Specials:
Matt and Kim
Earl Greyhound
O'Death
The Bowmans
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Issue #8 ---- (October 2006)
Cover: The
Big Sleep
Specials:
Aloke
Chris Moore
Detachment Kit
Dub Trio
----
Issue #7 ---- (June 2006)
Cover: The
Jealous Girlfriend
Specials:
Dirty On Purpose
Asobi Seksu
Rahim
Theo Eastwind
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Issue #6 ---- (April 2006)
Cover: The Negatones
Specials:
The Hong Kong
Mice Parade
Blood On The Wall
NYC Scenemakers
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Issue #5 ---- (December 2005)
Cover: The Occasion
Specials:
Kudu
Four Volts
Mistakes
Spielerfrau
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Issue #4 ---- (September
2005)
Cover: Diamond
Nights
Specials:
Alphabet City
Oneida
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Langhorne Slim
Two Man Gentlemen Band
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Issue #3 ---- (July 2005)
Cover: Nicole
Atkins
Sylvie Lewis
Specials:
The NYC scene
Akron/Family
The Comas
Lucky Dragons
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Issue #2 ---- (april 2005)
Cover: Hopewell
Specials:
NYC '76-77
Todd P
Inouk
Mudville
----
Issue #1---- (December
2004)
Cover: Grizzly Bear
Specials:
The Lower East Side
C. Gibbs
The Caulfield Sisters
Mixel Pixel
The
Deli's Bands of the Month 2008
April
2008 - 1st
half
April
2008 - 1st
half
March
2008 - 2nd
half
March
2008 - 1st
half
February
2008 - 2nd
half
February
2008 - 1st
half
January
2008
The
Deli's Best of NYC 2007 - FINAL RESULTS
sponsored by:
Combined
results (Jury + Readers) Jurors had 3 votes
each (3 points for the first artist, 2 for the
second, 3 for the 3rd). The readers vote was counted
this way: 3 points for the first classified (My
Other Friend); 2 for the 2nd (Fireflies); 1 for
the 3rd (Beluga). From the 4th classifieds on
each reader vote was counted as 1/1000 of a vote
(example: 100 votes = 0.100)
The
Deli's Best of NYC 2006 - FINAL RESULTS
sponsored by:
Combined
results (Jury + Readers) Jurors had 3
votes each (3 points for the first artist,
2 for the second, 3 for the 3rd). The readers
vote was counted this way: 6 points for the
first classified (Lowry); 4 for the 2nd (Marc
Houle); 2 for the 3rd (Kinetic). From the
4th classifieds on each reader vote was counted
as 1/100 of a vote (example: 50 votes = 0.50)
1. The
Big Sleep
2. Professor
Murder
3. Psychic
Ills
4. Marc
Houle
4. Lowry
6. Valeze
7. Grizzly
Bear
8. Jaymay
9. O'Death
10.Beirut
11.Daylight's
4 The Birds
12.Dirty
On Purpose
13.Matt
and Kim
14.Kinetic
15.Goes
Cube
16.Nightmare of you 3+0.04(r) = 3.04
17.Escort 3+0.03 = 3.03
18.Meneguar 3+0.02(r) = 3.02
18.PG Six 3+0.02(r) = 3.02
20.Foreign Islands 2+1+0.01(r) = 3.01
21.Semi-Precious Weapon 2+0.49(r) = 2.49
22.Earl Greyhound 2+0.13 = 2.13
23.Detachment Kit 1+1.09(r) = 2.09
24.Takka Takka 1+1+0.04(r) = 2.04
25.Growing 2+0.03(r) = 2.03
26.Christy and Emily 1+0.61(r) = 1.61
27.Blues Control 1+0.33(r) = 1.33
28.The Naysayer 1+0.15(r) = 1.15
29.Excepter 1+0.07(r) = 1.07
30.Rahim 1+0.06(r) = 1.06
31.Michael Leviton 1+0.05(r) = 1.05
32.Doll Hospital 1+0.04(r) = 1.04
33.GHQ 1+0.01(r) = 1.01
34.Breakup Breakdown 0.65(r) = 0.65
35.Phil and the Osophers0.37(r) = 0.37
36.Dead Betties 0.23(r) = 0.23
37.John Biz and the Rolling Stallones = 0.12
The
Jury's poll results: The
Jurors: Claire Freeman (ohmyrockness.com),
Dave (brooklynvegan.com), Other Music staff
(othermusic,com), Sarah Lewitton (ultragrrl
blog), DJ Mojo (show promoter), Shirley Braha
(NY Noise), East Village Radio staff, Gabriel
Levitt (Jezebel Music), Dan Selzer (New York
Happenings), Casey Block (Eat Records), Matt
Tyson (Ear Farm blog), Soundfix Records staff
(soundfixrecords.com), Justin Gressley (AAM),
Xiaoting (The Annex), Patrick McNamara (Insound),
Ren Tyler (Imsonia Radio NY), Mike Frankel
(freeindie.com), Paolo De Gregorio (The Deli)
Lowry
24.8% Marc
Houle
11.2% Kinetic
10.6% Detachment
Kit 7.5% Valeze
5.5% Breakup
Breakdown 4.5% Kristie
and Emily 4.2% Semi-Precious
Weapons 3.4% Goes
Cube 2.5% Beirut
2.6%
Phil and the Osophers 2.6% 37 votes
Daylight's For The Birds 2.3% 34 votes
Blues Control 2.3% 33 votes
O'Death 2.1% 30 votes
Dead Betties 1.6% 23 votes
The Big Sleep 1.4% 21 votes
Dirty On Purpose 1.2% 18 votes
Professor Murder 1.2% 17 votes
The Naysayer 1% 15 votes
Earl Greyhound 0.9% 13 votes
Grizzly Bear 0.9% 13 votes
