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Delicious Audio Interview with Lucius about recording

It’s rare to see a band mature as fast as Lucius did. Started as a mellow and rather ordinary duo of female singer songwriters, this project in the last 2 years or so has expanded and grown in unexpected, abnormal yet wonderful ways. Their impressive performance at our Deli NYC B.E.A.F. 2011 event showcased a band that, with a little imagination in the arrangement and performance departments, can take traditional songwriting to an entirely new level. Music fans (and industry) seem to be noticing, since they have started to sell out shows in NYC and Austin during SXSW. These two ladies can write good songs and sing beautifully, and with the help of the two boys in the band, put on a show at once emotional and powerful. One of the guys, drummer Dan Molad, is also in charge of recording the band, which mostly happens in the Brooklyn apartment he shares with singer Jess Wolfe. We asked him a few question related to that department. – Read the full Delicious Audio interview here.

April 25, 2012

Best NYC Emerging Indie Bands of 2012: Caveman, Lucius, Widowspeak, Friends, Monogold

Best NYC Emerging Artists of 2012
[NYC Scene Blog HERE - NYC Web Buzz Indie Charts HERE]

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CAVEMAN

Placing at #55 in our previous Best NYC for Emerging Artists Poll, Caveman in one year grew their reputation the old fashioned way, earning their fans one by one, with their songs and live shows. Heading to SXSW 2012, they are now one of the most blogged emerging artists out there (with the only exception of Pitchfork, which still has to review their stunning debut "CoCo Beware").

You can read the cover feature we gave this band back in the summer of 2011 here.

LUCIUS

Lucius

The two singers from Lucius are a dangerous tag team, sounding powerful without becoming overbearing, tender without becoming too cutesy. Meeting while in college at Boston before traveling to live in Bushwick, they must know each other well, as their voices work together in an uncannily close relationship.

Lucius will be featured in the Spring 2012 NYC issue of The Deli, you can read an interview from 2011 here.

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WIDOWSPEAK

Widowspeak

Captured Tracks' most mellow signee, Widowspeak is also the band with the most potential in that lo-fi leaning roster. The band emanates a strange beautiful mysterious nostalgia that lingers deep within old souls. Their music is unobtrusive — it takes its time and slowly Molly Hamilton’s vocal melodies seep through Robert Thomas’ searing leads and Michael Stasiak’s steady groove. Old musical acquaintances from Tacoma, Washington, Micheal Stasiak and Molly Hamilton decamped to New York after a label they contributed to fell apart. Many moons later Michael urged Molly—who had little faith in her electric guitar skills and showmanship—to acquire a used Dan Electro and start writing songs.

Read an interview from 2011 here.

&amp;lt;a href="http://widowspeak.bandcamp.com/track/nightcrawlers"&amp;gt;Nightcrawlers by WIDOWSPEAK&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

