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TIX GIVEAWAY! Plants and Animals @ The Satellite in Los Angeles this Saturday!

Canadian rockers Plants and Animals are coming through Los Angeles this weekend in support of their new full-length release The End of That. The power-trio will hit the stage at The Satellite on Saturday (5/19) with support from Warships, Kasey Anderson and more!

B3SCI has got a pair of tickets for one lucky reader to this rad show! Just email us today and say that you want to check out Plants and Animals. Simple. We will be picking our winner at random at the end of the day. You can get more info on the show here. Good luck!

Plants and Animals canada (Facebook)
The Satellite california (Info)

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05-18-12

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – American Dream Part II

Direct your attention to TEED’s stunning new vid for “American Dream Part II” and get psyched for the Trouble LP due soon.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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05-17-12

Delilah – I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know (Donny Hathaway)

One of our favorite singers anywhere right now turns in a spare (backed only by bass guitar) cover of one of our favorite songs ever, Donny Hathaway’s “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”. Spoiler Alert: It’s awesome.

Delilah (Facebook)

Rating 8.8

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05-17-12

Skylab – Riviera (Original Mix)

S/O to all our family “South Coasting” it right now. Tout route.

Skylab (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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05-17-12

Main Attrakionz – Greenova To The Top (Feat. Shady Blaze) (Prod. Friendzone)

MA link up with Friendzone on this smooth new cut.

Main Attrakionz (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

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05-17-12

Alexandra Burke – Let It Go

Picked this sharp little tune up while on holiday in Ireland last week (we back!). For our fellow Americans, Alexandra Burke won the UK X Factor back in ’08 and was a judge on the show last year. The neat dance pop (we are surely suckers for it) of “Let It Go” is the second single from Burke’s upcoming “Heartbreak On Hold” LP due in June. This sound is played out to the Nth right now; but “Let It Go” has a great melodic quality and energy to it that definitely will warrant your attention.

Alexandra Burke (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

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05-17-12

The Tallest Man On Earth – 1904

Previewed from his forthcoming release There’s No Leaving Now, The Tallest Man On Earth continues a streak of great songs titled “1904”. The track debuted today at Rolling Stone as a free download. It’s a celebratory track that ponders life and death, check it out!

The Tallest Man On Earth sweden (Facebook)

Rating 8.5

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05-15-12

Jake Bugg – Country Song

Jake Bugg tells us all story with “Country Song”. And does so, as he best puts it, “from the heart”.

Jake Bugg england (Facebook)

Rating 8.5

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05-14-12

Jacob Turnbloom – The Front Steps

By Chris Gedos

“The Front Steps”, by Mrs. Magician singer / songwriter Jacob Turnbloom, displays a startling versatility on the part of the San Diego, CA native. The song, part of Jacob Turnbloom’s Death Tapes, a limited release of various bedroom recordings, is properly rooted in the reverb-core / slacker tradition. Gripping from the first chord and with a wonderful, building arrangement, the abstruse delivery is a complete 180° from the Mrs. Magician LP released earlier this spring. While that album is perfect summer hipster BBQ music, “The Front Steps” is private, intimate, to be cherished.

Jacob Turnbloom california (Label)

Rating 8.34

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05-14-12

IN THE MIX: May 2012

We won’t front, the last month or so has been a bit hella crazy at B3SCI HQ. It’s the good crazy though, like growing pains or maybe some sort of music blog puberty (or something like that). And just because there’s been so much music on the plate, here’s a collection of tracks (new and from the vault) finding some steady play through our speakers as of late.

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05-14-12

ONUINU – Ice Palace

“Ice Palace” is the latest offering from the up and coming Portland artist, Onuinu, who’s fresh perspective on experimental electro pop is engaging to say the least. Check it out.

Onuinu oregon (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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05-14-12

An L.A. Ramble for Levon Helm this Tuesday at The Mint

Come celebrate the life and music of the late Levon Helm this Tuesday at The Mint in Los Angeles. The night will begin with a dinner and rare screening of the Levon Documentary: Ain’t In It for My Health which has been making it’s tour around recent film festival circuits. Per the Los Angeles Film Festival:

Starting with the image of a tour bus warming its engine in the stillness of an empty lot, this haunting, personal portrait of music legend Levon Helm evokes the mood of a lifetime spent on the road. Jacob Hatley’s extraordinarily intimate documentary finds Helm, a founding member of The Band, at home in Woodstock in the midst of creating his first studio album in 25 years. The ultimate survivor, he’s overcome drugs, bankruptcy, the bitter breakup of The Band and a bout of throat cancer -but then, as the rueful title indicates, he wasn’t in it for his health.

Following the documentary The Dead Ships, The Dustbowl Revival, The Muddy Reds, John Wayne Bro, The Driftwood Singers and some special guests will be collaborating and jamming out some of Levon Helm’s best known songs. This is an opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the life and work of Levon Helm that you can’t see anywhere else.

All proceeds from the night’s event go to Rocking Out Cancer.

The Mint california (Event Info) (21 & over)

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05-14-12