In the past year, Brooklyn’s Acid Dad have been churning out a series of singles between the garagey and the trippy, but new track "Grim" (streaming below) is by far the most droney of their repertoire – acid is evidently opening up new soundscapes for this dad! Fans of the UK sound of the ’90s may hear occasional references to both The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream. The boys have three CMJ dates scheduled, which makes them a rather hot item for next week’s Music Marathon (super hot emerging bands can play as often as 6-7 times in those five days). The first show will be at the Good Room (ex Europa in Greenpoint) on October 13.

How does one blend upbeat pop arrangements with incredibly sad sounding vocals? Harvey Eyeballs, a band of Brooklyn weirdos surrounding the title frontman, addresses the question in their new release "Whole ‘Nuther Record" (premiering below). If taken at face value, with their cool saxophone fills and backing vocal pleasantries, the songs swerve and bop in ways reminiscent of 60’s and 70’s feel-good vibes. But because of Harvey’s lyrical dejection and tonal peculiarities, as in opener “I Wanna Love You” and “Gindrunk,” the band’s sound becomes something new entirely. It’s a little like an Elvis Costello on acid, conflicted over leaving the altered state for a less cool reality. Even on slowed-down tracks, like “The Garvin Song,” and heavy-hitting closer “Streetbone,” a pained uncertainty can be detected in Harvey’s voice, creating a wholly new weight to the sound. While playful bells, wild saxophones, or a fun, almost waltzy rhythm section dance along melodically, the entire mood is warped by Eyeballs’ tormented soul searching. The band celebrates the release of Whole Nuther Record 10/8 at The Living Room, and you can expect a certain degree of madness. –JP Basileo

You may remember John Robinson aka Lil Sci from the groundbreaking 90s Hip Hop duo Scienz of Life. International Summers is his collaboration with U.K. producer Lewis Parker who garnered acclaim from his work with fellow British phenom Jehst as well as American marvel Ghostface Killah. The solid boom bap and casual flows conjured by these exemplary MC/Producers make for a perfect summer album. Despite the change of seasons it will definitely warm up your playlist. – BrokeMc

The CMJ Music Marathon is just a week away (bloody hell, not sure we trained hard enough for it this year…), and The Deli as always will focus its attention away from the bands everybody wants to see, to highlight instead those that too many will miss: the so called "emerging artists." NYC Wild Pink definitely belongs to the category, having released their debut, five track EP ‘Good Life‘ this past June – although they were obviously on Pianos radar earlier than that. It’s an electric record that (unexpectedly enough) does NOT quote Pavement nor Dinosaur Jr nor the grunge invasion of the ’90s – the trio deserves one thumb up just for that. We hear a little bit of early Modest Mouse and Guided by Voices’ earnest attitude here and there, but it’s an overall interesting release, full of raw intensity and not afraid to slow down the tempo, like in tracks "Good Life" and River "Run RX." But since upbeat stuff is what most people want, we’ll stream opening single "Is This Hotel Haunted?". Wild Pink will be performing at Lit Lounge (which apparently isn’t closing anymore) on October 14th.

We are fans of Gabrielle Smith’s Eskimeaux, a band that plays what we would call "very reletable" indie pop with folky tinges. After all, what’s more "reletable" than the cozy feeling of wearing socks and sandals with a simple summer dress, while rocking out on stage? They just released this fun video for their latest single "Broken Neck," which was picked up by NPR! The band is also playing at Baby’s Allright, tonight (10.02).

