Everything Everything’s awesome Arc record dropped last week and as a thank you very much forget-me-not to their fans and patrons, the Manchester band are giving away an excellent vibed-out “Kemosabe” remix by their mates Post War Years.
Everything Everything – Kemosabe (Post War Years Remix)Post War Years 
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Everything Everything (Official)
Rating 8.4
TOKi’s back and this time she brought along a legend. TOKiMONSTA, the L.A. the beatstress who’s outer space bass records are permanent staples of the b3 canon, recently signed to ULTRA records and the next universe “The Force” which features Kool Keith is her first release for the label.
TOKiMONSTA 
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Rating: 8.3
Jake Bugg entered the UK charts at #1 last fall, which means his debut album came in ahead of Muse and Mumford & Sons. Jake recently spent a week in the US having played in New York, LA and San Francisco, including a performance on Conan along the way. This Wednesday night B3SCI and I were on hand for his sold-out and spectacular set at the Troubadour in LA. Word is that he’ll be back for more dates this spring, including Coachella. UK hype aside, this dude is absolutely for real, and even the skeptics attending in LA seemed convinced. Most new bands play sets that sound somewhat redundant. Not Jake Bugg. Whether the songs were fast or slow, hard or soft, this 19 year old from Nottingham nailed them. He has been called the British Bob Dylan. To me, he’s slightly reminiscent of Dylan on record but sounds lots more like him live. “Lightning Bolt” is the track currently lighting up the UK and it was the set-closer here in LA this Wednesday. Check it out below.
Jake Bugg – Lightning BoltJake Bugg (Facebook)
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b3 fave Giraffage takes the whole dreamscape R&B/hip hop beats thing that’s become so popular in the last 6-12 months next level. Stay tuned for Giraffage’s “Needs” mixtape (from which “Thinking About You” is excerpted) up in your area February 12th.
Giraffage (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
“Gloves” come’s to us from Stockholm indie act Nervous Nellie are previewed here from the band’s forthcoming Gloves EP. The track offers a bit different look from NN, the more poppy “Gloves” is anthemic (incl. a chorus that is among 2013’s best so far). Nervous Nellie are definitely a lot of Swedes you’re going to want to keep an eye on in 2013. A+.
Nervous Nellie 
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Rating 8.1
Somewhere in the early 90’s The Jesus and Mary Chain and Stone Roses mated, fast forward to 2013 and that psychedelic monkey man love child has come of age. Mr. Reid, Mr. Brown, meet Calvin Love and his crazy good track, “Missions”.
Calvin Love – MissionsCalvin Love 
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Rating 8.1
“Solace” is new from London artist Fyfe. Details are scarce about the 23 year old other than his point of origin and age. For certain though, “Solace” is an accomplished dark pop song written by a very serious talent, unknown or otherwise.
F Y F E – SolaceFYFE (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Moxi is the Los Angeles-based team of singer-songwriter Anna Nelson and producer multi-instrumentalist Andy Toy. “Terrible Disguise” is the lead single from Nelson & Toy’s debut EP as Moxi, “In My Dreams”. Melodic clattering synths, big backbeats and a solid dose of adept pop songwriting make “Terrible Disguise” an excellent intro to the duo; see what you think below.
Moxi – Terrible DisguiseMoxi (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Check out “14 Februari” a beautifully arresting re-interpretation of Aunt Sade’s (Happy Birthday btw) classic “I Never Thought I’d See The Day” by Swedish act Houston. Expect a full length from Houston later this year.
Houston – 14 FebruariHouston (Tmblr)
Rating 8.6
“Celwydd”, which is Welsh for “pizza”, marks the return of rising soulful electronic musician Ifan Dafydd. The gorgeous “Celwydd” is built on multi-layered skillfully interspliced vocals (one of which could very well be Adele?) and smoother-styled garage rhythms. “Celwydd” is a definite strong return.
Ifan Dafydd – CelwyddIfan Dafydd 
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Rating 8.5
The self-proclaimed folktronica wünderkind Blackbird Blackbird recently let loose a magical remix of the well liked “Even Though”, by Giraffage and XXYYXX. The track boasts a great use of space and really brings out the best elements of the original song, it’s an impressive piece of production. San Francisco based Blackbird Blackbird hits the road soon with Starfucker for a little over a month of dates in the US, and then, just announced, will go to Europe in May with the above mentioned XXYYXX, Giraffage, as well as Slow Magic and Beat Culture. By Brian Litwin
Giraffage & XXYYXX – Even Though (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)Blackbird Blackbird (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Grimey NYC post-punks Young Boys prescribe an enticing dose of new wave inspired synth rock with their latest, “Love Hits”. The band’s aticipated debut LP, New York Sun drops February 26th via Holloweyed Records. Here’s one for your radar.
Young Boys – Love HitsYoung Boys 
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Rating 8.1
