Specials:
Matt and Kim
Earl Greyhound
O'Death
The Bowmans
----
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
----
Issue #6 ---- (April 2006)
Cover: The Negatones
Specials:
The Hong Kong
Mice Parade
Blood On The Wall
NYC Scenemakers
----
Issue #5 ---- (December 2005)
Cover: The Occasion
Specials:
Kudu
Four Volts
Mistakes
Spielerfrau
----
Issue #4 ---- (September
2005)
Cover: Diamond
Nights
Specials:
Alphabet City
Oneida
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Langhorne Slim
Two Man Gentlemen Band
----
Issue #3 ---- (July 2005)
Cover: Nicole
Atkins
Sylvie Lewis
Specials:
The NYC scene
Akron/Family
The Comas
Lucky Dragons
----
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
July
2008 - 2nd
half
July
2008 - 1st
half
June
2008 - 2nd
half
June
2008 - 1st
half
May
2008 - 2nd
half
May
2008 - 1st
half
April
2008 - 2nd
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
June
2008
Samamidon
"All Is Well"
I've always had
a problem with the term "Alt Country"
applied to Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot",
simply because the country elements in that
record sound extremely subtle to my ears.
Samamidon's "All Is Well", on
the contrary, sounds exactly like Alt Country
should sound: music that delivers classic
country elements - arpeggioing acoustic
guitar, banjos and fiddles, a slightly melancholic
voice telling stories about little guys
called Johnny Brown - altered through an
alternative take on it. In this case, traditional
country music loses its direct approach
and density of instrumentation in favor
of sparse, repetitive, slowly building atmospheric
songs. Samamidon's melodic cadence - throughout
the album - works as a constant reminder
that this is a country record, even when
the banjos and fiddles are nowhere to be
heard, like in the mellower tracks. Relying
on a few words, a rather repetitive melody,
and a progressive raise in tension, "Little
Johnny Brown" is a song that is at
once powerful, disturbing and enjoyable
- we need more of this, more goosebumps
from music. - website
May
2008
Alice
Cohen
"Sky Flowers"
The beauty
of the Deli's Record of the Month
is that it can be assigned to any
un-hyped artist we really like. Alice
Cohen definitely doesn't have a lot
of buzz at the moment, although she's
been making music for some time with
bands like the Vels and Die Monster
Die. But her songs bring us back to
the wonderful years when 4AD was the
coolest label on earth - not for The
Pixies and The Breeders just yet,
but because of other sophisticated,
dark sounding, incredibly creative
artists like: Dead Can Dance, Cocteau
Twins, This Mortal Coil, Pale Saints
etc. The sound in question is equal
parts ethereal vocals, electronic
arrangements and unexpected twists.
The song Black Pepper in particular
is a little gem that deserves your
attention: with its incessant and
obsessive guitar line, swirly effects
and beautiful vocal harmonizations,
it sounds a little like a new wave
version of Enya. The distinctive analog
sound of the Oberheim keyboard is
central to most of the songs, in particular,
we like Rings of Saturn and Seaweed.
- PDGwebsite