The Deli's Year End Polls' Sponsors

NYC POLL FULL RESULTS
	Artist	J	OS	W	F	TOTAL
1	Caveman	13	2		0.023	15.023
2	Lucius	4		2	3	9
3	Widowspeak	6		2	0.012	8.012
4	Friends	7			0.015	7.015
5	Monogold	4	1	1	0.128	6.128
6	Ski Lodge	6			0.003	6.003
7	Big Wilson River	3	2		0.234	5.234
8	Ava Luna	3		2	0.014	5.014
9	The Denzels	5			0.009	5.009
10	Apollo Run	3		1	0.203	4.203
11	Kung Fu Crimewave	3		1	0.101	4.101
12	Tall Tall Trees	3	1		0.077	4.077
13	Ambassadors	3		1	0.033	4.033
14	Fort Lean	4			0.013	4.013
15	Arms	3		1	0.007	4.007
	Grassfight	1	3		0.007	4.007
17	Body Language	4			0.005	4.005
18	Stephie Coplan &...		1.5		2.5	4
19	Starlight Girls		1.5	2	0.007	3.507
20	Hurrah! A Bolt of...		2	1	0.239	3.239
21	Black Taxi		2	1	0.052	3.052
22	A$AP Rocky	3			0.041	3.041
23	The Can't Tells	3			0.017	3.017
	Yellow Ostrich	2		1	0.017	3.017
25	Spirit Family Reunion	3			0.011	3.011
26	The Men	3			0.009	3.009
27	Diane Cluck	2		1	0.008	3.008
	Zambri	3			0.008	3.008
29	Devin	3			0.007	3.007
30	North Highlands	2		1	0.006	3.006
	Skaters	3			0.006	3.006
32	Hidden Fees	3			0.003	3.003
	Illuminator	3			0.003	3.003
34	Brothers	1			2	3
35	The Bottom Dollars		1.5	1	0.113	2.613
36	Field Mouse		1.5	1	0.027	2.527
37	MiniBoone		1.5	1	0.008	2.508
38	Futurist		1		1.5	2.5
39	Merrily & the Poison Orchard		1.25		1	2.25
40	Exemption		2		0.213	2.213
41	Mal Blum		1	1	0.196	2.196
42	Deathrow Tull		1	1	0.17	2.17
43	Snowmine		1	1	0.134	2.134
44	Clementine and the Galaxy	2			0.087	2.087
45	The Sneaky Mister	2			0.074	2.074
46	j.viewz		2		0.066	2.066
47	Reverend John DeLore		2		0.061	2.061
48	Robin Bacior		2		0.042	2.042
49	Firehorse		1	1	0.035	2.035
50	Brick & Mortar	2			0.03	2.03
51	Due Diligence		1	1	0.024	2.024
	The Courtesy Tier		1	1	0.024	2.024
53	Bird Call		2		0.02	2.02
54	The Sway Machinery		2		0.011	2.011
55	Dive	2			0.008	2.008
56	The Beets	2			0.007	2.007
57	Slowdance	2			0.006	2.006
58	Dead Leaf Echo		1	1	0.005	2.005
	Ice Choir	2			0.005	2.005
	St. Lucia	2			0.005	2.005
61	Lady Lamb The Beekeeper	2			0.004	2.004
62	Lissy Trullie	1		1	0.004	2.004
63	Caged Animals	1		1	0.003	2.003
64	Coasting	2			0.002	2.002
	Papertwin	2			0.002	2.002
	Penguin Prison	2			0.002	2.002
	Timeflies	2			0.002	2.002
	Wise Blood	2			0.002	2.002
69	Superhuman Happiness	2			0	2
70	Tayisha Busay		1.5		0.052	1.552
71	Pass Kontrol		1.5		0.051	1.551
72	Thinning The Herd		1.5		0.048	1.548
	Xenia Rubinos		1.5		0.048	1.548
74	Fall of the Albatross		1.5		0.011	1.511
	Food Will Win the War		1.5		0.011	1.511
76	Chappo		1		0.289	1.289
77	Sinem Saniye		1		0.265	1.265
78	Motherfeather	1			0.153	1.153
79	My Pet Dragon		1		0.15	1.150
80	The Third Wheel Band		1		0.115	1.115
81	Cuddle Magic	1			0.085	1.085
82	Himalaya		1		0.077	1.077
83	The Stepkids	1			0.047	1.047
84	The Bandana Splits		1		0.041	1.041
85	Grace Weber		1		0.039	1.039
86	Indyns		1		0.038	1.038
	Wazu		1		0.038	1.038
88	In One Wind	1			0.033	1.033
89	Oh Whitney	1			0.022	1.022
90	Ex Cops	1			0.019	1.019
91	Appomattox		1		0.017	1.017
92	Blonde Valhalla		1		0.015	1.015
93	Quilty		1		0.014	1.014
	Twitchers	1			0.014	1.014
	Young Boys	1			0.014	1.014
96	Nicholas Jaar	1			0.01	1.01
97	Babies	1			0.009	1.009
98	Fredericks Brown	1			0.008	1.008
	Gross Relations	1			0.008	1.008
	Idgy Dean	1			0.008	1.008
	Psychobuildings	1			0.008	1.008
102	Yvette		1		0.007	1.007
103	OhNoMoon	1			0.005	1.005
104	Aaron Roche	1			0.004	1.004
105	Spanish Prisoners		1		0.003	1.003
106	Happy New Year	1			0.001	1.001
107	Motive		0.5		0.272	0.772
108	Bugs in the Dark		0.5		0.189	0.689
Legend: J = Jury - OS = Open Submissions - W = Deli Writers - F = Fans

