Mixing ’70s funk with yacht rock and modern indie-soul sounds like a Pandora station gone haywire. It works for NYC’s The Rooks, who share a moniker with the ’90s power-pop quartet from Connecticut. Garth Taylor’s silky tenor recalls Frank Ocean and D’Angelo (on faster material), while the band plays tight like session men, freaky like their own thing. The Rooks recently released a new EP entitled "Wires" and will be performing at The Deli’s CMJ Roots Stage at Rockwood on 10.14. – Brian Chidester
