Tammy also blogs at They Gave Us A Republic and Show Me Progress.

Emerging in 2012 as a prominent member of BK’s experimental electronic label/collective, White Material, producer/deejay Galcher Lustwerk (who made our recent list of Best Emerging NYC Artists) specializes in a trance-like mix of ambient and house music. On this year’s sleeper, “In the Place” (streaming) he sings/raps in a smoky voice that is nevertheless smooth as silk. Galcher will be releasing futures about to release new material on his new label Lustwerk Music.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best electronic songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

New Jersey-hailing singer/songwriter/producer Matt Romagna, who played Pianos on Saturday 05.09, delivers sunny folk with his first EP ‘We Will Be Alright‘ (2014). In the rolling, handclap-backed title track, the musician tells the story of travelers persevering on a literally rocky road while the airy “When My Ship Comes Sailing In” has him relating his own determination over unspooling guitars. The singer/songwriter genre may connote heartbreak and misery but Matt Romagna refreshingly opts for joyfulness. Listen to the upbeat EP single "We Will Be Alright" below. – Zach Weg

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best roots songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

Young Lovers are a post-rock band based in Los Angeles whose music perfectly captures the infinite of the moment. Listeners can trace elements of Broken Social Scene, Mogwai, and Explosions In The Sky from their debut self-titled LP, but the band’s combination of impeccable technique and sonic exploration is more than pastiche: the ideas behind their LP have been continually refined since the band’s inception in 2011. Their debut single “Omnia” is perhaps the brightest of stars in the album, rousing feelings of sublimity by building up riff and rhythm to glorious crash and rapture.

Young Lovers will be taking up residency at Pehrspace through the second half of May, and will be joined by other talented acts throughout Los Angeles County to perform. The Deli is proud to feature these select bands to raise awareness, as well as new and exclusive performances by Young Lovers. Best of all, each night of the residency is open to all ages, and entry is only $5! See them next Saturday with a diverse cast: Brooklyn’s experimental R&B group Ava Luna, Stones Throw’s minimalist soul/R&B duo SILK Rhodes, and OC’s math-rock upstarts Media Jeweler. Get your Friday feels on with Young Lovers’ track “Omnia” below.

This guy. Man, let me tell you, he knows what’s up. He’s usually heard your favorite Seattle band waaaay before you (and sometimes even before the band has even heard themselves) because he’s often the one recording them at the super duper BLDGs recording studio. So obviously it was only right to ask him to compile the jams that really get him stoked about the music here. Listen below for a definitive slice of Seattle that should be posted on the the Seattle wikipedia page because of how legit it is. Enjoy!

Hut on a High Peak – MTNS

Girl I Know – Mo Brown & The Shit Downtown

The Lake – Industrial Revelation

Truth or Justice – l’atomium

Take It Away – Red Ribbon

Supermoon (in Scorpio) – The Ghost Ease

Spy – Ubu Roi

B Squad – Sashay

Chop Down That Tree (Live) – So Pitted

Hamburger – The Dumps

Seed – The Fabulous Downey Brothers

Eli – Cabana

Get Out Of Love – Great Spiders

Woundlicker – Draemhouse

Same (Wrong) Words // Moments – SEACATS

Separator – CHARMS

NYC Readers,

Every year in the spring The Deli organizes its own little fest called NYC B.E.A.F. (as in Best of Emerging Artists Fest), which, since 2014, has been part of the Northside Festival. The B.E.A.F. is always linked to our most recent Year End Best of NYC Poll, meaning that we try to book as many artists as we can from that list.

This year we were able to put together four very succulent shows involving some serious talent, check out the details HERE! Soundcloud Playlist HERE.

Sun June 14 – The Living Room
POP + REVIVAL STAGES

Hope to see you tonight!

