With their unmistakeable Australian flair, the two front ladies of BOYTOY keep churning out super-hummable guitar pop gems that are likely to send listeners on an aural trip back to twenty years ago (that is, if you were already around then… if you weren’t, check this out). Their brand new single ‘Postal’ (streaming) is pure pop bliss counterfeited as garage rock (without the over-polished, production of the mainstream genre known to the masses as pop-punk). It’s a preview of the full length album ‘Grackle,’ arriving on October 2nd on PaperCup Music, a local label that’s releasing albums by a lot of garagey Brooklyn based bands. You’ll get a chance to see BOYTOY live tomorrow (08.07) at Shea Stadium.

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

Pete Roessler and Severine Casati’s recently debuted Late Nite Cable project crafts simple, manicured synth-pop songs for balmy summer nights. The New York based duo’s first track "Take Me Away" is a blissfully mellow cut, sourcing 80s-era vocal melodies and 90s-era drum machines for a dreamy duet. Today, we premiere the band’s newest effort, "All Nite Girl," a lead single to be featured on their forthcoming EP (set for release in September). The EP was co-produced by Anthony "Rocky" Gallo, who previously worked with Yeasayer, John Legend, and Cat Power. The production of "All Nite Girl" is more robust than previous single "Take Me Away," a soaring force of densely arranged melodies and rhythms, and the vocal hooks are tighter, stronger." – Angel Eugenio Fraden

With their breezy songs brimming with surf and dream pop influences, Brooklyn’s Little Racer should be in the ‘Summer Tunes’ playlist of anybody enamored with beach centered lifestyle. Which begs the questions: why are these guys living in NYC? Aware of this contradiction, the band wrote this in the "Short Description" section of their Facebook page: ‘NYC Surf rockers that can’t swim. ‘ The trio released their sophomore EP ‘Foreign Tongues‘ in June, and recently unveiled this video for single Montevideo. They’ll be playing a free show at tiny Alphabet City venue Niagara tomorrow (August 6th). It’s a great opportunity for a night of affordable and easy going fun.

Back in May, the epically named New York rock trio Lost Kingdoms self-released their debut album, ‘Big Hits.’ As heard on such surging, guitar-based songs as “Steal” and “Scared,” the Terry Edelman-fronted band keenly understands the deeply cathartic possibilities of rock, their almost relentless strums and throttling drums allowing the listener to ponder and potentially purge. Lost Kingdoms aren’t solely ferocious, though; their track “Far” (streaming below), which recalls a mix of the pretty rawness of ‘Pablo Honey’-era Radiohead and R.E.M.’s more rocking moments, is a compelling mix of loud and quiet, blistering chords periodically settling down to tender ones. There is some calm in the storm. Lost Kingdoms played their first The Mercury Lounge show last night (8.4), check out their Facebook page for upcoming shows. – Zach Weg

Musicians in The Deli World (i.e. the 12 local US scenes we cover – list here),

Once again, The Deli will give some emerging bands and artists the opportunity to play at one of its CMJ 2015 Music Marathon showcases.

This year we have booked a bunch of shows in the Lower East Side (Pianos on Friday night and Rockwood on Wednesday!) and Williamsburg (The Living Room on Saturday and Muchmore’s on Thursday!), and – as usual – we’ll have several stages for different musical genres.

We are looking to book 3 or more artists for these shows through this submissions system.

To be considered, all you need to do is to apply HERE – good luck!

Submission deadline: August 15, 2015.

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Since Brooklyn’s Future Punx‘ latest EP was our Record of the Month earlier this year, we can’t wait to hear their debut album ‘This is Post Wave’ – they just announced it will be released on August 28 on Dull Tool Records. In the meantime they unveiled a video for preview single ‘Ever You Go’ (below). Noisey also posted an almost month long list of dates for their European tour, some of them opening for Parquet Courts. Things seem to be happenin’ for these guys.

There’s an interesting show at The Bell House on Friday August 7 featuring four rather unconventional emerging NYC bands – we are streaming their music below. Corporal (pictured), playing the headliner slot, is an alt folk project that at its best sounds like a folkier and more acoustic version of Beck, we are digging this single from their 2010 self titled debut album.

