Just by glancing at the name, it’s clear that ghost-folk Weyes Blood (formerly known as Weyes Bluhd) isn’t afraid to get experimental – and yes, “weyes” is indeed pronounced “wise.” Natalie Mering, formerly of Jackie-O Motherfucker, brings this sense of creativity and adventure to every aspect of her Weyes Blood project, which she started back in 2006. Mering’s work is textural and multi-faceted. She layers tape samples with piano and guitar to create spectral soundscapes. Complimented by her ethereal voice, these collages are hauntingly penetrating. The live experience is even more haunting and rewarding – waiting for a soon to be announced new album, don’t miss her tomorrow June 13 at The Deli’s B.E.A.F./Northside Rootsy Stage at Spike Hill. – Corinne Bagish

While many musicians try really hard to write material that pleases the ears of the majority of people, some artists have the ability to "find" their audience by sticking to music that the masses would consider "weird" at best. NYC Margaret Chardiet  has been making power electronics/death industrial music under the name Pharmakon for five years, and – remarkably – she doesn’t seem too interested in compromising her artistic vision with anything even remotely "pleasing" to the ear. Check out her single "Crawling On Bruised Knees," which is approaching 200k plays on Soundcloud, and if you dig, don’t miss her upcoming Northside show at Baby’s All Right on 06.14. S&M attire preferred.

Unless you’ve been paying close attention to the output of Brooklyn’s DIY recording studio Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen, you’d be forgiven for sleeping on Sons of an Illustrious Father. The band, made up of multi-instrumentalists Josh Aubin, Lilah Larson, Ezra Miller, has been all but dormant, at least recording wise, since 2011’s “One Body,” and have only recently begun releasing a string of new singles. The latest two, “Very Few Dancers" and "Strange Home,” are raucous and soul-shaking, with influences as disparate as folk, psychedelic rock, and contemporary hip-hop. “Very Few Dancers” is built upon Miller’s percussive lilt, accompanied by Larson’s singular guitar licks and backing vocals. “Strange Home,” while subdued in comparison, has an underlying intensity to it, both restless and hopeful, which builds and blissfully boils over. All told, you couldn’t ask for a better introduction to Sons of an Illustrious Father, so consider this your wake up call. You can catch Sons at Muchmore’s Northside show with Napoleon and Happy Lives on June 14. – @emilioherce

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

Talented songwriters Bess Rogers (from NYC) and Lelia Broussard (from LA) have recently joined forces to form a new band called Secret Someones, also featuring Hannah Winkler & drummer/multi-instrumentalist Zach Jones. The band released a three song debut EP at the end of last year that blended pop and rock featuring the streaming sinlge ‘I Won’t Follow’, while the latest single "Never Stop Love" it’s a ballad with dreamy overtones reminiscent of the slower songs by The Bangles. They are currently on tour and will be at Brooklyn Bowl on June 20.

Band mates and friends Porches and Frankie Cosmos – whose latest releases were recently The Deli’s Record of the Month (here and here) – will be performing live tonight at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg together with Kevin Morby from The Babies. Lots of true and fresh talent here, definitely a show not to miss for those seeking new music.

There’s a B.E.A.F.(Y) rock’n’roll party happening tomorrow night at Silent Barn in Bushwick and No Shoes are part of it! These Brooklyn guys lay down thick delays on top of twinged out melodies and rockin’ beats to create a story within every song. You can feel the wind at your back with each measure, it’s almost like being tossed down a mountain of guitars, bass and drums. Just imagine if The Books, The Boredoms and Japandroids did a project together… Yet somehow, it comes together in the end and is thoroughly satisfying. – Joe Fish

Garage Pop trio Boytoy just premiered this hilarious video for single "Shallow Town" on Spin. You can catch the band live at the first one of our Northside shows at Silent Barn with Big Ups, Lost Boy and Weird Womb (among others) on Thursday 06.12

Since Butter the Children entered a state of "indefinite hiatus" and won’t be playing our NYC B.E.A.F. Fest at Northside, we enrolled the sickeningly named sludge rock trio Vomitface to take their slot at 9.15 on Thursday. To keep this rather nauseating food-related theme going, check out their track "Sloppy Joes" below.

Raspy punk rock has a very important place in every punk rocker’s heart.  Dead Bars seem to occupy that space.  Formed in 2013 and hailing from New Jersey,  Dead Bars are not only raw, grungy, bloodied and ragged, but they seem to also have a surprisingly talent for melody.  They could easily be confused with most bands on the Fat Wreck Chords punk label.  The band just released two new tracks via No Idea Records, one called ‘Los Marineros,’ which will appear on their self-titled EP and one called ‘Just Fine’ that will appear on a split with Sunshine State.   You can listen to the latter below. – Michael Haskoor (@Tweetskoor)

The guys at The Deli’s headquarters have been waiting for this moment their entire life: a gorgeous young lady is standing in front of them unafraid to make eye contact… with all of them at once! (But they don’t know that). She spent the last five minute being seriously flirty with them, there are no doubts, she’s into them. It appears that finally the sacrifices of choosing a career in the hip but financially unrewarding music journalism field are paying off! What’s next, girl?

On a separate note, we need to issue a ORANGE LAW SUIT ALERT!!! There appear to be two bands named "Mother," both based out of NYC, and they both seem at a point in their career where they need a unique name. (By the way, it’s our opinion that one word band names should be banned or have a 3 digit code at the end of them to avoid confusion). The video below is by the rather new and mysterious electro-pop project Mother, that’s been getting a lot of attention with two singles released in the past 3 months, while the other NYC Mother plays a rather aggressive brand of Alt Rock and just released a new EP entitled "A New Life." Since "electro Mother" is playing the familiar "I don’t-want-you-to-see-me" game (they have no press pictures), "electric Mother" gets this post’s photo!

Young Planet conjure that vintage boom bap sound replete with hard rhyming, thumping rhythms, and echoed out hooks. Their productions are clean, their themes are conscious and politically inclined, and their videos are beautifully produced. Eibol, not to be confused with the MC from Fingerprint Records, generates electronic-based beats which speak to MC Cidada’s ominous study on the ever forthcoming end-of-days. The rhyme patterns are clever and engaging and with a few more turns round the sun, Young Planet will undoubtedly show an even greater diversity of life. Their free album, New Fast Automatic, is available on their bandcamp page.

Brooklyn trio Twintapes doesn’t take the easy way out. Although their bread and butter is plush, danceable electro-pop, they perform sans laptops. And it’s clearly something they’re proud of — the lack of computers is one of the first things mentioned on their social pages. Performance-wise, this laptop-free commitment takes the form of a collaborative chain reaction: singer/frontman Pavel Rivera initiates sounds to all-analog synth player Landon Knoblock. From there, Benny Reiner adds rhythm with an electric/acoustic melded drum set. This unique DIY-electro approach has paid off. Twintapes celebrated the release of single and subsequent video “Everyday Chemical” (streaming) in mid-March.

LINKS: Read Corinne Bagish’s interview with Twintapes
EVENTS: Twintapes live at Spike Hill Hill with Leverage Models, Zula, Wolvves, Psychic Twin + more on 06.14