DC's indie rockers Shark Week released their debut album on NYC's Paper Cup Records on May 19. The band is about to depart on a East Coast tour that will see them play the Northside Festival in Brooklyn and Toronto's NXNE. Check out single "Why Did I Let you Go" streaming below.

Loud Boyz is finally releasing a 7" this Saturday, January 10th, at Comet Ping Pong! The single includes the songs Hard Feelings and 4 the Ladies, and can be pre-ordered at Cricket Cemetery.

Loud Boyz will be joined by DC garage/surf heartthrobs Shark Week, who are preparing the highly anticipated album, Beach Fuzz, for 2015 (check out lead single "Desire"). This is a super lineup, featuring two of DC's hottest bands, poised for national success, on one stage, and not to be missed. Saturday, January 10th, @ Comet Ping Pong. 10PM. $12. --Natan Press

The DC Party Action Committee Council is busting out the hugest line-up of the summer to hit the 9:30 stage Saturday 7/27 featuring some of DC's finest. Instrumental giants of loud ambient indie-rock Black Clouds will headline with their and bring forth the sounds from their LP Everything Is Not Going To Be Ok (check it out below,) available now on vinyl! DC Deli's Band of the Year Shark Week joins them to celebrate their upcoming release Santurce that will be available on vinyl and iTunes on 7/30! Thrash-metal Warchild has laid out that this will be their last show ever, so don't miss their set or you'll regret it forever. Rock & rollers Typefighter just graced the Fort Reno stage, so now see them with some air conditioning rolling through as they belt out tracks from their EP discography. True Head will rep the night with classic head bobbing DC 90s vibes, while NoVa's Highway Cross kicks the set off with hardcore punk from their latest release Run Dry. If that's not enough, Blackout DJs will be there too!

The 9:30 Club wants to make sure that you are there, so we've teamed up with them to give one lucky Deli reader 2 spots on the guestlist! All you have to do is email us by 3 PM on 7/18 and tell us your favorite local band. Please include your first and last name for guest list requirements. The winner will be emailed back. Tickets are still for sale here.

You may remember the bombardment of year end lists and polls that dominated the social media stratosphere a couple months ago. Of course we at the DC Deli were a part of the chaos, and in that time, more than several local scene experts (mostly venue bookers and journalists) came to us with similar praise for the band that would become our Best Emerging Band of 2012. And that band is the surf garage rockers Shark Week. We wanted to find out more about the quartet comprised of Ryan, Danielle, Dan and Al. We got a hold of singer/guitarist Ryan Hunter Mitchell who tells us about fooseball tournament prizes, recording in Puerto Rico, and performing at Sweetlife Festival this year! Click here for the interview...

Shark Week will be headed off to SxSW in the coming days, so catch them at their send off show this Friday March 8th at the Rock and Roll Hotel. They will be shooting a live video and premiering a new single! Joining them are DC's dance rock outfit Dance For the Dying, Balitmore's psyche rockers The Flying Eyes, and new DC punk band Joy Buttons. Doors are at 8 PM and it's only $10. -Dawn

Check out this awesome video for their song "Baby Maybe" released just this week.