Sounds Like Brooklyn is BAM’s three day celebration of the sounds of indie rock’s favorite borough, taking place in several venues throughout that land. Today (Saturday 02.06) is the closing day of the festival, we recommend you check out Small Black at beautiful Brooklyn Bowl on Whyte and 11th in Williamsburg. Full schedule here.

The exclamation point at the end of "The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!" is there for a reason: the band (recently signed by David Byrne’s Luaka Bop) produces songs fueled with excitement, and choruses that sound like dance-inducing war cries. The song Snowday in particular screams "fun, fun, FUN!" with its fast-fluttering keyboard parts and youthful acclamations of playing in white wintry powder. This song (along with nine others) is part of the band’s upcoming LP bearing the concise and poignant title: “I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU AND I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU! HAVE AN AWESOME DAY! HAVE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE!!” – which could have also simply been called "WE ALL LOVE TO SCREAM!!! AND TO USE EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!. Expect the members of the band to refer to the finer things in life, like cute girls. In the meantime, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! will tour and fly its way around the US starting at the end of February. – Abigail Devora

Hurricane Bells is a new project from Steve Schiltz, singer and guitarist of Longwave for nearly ten years. After touring the better part of last year around Longwave’s fourth album Secrets Are Sinister, Schiltz set up shop to create a new project with little else than his MacBook and an Mbox. He wrote, played, recorded and mixed every note himself, arranging what would become Tonight Is The Ghost. Some songs were fully crafted within the past 18 months, while others are newly architected from pieces written throughout his years as a songwriter. Vagrant Records released Tonight Is The Ghost digitally on November 10, 2009. Today the band premiered this new video for their song "Monsters". Currently Hurricane Bells is across the globe finishing a two-week tour in India.

On January 28, 2010, Black Taxi and Deadbeat Darling (in the picture) sold out the Bowery Ballroom for their second time in eight months, collaborating with TAB the Band, who celebrated their release of “Zoo Noises,” and The Picture, who performed for their final time. Half brothers, all rock ‘n roll, TAB the Band treated the audience to a dozen playful, gritty tunes, including their latest single “She Said No (I Love You).” A photo montage of The Picture, illuminating the venue, set the stage for their delicate, angst-ridden, nostalgic sound. Overwrought with anticipation, the crowd welcomed Black Taxi with non-stop dancing to favorites from “Things of That Nature” and new songs that showcased the band’s consistently masterful songwriting. Frontman Ezra Huleatt’s glockenspiel, decorated with parasol and faux plants, met its demise during a zealous on-stage smashing. Dapper and dynamic, Deadbeat Darling dove into “Weight of Wandering” and unreleased tracks, closing the evening with swirling lights and a “picture perfect” performance. -Meijin Bruttomesso

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After winning our Artist of the Month Poll in October, Mon Khmer landed a residency at the LES indie-rock hotspot Piano and therefore headed into the studio to record their debut LP, set to drop in a few weeks. Led by the enigmatically-named Hammarsing, the band’s ambient-leaning sound is grounded in steady rhythms and solid song structuring influenced by the more electronically-oriented descendants of Bowie. The Deli caught up with Hammarsing to discuss the band’s creative’s process, where to catch the best live music in the city, and future of Mon Khmer’s rule. – Read Toney Palumbo’s interview with the band here.

The Madison Square Gardeners, a rock ‘n roll band with members from Canada, Ohio, and New York, released their EP this December,  and are planning to release four EPs a few months apart—each with its own hand drawn cover art, t-shirt package and video content. With a tinge of country soul, they describe their songwriting as both a collective and individual process.  As one MSGer may enter rehearsal with a song individually composed, it will be revised and arranged by the entire band as a group effort. “Usually the person who writes the song trusts the other members of the band to come up with parts, blah blah blah… – Read Gina Alioto’s interview with the band here.

The revolution brought by affordable computers powerful enough to allow home recording is generating a slew of indie electronic one or two man bands/remixers. Half of this slew is apparently based in the land comprised between the beaches of Montaulk and South Jersey – with a higher concentration in Brooklyn of course. Tanline is a two man project that rises from the pack for their tastefully textured tribal use of electronics and for their clinical melodies. The duo is scheduled to release a new EP called "Settings" in March and play Brooklyn Bowl with Acrylics on February 5.

