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Audiofly – Chiaroscuro

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Barcelona electro duo Audiofly spin it inter-stellar-style with a brightly-turbulent multi-dimensional synth-embellished sound-scape called “Chiaroscuro” from their newly released EP (of the same name) which is out now via Supernature. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Ben Khan – Blade (Tidal Wave of Love) (Demo)

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We’re into the robust and soulful, scratchy-turbulent synth-bemused perspective and carefully laid muffled pace of “Tidal Wave of Love” a slow-moving new demo track from Ben Khan, a B3-fave ultra-talent who recently released his “1000” EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Lil’ Dicky – Professional Rapper (Feat. Snoop Dogg)

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Lil’ Dicky just dropped his debut album Professional Rapper and it’s incredible. Dicky has amazingly in two years grown from Youtube rapper with one mixtape to sold-out touring across the entire U.S. Just check out the features on Lil’ Dicky’s album(incl. Fetty Wap, T-Pain, and the Snoop-assisted title track showcased here on B3) and you will know immediately he is legit. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.

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Chance the Rapper – Israel (Sparring) (Feat. Noname Gypsy)

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Fresh off of a joint mixtape with Lil B and Surf, Chance has not let us go long without some new music. Slow and jazzy beat “Israel” perfectly compliments the lyrical topic and theme Chance aims to portray in the song. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.

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Mike Stud – These Days (Prod. Louis Bell)

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Mike Stud has been cranking out some great songs recently, and slow rap jam “These Days” with Louis Bell on production is no exception. If you have not already, check out Mike Stud’s most recent mixtape It’s Spring Break, Homie!. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.

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GEMS – Living as a Ghost

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Favorites GEMS announce debut LP for Carpark Records Kill the One You Love with MBV guitar-referencing single “Living as a Ghost”. The new song ably blends GEMS’ penchant for interesting rhythmic architecture based writing with avant instrumentation and vocal mixing and is a very strong return. Welcome back, GEMS. Kill the One You Love is out October 30.

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Ryan Egan – Between the Pages

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Ryan Egan is back today with the second stream from his upcoming “Postures” EP, “Between the Pages”. The track produced by Luca Buccellati (Tei Shi, REN), is a second expert example of nearly perfectly constructed indie pop. This is the template.

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Rave’s Fave: Blossoms – Blown Rose

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Unlike many Brit bands who become part of the powerful UK hype infrastructure, the Manchester band Blossoms is building a truly organic international buzz that is solely based on their talent. Back home, that machine is more present and why not? Whether in studio or onstage, they consistently deliver the goods. Blossoms have mistakenly been categorized as a psych band and while past tunes have included some of those elements, “Blown Rose” is a beautiful track that shows off their depth without a hint of psychedelia. It’s got jangly guitars and an alluring melody that reminds of fave music from any decade harking back to the 60’s. Yet, it’s totally modern. It’s one of those rock songs that should become a massive pop hit, but songs in this vein often miss the mainstream mark for some strange reason. Let’s hope it does reach the upper part of the charts. At the very least, it should be a long-term live winner for them and it will be a killer album track. Hopefully that first Blossoms full-legth will drop in the not too distant future. Reviewed by Bruce Rave.

Check out Bruce’s weekly “Go Deep” radio show; air dates and times for “Go Deep” as well archived past shows can be found on Bruce’sblog. Don’t forget to follow Bruce on Twitter too!

Hear my interview chat with the band, that took place at The Great Escape last May.

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Emily Jones – Translate (Prod. Henry Green)

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Delve into the deep-wading atmospheric-calm and transparent heart-felt vocal reaches of British songstress Emily Jones on “Translate” the uniquely-elegant soulfully-exquisite Bon Iver-styled title track off Emily’s recently-released Henry Green-produced debut EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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