OC’s four-piece rock band (full-stop) Media Jeweler recently released their new single "Autopilot" from the upcoming album $99 R/T Hawaii, and it’s an epilepsy of sounds. Moving against the current of synths and drum machines, Media Jeweler’s tonal experimentation in this track includes brass melody, bass and guitar harmonics, and well-time dissonance that could be attributed as much to the late ’90s ska-punk movement as to Sonic Youth. Fight against the temptation to prefix their genre; this is rock music — perhaps not so simple, but definitely pure.

Media Jeweler have also announced that the album will be self-released August 14th. Sadly, no shows till the second half of July, where you’ll find at the Pomona dA Center for the Arts on the 24th, and Los Angeles’ The Smell on the 30th. – Ryan Mo

Of all the 30+ bands that played our 2015 NYC B.E.A.F. (Best of Emerging Artists Fest), garage rockers Big Huge had certainly one of the most entertaining live shows. Their colorful t-shirts (or lack o thereof) matched the musicians’ personalities, definitely not shy nor subtle. You can clearly hear this in their brand new single "Late at Nite," a gritty uptempo number that blends garage rock and ’60s pop (including a touch of early Beatles, dare we say!) with super fun results. Whatch out for an upcoming EP featuring this song later in the summer.

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

Summer is back in NYC, and, with it, our favorite series of outdoors indie film projections, combined with live music by emerging artists: Rooftop Films. On July 2nd, a live performance of Brooklyn (via Portland) singer-songwriter Tica Douglas will preceed a program of documentary shorts at the Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts (on 143 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn). Douglas is an accomplished and prolific songwriter who’s been releasing records since 2011. Her latest, beautiful full length, "Joey," was released in early 2015 and erneastly dwells in meditations related to gender identity, through mellow and thoughtful electric ballads that highlight her versatile soprano and original melodies. Check out single ‘I didn’t,’ streaming below.

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

Hailing quite appropriately from the US home of electronic music (Chicago), The Fantastic Plastics is an electronic trio comprised of Tyson, Miranda and Dylan Plastic. They recently moved to NYC to foster their musical ‘de-evolution’ (as in: picking up the sound genius Ohio post punk band Devo left off after their early records, around 1982). The band isn’t afraid to admit that influence: they actually often perform as a Devo cover act, in costumes inspired to that band’s dumb futurism, and their upcoming record, scheduled for a September release, will be called ‘Devolver.’ Their original material preserves the sonics and fun attitude of Devo’s early, groundbreaking albums, with references to working like machines and human obsolescence, like in the new single we are premiering here, entitled ‘We Are Obsolete.’ Check out also the other preview single from the upcoming album, NoNoGoGo.