Psychic Ills 0.9% 13 votes
John Biz 0.8% 12 votes
Jaymay 0.6% 9 votes
Excepter 0.5% 7 votes
Matt and Kim 0.5% 7 votes
Rahim 0.4% 6 votes
Michael Leviton 0.3% 5 votes
Doll Hospital 0.3% 4 votes
Nightmare of You 0.3% 4 votes
Takka Takka 0.3% 4 votes
Escort 0.2% 3 votes
Growing 0.2% 3 votes
Meneguar 0.1% 2 votes
PG Six 0.1% 2 votes
Foreign Islands 0.1% 1 votes
GHQ 0.1% 1 votes
April
2008
Violens
"Self Titled"
Bands are successful
for different reasons. Some of them have
built their career on their live energy,
others on their attitude and good looks
and some on the actual music... But there
aren't that many artists whose songs are
so good to have the power to "hit"
the average music lover at first listening.
Violens definitely belong to this category.
Their sunny pop doesn't have the tension
rockers might crave, but shines in pretty
much any other department: beautiful songwriting,
imaginative arrangement, airy melodies,
solid structure... gorgeous vocals and backing
vocals. The result draws obvious comparisons
to Brian Wilson and his Boys, making this
probably the NYC band with the least NYC
sound out there. But don't we need a little
bit of the West Coast's chill in this frantic
city?
P.S. The timing of this discovery is also
perfect, as the Violens music IS as warm
and flowery as this NYC spring. - PDG
- website
- buy
it now
March
2008
We
Tigers
"Blood Moon"
I thought
that the NYC scene (or any other one
for that matter) had taken the psych
rock genre to its spaciest, trippiest
and most out there - when I heard
We Tigers. The first track began with
nothing but a sitar and then some
intense drumming; fazed vocals kicked
in and a full blast of guitar - some
kind of free rock took shape, which
seriously inspired me. Their music
is melodic, complex and captivating.
Vocalist Harris Novick sings with
the tone of a man in the throughs
of desperation. Pure and believable,
his is the sort of wonderful cry whose
every word you want to believe without
a shadow of a doubt. The band moves
effortlessly from a lilt to a wall
of noise hitting the listener square
in the chest. New York Indie meets
British New Wave, with a bit of an
eastern flavor brought by Michael
Kirsch's sitar, who has spent some
time in India studying with the instrument's
original masters. The band are presently
in the studio working on their third
release for Them Tigers Records, the
follow up to the acclaimed Rivals
EP, and should be hitting the road
soon. We can only imagine the joyful
madness of this bands live show. -
TJ Olsen - website
February
2008
Apes
and Androids
"Blood Moon"
Two years
after their seemingly out-of-nowhere
arrival on the NYC music scene, Apes
& Androids prove with their debut
album, "Blood Moon," that
reports of this band's awesomeness
are not exaggerated. This 18-track
behemoth of an album demonstrates
a mastery of a dazzling array of styles
- hip-hop, R&B, geek-rock, cinematically
orchestrated epics, and Radiohead-esque
introspection, to name only a few.
The thread connecting it all is the
sheer explosion of creativity and
technical skill that this album sends
spewing out from the speakers. Depending
on one's attachment to traditional
song structures, some of the tracks
on the album may feel short on choruses
or predictable trajectories –
but the departure from convention
on this album does impart a certain
freshness to the listening experience.
For those who would like to know all
the wonders this band has to offer
first-hand, I have two recommendations:
buy the album here)
and read a Deli interview with the
band here.
-Handlebar Jack - website
January
2008
Kino
"Map of the Universe"
Is being
pretentious an unbearably naive personality
trait or an essential quality of the
greatest artists? Probably both things,
but let's stress the positives here:
rock'n'roll has always been very much
about pretending - unlike becoming
a lawyer or an architect, there's
no piece of paper that certifies the
"rockstar" status: you just
have to be able to pull it off (i.e.
pretend well enough) - and somehow
manage to sell records.
NY/London based Kino seems to have
the 1st part of the job nailed - at
least on the communication side of
things. He describes himself as a
musician poet, filmmaker and the personification
of revolt (hey, I did warn you!).
He skillfully takes advantage of new
media to transmit his work from artist
to audience, skipping the industry
