To our NYC peeps....

Unfortunately, we have to cancel our set tomorrow evening at Piano's. Dan has experienced some very unforeseen health issues and pretty much can't physically play a show at this juncture. Definitely a bummer as we've been looking forward to this one for a while. Please go out to see Mon Khmer's last night at their Piano's residency regardless. Really excellent band.

At the moment, we don't believe this will affect our December dates and we do plan to get back to NYC quite soon. 

We'll keep you posted.

-Deleted Scenes

This is only the fifth most popular google search result for "bugfuck insane." Not really sure how to take that:



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Show ruled. Medications ruled. The Life and Times RUULLLLEEEEDDDD for four nights straight. Life is not a bowl of lemons pleasure.

d

An awesome remix of "Ithaca" by DC-area DJ AutoRock is now up on our myspace player. It's available on the B-side of our "Suicide Sunday" cassette single, limited run of 200, only available at shows. Here's what it may look like, if you happened to get the one that was dubbed over Color Me Badd:


Arjan Writes, er, writes: "AutoRock adds a breezy summer hook to the original, creating an irresistible, feel-good track."

Cop it for free here!

First day of SXSW is toast. Had an awesome time playing two shows, DC Does TX @ Friends Bar (1:20) and Tronco/Monstro day party @ Beauty Bar (4:30). Both slayed.

DC Does TX started out pretty empty, but quickly filled up with traffic from the street. The local news came in and shot some video...wonder if it made the evening edition.. And one wanderer working for Vanity Fair wrote this:

3. Deleted Scenes. Every great American city has a flavor of underground rock all its own, and the one local to Washington, D.C., is one of the best. It’s muscular and dissonant, powered by Jamaican-tinged rhythms, and politically anguished—those who toil for art in the shadow of the Capitol tend to nurture severely wounded social consciences. So, yeah, Deleted Scenes: Propulsive beats? Check. Splayed, Albini-esque chords? Check. Angsty lyrics that sounded vaguely policy-oriented? You betcha. I was walking down 6th Street when I heard them rocking the D.C. Does Texas party, so I stopped in to find out what the commotion was. I was glad I did.

V. Nice!

The Tronco/Monstro party at Beauty bar was on some next level shiz. Got loaded on an open bar courtesy of the Brazilian government, and played for a full tent.

Then it was on to Ms. Bea's to catch some awesome bands at Todd P's free NY Noise showcase. Saw Pete and the Pirates, Here We Go Magic, and Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the last of which we're playing with in B-more on May 5 at the Talking Head. Can't wait for that show!

Anyway, luvs from Austin. Ttyl.

Dan

Something's up here. Pitchfork dropped this bomb this morning. O doctorb.

Pitchfork review of Deleted Scenes - Birdseed Shirt

Nary a negative word, although it should be noted in triplicate that the producer of the album was L. Skell, who spent about a zillion hours for scant pay adjusting levels I didn't even know were possible to adjust, and adding effects and pressing pterodactyl rape buttons I didn't even know existed. Luvs to J. Robbins, whom I'm hugging in my mind right now, but props is due to L. Skell, of the Rude Staircase. Update: fixed!

"Some of the most enjoyable moments on the album are when the band doesn't really sound like any of these precursors but something entirely unexpected. On "Mortal Sin," the band takes an acid-rock trip that's absolutely habit-forming, while "Ithaca" features a beat that's weirdly reminiscent of the old Filter tune "Take a Picture." Even "Turn to Sand," which begins like a pretty straight-ahead pop song, surprises after a few bars thanks to a sneak attack of blues licks."

http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=24964

Names checked:
Jonathan Safran-Foer
Kierkegaard
Flannery O'Connor
NAILED IT
NPR.org January 30, 2009 - Birdseed Shirt, the debut LP from Deleted Scenes, is a creative and emotional album of soaring, hook-laden highs and more tempered lows, with each mood skillfully executed and full of rich imagery and metaphors. Taking the odd title from a Jonathan Safran Foer novel, the duo from Brooklyn and Washington, DC make playfully unpredictable songs that veer in unexpected directions while remaining completely infectious.
Read the rest here: npr.org

New review up on Baltimore's Pasta Primavera, along with two mp3s we don't even have up on our own site! Go over and snag em, and leave a comment while y'r there!

"Now when I listen to the EP compared to Birdseed Shirt, I see how far the band has come. The range of emotions - the strength of anger, the saturation of joy - pour out of this new bundle of songs."

http://pastaprima.net/?p=1669

Get it here!

We put together this mix of almost all the bands we're playing with on tour in January. Gonna be sweet. Peep Hammer No More the Fingers, Caitlin Rose, Hot Lava, the Donkeys, Noah's Ark, Parachute Musical, the Empties, and all the others! Getting psyched.


Deleted Scenes Jan 2009 Tour

F Jan 2 – Millcreek Tavern, Philadelphia, PA
The Bee Team
Joe Jack Talcum (Dead Milkmen)

s Jan 3 – Moose Lodge, Doylestown, PA
Justin Pope
Sarah Marie White.

Su Jan 4 - The Camel, Richmond, VA
Hot Lava
The Great White Jenkins
Phil & The Firefly

tu Jan 6 – Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
Embarrassing Fruits
Butterflies

w Jan 7 – New French Bar, Asheville, NC
Hammer No More the Fingers
King Tut

th Jan 8 – Star Bar, Atlanta, GA
Grand Prize Winners From Last Year
The Wild
Son 1
Wighat

F Jan 9 – Calendonia Lounge, Athens, GA
The Empties (waiting)
Parachute Musical

s Jan 10 – Rooster's, Auburn, AL
Parachute Musical

Su Jan 11 – The 5 Spot, Nashville, TN
Parachute Musical
Caitlin Rose
Vermicious K'nids

tu Jan 13 – Mohawk, Austin, TX
The Donkeys

W Jan 14 – Rubber Gloves, Denton, TX
Deep Snapper
Darktown Strutters
Cocky Americans

th Jan 15 – Czar Bar, Kansas City, MO
namelessnumberheadman

F Jan 16 – The Slowdown, Omaha, NE
Noah's Ark Was a Spaceship
Sleep Said the Monster

sa Jan 17 – Silvie's Bar, Chicago, IL
I Beam
Stealth Like a Canoe
Andrea Dawn & Jeremy Junkin

Su Jan 18 – The Madison Frequency, Madison, WI
Patchwork
This Bright Apocolypse

m Jan 19 – Howler's, Pittsburgh, PA

Tu Jan 20 - Piano's, New York, NY