The Deli NYC’s Staff

St. Lucia-rooted, Brooklyn-based rapper Chelsea Reject shoots verbal bullets with a deft blend of introspection and consciousness. On songs such as the keys-sparkled “Gotta Shine” (streaming), the twenty-one-year-old musician (born Chelsea Alexander) starts with an identifiable story of integrity-seeking but then, with a single “you,” widens her quick flow to touch on subjects such as impoverishment, oppression, and national tragedy. With the horn-sloped “Go,” Reject ponders her purpose in a money-rounded world, effectively speaking for fellow strivers. One gets the sense, when listening to her smoothly assured voice, though, that the artist isn’t trying to make grand statements as much as relate her views. She does so thrillingly. Chelsea Reject performs on Monday 5.11 at The Mercury Lounge as part of the release for her ‘CMPLX’ album. – Zach Weg

With their sophisticated, bi-lingual synthpop, full of texture and pretty melodies, Puerto Rican duo Buscabulla – now Brooklyn residents – conquered our ears with their debut EP “Kitsune`,” which became The Deli NYC’s Record of the Month in October 2014. We asked Raquel and Luis a few questions about their gear and creative process in our sister site focused on gear and creativity Delicious Audio.

Read the Interview with Buscabulla.
Buscabulla will be performing at The Deli’s NYC B.E.A.F. 2015 (Best of Emerging Artists Fest), part of the Northside Fest, on May 13 at The Living Room.

Raised in London and currently based in New York, Oyinda is an emerging Nigerian singer/songwriter/producer who takes her brand of soul in a personal, dark, experimental direction. She just unveiled this video for arresting single "The Devil’s Gonna Keep Me," a dark ballad featuring a heavy mood built on layers of distorted piano and synths. Don’t miss her live show at Baby’s All Right on May 11.

If you missed Liphemra’s set at The Echo with Scottish hiphop Young Fathers and indietronica savant MAS YSA, it’s okay: Liphemra announced a show at The Airliner’s Wednesday night showcase "Low End Theory" on May 27. Low End Theory has hosted some groundbreaking local hiphop crews and DJs, and recently featured THE GASLAMP KILLER as resident act. We can only hope that Liphemra will be headed in this direction, with a debut EP over the horizon that will dutifully recreate the grandeur of their live performances. Mark your calendars, and listen below to Liphemra’s recently released "feel nothing," an ominous b-side that’s haunting in its sampling and brevity. – Ryan Mo

Photo credit: Marte Solbakken

Tasia Trevino and Kenny Carranza used to work at a record store somewhere in the Central Coast of California. They began to write songs together as a sort of dare. Truth: the results were pretty damn good. So they moved to Los Angeles and teased out the rest of it, switching out band names like Black Shirts and The Siblings, just for a hot minute. But then ghostporn hit, admittedly because the two words "looked nice together." An epiphany finds Tasia, who later explains:

"[ghostporn is] not about physical intimacy with a spirit or specter, but about the indulgence of dwelling on the ecstasy and agony of memories—of loved ones, moments, places, ideas, objects, emotions, and sensations of the past."

This much is true in ghostporn’s short but poignant discography and sound. In 2010, ghostporn self-released a demo LP titled Anaphase, and had “Razorface” featured on a compilation album by Deep South Entertainment. If the lo-fi gem was a testament to their jangly past, then the EP dream songs, released on Lollipop Records in 2014, might be a vision of what’s to come. Tape-y, springy guitar arpeggios intertwine with Karen O melodies and 60’s psych swirliness, balancing ephemeral sounds with emotive lyricism. Ghostporn just finished playing a show with Brooklyn-based dreampop Shana Falana at Pehrspace, and less recently with experimental musician Liphemra at Los Globos. They’re currently writing new material for an upcoming album; no details yet, but expect to hear hints of Scott Walker, Jeff Buckley, Broadcast, and more when they premiere the songs at future shows! Listen to “la bruja” off their dream songs EP below. – Ryan Mo

Do you ever miss those days when quality electronic bands pretended to be evil? Think Ministry, Prodigy or Nine Inch Nails… When we are not too stressed out, we actually do! Brooklyn band Statiqbloom (brainchild of Fade Kainer) is here to fill in this gap with two gritty EPs that sound as if they were forged in hell – a musically very competent hell. Single "Atrophy of Three" (straming below), from 2014’s split release with Russian band Zex Model, is a mind-bending tune for deranged humans and cyborgs programmed for dancing. If that sounds appealing to you, catch Statiqbloom live tonight (May 8) at Palisades.