“You’ve Got It All Wrong”, the enchanting new demo from Marissa Nadler should have been accompanied with the warning “prepare not to listen to anything else all day,” as it sucks you in and swiftly erodes your ability to do anything – besides pressing the repeat button. If this is just a demo then her next album can’t come soon enough. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more to come from Marissa Nadler. By Nathan Hetherington
We’ve seen a slew of young DJs/Producers arise in the online music community as of late. Rafa Alvarez aka Different Sleep seems to be next in line. Born in San Diego, but based now in Chicago, the 19 year old knows how to lay down an excellent chill track. On his track “Be My Center”, a gradual crescendo leads a climactic arrangement of gliding synths, finally winding down to a smooth beat. Different Sleep has also recently caught some buzz for his incredible reworking of California Wives’ track, “Tokyo”. Sample both tracks below. By Brian Litwin
Different Sleep – Be My CenterCalifornia Wives – Tokyo (Different Sleep Remix)
Icona Pop’s floor filler “I Love It” gets one more turn c/o Solidisco, an artist that’s quickly became a favorite here at b3sci. Solidisco’s mix is nu-disco to the nth for sure, but it isn’t predictable. The early changes and progressions and rhythmic maneuvers in the track are awesome and totally not in the direction we thought the track might go. Very good.
Denitia Odigie is really really good. The soulstress hooks up here with Sene (the duo released a very good (& aptly titled) “Blah Blah Blah” EP earlier this year) for new track “Trip. Fall.” The feel of the track is magnetic (you’ll be hooked right away) but the star, again, is Ms. Odigie’s buttery, soothing vocal track.
We featured Romanian producer VILLAGE and his excellent original mix for “Dive” last month. Here he spins a generous helping of melody and cool breeze into Neon Hitch’s “Gucci Gucci” cover.
Get ready. Nashville based Western Medication are about to bite off your head and spit it back out in the next 58 seconds. The band will cook up more southern-fried garage rock for their debut EP The Painted World available as 7″ vinyl on January 29th via Jeffery Drag Records.
B3SCI recently caught up with Bryan from The Neighbourhood on the phone while en route to Chicago on tour with Paul Banks. We had a chance to chat about the band’s Californian roots, their gravitas towards radio, a new album expected in 2013, and potentially some new material surfacing within the next few weeks. Give a quick spin to our phone conversation below and check out the band on tour – more dates and details below.
Nov 14 Borderline – London, United Kingdom
Nov 15 Manchester Deaf Institute – Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 16 King Tuts Wah Wah Hut – Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 25 Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN
Nov 29 House of Blues Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV
Dec 5 The Fonda Theatre – Hollywood, CA
Dec 9 Bootleg Bar – Los Angeles, CA
Dec 16 Bootleg Bar – Los Angeles, CA
Dec 23 Bootleg Bar – Los Angeles, CA
Feb 1 Laneway Festival 2013 – Brisbane, Australia
Feb 2 Laneway Festival 2013 – Sydney, Australia
Feb 3 Laneway Festival 2013 – Melbourne, Australia
Feb 9 Laneway Festival 2013 – Perth, Australia
Indian Wars are a band out of Vancouver that play roots country-informed rock and roll. The half-time hellraising of “Already Home” reminds of The Gun Club in the best sort of way. Thanks to our friends at R&G for the tip.
Only You is a new project from Rachel Fannan of Sleepy Sun. Together with Micayla Grace of Leopold & His Fiction, Only You comes as a fresh breeze of straightforward Pacific Coast guitar jangle. White Iris presents the debut release and 7″, Applying Myself / Love Is Making Me Tired, that combines soulful harmonies which swim free in a dynamic of melody and heart tugging treble. Only You is sure to strike an exciting chord for retro rock aficionados. Preview “Applying Myself” and get familiar with Only You below.
Welcome to Rare Monk, the funkiest, rarest monks out of Portland, Oregon. The indie rock band just dropped an EP titled Death by Proxy – a personal love note to Chris Dodds’ inbox. It’s a three track preview to their full-length album coming out in February 2013. Enjoy the title track here, a pretty great blend of synthcoded vocals, experimental synths, and a lush indie sound. By Alex Mitchell
*Also, be sure to catch Alex’s interview with Rare Monk over at Cardboard Smile here.
Having opened for the likes of Hot Chip and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and thus recently being signed to the Berlin-London dance collective/record label that houses Hot Chip, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and Disclosure amongst others, one would think that Marius Lauber aka Roosevelt is the next best thing coming out of Germany and the Euro Electro-Pop scene. A release like “Soleil”, only helps back up such a claim. With a sunny disposition and indie dance beat, I can’t help but think about driving on the Pacific Coast Highway and just staring into the Ocean. Roosevelt has some spot dates to end the year in Germany, Belgium, Paris and Luxembourg, but we’ll expect him to be State side for different shows/fests very soon. By Brian Litwin
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