Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't. Just in case you're of the latter camp, it's time you got to know the electronic-rock dream team Home Video. Comprising New Orleans-raised, Brooklyn-based music savants Collin Ruffino and David Gross, this twosome (with the intermittent contribution of a third, drummer Jim Orso) is so much more than your average collab.

I'll admit that, despite the fact that these Southern transplants been breaking it down since 2003, it took the second season of hit TV show Gossip Girl to unite my ears with their utter talent. Episode 20, "The Grandfather," featured the song "I Can Make You Feel It," a pulsating number characterized by solid drumbeats, killer keyboard, tambourine accents, haunting harmonies and an eerie electro current. Peep the frenetic, white on black, mixed medium music video here to help wrap your head around this stellar song. Props to GG for once again knocking one out of the park with their tailored track selection.

Beyond their prime time appearance, Home Video released a new EP earlier in January, It Will Be OK (a nod to optimism perhaps suggesting departure from their more morose music) in advance to their second full-length, which is due to drop by the end of 2009. A recent gig at the 92YTribeca featured a set list of seven fan favorites and a brand spankin' new song known as "Business Transaction." The last-minute show attracted a modest-sized but discerning audience, a group that should grow in time for their Northside Festival appearance at Public Assembly on June 12th. The threesome commanded the room, encouraging drunken dancing and concentrated captivation. The former distraction occurred rarely, but goes to show Home Video's stylistic reach from dark to danceable. It didn’t hurt that their concert included multimedia: projected on the rear wall of the stage was extensive footage showcasing everything from IMAX-like nature-panning to buildings being demolished, collapsing in a cloud of dust and debris. The group's energy, complete with intermittent pogoing, was encouraging and the general momentum, textured with maracas and tambourines, was something to behold. So catch them live if you can. For real, if you’ve not yet checked out their oft-Radiohead-esque-other-times-Pinback-ish sound, it’s time to navigate away from this page.

MySpace isn’t a bad place to start. Bask in their intoxicating tunes, which range in personality from somber and minimalist to hopeful and sublime; beyond their original work, they lay down some sick remixes. Listening to their debut disc, No Certain Night or Morning, I'm sure of one thing: their aesthetic, though still developing, is timeless, perpetually modern. Every single track is capable of molding moods, taking a rainy May morning and transforming it into a downright depressing but unequivocally beautiful flourish of sick synth and ambient tones. Home Video may not be America's funniest, but they are among New York’s finest.