Post-punk is back in full force nowadays, and Brooklyn trio The Black Black – with their muscular, driving, dark, and relentless sound – offer a rather uncompromising version of it.  They released their debut album ‘Boogie Nights’ yesterday (11.11) and in support of it, they’re playing a record release show at Cake Shop tomorrow (11.13).  Money Fire Records label mates Low Fat Getting High (punky-ish as well, but in a more 90s kind of way) will also celebrate the release of their self-titled LP. On he bill also Dead Stars and Seattle’s Iska Dhaaf. Listen to TBB’s new album’s single ‘Until Death Do Us Party’ below.  It’s a bass-driven, energetic, punk rock teleport to the late 1970s when post-punk really exploded. They’re not wildly experimental, but rather straight and to the point. After all, isn’t that how punk rock should be? – Michael Haskoor (@Tweetskoor)

We added these songs to The Deli’s playlist of Best punk rock/slacker rock songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

We became acquainted with one girl band Idgy Dean (aka Lindsay Sanwald) a few years ago, when she played our NYC B.E.A.F. (Best of Emerging Artists Fest) at now defunct venue Public Assembly. We now realize Lindsay doesn’t actually belong here in NYC. Her new single "The Indian Squirrel Dance," from the full length "Ominous Harminous, scheduled for a January release, is an edgy, tribal track drenched in desert rock aesthetics and featuring weird religious chanting – not exactly your typical NYC music features. But it’s the song’s video that erases any doubts regarding the fact that Idgy Dean should live a nomadic life, far from the city’s anguishing buildings, like some kind of sensual, musical animal, that reveals itself to curious fans at will, semi-naked, and then disappears mysteriously after a song or two. She sure looks comfortable in that environment, and her music perfectly works in it. She’d just have to figure out where to plug her guitar amp… Don’t miss her at Brooklyn Bazaar when she opens for Javelin.

Quite surprisingly, in the last decade Soul music has become one of the most experimented genres in NYC and beyond. Snubbed by most of the creative musicians for decades, Soul is now, probably for the first time, something that’s not immediately associated with mainstream. Raised in London and currently based in NYC, Oyinda is an emerging Nigerian soul singer songwriter and producer who is pushing the genre’s envelop in a very personal, dark, borderline experimental direction. Single "What Still Remains" (streaming) features a sparse but bold production, where buzzy, at times distorted synths challenge her impressive vocals in volume, building a moody atmosphere that defies the genre’s redemptive tendencies. Don’t miss her show at Baby’s All Right on Saturday 11.15 with Tei Shi and Yumi Zouma.

Orange Cassettes is a new EDM Brooklyn band formed by Anton Armony and Mod – the two have been dwelling in the NYC scene since the early aughts, being involved, respectively in bands Radio 4 and Elefant. Debut single "Go in the Light" (streaming below) features some noteworthy collaborations, including Phil Mossman (LCD Soundsystem), Jim Orso (Holy Ghost!) and Luke Jenner (The Rapture). The band will be playing their debut show tomorrow (11.12) at Baby’s All Right with Ludwig Persik and Cathy.

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

When we see an emerging NYC band play three local shows in a week we wonder whether they are starting to get a bigger following or simply… don’t know what they are doing (it’s very hard to get out the fans when playing shows so close to each other, and empty rooms are bad for bands and venues). But either way, Tiny Hazards – a Deli Artist of the Month earlier in 2014 led by visionary songwriter Alena Spanger – is so good that they deserve a bigger following. The Brooklyn quintet plays what ove here we call "Avant-Indie," i.e. the more experimental variety of indi rock, and they do it by blending anything from math rock to pop to noise rock. Check out this insane single entitled "Silouhette," which is at once enjoyable, bizarre and friggin’ scary. Schizopop, indeed… You can see Tiny Hazard live at Silent Barn on November 11 and 16, and at Pianos on the 14th.

Hayley Coupon is a young and soulful NYC based singer songwriter full of personality. Her sound, often piano driven, is decidedly melodic but features a dark and bluesy edge to it, in part reminiscent of early Fiona Apple. Her cover of nu-psych rock messiah Tame Impala’s single "Feels like We Only Go Backwords" – a song that got  her a fair amount of love on Soundcloud – showcases an open mindedmness that bodes well for the future. We are streaming her single "It’s Not" from upcoming EP "Do The Right Thing, Like You Said You Would," while "Bastille Day" premiered on The New York Times’ Lifestyle Magazine blog on November 5. She played Mercury Lounge last week, which is also a good sign, so fans of the genres should definitely keep an ear on her. You can check out last year’s EP "Remeberance" here.

