Brooklyn so-called ‘supergroup’ The Babies, having wandered the globe’s roads for a good couple of years, acquiring probably as much notoriety overseas as at home, are now getting closer to the release of their second LP, ‘Our House On The Hill’, announced for November 13th via Woodsist. Following the introduction started a couple of months ago with a first single ‘Moonlight Mile’, new track ‘Get Lost’ (streaming below) finds Kevin Morby taking the lead once again on a nonchalant dream-folk romance that brings us back to the slower tracks of their last full-length, with some ear-tickling guitars peeping through the fog as they did on Wild 2. Getting geared up to promote the album – first one with new bassist Brian Schleyer – The Babies have announced their upcoming tour dates, kicking off with the record release show at Knitting Factory on 11.13, and stretching right up until Christmas time when they finally head back to NYC after a last show in Philadelphia. – Tracy Mamoun

New York transplants Barnaby Bright has a lot to look forward to this month. The Brooklyn-via-Kansas married duo of Nathan and Rebecca Bliss will not only release their second full-length album, “The Longest Day” on October 23, but just a few days prior are set to compete in NPR’s Mountain Stage Songwriting Contest at Lincoln Center on October 20. Their music is traditional folk centered on intense melodies and Rebecca’s mature, regal vocal style. Barnaby Bright, a medieval term for the summer solstice, will celebrate “The Longest Day” release at Joe’s Pub on October 23 after competing against the 11 other regional finalists for the NPR songwriting contest.Check out the brand new video for the song "Old Coats" here.  – Devon Antonetti

Of all bands you’ll praise for putting a new spin on the old, Foxygen stands out as the wildest recent answer to our post-everything inferiority complex. Where many have tried to bridge the gap between past and future, these two guys are just dancing in it, carelessly, cooking up from scratch some wicked psychedelic potions to transport today’s twenty-somethings into their romanticised fantasies of a glamorous, hedonistic past. Their album ‘Take The Kids Off Broadway’, released in August via Jagjaguwar, played it just right; it dove head first into baby boomers’ turf, passing Shangri-Las, Stones, Lennon, Velvet, Roxy Music and more, and carved along the way a niche where ‘old’ and ‘new’ are anything BUT mutually exclusive – out of which came this deliciously retro-fitted DIY extravaganza, paying playful tribute to the 60/70s rock&roll circus whilst creating something both unique and fun. Foxygen just released the track streaming below from their upcoming album to be released in January 2013, and will be co-headlining our "Mostly Psych" stage at Pianos during the CMJ festivities with previous Deli cover bands Snowmine and Ava Luna, and also other noteworthy non NYC artists like Hundred Waters and Murals at Pianos on Friday, October 19th. – Full details about The Deli’s CMJ show schedule can be found here. Tickets for the Pianos shows can be purchased here. – Tracy Mamoun

Lord knows it’s not easy to start a record label these days. But you could start one for worse reasons than as a way to both immortalize your cat and release singles from Natureboy at the same time. This seems to be the logical explanation behind Kevin Serra’s new Bleek Records. Containing an intimate set of heart-on-sleeve artists including Natureboy, Eden Sela (pictured), Cloud Seeding and Heart of Hearts, the label is a home for many of the musical misfits striking a unique path distinct from obvious kinds of representation.

But don’t take my word for it. Check out the label’s new compilation streaming below and download a fantastic set of songs, many of which appear exclusively here. It’s got tracks from Masterface, House of Wolves, my personal fave (for any fan of TV on the Radio) Two Twins, and lots of other stuff your friends probably don’t know about yet. – Mike Levine

Jason Brody is a man full of contradictions. Born to deaf parents, his music is a melodic landscape as rich as Jeff Buckley’s vocabulary. A Brooklynite for years, his music is frequently mistaken as belonging to the west coast. For someone who staged his own death in order to expand his palette past a strict ‘singer-songwriter’ brand of guitar playing, the man who now fronts this band At Sea explores all these rich complexities throughout his upcoming debut full-length ‘A New Machine.’