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.357 Lover is a band that, according to their bandcamp tags, plays glam rock and aims at enterteining fans both at arenas and the dinner table. Their latest single ‘Song of Anya,’ inspired by the character from Game of Thrones, features celtic elements and not much in terms of glam influences, but it does have an arena rock/dinner table kind of feel to it – whatever that may suggest!

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Mesiko, on stage at 8.30, is a band that received Deli-love before, and has been active since 2011. The trio plays an eclectic mix of roots rock and psychedelia, with alternating male/female vocals and occasional noir tinges. Their latest record ‘Solar Door‘ never ceases to surprise and deserves a listen. 

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Opening the night will be the most unconventional band on the bill, called Soft Gang, fronted by Japanese (we assume) singer Kaori Nakamura. The group doesn’t have any recordings yet, but this live demo showcases heavy post punk inclinations.

Deli Readers,

After the first great experience with Sofar Sounds from a few weeks ago, it’s time for an encore – although with different performes, of course!

With a presence in more than 100 cities, including New York, Sofar Sounds organizes intimate, secret gigs featuring emerging artists, and in most cases hosted in private living rooms. This makes it a perfect partner for a site like The Deli NYC that’s exclusively focused on up and coming local artists.

The show will be in Tribeca by the Canal station – you’ll be given the exact address if you buy a ticket here, or if you get selected from the hundreds of people who will apply to attend for free, here.

Since all Sofar Sounds’ shows are secret until one day before they happen, we can’t tell you who is playing, but we can give you a hint and some info: there will be three acts, and one of them is pitcured above… 

Hope to see you there!

The Deli’s Staff

NYC based quartet Summer Moon might feature elements of The Strokes (Nikolai Fraiture) and Au Revoire Simone (Erika Spring) but still perfectly fits the profile of "emerging band" – hence our coverage. The band only released two singles this far (‘With You Tonight’ – streaming, and ‘Happenin’‘), but seems to have what it takes to take off internationally in the next few months, including a booking agent as influential as Marsha Vlasic. The band had to reschedule their July 28th Baby’s All Right show because of an ankle injury occurred to drummer Tennessee Thomas (formerly of The Like). The show is now scheduled for August 11th, and it could be one of the last opportunities to see these guys in an intimate medium size venue. Summer Moon will also perform at Central Park’s Summer Stage on 08.05 with Father John Misty. Yep, that’s the kind of gig influential booking agents get you…

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

Minneapolis transplants Strange Names have brought to NYC a swagger and confidence most of the local hipsters cannot emanate even if they tried. Their style flirts with the clean, stylized sounds and imagery of the pop of the ’80s – heck, their singers kinda looks like a young Simon Le Bon! – but their music, uptempo in a catchy but edgy way, is by no means simple: layers of electric, percussive and electronic sounds intersect with each other (and with the vocals) creating intriguing and often rather complex sonic webs, which must have required a certain amount of production in the studio. Our friends at Delicious Audio had the opportunity to ask guitarist Francis Ximenez where all these sounds – and the band’s inspiration – come from, see link below.

Strange Names interview about gear and creative process

Bushwick’s Starlight Girls gave us some truly memorable retro-pop singles a few years ago (we really enjoyed ‘Flutterby‘ and ‘Gossip‘ among others), and – as recently as last year – Electro-Motown gem ‘Fancy.’ The band, lead by visionary singer songwriter Christina B, just released new single ‘Intrigue’ (streaming), which blends the old retro influences with the group’s more recent upbeat and electronic developments, to deliver another sophisticated pop gem. Starlight Girls announced a new LP scheduled for an October 13 release.

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

A rather uncharacteristical Brooklyn band, Youth Signals play music that dwells in darkness and suspenceful atmospheres. We debuted their intriguing single "Prisms" a few months ago and enjoyed its post-punk-meet-roots-music vibe, and we are now happy to stream their new video for Nick Cave-esque single ‘Foreign Eye,’ directed by the band’s singer and main songwriter Brock Bodell, and inspired by his favorite horror movies – we assume "Ringu" (which inspired the Hollywood blockbuster "The Ring") is one of them.