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

I first became aware of Virginia based artist Dannie in August of this year with her first single, Girls Time. Dannie is a strong vocalist, one of the few singers that are still breathing life into what I’ll label pure R&B. Her second single, Wait 4 It was released on October 14th and has been doing well since that date with over 80,000 plays on Soundcloud. This sexy track highlights strong harmonies interlaced with smooth melodies that are sure to be caught in your head after first the listen. Wait 4 It tells the story of a playful seductress keeping her potential lover on his toes to the point of full desire. The track used properly accompanies the concept of this song and reminds me of what a slow jam is supposed to sound like. Emotion is clearly felt within the vocals of this track as Dannie flirtatiously explores her full range and leaves the listener yearning for more by the time they realize that the song has ended. –Opal Rose

From Jake Saunders’ report of Day 5 of the CMJ 2014 Music Marathon. " The first set I caught [at the Exploding in Sound unofficial CMJ show] was Rick Maguire of Pile‘s solo set.  Now Pile might be the king of all Exploding in Sound bands, having possibly been around the longest (don’t quote me on that; Aaron Maine of Porches might’ve been around longer going under many different names since settling on Porches). They’re a band whose live show has more soul and power than I’ve seen possibly ever.  A lot of that energy comes from Rick Maguire, whose songs are like daggers to the gut; honest and thought provoking, he’s got a presence on the stage that’s hard to match.  Pile is a band that has come a long way, and is a band worth researching because they bring something special out in people, take my word for it. ‘

From Jake Saunders report of Day 5 of the CMJ Music Marathon 2014: "Show Me The Body opened for Denzel Curry and Ratking at the Letter Racer/Mass Appeal showcase at Trans Pecos. I missed Geronimo!, Baked, Two Inch Astronaut and Krill as well as Roomrunner, all amazing bands worth looking into. It was a shit show, with two hundred drunk kids packed into the tiny venue where I’m used to seeing weird experimental acts play to an empty room.  My boys in Show me the Body killed it, conjuring the craziest mosh pit I’ve seen since Death Grips.  I say "seen" because I would have died or seriously injured myself had I participated.  SMTB has been pushing their limits further and further, with bassist Harlan Steed adding an immense amount of mass to the sound as he experiments further with looping and pedal mashing.  Keep an eye out for this band; they’ve certainly got a crafted image, but it never subtracts from the attention they pay to the music, always pushing things further, challenging their audience and enjoying themselves on stage.  And by the way, yes I am biased, having watched this band over the past five years or so evolve into what they’ve become, but now they’re getting props form bigger whigs than me.  I had a very firm realization at this show; SMTB is not "my" band anymore… they’ve got a fan base that doesn’t include the friends we grew up with. "

In their Facebook blog, NYC band Teen Commendements appreciates the fact that the folks at CMJ described their music as "Synth Pop to the extreme." Uhm, what’s with that electric guitar and that… wooden stick in the picture then? Well, I guess appearences can be misleading, because (besides the vocals) everything sounds drastically synthetic in these guys’ recordings, and very much 80s influenced too – by the way, I wonder if one day we’ll be able to say that an electronic pop band is influenced by music from a decade other than that one. To their credit though, they keep that era’s cheesiness under control. This sounds like a fun band to witness live, you can party with them at Mercury Lounge on November 11 with Lazer Cake and HITS – two bands we booked for our CMJ 2101 show.

It’s rare to find top notch musicians and producers giving their soul to a musical project that puts edge and experimentation before anything else. Such is Brooklyn band WOLVVES, formed by the Valleau triplets, who forge suspenseful (if not terrifying), noir, experimental electronic rock. We asked a few question to the knob fiddler in the band, producer/multi-instrumentalist Joshua Valleau.

Read WOLVVES’ Q&A about gear and recording.

Expectations for your mid-20s are fuzzy at best, and The Teen Age seem set upon doing what comes naturally. The band creates some of the best locally-sourced, fuzzed out garage rock (although brewed in Brooklyn basements), but what really sets them apart is an ability to seamlessly incorporate styles like doo-woop and surf punk into their sound. Buried under waves of reverb, The Teen Age write songs about an extended adolescence, told through experienced eye. Songs for, maybe not a lost generation, but definitely one waiting for that next band to sweep them off their feet.

– Read Emilio Herce’s interview with The Teen Age.
– See The Teen Age live at Pianos on November 11 and 18, and at Mercury Lounge on 11.24.