Dream pop group Fieldings will perform at Alphaville on November 18th to celebrate the release of their debut LP, Soft Tissue. It’s their first major release in a few years, but like the group’s previous EPs and singles, tracks come with the chilling lilt of Lucinda Hearn’s voice. Joining the five-piece on the bill are Philly-based musician Andrew Conklin, multi-instrumentalist Renata Zeiguer, and Michael Rocketship, an experimental group featuring members of tUnE-yArDs. If you can’t wait to hear Fieldings live, check out all of Soft Tissue below in this exclusive Deli premiere. – Will Sisskind

Concerts in old churches can be hit or miss. Many a punk band has left such sacred chambers flummoxed at the muddy cacophony summoned by their set. It’s the harmonic resonance of the lofted ceilings and stone arches that once warmed the vocal stylings of Gregorian monks. This Saturday in Greenpoint you can witness for yourself what happens when the somber folk rock of Food Will Win The War and the twang-grass folk of The Bones of J.R. Jones swell sound into those stony heavens. Concetta Abbate of Park Quartet will warm up the room. It will be an intimate night of amazing sounding music in an amazing sounding venue. Get your tickets here.

Browsing through Michael Coleman/Michael Rocketship‘s rich discography is a little like getting to know a musical Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde. Under his real name, Coleman releases refined and clean sounding contemporary jazz records where he plays piano and synths. But when he uses the moniker Michael Rocketship, he unleashes his darker and quirkier side through an imaginative bedroom pop that incorporates math, psych and lo-fi elements. With three EPs released in the last year alone, Rocketship seems to be the dominant ID taking over Michael’s musical presonality. You’ll have a chance to get to know this side of him in person at Alphaville on 11.18. Check out single ‘Down the Stairs,’ streaming below.

Maitri have just released a new LP called After Glow, from which they’ve also released a new music video for the track "Reminder". "Reminder" — like the other songs off of the album — captures the band’s experimental blend of indie rock, jazz, funk, and dream pop. The song builds from a tense groove about the drudgery of life into an explosive soundscape which ends in a final discordant, fading synth chord. The music video also showcases the emotion behind the track: Vocalist Caroline Davis, with a painted face, stumbles through cityscapes and forests, before dipping her head into a pond and then letting herself succumb to the heat of the Sun. Watch the video for "Reminder" below. – Will Sisskind

Since its appearance in the late ’60s, psychedelic music has been inspiring hordes of musicians, and has probably been the main reason driving the guitar pedal frenzy of the last decade, since guitarists devoted to the genre seem to need an ever increasing number of stompboxes. The current indie music scene offers thousands of artists that reference psychedelia, from subtly to wholeheartedly. One of the bands that most vigorously (and unapologetically) embraces the genre in its authentic acception is Los Angeles’ Triptides. With their vintage sounding songs that could have been written in the ’60s, their recent release "Afterglow" manages to reference in one record anybody from early Pink Floyd to Jefferson Airplane, the Doors and even The Beatles and The Byrds during their most psych years. Of course, this kind of revival comes with a LOT of stompboxes – the band’s guitarists Glenn and Josh were kind enough to walk us through them with our friends at Delicious Audio – check out the feature here!

When it comes to the San Francisco-based garage band Bong Kitty, surf and slacker influences come together to form timely, tight rock. Listening to the Worst Party Ever EP feels like sitting on the beach with all your friends—if your friend group consisted mostly of the cast of Dazed and Confused, that is. It’s surf rock, but with an edge; the guitar parts are dynamic and reverb soaked displays of good, clean, Dick Dale-influenced fun while the vocals are hazy with some clear slacker influences. Stream the EP below and keep an eye out for Bong Kitty’s next live show because they are not ones to miss. – Lilly Milman

If you ask us "how’s the NYC scene doing these days?" we’ll respond with a mixed feelings kind of answer. But even though the local scene is undoubtedly going through some rough times (mostly caused by the excessive cost of the city and the extreme gentrification of Williamsburg), it has still managed to express some very fine music in 2017. Or at least that’s what Rough Trade believes, since they just released a list of the Best 20 Records of 2017 that features four albums released by NYC based artists:

– Big Thief’s Capacity (on the cover of our Winter 2016 issue of The Deli) placed in 4th position. 

– Cigarettes After Sex’s self titled debut LP placed in 6th position. 

– The National’s Sleep Well Beast placed in 14th position

– Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts’ Milano placed in 16th position.

Four out of twenty, that’s A LOT, congrats NYC scene!

Here’s a YouTube playlist of these artists’ most popular songs from their 2017 releases.

NYC dream-rockers The Veldt’s latest EP Thanks to the Moth and Areanna Rose delivers seven new tracks that undoubtedly connect with their long-time followers, while potentially appealing to a new generation only recently discovering this sound. Opener “The Color of Love is Blue,” with its ethereal vocals and descending chord progression performed through tightly-coiled, clipped-chime guitar work, evokes Robin Guthrie and The Cocteau Twins, with an added, slight soul inflection. Streamlined percussive elements solidify the homage, reflecting the boldly struck accents so prevalent on classic albums “Heaven Or Las Vegas” and “Four Calendar Café.” Currently on tour supporting Modern English, the band will be playing Rough Trade in Brooklyn on 11/22. – Dave Cromwell

YAASSS is a musical affirmation of one’s kinkier side, of unapologetic gratification through sex, drugs, and shisha-tinged psych rock. However, beyond neon pink fishnets and moshing through a sea of cigarettes, you’ll find a unique blend of hallucinogenic glam pop and Middle-Eastern guitar riffs (a glorious side-effect of their self-proclaimed “falafel rock” aesthetic). YAASSS is the queer carnivalesque personified: humor, chaos, and a subversively good time. Get down and get dirty with YAASSS at a free show at Baby’s All Right on 11.21. – Amanda Ogea

National Sawdust’s monthly appointment with great local acts operating outside the "indie rock realm" returns on Saturday November 18 with the live performance of three very interesting artists, united by an original but entirely different approach to soul music: Fusilier, Shenna and Lohai. More info here.

We created a YouTube playlist of their recent videos, check it out!

Catch Ryan Egan at Rough Trade on December 13 with Maybird. The NYC-based indie pop artist dropped his latest single, “Tongue of Yours,” back at the end of September. Egan’s musical strengths – silky, emotive vocals at the forefront of no-frills production that gets out of the way of his voice — shine throughout the slice of catchy, melodic pop. “Finest Hour” is another cut worth checking out from Egan’s burgeoning oeuvre. The production here is a bit more inventive than on other Egan tracks. Building layers of synths and percussion make this a danceable, joyous burst of indie pop. -juan leon

With a new track under their belt, Ben Pagano & his space rock band The Space Machine take the stage at Secret Project Robot on November 15th. The track — titled "Members Only" — details the current political situation in the U.S., with lyrics and music penned by Pagano. While the bass-heavy song sounds like a moody cruncher on paper, in reality, it talks about how everything bringing down the world today will become long forgotten in the near future. You can listen to the song in the embed below, and hear more of Ben Pagano & The Space Machine live at Secret Project Robot on the 15th. – Will Sisskind