Atlanta singer Benny Love finds the perfect background/scene/setting for her beautifully ethereal vocal & melody in the slow-motion immersiveness of a Dream Koala beat. If you’re into Jhene Aiko or SZA or just really great singing & production then Ms. Love is an artist that you’d definitely benefit from familiarizing yourself with (ASAP).
Benny Love 
(Soundcloud)
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Rating 8.1
London Grammar singer Hannah Reid’s spotless & stunning vocal headline the UK trio’s latest single, the supremely beautiful paean “Wasting My Young Years”.
London Grammar 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
BON-BON, a/k/a UK singer-songwriter Sian King, delivers soul-tinged pop of the best order with new track “Lois Lane”. “Retro”, “reference”, “throwback”, “nostalgia”, these placeholder words that stand-in for actual unique thoughts/criticism, could be used (blankly) to describe “Lois Lane”. There are many references here to 60’s & 80’s pop in the track’s arrangement & feel (a la maybe Fitz & The Tantrums or Eliza Doolittle), but “Lois Lane” gets its bread on the back of its incredibly catchy, playful & well conceived chorus that has had us running to the replay button the entire day.
BON-BON (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
“Shut Us Down”, the debut track from London performer Freddie Dickson, is brim to brim loaded with all the moody high drama and cinema that will instantly remind of artists like The Neighborhood and Lana Del Rey (we mean this as a compliment, we promise.); while still maintaining (several) notes of originality. We are definitely in love.
Freddie Dickson – Shut Us DownFreddie Dickson (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Collector of UK critical nods & all out great songwriter and singer Laura Marling releases second single from upcoming Once I Was An Eagle LP. The twangy drop-D’d “Master Hunter” offers an adept refresh for the Marling sound, as it finds the Hampshire native exhibiting on record a greater than usual irreverence and activity. We’ll see you guys in December when Once I Was An Eagle assumes it’s usual for Ms. Marling position on most Best of 2013 Albums Lists.
Laura Marling 
: (Official)(Facebook)
Rating: 8.0
Reks drops off a buttery new jazz-inflected slow burning jawn with “Caged Bird” featuring EzDread.
Reks – Caged Bird (ft. EzDread) [Prod. by Introspective Minds]Reks 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
The sultan of spaced out booty rap remixes Star Slinger takes a pop turn via trendy early 90’s dance references with a smooth & soulful new house take on the E.G. single “Don’t Say a Word”.
Star Slinger (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Late night creep with the crew on Detroit artist Coyote Clean Up’s hits-you-straight-in-the-chest new dream house track & video for “Awesome Luv”. CCU’s 2 Hot 2 Wait LP is due April 30th on 100& Silk.
Coyote Clean Up 
Facebook)
COYOTE CLEAN UP – AWESOME LUV from 100% Silk on Vimeo.
Rating 8.3
London duo Thumpers recently debuted a new lyric video for their track, “Unkinder”. Just a couple spins through this tropically laced track, and we’re still coming back for more. It’s synth pop boasting melody drenched vocals – that stick (firmly rooted in your memory to be revisited when you least expect it). We could not be more ready to hear what’s yet to come from Thumpers.
Thumpers – Unkinder (A Tougher Love)THUMPERS (Official)
Rating 8.3
The instantaneously (& insanely) catchy “All I Fear” is part of a limited release Record Store Day 10-inch vinyl from the New York-based band. In addition to “All I Fear”, the 10-incher’s title track “Binary Mind” as well as three additional unreleased demos will round out the release. Look out for “Binary Mind” on Record Store Day (April 20th) and get with the band when they hit your town this spring.
Ra Ra Riot 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Yes, Drake did take it there. So if “Girls Love Beyonce”, do dudes loves Drake? We do (but don’t ask us to speculate any further). So what did Drake do here? The owl man takes DC’s “Say My Name” and in the style of 2013 slows it down, smooths it out, spooks it out (with an assist from Cocaine 80’s collaborator James Fauntleroy) and scores an engaging and heartened viber that only gets realer on the third, fourth, etc listens.
Drake – Girls Love Beyonce (ft. James Fauntleroy)Drake 
(Twitter)
Rating 8.4
London-via-Australia singer Josef Salvat, who’s “This Life”” is one of the best tracks of 2013 thusfar, releases new track “Hustler”. While not as hit you square on the forehead immediate as “This Life”, the piano-driven dark pop of “Hustler” is no less powerful and affecting. Dear, Josef, we need more music ASAP; thx, B3SCI.
Josef Salvat (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
