Here’s a quick look at some rad singles that were released in the past month or so by "not exactly emerging" NYC bands, enjoy! (In the picture: Dirty Fences).

Heavily inspired by a life of vivid dreaming, Brooklyn’s Corbu take the concept of "Dream Pop" to the extreme, expressing through their music their interpreted realities of the ‘sleep-world’ . The band just released single ‘Polygon Forest’ (streaming) off of their soon to be released studio album, ‘Crayon Soul’. The track incorporates tribal beats, several layers of synths and the ethereal, psychedelic leaning vocals of lead singer Jonathan Graves. Intrigued by Corbu’s sound, we asked him to talk about the band’s synths and their set up in this Delicious Audio feature.

We can’t exactly tell what Lake Ruth‘s singer Allison Brice sings about in the band’s new single ‘The Only One Who Knows’ we are premiering below – the lyrics are rather unintelligible. Nonetheless, her vocals carry a quality of wisdom and sweet confidence that makes us picture a young mother – our Platonic mother? – giving us precious advice, with her beautiful, hopeful voice, about that relentless unraveling of mysteries called life. And even though the band’s music, heavily influenced by the psychedelic ’60s, puts this semi-imaginary lady in a historical context our real mother missed, the track’s ‘vintage’ sound and dreamy atmosphere contribute in setting the stage for the most reassuring of dreams: re-living the days when we had somebody on our side who could answer all our questions: ‘The Only One Who Knows’.

Don’t miss Lake Ruth at NYC Popfest on May 22nd at Littlefield. LP Actual Entity’ out on June 24th, 2016 on The Great Pop Supplement.

“You want it all, but it can’t save you,” explains Brooklyn rapper Elucid regarding the title of his new release ‘Save Yourself.’ A prominent member of the eminent Backwoodz Studioz label, Elucid’s polemic vocals complement his Sonic Youth cum Trent Reznor noise collage beats. The album is transformative. It’s a meditation on life, inequality, love, and racial disparity. As more and more of our heroes disappear and disappoint, his advice is well heeded. – BrokeMC

Dilly Dally is not a new band in the Toronto scene (they were born in 2009), but it’s one of those rare ones that get better with time. 2015 was their year, thanks to their deliciously noisy debut album ‘Sore,’ a record that aims straight at the hearts of those who can relate to a perfect balance of fuzz, melody and slacking attitude – as well as those who, like us, miss like crazy the early Pixies (in this regard, check out single ‘Desire‘). To celebrate our upcoming Toronto Stompbox Exhibit, we asked band’s songwriter (and lead guitarist) Katie Monks a quick question about pedals, here’s what she had to say in our Delicious Audio piece! Oh, and don’t miss them live at Lee’s Place this Saturday May 7th!

Nobody in the music scene likes to be called a "veteran" – it implies loss of youth, in a youth obsessed field – but it’s undeniable that bands surviving in the Big Apple for 5+ years are rare and should be honored with a title… what about "Pillars of the NYC Scene"? There will be four of them performing at Shea Stadium this Saturday May 7th:  Parlor Tricks, Starlight Girls, Not Blood Paint, and A Deer A Horse (pictured). Check out their latest releases below.

We believe the health of a musical scene can be measured by the amount of bands that are completely out of their mind, and also by the amount of music fans interested in attending their shows. In this regard, there’s a quality gig at Palisades in about a month (Saturday June 4th) that shines a bright, although rather psychotic, light on NYC, involving two local bands that sound nothing short of irrational (Palberta – pictured – and Guerilla Toss) and one coming across as "seriously disturbed" (PC Worship). Taking inspiration from subversive movements like No Wave and early Post Punk, without sounding simply amateurish (that’s the hard part!), these groups represent NYC’s current sound of "uncompromise" – and the sparkle that keeps the Rock’n’Roll flame alive in this problematic and increasingly art-hostile city.

NYC’s own Psych rockers Caveman are back with this new video for ‘Never Going Back’ – don’t forget about this cover from 2011! They are currently touring with Frightened Rabbit.

‘Kandy,’ by Brooklyn electronic chanteause Lavachild, is a song (as singer Chantel Marie puts it) about ‘greed and lost perspective,’ so it’s kind of appropriate for us to blog about it on the day Donal Trump has de facto won the Republican Presidential Nomination. (Ok, ok, this is not a political song at all, but… you know, today Trump is all we can think about!). This is Lavachild’s eeriest and edgiest tune to date, developing on top of abstract, moody and ever-changing layers of synths and a simple, tenuous electronic drum pattern. Chantel Marie’s voice – as sensual as always – carves delicate, haunting melodies. The track makes us look forward to the band’s debut EP, scheduled to be released later this year.

Brooklyn bastion of boom bap iLLspokinn teams up with French producer Zajazza to take you down the “Vagabond Road.” It’s a lyrical smashfest with too many quotables to list here — not unprecedented from the ten-year plus stalwart host of the Freestyle Mondays Open Mic. “Feeble minds are miniscule. Manipulate your vision pool. Dive inside your consciousness and confiscate the inner you,” raps iLL as he waxes philosophical about life on the road and the tribulations of being the best MC ever. He doesn’t claim the title in so many words, but demonstrates the ownership with every phrase he flips. – BrokeMC

Cecilia Della Peruti is a creative force to be reckoned with in the LA scene. Her band Gothic Tropic‘s musical output could be seen as a permanent effort to defy categorizations: disparate influences like rock, pop, ambient, African melodies and even jazz find a place in her repertoire, without affecting its cohesiveness. The band is about to unveil a new single on May 30th at Resident, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to refresh your memory about their music with their best single to date ("Flesh Dance, streaming below). We also took the opportunity to organize a Delicious Audio feature focused on Cecilia’s guitar pedals!

If your mom rocks and loves to laugh (if so, pretty cool mom you have!) we recommend this show next Sunday 05.08 for Mother’s Day: local comedians Catherine Cohen and Steven Markow are hosting a live music event at the Mercury Lounge in honor of our birth-givers. Headlining for the night is Psychobaby (which, coincidentally, is how your mother affectionately called you when you were 2), an alt rock group that combines sharp guitar riffs with robust but overall poppy female vocals. Sharing the LES venue’s stage that night will be the also lady-fronted lounge pop band Madam West, and a New JErsey based hip-hop band, Cook Thugless (pictured), whose latest full-length record could be found here.