DC’s own rock quartet Deleted Scenes will be playing at Arlington’s IOTA nightclub on 11/15 with Toronto band the Grounders. They’ve just put out a new 7 inch featuring the killer track "Stutter" heard below. Finishing touches are in the works for their 3rd album due out in 2014. Show starts @ 8 PM.

As you all know here at The Deli we love genres and merciless musical categories (most musicians hate them). But the truth is that the artists we love the most are the ones we have a hard time categorizing – not just because they have an original sound, but also because they allow us to be creative by coining new genres and new labels! Brooklyn based Cloud Becomes Your Hand plays some kind of insane, mostly instrumental, lo-fi, psychedelic synth pop with carousel music influences (or something). This earns them the imaginative label PSYNTH-CARNIVAL-POP. This stuff is truly out there, but very musical, very well produced – a truly exciting find. They released two records so far, and, since the last one is from 2011, are hopefully due for a new one . They’ll be playing Secret Project Robot tonight opening for Zula, who will be celebrating their CD release party. Do not miss.

Brooklyn electro pop masters Small Black will perform at this year’s Deli curated night of music at Brooklyn Bazaar on December 12. If you don’t know what that is, just… go, because it’s a super fun (and humongous) indoors market featuring small business, independent boutiques, artist shops, and – of course – a lot of great food trucks. On the bill also amazing two other amazing NYC electronic bands: Brothertiger (they pulled off one of the best shows we saw in a while at our electro CMJ show) and Party Supplies. Check out Small Black’s latest video for "Breathless. Full Brooklyn Bazaar calendar here.

Young NYC boy/girl duo The Henry Millers have picked up their synthesizers and novels yet again, spinning a new yarn that’ll keep you guessing where their ideas keep coming from, while humming its bizarrely catchy hook at the same time. Channeling an almost Arcade Fire-like concern for familial ties, Singer/songwriters John MacCallum and Katie Schecter with latest single ‘Children’ take on issues unlike anything I’ve yet heard from them. Taken from forthcoming LP ‘Posies,’ the song eschews the band’s usual flair for literary sexiness. Instead, it issues a warning to prospective parents that’s one part good advice, one part hopeless nostalgia. A beautiful sentiment, listen below and get excited for what might herald a new direction for this indie pop group. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)

ESOPUS is a gorgeous looking semiannual arts publication based in NYC, and each issue contains a themed audio CD compilation – how vintage! For their 20th issue they asked musicians to write a song inspired by one of their personal belongings. Brooklyn singer-songwriter Cassandra Jenkins – with the help of Celestial Shore’s Sam Owens – created this song inspired by a taxidermied pet rabbit belonging to good friends of hers. Considering the subject, this couldn’t possibly be a happy song.