November 2013 - Page 7 of 11 - blahblahblahscience

Premiere: Triptides – Set You Free [Video]

Triptides have their new sophomore LP Predictions at the ready. Noise around the trippy guitar jangle collective from Indiana has been building steadily with recent support from the likes of NME, DIY, Clash, and Rough Trade to name a few. To mark the November 18th release of the album, Triptides are letting loose on a new video for the hooky psychedelia of their single “Set You Free”. We’ve got you set up with the premiere for the video below, and be sure to pick up a copy of the Predictions on 11/18 via Stroll On Records.

*ALSO, we caught up with Triptides for a bit last year. Check out our convo here.

Triptides (Official) (Purchase)

Rating 8.4

reviewed by b3

11-14-13

Giveaway: Win Tix to Born Ruffians w/ Tashaki Miyaki, GRMLN @ The Echo in LA THIS FRIDAY (11/15)

Rock Ticket Giveaways

There’s a hat-trick of rock and roll is coming to The Echo in LA this Friday night (11/15) and B3SCI has got your ticket! Come check out Canadian rockers Born Ruffians with a bill of stellar So-Cal support including Tashaki Miyaki and GRMLN. Doors for the show are at 8:00pm and tickets are only $15 pre-show ($17 at the door) — get more info on the show here. *OR* you can try your luck with B3SCI because we are giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘Born Ruffians Ticket’ contest. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions on Friday morning 11/15, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!

The Echo (Event Info)

reviewed by b3

11-13-13

The Rebel Light – Jukebox Dreams

Pop Track Reviews

“Jukebox Dreams”, new from L.A. band The Rebel Light, excels on its strong melodic rudder (for real, try not getting “I fell for you, I got a love that’s comin’ true” line in your head) and cleverly derived warm 60’s British pop familiarity (imagine something like Peter Noone from Herman’s Hermits giving you a great big bearhug).

The Rebel Light The Neighbourhood (Bandcammp)

Rating 8.4

reviewed by b3

11-13-13

P A N E S – Choice Errors

Electronic Pop Track Reviews

We’re digging the dark modern pop of UK newcomers P A N E S’ “Choice Errors”. The nods to current R&B, hip hop, UK bass music are obvious on “Choice Errors” (and part of the track’s appeal) but their subtle and spun into the track as components of a whole sound palette rather than “modern music checklist boxes” to tick.

P A N E S (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.5

reviewed by b3

11-13-13

PHOTOS: Third Eye Blind w/ Gentlemen Hall @ Paramount Theatre, Huntington NY. 11/7/2013

Live Show Reviews Rock

Gentlemen Hall have hit the road with 90s alt-gods Third Eye Blind in support of their new single “All Our Love”. And if their single, nor their popular cover version Kendrick Lamar’s “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” has yet to catch your attention, then we’re sure their flute wielding rock live set definitely will. Check out some photos from the show below, courtesy of B3SCI contributor and photographer Eliana Siegal.

Gentlemen Hall @ Paramount Theatre, Huntington NY. 11/7/2013

Gentlemen Hall (Facebook)

Third Eye Blind @ Paramount Theatre, Huntington NY. 11/7/2013

reviewed by b3

11-13-13

Bo Saris – Little Bit More

Soul Track Reviews

The Bo Saris train kept a rollin’ w/ new track “Little Bit More”. Stylistically, “Little Bit More” falls in a lane with the sort of new school blue-eyed soul espoused by artists like Mayer Hawthorne or Fitz and the Tantrums. Driven by hooky percussive piano and Saris’ all guts tenor, “Little Bit More” is soulful and pleasantly nostalgic without being silly or pastiche. Bo Saris’ “The Addict” EP is out now on Deram/Universal.

Bo Saris (Facebook)

Rating 8.49389

reviewed by b3

11-13-13

Boreta – Honey Heart

Electronic Track Reviews

More than just a new track, “Honey Heart” comes to us today from Justin Boreta of famed EDM group Glitch Mob — serving a specific message for the masses. The song is a Soma x Charity: water exclusive, and completely unique in that Boreta pulled cues of vocal samplings and beats amongst locals, school children and sounds of nature while on a journey to Ethiopia this past spring. Along with Soma Co-Founder Mike Del Ponte, they chronicled the tribulations of the basic necessity for clean drinking water in impoverished nations (have a look at the video below). “Honey Heart” was thus born, the track itself reflects a progressive statement for the EDM mainstream counterculture, world-music tones soar throughout the track’s universal language of contemporary dance music. “Honey Heart” was released today via Soma and for every download of this track, Glitch Mob will donate 50% of proceeds to help build a water well in Cambodia through this partnership with charity: water and Soma. Please support the cause and purchase “Honey Heart” here.

Soma x Glitch Mob Initiative (Official)

Rating 8.4

reviewed by b3

11-13-13

Red Mystery – Jetlands (Alex Brandt Remix)

Electronic Track Reviews

We likey. Your principals here are German producer Alex Brandt and Red Mystery’s oft-remixed (but not quite like this or this neatly) “Jetlands”. The syncopations in the rhythm track that reveal themselves when the horn line drops in ~2:35 are next level.

Alex Brandt (Facebook(/a>)

Rating 8.8

reviewed by b3

11-12-13

Metabeats ft. Action Bronson – Hookers (VIP Remix)

Hip Hop Track Reviews

Metabeats collab w/ Action Bronson from last year “Hookers”, gets a “cocaine on the marble floors” 80’s-leaning “VIP” remix from one Metabeats himself. Too cool.

Metabeats (Official)

Rating 9

reviewed by b3

11-12-13