Kudos to Brooklyn indie rockers Honduras, who have been hand picked by Blur to open for them at this coming Friday May 1st show at Rough Trade. The band has recently released this new single entitled "Paralyzed" (streaming below) from their upcoming album, which actually sounds a little like a blend of our NJ’s favorite band of all times The Feelies and Blur during their more tense moments – with a punk chorus thrown in to spice things up a little.

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

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Throw Vision recently released an immaculately produced 7” entitled “Were it Will” on Bandcamp and it’s total bliss through headphones. In “Shake the Hand”, sighing vocals and piano/synth-glitter dominate one ear while darker guitar licks and jazz drums begin in the other and gradually conquer. In “Hello Morning (Sunrise)” we are pulled into a mirror world at the other side of the pool—soulful vocals, surround-scapes, and space-sounds. Mark June 13th on your calendars! These dream rocker brooklynites will be performing at C’mon Everybody in Clinton Hill. – Leora Mandel

Finding inspiration in the dancy, angular post-punk of bands like Devo, the early Stranglers, and even Blondie, Brooklyn’s Future Punx have delivered with "I’m So Inspired" (recent Deli NYC Record of the Month) one of the most fun NYC albums of 2014 . We asked guitarist Jake Pepper a few questions about the band’s creative process, read the Q&A on our sister blog Delicious Audio.

Future Punx next NYC show will be at Baby’s All Right on 05.15.
Listen to music by Future Punx and other electronic artists in The Deli’s playlist of Best electro songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

Back in 2012, Brooklyn blues-folk act The Bones of J.R. Jones released the creepy music video for the song “La La Liar” off its ‘The Wildness EP.’ Now, close to the one-year anniversary of its first full-length effort ‘Dark Was the Yearling,’ the one-man band started by central New York-hailing singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist J.R. Linaberry will open for the bruise-voiced singer/songwriter Sean Rowe at Mercury Lounge this Saturday (5.2). As the menacingly poignant, Alan Lomax-inspired “Ticket Home” and the infernal, guitar-panged “Fury of the Light” off the album show, Linaberry tells vivid stories in his songs, ones that blaze to life with his several instruments (banjo, percussion, and loops in addition to the guitar). Watch the music video for “Ticket Home” below. – Zachary Weg

Brooklyn’s most elegantly haunting chanteuse Eddi Front has a new track out and an album release on the horizon (finally!!!). We’ve been following this talented lady for years, her voice can crack hearts wide open with unheard combinations of sparse notes and words. The new single is entitled "Elevator," stream it below, and while waiting for the upcoming release, enjoy Eddi’s debut EP here.

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

Smooth Hound Smith is a foot stompin’ American roots and blues duo comprised of "One-Man-Band" Zack Smith (guitars/vocals/foot drums/harmonicas) and Caitlin Doyle (vocals/percussion). Established in 2012, they record and perform a varied and unique style of folky, garage-infused rhythm & blues. 
They are going to celebrate the release of their new album on May 30th at The Basement. The record may feature single "Crazy Over You" (streaming below), which was uploaded on Soundcloud in the second half of 2014.

We first covered dream pop trio EZTV back in December and we are happy to see them signed to uber cool Brooklyn label Captured Tracks (home to Mac DeMarco and Real Estate), which is releasing today their debut 7" "Dust in the Sky" (streaming below). All parties involved are currently working on a full length that will see the light later this year. EZTV will be performing at The Bowery Ballroom on May 5th and then at Palisades on May 7th, before embarking on a short US tour in the early summer.

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

For those who like their dose of roots music extremely chilled and rather psych, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks are a treasure to behold. Led by Real Estate’s bassist Alex Bleeker, the group’s latest release dates back to 2013 ("How Far Away" LP) but is going to have a rather active spring this year, with shows in the west coast and Chicago. They’ll be playing Brooklyn as well, on May 7th at Palisades with EZTV and John Andrews & The Yawns.

The jangly, 60’s psych magic of Orange County’s rising sextet Deep Fields has been churning around Southern California venues as of late, and yes: it is definitely possible to fit a Rhodes piano, Juno synth, a drum set, and six warm bodies on a stage. Christian Peters, who also plays with psych-pop singer/songwriter Cotillon, started Deep Fields as a bedroom project but eventually found a handful of talented people through mutual circles. Influenced by psychedelic acts like The Zombies and MGMT, Deep Fields’ music is a sonic fractal of catchy riffs and swirly textures. As of last year, the group has been hard at work writing new songs and lighting up clubs like Harvard and Stone, The Slidebar, Que Sera, and Los Globos. Check out the video for their first single "Salazar" below!

Deep Fields will be playing tomorrow at Fullerton’s Continental Room with L.A. Takedown and PART TIME. 21+ / Free Admission – Ryan Mo

Considering the not very promising premises (they are fronted by Gossip Girl’s star actor Penn Badgley) electronic NYC band MOTHXR is actually a hell of a lot better than what the average reader of The Deli may expect. Their music is dark, percussive, and also soulful, in a suspenseful and cinematic way. The band, known until mid 2014 as ‘MOTHER," lives single by single (they released four in 2014, “Easy” is their best received one so far), and sports a very convincing live show and noteworthy fan base – we experienced it directly when they packed Pianos at our 2014 CMJ show. They just unveiled this video for their second most popular single ‘Centerfold.’ You can catch them tonight with another Deli favorite: Buscabulla.

The label of New York as a melting-pot may sound cliché these days, especially when it comes to music, but not when the ingredients in question are as disparate as dream pop and Peru. Malka, who just released their debut EP ‘The Constant State’ and is fronted by Peruvian-born, and nine-year-New-York-resident Darko Saric, brings its own flavor of shoegazed dream-pop to the seemingly over-populated table of noisy, melodic instrumentals, highlighted by vocal brilliance and unique lyrical alternation between Spanish and English. The record flows in a mystical airiness, its songs individually building in intensity throughout, choral guitars shooting for the heavens, seamless in their strumming, and the bass diggings towards an underworld unknown with its bulldozing, growling granularity. All creates a wonderfully ethereal environment over which the vocal harmonies of Saric, EJ DeCoske (guitars and synth), and David Ciauro (bass), can dance and meld. Whether dealing in pop-rock rhythms driven by drummer Mike Dawson, as on opener “A Flock of Crows,” or the tonal clarity and spatiality of the guitars, as on “For Now We Live,” and Spanish-sung closer, “Mirame,” ‘The Constant State’ explores sonic territories beyond any tangible landscape, which surely helps get past the this big apple’s crammed lifestyle. – JP Basileo

Yo, isn’t it a little too early to have "The new Strokes" yet? Maybe it’s a question of perceptions: for those who’ve been listening to indie rock for more than 20 years, the answer may be "yes," but considering how quickly the new generation of NYC musicians is churning through past decades for inspiration, the early aughts are next in line for a revival. The guys in NYC’s Public Access TV look so young they were probably toddlers when "Is This It" came out, but the only really important thing here is that they can write very catchy pop songs and deliver them with top notch flair. After touring with Gang of Four and losing home and music gear in the recent explosion in the East Village, the quartet will keep playing around the US in May, touring with Palma Violets. Watch out for a debut EP, to be released soon.