The jangly, 60’s psych magic of Orange County’s rising sextet Deep Fields has been churning around Southern California venues as of late, and yes: it is definitely possible to fit a Rhodes piano, Juno synth, a drum set, and six warm bodies on a stage. Christian Peters, who also plays with psych-pop singer/songwriter Cotillon, started Deep Fields as a bedroom project but eventually found a handful of talented people through mutual circles. Influenced by psychedelic acts like The Zombies and MGMT, Deep Fields’ music is a sonic fractal of catchy riffs and swirly textures. As of last year, the group has been hard at work writing new songs and lighting up clubs like Harvard and Stone, The Slidebar, Que Sera, and Los Globos. Check out the video for their first single "Salazar" below!

Deep Fields will be playing tomorrow at Fullerton’s Continental Room with L.A. Takedown and PART TIME. 21+ / Free Admission – Ryan Mo

Considering the not very promising premises (they are fronted by Gossip Girl’s star actor Penn Badgley) electronic NYC band MOTHXR is actually a hell of a lot better than what the average reader of The Deli may expect. Their music is dark, percussive, and also soulful, in a suspenseful and cinematic way. The band, known until mid 2014 as ‘MOTHER," lives single by single (they released four in 2014, “Easy” is their best received one so far), and sports a very convincing live show and noteworthy fan base – we experienced it directly when they packed Pianos at our 2014 CMJ show. They just unveiled this video for their second most popular single ‘Centerfold.’ You can catch them tonight with another Deli favorite: Buscabulla.

The label of New York as a melting-pot may sound cliché these days, especially when it comes to music, but not when the ingredients in question are as disparate as dream pop and Peru. Malka, who just released their debut EP ‘The Constant State’ and is fronted by Peruvian-born, and nine-year-New-York-resident Darko Saric, brings its own flavor of shoegazed dream-pop to the seemingly over-populated table of noisy, melodic instrumentals, highlighted by vocal brilliance and unique lyrical alternation between Spanish and English. The record flows in a mystical airiness, its songs individually building in intensity throughout, choral guitars shooting for the heavens, seamless in their strumming, and the bass diggings towards an underworld unknown with its bulldozing, growling granularity. All creates a wonderfully ethereal environment over which the vocal harmonies of Saric, EJ DeCoske (guitars and synth), and David Ciauro (bass), can dance and meld. Whether dealing in pop-rock rhythms driven by drummer Mike Dawson, as on opener “A Flock of Crows,” or the tonal clarity and spatiality of the guitars, as on “For Now We Live,” and Spanish-sung closer, “Mirame,” ‘The Constant State’ explores sonic territories beyond any tangible landscape, which surely helps get past the this big apple’s crammed lifestyle. – JP Basileo

Yo, isn’t it a little too early to have "The new Strokes" yet? Maybe it’s a question of perceptions: for those who’ve been listening to indie rock for more than 20 years, the answer may be "yes," but considering how quickly the new generation of NYC musicians is churning through past decades for inspiration, the early aughts are next in line for a revival. The guys in NYC’s Public Access TV look so young they were probably toddlers when "Is This It" came out, but the only really important thing here is that they can write very catchy pop songs and deliver them with top notch flair. After touring with Gang of Four and losing home and music gear in the recent explosion in the East Village, the quartet will keep playing around the US in May, touring with Palma Violets. Watch out for a debut EP, to be released soon.

Brooklyn’s Animal Years released their debut album Sun Will Rise in 2013, then revealing the music video for their song “Forget What They’re Telling You” (streaming below) and opening for Robert Randolph and the Family Band the following year. Now prepping their sophomore effort, the roots rock trio led by singer/guitarist Mike McFadden will open for their artistic hero, the singer/songwriter Martin Sexton, at The Gramercy Theatre this Friday (5.1). – Zachary Weg