Anyone looking for the next Passion Pit needs look no further than Brooklyn’s next potentially big chill-wave export, Future Screens. Like most quality bands, it appears that also this one was built with hooking up purposes in mind: if their song ‘All My Daydreams’ (streaming below) doesn’t convince her (or him or whatever you’re into) to stick around the bar a little longer, nothing will. Singer Rob Arbelo has taken the normally distant chill-wave vibe, and infused it with a sympathetic heart usually reserved for old Motown soul grooves. It’s an intoxicating (and dizzying) wave of sonic keyboard blasts that should help get you ready to finally start dancing when you’ll see the band live on January 4th at Cameo Gallery. – Mike Levine

This band submitted their music for review here

BANDITAS performed at the Boston Music Awards as one of the “Americana Artist of the Year” nominee on December 2nd, joined by Margaret Garrett of Mr. Airplane Man. Their album "Save the Rats," released in September 2012, features garagey, slightly sick folk-punk female vocals that fans of everything from Patsy Cline to Dum Dum Girls will find appealing. A full band backing the crooning duo rounds out the 9-track album that was recorded and mixed on cassette. If that doesn’t have the analog nerd in you running to purchase this band’s record – just wait. Your 12 hard-earned dollars doesn’t just get you an immediate download; you’ll also get the vinyl. Don’t take my word for it: you can preview the whole album at BANDITAS bandcamp. – Hillary Anderson

The fusion of chillwave rhythms and industrial clatter allows Pearl Necklace’s new single “Do You Feel It?” to percolate like something out of an aluminum factory. (That is a recommendation.) The duo (Brooklyn residents Bryce Hackford and Frank Lyon) found a champion in Arp mastermind Alexis Georgopoulos, who not only contributed to several cuts from the band’s debut album, "Soft Opening," but also helped get Pearl Necklace signed to Smalltown Supersound out of Norway. MGMT’s Andrew Van Wyngarden also contributes organ to the proceedings, promising the LP more than a passing glance from the larger electro diaspora. Just don’t expect party-rock from these mood mixers. The term “welding” comes to mind.--Brian Chidester

We are big fans of Hunters (their latest EP was our Record of the month in February 2012) and it’s great to see them on the cover of The Village Voice – big, big thumbs up to the free NYC weekly for picking one of the best (and still very underrated) emerging local bands. The duo plays what could be described as "primal noise rock that makes sense" – i.e. noisy songs rather than just a random accumulation of noise and out of tune vocals. Hunters recently shared stages with Montreal’s buzz band Metz and will be playing live in NYC on December 11 at Death By Audio – do not miss!

P.S. We wonder if Hunters will post the news about this cover on their Facebook profile or website (not for now). Sometimes these indie bands are a little self conscious or I-don’t-know-what – modest? pretend they don’t care?. When they do it to us (it happened recently with Foxygen – YOU BRILLIANT BASTARDS!!!) it always hurts like hell. But we are a baby publication with immature staff and constant need for promotion, The Village Voice probably won’t care about that stuff. Or will it? Anyway, one day we’ll have to write an article about bands too cool to promote themselves… funny thing is, that’s how many of us were too when we played in bands!

We should never make fun of past trends we perceive as cheesy, because sooner or later a Brooklyn hipster is going to make them kewl again. Morgan Z’s brainchild Chrome Canyon (the man was on the cover of The Deli Magazine when he was involved in the band Apes & Androids) plays rather simple and sparse electro-prog revival (think Vangelis and Giorgio Moroder’s big spacey synthetic symphonies), but the amount of flair and intensity he infuses in each of those bleepy notes could move mountains. You don’t believe it? Check out the guy’s performance in the brand new video for single "Pluze." Morgan landed a deal with dance revival label Stones Throw Records, which released the project’s debut album "Elemental Themes" in October. See him live at Glasslands on January 26.

