccer player Denis Orynbekov chose rock music over the round black and white ball, and moved to NYC. The Clox have shared the stage with The Toadies, Clinic, The Gift, Mumiy Trol, Drew Halcomb & The Neighbors, The Night Snipers, Lyapis Trubeckoy, etc. Their songs are now in rotation on both Pandora Radio as well as New York City's 87.7 Indie Darkroom Radio, and their first self-produced album, "Ready to Starve" has been released in November of 2010. The Clox has finished recording their second album that will be [...]

DIVE plunges into an aquatic soundscape of blur-soaked loops and echoing underwater vocals. Following the gaze through the shoes and into the chill waves, the founder of the band, Z. Cole Smith, was the guitarist for Captured Tracks labelmate Beach Fossils, and the two bands certainly share a similar aesthetic. They also both have a water-based name, but you already picked up on that, right? (They also remind me of Beat Connection, especially the song "In The Water" but maybe that's taking things just a little off the deep end. Shit.) The vocals unwind into themselves, [...]

DIVE plunges into an aquatic soundscape of blur-soaked loops and echoing underwater vocals. Following the gaze through the shoes and into the chill waves, the founder of the band, Z. Cole Smith, was the guitarist for Captured Tracks labelmate Beach Fossils, and the two bands certainly share a similar aesthetic. They also both have a water-based name, but you already picked up on that, right? (They also remind me of Beat Connection, especially the song "In The Water" but maybe that's taking things just a little off the deep end. Shit.) The vocals unwind into themselves, [...]

The Lounge Act is an alternative rock group based out of the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The band was formed by Simon Guzman and Jordan Wuest when they began writing songs together and performing at open mics around the city under the moniker "Simon and Jordan". They eventually recruited their good friends from high school Nick Ciccantelli and Roger Walsh, and immediately started working on recording their songs. The Lounge Act draws influences from modern rock and indie music, check them out live at The Sullivan Hall on March 6. - (as posted in [...]

Ravens & Chimes showcase the kind of urgency you usually expect to hear from folk frontmen desperately running from a broken heart and delaying the pain of unrealized expectations. Lead singer Asher Lack may share many of these same issues, but on sophomore record "Holiday Life" (out April 3rd On Better Looking Records), he handles it all with deft songwriting and a wandering curiosity that launches this record to some surprising places. Filled with sudden stops and orchestral interludes, "Holiday" is very bit a symphony as much as it is a Baroque pop classic. Like them [...]

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Stream: Fort Lean - "Sunsick" These locals are never not writing the kinds of anthems that you simply can't help but shout to the heavens. Turn those speakers up as loud as possible, and then go ahead and click play.

Most musicians dream to to be recognized and praised by their own musical heros, and that very admiration often triggered their ill advised decision to try the rockstar route. This dream suddenly came true for Brooklyn and CT based The Stepkids when, on January 28, none other than Radiohead's Thom Yorke posted this blog on the band's site. Since we picked these guys for our cover in our Fall 2011 issue of The Deli, we also feel like a little dream has materialized... MAYBE THOM YORKE READS THE DELI!?! Here's the song mentioned in the Radiohead [...]

Brooklyn-based folk rock band Jones Street Station will be previewing their new EP, "The Understanding," this Tuesday (February 14) on Spotify.com for 2 weeks and then will be releasing it officially on February 28th. Several tracks from the EP are accompanied by CJ Camerieri (Bon Iver, The National and Sufjan Stevens) on the horn and the music video for the title track (streaming below, directed by Adam Reid) features Danny Pudi from NBC's "Community." The band will also play a gig on February 12th at Public Assembly in Brooklyn with Ben Lovett's (Mumford & Sons) Communion, David Wax [...]

A cohesive theme can be a determining factor of whether a live show is actually a show or just a bunch of performances by different artists thrown together by time and space. So, at first blush, the lineup at Webster Hall on the 10th seems like a mishmash put together by a clueless intern. Funky pop ( Turkuaz ) with hip-hop ( Deathrow Tull - pictured) commencing with folk-pop ( Futurist )? That would probably leave those unversed in the actual sounds and energies of each band scratching their heads. But, if we're assigning physical movements, let's give whoever [...]

Photos by G. Deborah Harry at WIP wearing a "Jesus Looks Like Me" T-Shirt! In the wee hours of the morning of February 8, 2012, Deborah Harry stopped by the club WIP in New York to perform with Miss Guy of The Toilet Boys, whose new video was premiered tonight. In other amazing news, the Toilet Boys will be opening for Guns N' Roses at their shows this weekend in Manhattan. Back to tonight - Deborah Harry performed 2 songs including the disco classic "New York Groove" with Miss Guy. [...]

Rootsy ensemble Lucius once again exceeded our expectations with this stunning video of the song "Go Home" - the single from their upcoming EP. The band will celebrate its release in style with a show at Bowery Ballroom on February 17. Lucius will grace the cover of our upcoming NYC spring issue of The Deli - a spot they won by placing second in our Best of NYC Poll for Emerging Artists (since winners Caveman already were on a previous cover of The Deli).

I've had my doubts about the necessity of a Spider-Man remake, and I've also questioned whether the casting of British actor Andrew Garfield in the title role would put the final nail in the webslinger's coffin. Looks like I might be mistaken on this... The first full length proper trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man dropped today and to be quite honest, I giggled like a little girl. Denis Leary as Captain Stacy is hilarious in [...]

Rez Abbasi's Invocation. Studio/Live (by scholasticzz ) The evolution of the group, Invocation, with live cuts, studio cuts and commentary

It's kind of interesting to see more and more cultural and publishing institutions embrace the cause of emerging indie bands, but we honestly didn't see this one coming: Sports Illustrated decided to link their popular yearly swimsuit issue to... indie rock bands. We were rather excited at the idea of semi-nude pictures of young hipsters, but our lustful urge was disappointed. The musical artists are only present in this operation with their music, and we guess it's better that way. Electro-pop ensemble Selebrities is the lucky band that will represent Brooklyn, and was also booked to play the [...]