Make Out is Junior Senior‘s Jesper Mortensen’s new band. After the Danish, London based duo broke up, Mortensen left England for New York to find someone who shared his musical vision. From what we can tell from the only track available online (streaming here) the newly formed band plays energetic guitar rock reminiscent in equal doses of Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins, with maybe a slightly punkier edge – teenagers will probably love this! Debut EP release scheduled for the early spring of 2011.
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Home Video can now be considered a mainstay of the NYC electro-rock scene – they have been active since the late 90s and released 2 EPs under Warp Records, a label any electronic act dreams to be signed to. Fans of moody avant-pop a la` Radiohead will find a lot to chew on here, as the band has a ton of quality material evenly spread through their many releases. They are about to celebrate the launch of their 2nd full length album on November 16 with a show at the Mercury Lounge.

NYC Psych Pop quartet Automatic Children will celebrate the release of their first official video with a show at the Mercury Lounge on 11.23. The band is also set to perform new material. Check out the new video here.

Awesome avant-folk Portland outfit Pigeons is about to release their debut CD – entitled "Liasons". This is a talented and fun band, keep an ear out for them in 2011.

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We like ArpLine a lot – that’s why we invited them to play our CMJ party at Spike Lee a few weeks ago. There are traces of early MGMT, but mixed with Kraut Rock and Post Punk influences, creating a feeling of club basement badass mixed with synthesizers, distorted guitars and dance jam goodies. ArpLine’s set to release their debut full-length “Travel Book” in early 2011. For a taste, listen to the upcoming record’s first single, "Fold Up Like a Piece of Paper", one of the most tense and cathartic tunesyou may find yourself dancing to. Please do that at Glasslands on 11.17, as the band will be playing with other Deli favorites like The Big Sleep, Chappo and Red Wire Black Wire. – read Vann Alex’s interview with the band here.

This new Chromeo video really got my attention for some reason, but then at the end I didn’t really understand it. Why are all the police women mad at the guys? Because they went in the female section of the police-sauna? I mean they weren’t that outraged when they saw them there… Does the police have private spas? Dudes, i have no time to watch it again, this video is just a "Hot Mess". Anyway, the band hit it pretty big this year, with their dancey tunes inspired to the ex-uncool decade that’s cool again (the Eighties). The band is currently touring Europe and Australia – they’ll be back in North America with an extensive set of dates in early 2011.

NICKCASEY is a solid folk-rock musical partnership between Brooklyn singer/songwriters Casey Spindler and Nicholas Webber. Backed by bassist Tim Luntzel (Rosanne Cash, Bright Eyes) and drummer Dan Rieser (Norah Jones, Marcy Playground) the band is set to release the debut album "Can’t Reason Through Love" with a show at The Living Room, where videos for the songs “Medicine” and “Bandages” will be also premiered. The date is 11.21

Sick of frontmen lacking stage presence, making you question if they even enjoy their own music? Francis Farewell Starlite may be the cure. Fellow scenemaker and Cantora Records labelmate, William Johnson of Gordon Voidwell, once said in a Deli interview that Starlite “is easily the most impressive dancer I’ve played a show with.” A quick search on YouTube renders numerous live videos of him showing off some sweet dance moves, opening for no-big-deal acts Drake and MGMT. Starlite heads Francis and the Lights, a band that successfully fuses funk, soul, country and electropop. His malleable voice that often soars into falsetto ties these often opposing forces together. To get an idea of this conflicting yet satisfying sound, think of the best possible result of a Prince and Phil Collins collaboration. The band has a good amount of cred as they can count Kanye West and Drake as fans. They covered West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” which was posted on the artist’s notoriously ridiculous blog last year, and the band not only opened for Drake earlier this year, but Starlite also helped produced “Karaoke” off of his latest album, “Thank Me Later.” Bring your dancing shoes and head over to Terminal 5 on November 17 to catch Francis and the Lights open for Brit synthpoppers La Roux. – Nancy Chow

This Saturday, DC’s experimental indie rockers, the Vita Ruins, return to their hometown (at the Red Palace,) after a couple months of shows up and down the east coast.  Their first LP, A Day Without A Name, (released in March), is hands down one of the best albums of the year, so expect to be shaken to your knees with gorgeous tracks like "Coffin Dodgers" and "I Was Hoping That Our Stardust Was In Someway Connected." Recently, they’ve let loose a demo of a new tune to be featured on their upcoming EP to be released in early 2011.  Super excited over here! (photo credit Colleen Vivori)

  The Vita Ruins – The Towns (Demo) by thevitaruins