March 05, 2012

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TONIGHT! The Deli's UN/OFF party: Reptar, Body Language, The Stepkids, Lucius, Radiation City, Madi Diaz, Gangstagrass, Vacationer, ARMS, + lots more

This year The Deli is in Austin during the unmentionable festival with a 2 stage party on Thursday March 15 (that's tonight!) at the Gypsy Lounge in the East Side!

Awesome dancey bands on the outdoors stage will tempt the audience to some wild booty shakin' action, while indoors fantastic rock and alt folk acts will alternatively punch you and sooth your soul. Check this lineup out and (if you are going to be in Austin) do not miss! -

This is a free event (no badge required) but please RSVP here to get priority access.

OUTDOORS STAGE
11pm Reptar (Atlanta)
10pm Body Language (NYC/CT)
9pm The Stepkids (NYC/CT)
8pm Gangstagrass (NYC)
7pm Vacationer (Philly)

INDOORS STAGE
1:30 Diavel (NYC)
12:45 BK & Mr. E (Austin)
12:00 ARMS (NYC)
11:15 Madi Diaz (Nashville)
10:30 Radiation City (portland)
9:45 Lucius (NYC)
9:00 Onward Soldiers (NC)
8:20 Loquat (SF)
7:40 The Veda Rays (NYC)
7:00 Jay Stolar (NYC)

RSVP HERE!!!

The Deli's Staff

February 28, 2012

Lucius releases video + celebrates EP release at Bowery on 02.17

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).

February 07, 2012

Lucius wins The Deli's Best of NYC 2011 fans' poll, followed by Stephie Koplan and Brothers

After 12 days of voting, the wondrous, female driven, rootsy-pop band Lucius was voted by Deli readers and music fans as The Deli's Best Emerging NYC Artist of 2011. We've been big fans of this group since we first booked them at our B.E.A.F. party in May 2011 - we recommend you to see them live at The Mercury Lounge on January 25, they put together one of the most fun live shows in town.

In the last couple of months we've been talking a lot about Stephie Koplan & The Pedestrian, a female fronted pop rock band with tons of potential that recently moved from New England to the NYC area. Their recent video of their power pop single "Jerk!" - inspired to the atmospheres of the TV show "Madmen" - casts singer Stephie as an adorably sassy housewife and was featured by Spinner as their "Video of the Day" in December. They placed second in our fans' and readers' poll.

A band we haven't covered before, Brothers - 3rd in this poll - play Rock'n'Roll drenched in southern twang (and probably also Jack Daniels). The band is currently putting the final touches on their debut full length, but if you are in the mood for an unpretentious and in your face rock party, don't wait any longer and check them out live - or at least watch this teaser of their single "Real Long Way to Go".

Big kudos also to Futurist and Merrily & the Poison Orchard, respectively 4th and 5th. Here's the Readers' and Fans Poll Top 20, full results here.

The overall results of our Year End Poll (including jurors' and Deli writers' votes) will be released very soon, stay tuned!

	ARTIST	VOTES
1	Lucius	1241
2	Stephie Coplan & the Pedestrians	1071
3	Brothers	964
4	Futurist	695
5	Merrily & the Poison Orchard	362
6	Chappo	289
7	Motive	272
8	Sinem Saniye	265
9	Hurrah! A Bolt of Lght!	239
10	Big Wilson River	234
11	Exemption	213
12	Apollo Run	203
13	Mal Blum	196
14	Bugs in the Dark	189
15	Deathrow Tull	170
16	Motherfeather	153
17	My Pet Dragon	150
18	Snowmine	134
19	Monogold	128
20	The Third Wheel Band	115

January 23, 2012