Although most indie rock fans think to Pavement’s Steven Malkmus as the father of lo-fi rock and the slacker attitude applied to the genre, British mad genius – and Pink Floyd founder – Syd Barret anticipated this trend in his three, beautiful, post-Pink Folyd/pre-madness solo records from the early ’70s. Matthew Van Asselt’s band Real Life Buildings sounds to us like he’s heavily inspired by Barret’s casual singing, lazy melodies (as in "Black Kettle") and preference for an overall aesthetic that predilects semi-unfinished sounding recordings (check out opener "In The Sky Today"). The band’s sound is also filtered through the lens of the 90’s US college rock, with distorted power chords often taking over the reigns. Check out our favorite song "It Snowed," which also features a rare banjo in the chorus. You can see Real Life Buildings live at Baby’s All Right tonight (10.02)

Ben Scott and Hazel Rigby’s band, called Outside World, plays a pleasently surprising amalgam of dream pop, math rock, and world music. Single ‘I Know You’ (streaming) starts with an intro that defies a tempo signature – stuff a la Radiohed, but not pompous at all – and then settles on a weirdly synchopated, vaguely funky rhyhm, switching cleverly between sections featuring different variations of triplet-based rhythms. For reasons beyond our comprehension, both this single and the other one available online (‘Wasting Time,’ a simpler pop song sung by Ben) trigger Calypso references, probably because of Scott’s synchopated guitar lines, which often feature a chimey tone vaguely reminiscent of a steel pan. Both songs are included in the band’s upcoming, self-titled album, which will be released through a live show at Cake Shop on October 08. We are intrigued!

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

Deli Readers,

I know, it seems like we put our latest issue out just the other day – but no, we haven’t switched to monthly. It’s just that the fall in NYC is a busy time for us, and with CMJ week and our NYC Synth Expo (linked to BEMF) coming up, there’s a lot to write about.

Here’s our 44th issue of The Deli NYC (one of our finest!). Check out cover band Stolen Jars, they’ll be performing at one of the (several) Deli CMJ 2015 shows!

READ THE DELI NYC’S 44TH ISSUE HERE!

The Deli’s Staff

Deli Readers,

I know, it seems like we put our latest issue out just the other day – but no, we haven’t switched to monthly. It’s just that the fall in NYC is a busy time for us, and with CMJ week and our NYC Synth Expo (linked to BEMF) coming up, there’s a lot to write about.

Here’s our 44th issue of The Deli NYC (one of our finest!). Check out cover band Stolen Jars, they’ll be performing at one of the (several) Deli CMJ 2015 shows!

READ THE DELI NYC’S 44TH ISSUE HERE!

The Deli’s Staff

Many musicians – electric guitarists and drummers in particular – dream of creating an insanely explosive sound, and often look for names that can express that effort. Enter NYC trio Blasteroid, a band that keeps its moniker’s promises in the 20 seconds long, truly blasting intro to their – so far – only single available for streaming, entitled ‘Oaf.’ We can pretty much see the three of them, in awe, while listening for the first time to the finished song through the studio monitors, high fiving each other second later. After the intro, the song settles into a more tranquil psych pop territory, with a gentle, almost childish Barrettesque melody leading to a dreamy chorus drenched in reverb. The contrast – defined by the band as "equal parts ethereal and outrageous" – has the effect to make every section more enjoyable. Now… give us more please!

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

NYC’s Gina Turner, besides being an innovative contemporary EDM artist, is also a deejay/host on Sirius XM. Husband Laidback Luke shares side-project Nouveau Yorican with Turner, who recently collaborated with Sweden hitmmaker Style of the Eye too. She’s everywhere! She recently released this jazzy sounding track with Tony Quattro (also a NYC based artist) and will be performing at the upcoming Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (date to be announced) – Brian Chidester

In their new video for single "Dreamin" – from upcoming LP "Fire In The Hero Building" – Brooklyn garage pop trio Tuff Sunshine sings: “I’ve got lots of dreamin left to do / And all my dreamin includes you,” while the images portray a young boy enjoying the gift of imagination while playing outdoors, alone. Although this sounds very much like a (Lynchian?) metaphor of the life of the average indie musician in the city, Tuff Sunshine’s song is too sweet to corroborate this theory. We are therefore left with a very enjoyable tune an video taking us back to the days when life was still a book full of blank pages waiting to be written. Hopefully, we all have plenty of half written but still promising pages left – because, without a little bit of dreamin’, things get tuff indeed! Tuff Sunshine will be performing at Union Pool on October 17 within the upcoming CMJ Music Marathon.