Orange, linguists like to point out, is the most famous word in the English language that has no rhyme. It stands alone, in a class by itself, boldly declaring its independence and spirit of defiance. It’s entirely appropriate, then, that guitarist Jim Campilongo‘s ninth album bears that lone word–Orange–as its title. Considering his obvious Italian descent, Jim could have called this album "Fegato" – Italian for liver – which is the corresponding un-rhymeable word in the mediterranean language. "Orange" definitely sounds better, no doubt about that… but interestingly enough Italians say that you need to have a big "fegato" (liver) to do something bold, and being an original musician that plays instrumental music is definitely something bold – at least in our eyes. Don’t miss the show at The Living Room on February 15 (photo by Arthi Krishnaswami).

P.S. I have no idea why the italian word for liver is used this way, but apparently this digestive organ has been a symbol of courage and physical strenght since the ancient Greeks.

Acrylics has announced tour dates in the US and UK leading up to SXSW in support of their two recent releases. Their debut, All of the Fire, was produced by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear and released on the label he owns with Ethan Silverman: Terrible Records. The single "Molly’s Vertigo," which is not a part of the EP, is being released on Something In Construction in the UK. The band also released this new video for this song, that clearly displays their heavy 80s influences. The band will play Brooklyn Bowl on 02.05 and Glasslands (a few blocks away) the next day, with label mate Class Actress in occasion of Terrible Records party.

The Deli’s Year End Polls for emerging artists are a great opportunity to catch up with all the most exciting up and coming bands that left a mark in the previous 12 months. Don’t forget to check out these bands as they might hit it big in 2010 (if they haven’t already!).

AUSTIN BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: STEREO IS A LIE

Also check out
Missions (2nd place overall)
Neon Indian (3rd place overall)
Black Joe Lewis (3rd place overall)
Austin Overall Chart – Austin Fans’ Chart

CHICAGO BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: I FIGHT DRAGONS

Also check out
Hey Champ (2nd place overall)
Netherfriends (3rd place overall)
Chicago Overall Chart – Chicago Fans’ Chart

LOS ANGELES BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: LOCAL NATIVES

Also check out:
Fitz & The Tantrums (2nd place overall)
Crash Kings (3rd place overall)
Light FM – (Fans’ Poll Winners)
LA Overall Chart – LA Fans’ Chart

NEW ENGLAND BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: MEAN CREEK

Also check out:
Michael Bernier and the Uprising (2nd place overall)
Jesse Dee (3rd place overall)
McAlister Drive – (Fans’ Poll Winners)
New England Overall Chart – New England Fans’ Chart

NASHVILLE BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: THOSE DARLINS

Also check out:
Non Commissioned Officers (2nd place overall)
Protomen (3rd place overall and Fans’ Poll winners)
Nashville Overall Chart – Nashville Fans’ Chart

NYC BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: TALK NORMAL

Also check out:
Freelance Whales (2nd place overall)
Bear in Heaven (3rd place overall)
Midnight Spin (Fans’ Poll winners)
NYC Overall Chart – NYC Fans’ Chart

PHILLY BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: READING RAINBOW

Also check out:
Grandchildren (2nd place overall)
Free Energy (3rd place overall)
Levee Drivers (Fans’ Poll winners)
Philly Overall Chart – Philly Fans’ Chart

PORTLAND BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: EXPLODE INTO COLORS

Also check out:
Nurses (2nd place overall)
Bodhi (3rd place overall and Fans’ Poll winners)
Portland Overall Chart – Portland Fans’ Chart

SAN FRANCISCO BEST EMERGING ARTIST OF 2009: GIRLS

Also check out:
Man/Miracle (2nd place overall)
Or, The Whale (3rd place overall and Fans’ Poll winners)
Orchestra of Antlers (Fans’ Poll winners)
SF Overall Chart – SF Fans’ Chart

Remember Will Smith’s thrilling musical career? Brooklyn’s Pearl and the Beard sure do. Not long ago, the trio composed a charming Will Smith melody, seamlessly threading together some of his top hits, including the notorious theme to “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” You can watch them getting jiggy with it in various parts of the city in this music video. In all seriousness, Pearl and the Beard create the kind of heartwarming music that makes the bitter winter months bearable. The soulful folk trio’s energetic output envelopes the listener with whimsical, uplifting joy. Without a wave of distortion, pristine voices are free to entwine with a hearty collage of organic instrumentation. The spirited vocal harmonies tantalize the senses with the playful interaction between male and female voices. If you can’t get enough of their infectious folk, cellist Emily Hope Price is in the midst of a personal project, in which she writes and records a new song every day for the next year. Witness the impossible on her blog. Catch Pearl and the Beard with the equally lovely Dinosaur Feathers on Saturday at Sycamore or on March 5 at The Studio at Webster Hall. – Nancy Chow