Aeroplane Pageant make music that’s not easy to pigeonhole into genres – which is a good thing, even though this makes the reviewer’s life a little harder. There is definitely a hefty amount of electronic and effected instruments here, in an overall "prog" aural enviroment, but not of the cheesy kind. The suffix "prog" in this case can be described as a playful, "ear-friendly" (or "pop" if you wish) experimentation. That’s probably why a lot of music writers seem to hear in Aeroplane Pageant’s music something reminiscent of The Beatles… Which is really a misleading comparison in my opinion, because these guys are way more out there in terms of song structure and overall complexity of the arrangements. This is pop with a non-pop structure, so basically a rather unique musical paradox, and the song in this newly released video "Help Me Shoot This Apple Off My Head" is a perfect example of this.
Aeroplane Pageant will be celebrating the release of their new album "Float Above The Yard" at Mercury Lounge on Auguts 12.

Walking a musical line between quirky, lo-fi and psychedelic, Phil and the Osophers have been entertaining the NYC indie scene fans for quite some time. The brainchild of Philip Radiotes and currently a trio, the band has just released a 7" single of two new songs – "Figures Of Speech" and "Ink On The Page" via Brooklyn label Factual Fabrications. These two "sonic appetizers" are going to be followed by a true "feast" consisting in a double album due to drop later this year. The band is also premiering this video of "Ink on The Page", a song that reveals a more mature sound, leaning towards a sparse psychedelic-pop with elegant Morriconian influences. We like what we hear.

Being asked to headline 2 nights in a row at The Mercury Lounge is definitely an excellent sign for an emerging band, since the staff who books the most prestigious of NYC small venues is known to be extremely picky. Brooklyn natives A Million Years – a band we’ve been following, featuring and also booking for quite some time – landed this double gig after selling out the venue in June. The quartet plays a punchy, at once catchy and incendiary brand of indie rock with epic tinges, reminiscent of a a darker and more aggressive version of Spoon. A Million Years brought their high energy live shows around the U.S. in several occasions, also opening for 30 Seconds to Mars, Phoenix, and the Drums, before being personally asked to join Jesse Malin on his U.K. tour last December. If good indie rock is your thing, you may want to be at Mercury Lounge on July 21 or 22.

Having cut their teeth in various bands, both together and apart, Kal and long-time creative partner Alex Toth form the nucleus of Rubblebucket. The duo have been collaborating for eight years now. Having first met at the University of Vermont, they began touring and recording together in bands of all shapes and sizes. A super-group, of sorts, Alex decided to create Rubblebucket by approaching musicians he considered to be the best he had worked with. "Alex is really good at making things happen and when he had the idea for Rubblebucket he started pulling together the best musicians he knew," says Kal. – Read Dean Van Nguyen’s interview with the band here.

T-dot transplant and microphone monster Eternia is set to rock the 7th annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival this Saturday July 16th. Eternia has been hustling her signature hot spit for over seven years with a menacing determination. Her most recent album “At Last” released on Fat Beats Records is critically acclaimed on the underground scene, and you’ll find her name in the top five of most people’s favorite female MCs list. Her and formidable style is best experienced live, and since she’ll be sharing the stage with the likes of Q-tip, Artifacts, and Camp Lo, this Saturday’s show will be an amazing experience. -=bMC

Only Son’s second and latest record is “Searchlight.” The band is just the latest chapter in Dishel’s rich artistic history that includes notoriety as a teenage underground graffiti celebrity, time spent as a guitarist for the Moldy Peaches, and success fronting a previous solo project, Stipplicon. Most recently, he’s ventured into standup comedy. These activities further emphasize the point that it’s impossible (and undesirable) to try and pin this songwriter down simply by listening to the music (at least not before you search MySpace for his hip-hop project, Jack Beats Bruno). Only Son’s music holds up beautifully on its own and the ever-growing collection of DIY music videos on the band’s website expands the picture with a healthy dose of humor, but the band is just one aspect of this highly creative artist. – Read Ben Krieger interview with Jack Dishel here.

Joyful Brooklyn lo-fi-ers I’m Turning Into are releasing their debut full length, ‘Parcels of Marbles’, on Friday, July 15. It can be downloaded for free on their Bandcamp profile between July 12-17th. The band is taking this opportunity to also re-release a remastered version of their 2009 EP "Theep". Release show for ‘Parcels of Marbles’ is this Friday, 7/15, at Monster Island Basement with Dinosaur Feathers, Shark?, Sweet Tooth. 11pm door, 12 show, $5 – sweet, fun bill!  – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here). The Deli’s NYC Open Blog is powered by The Music Building.

W.M.D. DuBois and Rude Humanist are the two MCs who helm raucous electro-funk outfit Deathrow Tull. Their combined energy onstage is rumored to cause blackouts at unprepared venues, and get oftren reluctant New Yorkers to get temporarily over their fear of dancing. It’s only later on that they realize that they may have said something awesome as well: “I got lost in the heart of a riot with a sling shot slanging rocks at Goliath. He’s a ticked-off minute man, sick of being small time, looking for God, but the mirror had him cross-eyed. Got promoted and he learned the boss lied. Earned his wings and turned into a fall guy.” For more of such rhymes and some fun hip hop time, don’t miss the show at South Paw on July 17th – the band will be opening for New Orleans’ own Mad Conductor.

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Coming in at number 14 on the Best Emerging Artists of 2010 poll (the full results can be seen here), Ava Luna mixes the sounds of uplifting gospel music with electro-pop seamlessly, leaving you unable to help dancing along to songs like "Clips" (boasting lyrics like "I always knew you were a dangerous one, and you might just make me lose my cool"). Their Services EP is available for download for only $2 here, containing four songs ("Clips," "Cement Lunch," "Past the Barbary" and "Won’t You Be Mine"). L Magazine termed them "the most immediately engaging and smart music" currently coming from New York due to Ava Luna’s fresh and invigorating tunes, all of which possess and almost instantaneous magnetic appeal. The music of Ava Luna is toe-tapping at the very least, get-up-and-dance-immediately at its very best.

The Forms kicked off a west coast / deep south tour yesterday, and took the opportunity to launch their new video for "Fire to the Ground", the single off of their latest EP "Derealization" featuring guest vocals by The National’s Matt Beringer.

Cults are getting all sorts of buzz with this new video pretty much every major music blog is currently streaming. This pushed the band to the 2nd position in our Web Buzz Charts (left column in this page, full NYC charts here). The band is in 10th position in our popularity charts.