The Loom has been active in the NYC scene for quite a few years already, so it was kind of unexpected to find out that "Teeth", the album they released on 11.01, is actually their first full length. The band got (deserved) write ups in most music blogs, and was also covered by The New Yorker – which is actually not too surprising, since they can sound kind of highbrow at times. They play a very original brand of alt folk somewhat reminiscent of a more rustic version of early Gomez (see streaming track "Helen"). Their darker and tenser songs (which represent a good share of their output) bring to mind the powerfully moving spoken word singing style of Tindersticks, a phenomenal British band from the aughts not many Americans fell in love with. The Loom has already embarked on an east coast tour – there’s not a NYC date scheduled yet though.

Born in the Rio Grande Valley at the southern tip of Texas, Salina Sias fell in love with the stage as a young girl, and, like many of her peers with artistic ambitions, moved to Brooklyn in her 20s to pursue her passion. Salina has the voice, the confidence and the songs to impress at first listen. Her music is also very well produced, as you can hear for yourself in the embedded, track "Sugar Song".

The Onion’s AV Club is running an exclusive stream of Crystal Stilts "Radiant Door EP" a week before release date. Head over to their website to listen. The band was featured on the cover of The Deli back in 2008 – you can find the cover feature here.

If it’s true that China is about to conquer the world, we can only hope they’ll do it with The Notorious MSG‘s sense of humor. Rising up from the hard streets of Chinatown as a hip hop project in 2002, the trio is on a mission to challenge the Western cultural dominance from the inside, using its own (outdated) weapons – including leather jackets, permed hair and macho antics (all stuff that is scheduled to come back in fashion in the next decade of course…) The band’s music, with the recently released debut album "Heavy Ghetto", has expanded towards more aggressive and bizarre territories. Check out this brand new video of their single "Red Tonight", a song betraying influences of early Devo and late Beastie Boys.

Looking like a bizarre collective of spirited semi-nerds singing upbeat, seriously ass-shake inducing tunes, Miniboone is one of those rare bands that’s a real pleasure to witness live. After a busy CMJ, the band is about to release a new EP, and also start a 3 week November residency at Pianos on Thurdays- tomorrow’s the first date. Here’s a stream of the uplifting and rocking single "Man/Woman".

Brooklyn’s ferocious sex rockers, Bugs in the Dark, are celebrating their new release, "Hang It on the Wall." The new EP has been described as a "deliciously assaultive new record". Fresh off of touring Europe and opening for JEFF The Brotherhood in Canada’s Halifax Pop Explosion, this Sunday welcomes Bugs in the Dark back to New York. The release party features a solid lineup including Bambara, Butchers & Bakers and Hilly Eye (featuring Amy Klein of Titus Andronicus). Doors are at 7:30pm this Sunday, Nov 6th. Mercury Lounge $8 tickets, ages 21+. Here’s a song from their previous EP "Grand Avenue" released in 2008. – (as posted in The Deli’s Open Blog – post your band’s entries, videos, and Mp3s here). The Deli’s NYC Open Blog is powered by The Music Building and APS Mastering.

South Brooklyn band One Ring Zero know their food – and their celebrities. The orchestral pop duo emerged in 2006 after releasing "As Smart As We Are", a CD featuring original music and lyrics by top novelists including Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers and Jonathan Ames amongst others. The new album takes a similar approach, but replacing authors with top chefs in the lyrics department – isn’t good food a little like poetry after all? One Ring Zero asked David Chang, Chris Cosentino, Mario Batali, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Michael Symon, Mark Kurlansky, and many more chefs for (yummy) recipes. These were then set to music and sung WORD FOR WORD – musical styles suggested by the chef. Here’s a vegan recipe/song called "Peanut Butter Brunettes" by chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz, featuring ex Throwing Muses and Belly heroine Tanya Donelly’s vocals. The CD/book release party will be at the Brooklyn Kitchen on 11.03.

Forest Fire, who played our flagship CMJ show at Pianos on 10.20 with Caveman and The Stepkids among others, just premiered this fun video for the song "The News", the first single from the band’s sophomore album (the first one released under FatCat’s wing) "Staring at the X". The more we listen to these guys the more we think about Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Lou Reed, bathing in a 2010 musical context – this song is particularly reminiscent of the first two on the list. That cannot possibly be a bad thing…

The New York based trio, The Happy Problem, perpetuates the intensity and drive of punk, adding their own gritty and graceful elements on their full-length record, “Head Case.” Aptly depicted by loony clown cover art, the album features a tinge of circus kookiness combined with Sam Shaber’s compelling, heartfelt-meet-heated vocals, slamming drums, and gripping guitars. Not a stereotypical punk album, The Happy Problem place greater emphasis on melody over momentum. Highlight tracks, opener, “Curvature,” frantic “Matador,” softer- edged “The Prettiest Girl,” straight ahead rock title tune, “Head Case,” flowing “Seaweed,” metal-inspired “Wizard,” and heavier rendition of Petula Clark’s “Downtown,” demonstrate that THP cannot be confined to one type of rock. On Thursday, November 3, The Happy Problem will take on IndiePunk Night at the Delancey at 9pm. – Meijin Bruttomesso

We were sorry to lose Emil & Friends from our CMJ bill at The Delancey on October 22 – the show run very late and the band had another show in Brooklyn at like 2 am. The band just released this new video that serves TWO songs ("Let Your Heart / Prescriptions") and will celebrate their CD release party at Lorelay on November 2nd. – read a Deli interview with the band here.

We are often reluctant to publish videos of live bands on the site – they look all the same and tend to sound awful – but we’ll gladly make an exception for Octant, the inimitable Brooklyn based one man + mechanical orchestra. Here’s a video shot (by breakthroughradio.com) at one of the coolest far flung Brooklyn venues – Ditmas Park’s Sycamore, which doubles as a flower shop during the day.