Meet The Postelles, an Upper East Side band with tightly crafted lyrics and a Monkees-meets-Strokes sound. That might have something to do with Albert Hammond Jr., the Strokes guitarist and producer of roughly half the tracks on their self-titled debut album, out this October. Like a cocky basketball star who skips college for the draft, the band met at Columbia Prep and decided to pursue a career in music rather than matriculate, and it looks like the gamble is paying off: The Postelles will spend the rest of the summer touring with Interpol. We caught up with lead singer Daniel Balk to talk about Woody Allen, beer, and facial hair.

Scissor Sisters, Night Work (Downtown/Fontana) The glam-pop foursome dust off their glittered jumpsuits and return to the last days of disco on their third studio effort, Night Work. With the release of Scissor Sisters’ underwhelming sophomore album, 2006’s Ta-Dah, critics wondered how long they could keep up the disco routine. Surprisingly, it’s still a potent brew, especially when the group’s fiery female performer, Ana Matronic, delivers an ode to a potential lover on the lustful “Any Which Way”: “You know baby, when I was taking my pantyhose out of their egg this evening, I thought, I’m gonna find that man who has the right shade of bottled tan, a man that smells like cocoa butter and cash.” Once again, the Sisters prove that debauched excess can be a riot of frothy fun. —Eiseley Tauginas

New York popsters The Postelles brought their upbeat bubble to the elegant stage of Idno in Reykjavik, as part of the Airwaves Music Festival. We caught up with the quartet -- Daniel Balk, David Dargahi, John Speyer, Billy Cadden -- right after their Airwaves gig and asked them to wax Icelandic for a minute before they headed back to New York. Catch them in NYC tonight at Bowery Ballroom or tomorrow at the CMJ PureVolume House after party. Or just catch ‘em kickin' it with the hidden people.