Brooklyn Indie pop duo (and now quartet) Slam Donahue just premiered this teenage-hoops-match themed video for their latest single "I turn on," featured in the "Hemlock Tea" EP they released in the summer. The band is playing at Terminal 5 tomorrow (12.06) opening for Marina and the Diamonds and again at Glasslands on December 13 with label mates (and ex Deli cover band) Bear Hands.

For Napoleon, life has plenty of frustrations, but all you need to do is allow yourself to take a deep breath to realize how beautiful things are. That amazingly deep philosophical moment was proven to be true by my first listen to their strong debut, ‘Successs.’ Produced by lo-fi wizard Kevin McMahon, the record shows that this band has a certain vision for their mid-tempo rock that includes impassioned pleas for mortality (‘I Won’t Let You Die’) snug up against half-hearted attempts at meeting women (‘City Girls’). A very fun record, but not a shallow one – this is beach music for the real world. So no matter your mood, these guys probably know how to put a jangly groove to it. See the band next month when they play Shea Stadium Jan 31. Streaming below record opener "Sarafan" – video here. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)

This song was added to our SoundCloud playlist of emerging NYC artists here.

Everybodys favorite form of instant pix is back as a… band, with a debut EP! Polaroid is Tim Oxton’s new music project. One can see the correlation between the 5 track lo-fi self-titled EP with the legendary instant photo format – these tunes are totally bleached out and instantly gratifying. "Eighties Night" – streaming below – is a standout, with a super Real Estate-y vibe and a thrummed guitar chord progression reminiscent of Beach House. The combination of home recording with synths, a drum machine, and guitar reverb puts this band straight up in the chill-wave department. Polaroids performed for the first time at Great Scott November 28th for local blog Allston Pudding’s November Mixtape show. – Hillary Anderson

Brooklyn Psychedelic Blues-Rock trio, Peanut Butter Lovesicle is playing their final NYC show of the year at Tammany Hall Wednesday December 5th (tonight) at 930pm. The young family band (Brothers Jake and Mike D’Arc – Guitar/Bass and Vox – and Cousin Timmy Miller – drums/vox – have recently released their second EP, "Dirty Pride," with Super Producer Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Mick Jagger). Their single, "Black Eyed Blues" (streaming below, video here) with its undulating bass lines and guitar riffs, coupled with a raspy, slightly off kilter vocals, will have the ladies shaking and the guys inspired to make the first move (and viceversa!). There aren’t too many Brooklyn bands waving the banner of sexually charged classic rock reminiscent of Deep Purple, The Doors, and even Hendrix – and shooting videos involving babes in high heels and tight outfits. The intimate and dark Tammany Hall sounds like the perfect ambiance for a blast from the classic rock past. – Julia Kwamya

New York’s Generator Ohm have been… generating quite the buzz with their debut album, “Upon the Me Om I.” Not as relaxed as “ohm” might indicate, the band melds grunge heaviness and progressive intricacies and drives the energy to a punky, frenzied state. in the twelve tracks long record, Willie Chen(guitar, bass, vocals), Ernest D’Amaso(guitar, bass and vocals), Mike Morales(drums) showcase their adrenalized style on “Lemming Shuffle,” reverberating “They Can See Us,” the militaristic guitar strums that introduce “Platius,” frantic drums of “Smoke Eater,” and album closer, “Yukon’s Tempest” which centers around crashing drums and tumultuous guitar distortion. Generator Ohm have a couple of shows in the next few days, playing Arlene’s Grocey on December 5 and King Killer Studios in Gowanus onthe 22nd. – We added the track "Marginal Hop" to our NYC Alt Rock SoundCloud playlist here. Meijin Bruttomesso

This Friday December 7th, The Deli is presenting a night of music at Brooklyn Bazar (45 N. 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY), a free event inspired by night markets across Asia.

Check out the lineup below, more info here. 

11.00 – Emily Wells
09.50 – Devin 
08.40 – Swear and Shake
07.40 – Live Footage 

In Between Bands: DJ Irene Who I am

The Deli’s Staff