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Rave’s Fave: MGMT – Your Life Is A Lie

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Here’s the second song and first official single to drop from MGMT’s self-titled September album. This is huge for the band. While they like to march to their own beat, their commercial momentum will depend heavily on how this album does for them. “Your Life Is A Lie” is definitely more straight forward than what we’re used to from them, and it also is less of a tune you can dance to. My calling this a “fave” might be a bit of a stretch after a couple of listens, but the song is definitely catchy and deserves to be heard. Tell us what you think of it?

MGMT – Your Life Is A Lie

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08-06-13

Rose Elinor Dougall – Strange Warnings

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“Strange Warnings” is new from UK-based artist Rose Elinor Dougall. Her first proper single since the release of 2010’s well lauded Without Why (Dougall’s debut). The excellent layered pop of “Strange Warnings” is adeptly buoyed by it’s strong tunefulness and compact and inventive arrangement. Great track.

Rose Elinor Dougall england (Facebook)

Rating 8.5

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08-05-13

Le Crayon Feat. KLP – Give You Up (Darius Remix)

Crayon Feat. KLP - Give You Up (Darius Remix)

Darius a/k/a French producer Terence Nguyen dials up a smoothly sultry, perfect for late summer take on Le Crayon’s “Give You Up” that’s destined for repeat play after repeat play out the B3 alpine the deeper we move into August. Look for Le Crayon’s “Give You Up” single out today on Yuksek’s Partyfine label.

Darius (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.2

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08-05-13

XX▲N▲XX – Broken Hope (xxxy Remix)

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Ah, yes, finally something new from the great London-based DJ xxxy this time in the form of a trap-drum pad/house vocal/instrumental hybrid remix for Polish artist XX▲N▲XX (we’re not sure either how you pronounce that). This xxxy remix is part of a new “Disappear” EP package from XX▲N▲XX which is due August 12th on U Know Me Records.

XX▲N▲XX (Facebook)

Rating 8.1

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08-05-13

Maths Time Joy – Missing (Everything But the Girl)

'Missing' by Everything But The Girl

So here at b3sci we’re pretty big fans of EBTG, Walking Wounded & Temperamental are classics. The massive worldwide hit a/k/a the song that most 90’s bros know them by “Missing” occupies an odd place in the Everything But the Girl canon, as while the original was a more subdued track much in the duo’s subtle but at that time rapidly evolving toward dance style; the version that was a US #2 was a remix. So while melodically great, the version that remains seared in the consciousness of anyone who was conscious in the late 90’s is definitely a bit of a pastiche of its era. “Missing”s great melodic lines, though, get a superb rescue and a 2013 modernization from favorite of the blog Maths Time Joy and singer Kimberly Anne. We like it a lot.

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Rating 8.5

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08-05-13

Kat Dahlia – Clocks

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Absolutely. love. it. The power, focus, content, killer instinct, conviction; everything about the Salaam Remi-produced “Clocks” is right, we need more of this in rap, hip hop, MUSIC right now. We can’t not stress enough how massive a talent this girl is. Kat Dahlia’s My Garden LP is due in February.

Kat Dahlia (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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08-05-13