The Nashville-based Welles has released an official music video for their song, "Life Like Mine" from their debut EP, Codeine. "Life Like Mine" is an up-tempo rock tune hearkening to the ’90s sensibilities of artists like Beck and Pavement. Using 1960s music iconography to ironic effect (the band members are dressed like Sgt. Pepper’s-era Beatles and Hendrix at Monterey), Welles wonders aloud what kind of person is able to "live a life like mine," detailing scenes of destitution, substance abuse and confusion. With swelling keys, booming percussion and overdriven guitars, it’s self-aware as a rock song, even as the lyrics eschew the fabled rock n’ roll lifestyle. Welles is playing the Governor’s Ball Music Festival After Dark at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on June 2nd. Check out the video below! – Ethan Ames

As one half of influential noise-rock duo Talk Normal, Andrya Ambro graced the cover of The Deli Magazine’s Best of NYC 2010 Issue.  Since 2014 Andrya has been active in her own band Gold Dime, who are releasing their debut album ‘Nerves’ on Fire Talk Records. The band is sharing “All We Have To Be Thankful For” (streaming below) which is an expanded re-adaptation of British spoken-word artist Anne Clark’s 1982 original.  Amid percussive bursts of cymbals and jingly metallic strikes, forceful guitar chords establish a slow building progression.  Ambro recites the original spoken word lyrics describing frustration with simply trying to “not to make a mess of it all.”  Melodic bass lines emerge within a shifting landscape of background voices and sparse instrumentation.  Additional lyrics (not in the original) are presented before a wave of pure industrial noise which ultimately leads back to the original progression. Nerves is out on 6/3 with the band playing their release show on 6/3 at Alphaville. – Dave Cromwell

Brooklyn via New Paltz indie rockers What Moon Things will be kicking off their tour at Cape House in Brooklyn on June 1st, alongside pecas, Whiner and Abraham King. On their 2016 full-length, the SWIM Tape, Jake Harms’ ethereal falsetto is like a venus fly trap: deceptively alluring, until it clamps you in a menacing grip of disturbing imagery and unsettling notions. Check out recent release ‘Wild Pink – Forlim Chop,’ streaming below. – Ethan Ames

Listening to Deaf Scene for the first time, one of the things I was most impressed by were the seamless transitions within the songs. The band does a great job developing themes with increasing intensity, steering clear of traditional verse-chorus structures to take listeners on a journey. Sometimes it’s easy to get listener fatigue, going through 9 separate journeys on a full length prog-rock album, but the band keeps it interesting with a pleasing blend of post-rock and psychedelic, mixing in the driving force of tracks like “Zealot” with the trippy vibes of “Sun Drops”.

Aside from the stellar songwriting, the musicianship is a real tour-de force here. Everything is so tight, clean, and well rehearsed, it’s abundantly clear that these guys really know their way around their instruments. An impressive and promising first album from Deaf Scene.

-Written by Michael Dranove

New York’s punk/indie sensation T-Rextasy is playing Mercury Lounge with YATTA tonight (May 26th). On their 2016 release Jurassic Punk, T-Rextasy weaves tales of rebellion against bourgeois banalities and defiant self-assurance in the beating of one’s "moshing heart," as evidenced in "I Wanna Be a Punk Rocker." – Ethan Ames

Electronic/soul artist Moses Sumney, the winner of the Deli LA’s Best Emerging Artist of 2013, is performing in support of Solange at the Hollywood Bowl on September 24th. Sumney’s music is a dazzling, unique blend of virtuostic vocal runs, intricate harmonies and tasteful electronic beats. Take a look at the video for "Worth It" below! – Ethan Ames

Chicago’s noise-rock band Melkbelly will be playing at Subterranean on June 3rd in support of Protomartyr. On their 2016 7” split release of "Mount Cool Kid" and "Elk Mountain," Melkbelly incorporates elements of industrial sludge, shoegaze and math-rock to create a burst of deftly controlled chaos. Check out the video for "Elk Mountain" below. – Ethan Ames

gobbinjr, the moniker of Brooklyn’s Emma Witner, is playing alongside Told Slant, Fits and Crosslegged at a We Make Noise benefit at Brooklyn Bazaar on May 31st. Fans of Porches and Frankie Cosmos will enjoy Witner’s unique retro instrumentation. Drum machines and swelling keys compliment disarming lyrics such as: "I’m a vaccum-sealed freezer dinner rotting in the box," and "No one wants to love someone who’s never been loved before." Check out the video for "vom nite" below. – Ethan Ames

Asbury Park-based Dentist have dropped a new track called "The Latter" just in time for summer. The quartet’s surf rock inspired sound makes for a great start to the warm weather music season, in case you’ve needed a new song for jamming out while you sweat on the Coney Island boardwalk or in the PATH on the way to work. Dentist have just finished a four-week tour through Canada, and they’ve got plenty of shows to keep them busy throughout June and July. You can catch them at Lantern Hall on June 8th for their Northside Festival performance, where they’ll play with Jody Porter and The Berlin Waltz. You can stream "The Latter" below. – Will Sisskind

Time to add two new EPs to your collection of summer jams from the NYC scene: Talay‘s eponymous release which drops on June 2nd, and Panther Hollow‘s People Synesthesia, which drops on May 31st. Both groups have kept busy over the past few months performing at venues around the city, and it’s all led up to a big record launch show at ALPHAVILLE on Wilson Avenue on May 31st. You won’t want to miss Talay’s pop-punk energy or Panther Hollow’s striking storytelling. Also, head there to catch Massachusetts groups Sleeping Patterns and oldsoul as they pass through on their respective tours. You can stream new tracks from Talay and Panther Hollow — called "I Hope Your Band Goes Nowhere" and "Jamie" respectively — below. – Will Sisskind

Almost everyone not into mainstream country is guilty of saying that "all country music sounds the same," and the Nashville scene would be certainly found guilty in feeding that prejudice. However, Teddy and the Rough Riders are living proof that there are noble exceptions. We are premiering here their single “Goldmine,” a track that swims in twang, but also features an inventiveness in its composition and production that makes it almost Beatlesque. Drawing from a wide range of influences that include elements of psychedelic pop, Dixieland rock, and classic country crooning, Teddy and The Rough Riders have developed a sound that’s at once soothing and intriguing, rootsy but forward looking. Whatch out for their debut LP, coming out later in 2017.

Born in Stockholm and based in New York, recording artist, dancer and model KISSEY is no stranger to change. During her career, she has gone from electro-soul incarnations (“Caos”) to borderline industrial ones (“I Don’t Need Anything” and “DISTORTION”). Now, she’s back with another song that doesn’t fit into a genre as neatly, confirming a laudable inclination to think outside the box. In the video for “Unplug,” (streaming below) she appears like a modern-day Beloved (she is even pictured dragging an ax in one scene) — an ethereal apparition dancing around a rural, snowy landscape. (In case you haven’t noticed, she’s got the moves!) The song itself combines the dreamy drone of earlier works with a plodding beat reminiscent of the early trip hop days. Her upcoming EP, ‘Unplug the Delusional Monkey’, will be out on June 30th with Fool’s Gold Records. – Lilly Milman