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Canadian synthpop crew Night Drive is releasing a new Remix EP for their latest single "Drones". It's a safe bet that you've already been (or at least should be) non-stop jamming to Bit-Funk's stellar version of the track for the past week. Here's your first chance to check out the full collection of dance floor bangers including additional remixes from Glasnost and Crystal Vision. Also, below we've got the premiere for the superbly cut and visually stimulating music video for "Drones". As the band puts it about their filming experience for the video, "We shot tons of [...]
Love Thy Brother ( Soundcloud ) Rating 8.3
Oh yes, we definitely love this. "Perrett's Brook" is how the much-attempted in 2013 "hazy lo-fi rock w/ melodies" sound is supposed to be done. Meet Oliver Wilde. A Brief Introduction To Unnatural Lightyears is out July 22. Oliver Wilde ( Soundcloud ) Rating 8.6
This week marks the release of "Hustler", the new (and just) second single from internet and UK based pop sensation Josef Salvat. B3SCI writer Erin Feathers recently caught up with Salvat for a quick Q&A about his rise to notoriety, knack for brooding lyrics and other messy cerebral stuff. Have a peek at their conversation below. B3SCI: You are quite the internet sensation this year. Congratulations. Do you find yourself constantly smiling or are you overwhelmed by all the attention? Josef Salvat: I haven’t really had time to think [...]
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Russians in Brooklyn On-The-Go, whom we covered a few times here at b3sci, release new single "Crumpled Memories". As we aluded to in February , the blogosphere is totally blowing it with this band. Tracks like "Crumpled Memories" demand attention. Recalling a bit of bands like The National and Foals (dreamy, bass-driven, very melodic), "Crumpled Memories" is likely at least 10x better than just about anything else you'll hear today. Don't miss out. On-The-Go ( Facebook ) [...]
Joey Bad doesn't miss. '95 Til Infinity", the second release from J.B.'s upcoming Summer Knights LP, connects the Brooklyn-based rapper and a stack of fly a f rhymes with a fresh laid-back Lee Bannon instrumental. It's a hit. Joey Bada$$ ( Facebook ) Rating 8.5
Toronto-based Nightbox excel on a tremendous melodic sense and a great feel for well hewn pop songwriting with new single "Utopia". Bright synth lines, enough rhythmic pizzazz to get yr Grams stepping & a big shiny infinitely singable chorus highlight Utopia's quality. The band will be dropping (and we're definitely psyched!) an LP later this year produced by MSTRKRFT's Al-P and DFA792s Sebastien Grainger. Nightbox ( Official ) Rating 8.3
We're pretty big stans for Detroit producer Sango. Here, Sango lets go a soft & subtle bit of (non-cliched) late-night R&B beats that would do sound right at home on the new Drake record. Sango ( Facebook ) Rating 8.3
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Ancient Mariner is the songwriting brainchild of Aurora, CO. native Gabriel Jorgensen. His new track, the pensive and beautifully conceived, "Child of Wrath" proudly bears Ancient Mariner's knack for honest musical and lyrical expression. As Jorgensen himself puts it: "In impatient desperation my mouth begins to water for seemingly sweeter tastes that would eat me from the inside out; my eyes are drawn to fantasies painted across desert horizons that will fade as I race toward them. I'm a child lead astray and ruined by my own wrath. May I be found, revived, and fulfilled by the only [...]
In conjunction with Latino Heritage Month, Indio Beer, Mexico's dark lager, is inviting professional and indie visual artists to "Do Their Thing" for the chance to win having their artwork displayed on billboards throughout the U.S. and more! Interested artists can enter a 2D piece of Indio branded art, where finalists and one winner of these submissions will be judged and chosen by renowned artists Gil Cerezo, Federico Archuleta, Juan Angel Chávez and Diana García. For more details about eligability and to submit you can visit Indio's Facebook page . Good luck! You can get more familiar [...]
Lovelier Other do one better in approaching "B3SCI favorite band status" with the dreamy whimsical new song "Wonderkind". Following up on the B3-approved " Hidden Shelters " and " Leave This Behind ", Wonderkind explores a bit more pop-centric side to the little-known-about band. We call it one of our favorite tracks of the week. Lovelier Other ( Soundcloud ) Rating 8.3
"Alarm" marks another winner from Wise Blood's upcoming debut id LP. Built on a percussive, repetitive piano figure and a looped sax that acts a neat bit of counterrhythm (also the track's main hook), "Alarm" should have zero problems quickly embedding itself into the stickiest parts of your auditory senses, where if (you're like us) it will get stuck in your head all day. id is out June 25 on Dovecote. Wise Blood : ( Facebook ) [...]
Spitta gets gritty or at least as gritty as an amorphous flume of smoke and panache can get. Not specifically attached to a project (yet), the reverb-splashed "Killer$" might be stronger than anything $$$ released on his latest New Jet City mixtape a few months ago. Also, there's Trinidad Jame$. Curren$y – Killer$ feat. Trinidad Jame$ Curren$y ( Facebook ) Rating 8.2
Canadian band Dinosaur Bones hazy indie rock grooves along well enough; neatly tuned melodies contrasted w/ unkempt instrumentations and arrangements (something maybe out of the playbook of the early aughts). The real magic of "Spins in Circles", what made us take notice, was the just perfectly executed to the vocal melody (beautiful) guitar playing of the track's second half. A bit of credit there is likely due to Texas-based producer John Congelton who's work with the sultans of 002s jangly floater rock The Walkmen and Explosions in the Sky (self-explanatory). Check the "Spins in Circles" single below and look out [...]
//Fractures hit the scene running with the online emergence of his track "Twisted" in past week or so. Not much is known about him besides he is from Melbourne, Australia and that he has his debut headlining show on the 20th if June. While we wait to see what other offerings the multi-instrumenalist has in store, we'll have to settle with this smooth Whitley remix. By Brian Litwin //Fractures ( Soundcloud ) Rating 8.7
"Listen To Soul, Listen To Blues" is the latest from Australian newcomers Safia. Wow, just wow. What. a. track. "Listen To Soul" is, well, very soulful; but that doesn't really begin to describe the track's power, it's otherwordly grasp. Listening to "Soul" is like receiving some sort of revelation from the universe's supreme beings or something, it's that heavy. We understand this is very hyperbolic praise for such a relatively unknown act but damn, yeah, you will just have to listen. Safia ( Soundcloud ) [...]
The sunny "Don't Hold Back" reunites Treasureseason; a duo who's primaries met as ex-pats in San Francisco, released an EP "Ocean Beach" (which is a cool place in SF), then returned to their native UK and Sweden to each finish their university degrees. "Don't Hold Back" warms up nicely; building it's dynamic steam through it's first few stages and releasing into a nicely textured bit of synth-driven warmth. We can dig it. treasureseason ( Facebook ) Rating 8.0
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