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What is The Deli?

The Deli is an independent publication and website that focuses on local indie music scenes and emerging artists (from rock to folk, from punk to indie pop, with a little bit of hip hop). It currently publishes a printed magazine about the NYC music scene and has daily updated , separate webpages tackling the new emerging music in cities like NYC, LA, SF, and Nashville.

What is The Deli Chicago?
The Deli Chicago is a daily updated website focused on the independent music scene of the chicago Area.

Mission Statement
The Deli Chicago is a resource for chicago musical artists and fans. We want to be a place for bands to share their music with others, and for fans to make their own decisions about what local music they enjoy.

CD Submission Policy
The Deli Chicago only reviews music from artists based in Chicago and surroundings.

At this time we only accept digital submission through our CD Submission System here.

For added exposure, you can post mp3s and a blurb about your band on the local Open Blog.

 

 

 

  
 

The Deli Chicago Staff

Jason Behrends - Associate Editor
Jason Behrends has lived in the suburbs of Chicago his entire life. He is the creator of the arts & culture blog What to Wear During an Orange Alert, and as a natural extend of the blog, Orange Alert Press was born. The first novel on Orange Alert Press is Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine by Chicagoan Ben Tanzer. He recently started a new reading series to be held monthly at The Whistler in Logan Square, and he is involved with three different on-line literary journals. He has been a music nerd since birth.

Brendan Losch (Contributor)
Brendan Losch is a Singer/Songwriter/Multi-Instrument who performs under his name and also with the band Bullets In Madison. When not creating music Brendan spends time running his music blog Count Me Out.

Amy Dittmeier (Staff Writer)
Amy is fabulously rich. Not so much in money, but more so in music knowledge. When she's not spending hours listening to music she never knew she owned, Amy spends her free time watching hokey horror films and eating her favorite food, hot dogs.

Erin Keane (Staff Writer)
Erin Keane has been an audiophile since 1999 and a Chicagoan since 2002 when she started at Loyola University. A leasing agent by day and music scene denizen by night, you will often find her rocking out at venues on Chicago's North side.

Lisa White (Staff Writer)
Lisa is a born and raised Midwestern girl who left the land of corn known as Indiana for the big city many years ago. She's had numerous adventures and escapades all in the name of music. You can usually find her at a show jumping around and encouraging others to dance, and if you ask nicely, she'll probably make you a mixtape.

Angie Rentmeester (Staff Writer)
Angie Rentmeester is a recent graduate from Columbia College Chicago where she earned her Bachelors degree in Journalism. She enjoys cover anything and everything that has to do with arts and entertainment. She is currently on the hunt for a full-time job.

Charlie Nadler (Contributor)
Charlie Nadler lives and works in Chicago. He plays guitar for The Sapiens and writes short fiction and humor for the interwebs.

Neph Basedow (Staff Writer)
Neph is a New York native, Austin transplant, and self-admitted music fanatic. A musician since age 10 and an avid show-goer, she loves discovering and supporting local artists, frequenting Chicago's independent music venues, and nursing spirits in her favorite local dives--which often are one in the same.

Robin Whitney (Contributor)

Gillian Verdico (Contributor) 

Nick Coamey (Contributor)