Posts tagged "Pedals"
Philly and NYC-based 
Brooklyn via Boston avant-punks 
If you understand music from a technical and creative angle, Brooklyn/Long Island duo Bangladeafy will, in all likelihood, blow your mind. We praised them enough already in our sister blog The Deli (they placed 2nd in our Best of NYC 2017 Yearly Poll for emerging artists, and their 2016 album was our NYC Record of the Month in September of 2016). If you don't know them, enjoy this little example of their instrumental prowess.... Click on the title for more
Bellows is the bedroom project of Brooklyn songwriter/guitarist/producer Oliver Kalb, an ex member of now defunct NYC group The Epochs, a little known band that released some very interesting music back in the aughts. Active with this solo project since the beginning of the decade, Oliver has developed a sound that's at once melodic, edgy and delicately textured. [Photo by Richard Gin]... Click on the title for more
“The pedal thing started when the band I was in earlier on got back together for a reunion show in like 2009,” recalled Erspamer. “I had sold off most of my gear. I had one electric guitar, one acoustic guitar… no amp anymore. But if I was going to get the band back together, I was going to need some pedals. So I bought a boutique pedal from a manufacturer I won’t name and it didn’t work. ... Click on the title for more
Great music is always relevant, and it's not a stretch to say that J. Mascis' 
Brooklyn's own The Boobies are a garage pop four-piece with some instant-earworm songwriting chops, but don't let that fool you---the group isn't afraid to get dirty and bare their fangs when they mean it. With the recent release of their single, "Children of the Dark Art," the band agreed to give the Deli a peek at what goes into their songwriting process, and what gear they're currently using to achieve their distinctive sound. - Olivia Sisinni
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With ethereal vocals, and thick, multi-layered instrumentals, The Luyas craft the type of songs that yield new musical discoveries on each pass. Their dreamy indie/psych, engaging lyricism, and sometimes enigmatic instrumentation are well deserving of repeat listens, but even after doing so, it might be hard to puzzle out exactly what instruments are doing what, and how the artists coax out the sounds that end up in the finished product. Luckily for us, band multi-instrumentalist Pietro Amato peeled back the curtain and gave us a thorough rundown of his current set up. ... Click on the title for more
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After winning The Deli's Best of 2015 LA Poll for Emerging Artist, in 2016 James Supercave went on to deliver on that "promise" with their perfect 2016 full length debut 'Better Strange.' This is one of those bands able to marry, in their songs, utter catchiness with a tense darkness and an overall enigmatic aura. We asked them to tell us about their favorite pedals and synths, and this is what we got.... Click on the title for more
Western MA-based GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! is one of those bands crafting deliciously head-spinning math-rock licks so labyrinthine, that you'd imagine it'd be tough for even a full four or five piece band to execute. So, when you hear that their music is the work of solely Joseph Andreoli (guitar) and Kenneth Topham (drums), it's more than a little dizzying to think about how the duo manages to pull it off. Luckily for us, Joesph was kind enough to give us a behind-the-scenes look at the pedals he uses to create GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! expansive sound.... Click on the title for more
You know how Italians are, right? Everything needs to be "BELLO," because... who on earth wants to see things that are "BRUTTE"? (By the way, we are using full caps because Italians are notoriously loud, and truly yours, who in the Mediterranean peninsula was born and raised, can certainly confirm that!).
Well, maybe it's this very obsession with beauty that makes Italians excel at the creation of stylish things... At NAMM 2017, Ravenna based Gurus Amps showcased a line of pedals called Cicognani Boutique Series, that's nothing short of breathtaking. Paradoxically, these stompboxes don't even have any art on them, but they are beautiful the same way a Ferrari is: they exude power, sturdiness and superior engineering.
Like most Italian pedal companies, Gurus offers a stompbox recreation of the legendary Binson Echorec, a legendary delay effect made in Italy from the late '60s that was particularly loved by Pink Floyd - the Gurus' version is called "EchoSex."... Click on the title for more
If the ground were to one day crack open, and the sounds of Tartarus began to seep out of the earth, I'd like to imagine the hellish cacophony would sound a bit like 