Sometimes angry, sometimes full of joy, Brody always reaches his target with a direct earnestness frequently lacking from Brooklyn’s rock. Maybe that’s why he’s often mistaken for an import. Catch him at his album release party this Thursday 10.04 at The Bowery Electric at 8:30 pm. Streaming below, the band’s preview single from the upcoming album.

Don’t call it a "side project." Or even worse a "supergroup." Much like The Divine Fits, the members from the band Diamond Rugs think of it as just that – a "band." The personnel may pull double duty in other formidables like Black Lips (Ian Saint Pe), Deer Tick (John McCauley and Rob Crowell), Los Lobos (Steve Berlin), and Dead Confederate (Hardy Morris), but this is most certainly a rock n’ roll unit in the tightest sense of the word. Their hard-charging self-titled debut was released on Brooklyn’s own Partisan Records earlier this year, and the band has just announced some live dates this Fall. Before heading South, the tour kicks off with the Rugs’ only current Northeast appearance at Carnegie Hall on Sat. 10/27, where John McCauley will play with collaborators past and present. – Ryan Henriquez

Hailed by The Deli as "The Best NYC Band of the New Millennium (so far)" and also as "the NYC band with the worst name ever" (please note they recently changed Gass to Gase, which slightly improves things), Buke and Gase are a creative force of epic proportions. The duo builds and master to perfection their own crazy sounding instruments and forges a musical style that’s hard to pintpoint: I guess "electric-industrial-noise-rock" (since industrial is normally an electronic genre) gets very close to the substance of their music. The band was on the cover of the summer 2009 issue of The Deli, but didn’t make Pitchfork’s "Best New Music" only because the reviewer (who shouldn’t have reviewed that album) thought their songs weren’t structured enough. While that’s a critique that makes sense for your regular indie pop or indie rock band, a different set of criteria should be used for an act so obviously (and so efficiently) experimental. 

This being said, the preview track from the upcoming album ("Hiccup," streaming below), besides showcasing once again Arone Dyer’s melodic talent and the band’s imaginative "anti-funk" tendencies, also betrays signs of coming to terms with a more "classic" song structure, which is something that can take this band to the next level in their career, since we all enjoy the tension and release qualities of more traditional pop songs.

For some more crazy goodness, check out the video for "Misshaping Introduction" here.

Buke and Gase is a band that will be remembered, and is best enjoyed live (Arone is also very entertaining on stage), so do not them at Mercury Lounge on October 12, and we mean it! – PDG

For addicts of whiskey-soaked razor wire psychedelic blues, Daddy Long Legs has got the cure for what ails you. Their debut release Evil Eye on You is out now on Norton Records, and it’s an electrode sure to raise Nikola Telsa from the grave, or at least get his bones a-rollin much like the Death Train off the LP’s lead track. Check out the Brooklyn trio’s latest video for "Death Train Blues" below, or catch them live with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on Friday November 2 at Helsinki Hudson in Hudson, NY. – Ryan Henriquez

You never know what you’re going to get with Great Caesar. A band that got their start generating ska anthems and jazz-inspired rock fusion, they’ve since moved in the direction of the Big Rock Star Anthem. These days, whenever I’m handed a new release, I never know what kind of Great Caesar I’m going to get. But each new release seems to signal a new depth to songwriting, a new risk, and a sharper pull toward a honest confession. New single ‘Tuned to Break’ finds the band shrugging off heartbreak, replacing cold rejection with overpowering harmonies. It’s a big moment for the group, and captured nicely in the high-def acoustic video of the tune recorded live from their friend Ellis’ apartment (he’s a good dood). The song will appear on the band’s upcoming EP release, ‘Scattered Air.’ Check it out below and see the gents live when they play Spike Hill this Saturday, September 29th. – Mike Levine

When the first song of an EP is called ‘How it Ends,’ you know things are about to get deep. The Argentine’s debut, self-titled album takes you far back through history to explore Scottish-sounding ballads (How it Ends) and Weimar-era acid jazz (The Argentine), and back again with haunting bangers like Red Flesh Dogs. Not a simple thing, but singer Mike Cades and company manage to pull these disparate worlds together, ending up with something William S. Burroughs might have had in his car while waxing lyrical. Buy the ticket, and take the ride. 

See the band when they play Webster Hall’s studio on Saturday, October 6. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)