We blogged about Brooklyn’s indie pop quartet Folding Legs last week, and after that they asked us if we were interested in premiering their new video. Well, it turns out we were! Lots of character here both in the song and the video, which shows an urban pistol duel between a Brooklyn hipster (the hero) and a Tea Party cowboy (the villain) for a beautiful girl, which out of metaphor is America. At least that’s how we see it – and yes we have been reading too much about politics lately. See Folding Legs at Rought Trade tomorrow May 16.

Elaphant, a band self-described as delivering music for the masses, have already shown they can work you into a dreamy haze with tracks like ‘End to Begin‘ and ‘Torn Limbs.’ Now they prove they can also rock the snot out of you, in latest track ‘Invader.’

NYC based singer/songwriter Andrew James pulled together a collective for this latest venture to showcase some of his most aggressive music yet. It’s a raw and emotionally searing experience, and as you’ll hear… plenty loud too. Listen to ‘Invader’ below, and see the group when they release their EP at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, June 3rd at 8pm with Fancy Colors. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best Alt Rock songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

It’s official, electronic music (together with 90s rock) is taking over the NYC scene. In the last few weeks we blogged about an ever increasing number of local electro bands coming out of nowhere, getting tens of thousands of plays online and instant "buzz" status. Brooklyn’s electro pop trio Little Daylight, though, is not just an internet sensation: the band has a solid live show and released a super catchy debut EP in 2013, which includes gone-viral single ‘Overdose.’ That tune is a little too poppy for us dirty indie ex-kids, so we’ll stream instead the more dreamy track ‘Glitter and Gold.’ The band just signed with Capitol Records and is scheduled to release their debut album in the summer. You can see them live at Central Park’s Summer Stage on May 20th.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best electronic songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

There’s something quite enjoyable about most lo-fi videos that mix creepy and cheesy elements, but some songs work better than others with them. The video for ‘Foul Play’ by that force of nature that is NYC’s Sharkmuffin is a fine example in this regard. The song alone, with its incendiary references to the psychedelic ’60s, would make pretty much any moving image look like a hallucination, and the video simply exacerbates that effect to a point of no return. It was premiered by She Shreds, a magazine dedicated to women guitarist and bassists – Sharkmuffin will play the mag’s party on June 5th at Shea Stadium.