Fresh summer vibes are shining on us and a new disco track from Ryan Derobertis aka Skylar Spence (FKA Saint Pepsi) has been revealed in the form of “Can’t You See”. Featured on Spence’s first full length album Prom King via Carpark Records (9/18), the single “Can’t You See” is everything you could hope for in a summertime jam; potently mixing down pop/dance/funk into the perfect pool party track. Reviewed by Tony Perkis.
Skylar Spence (Soundcloud)
This Sunday (6/21) the legendary Underworld and rising UK phenoms, electronic soul duo Jungle will take to the stage and co-headline the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles to kick off 2015’s KCRW Summer Concert Series. This show is surely one of the hottest tickets of the summer and we’ve got one pair of tickets to giveaway to this special summer evening for one lucky reader!
For your chance to win the pair of tickets, just email us here and let us know you’d like to go in the title of the email… and we’ll enter you to win in our drawing to take place this Thursday morning! Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions (one entry per person), so keep an eye on your inbox. You can get additional details on the show, as well as purchase tickets for the show at the Hollywood Bowl website. Good luck!
Hollywood Bowl 
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Photo credit: Koury Angelo – Red Bull Sound Select – Content Pool
Little Wolves are the L.A.-based project of longtime collaborators Samuel Jacob and Ronnie Watson. For new track “Home” the band have team with super producer Andre Anjos a/k/a the prime mover of the indie hitmakers RAC. “Home”, which will be released as a single as part of Red Bull Sound Select’s Listen Up! series (also featuring tracks from AWOLNATION x Steve Aoki, Baby Baby and Gemini Club), is an excellent neatly-tipped synth-pop number fitted with pinpoint hooks and RAC’s signature production shine. Stream the B3 Premiere of Little Wolves’ RAC-produced new track “Home” below.
Little Wolves (Facebook)
Poom are the Parisian duo of of Camille Ferrera and Siegfried De Turckheim. The twosome lead Yuksek’s new Partyfine, Vol. 2 compilation with the warm Air/Stereolab-esque French-language pop of “De la vitesse à l’ivresse”.
Poom 
(Soundcloud)
Sample the gorgeous swooning vocals and perfect latin-dance instrumental chops of “Lets Never Stop Falling In Love” which is a Pink Martini cover from Kazakhstani turned Frenchwoman singer Aida Kaly, who has a resoundingly classic, knockout voice. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Aida Kaly (Soundcloud)
Described by Clash magazine as ‘Mature beyond his years’, the unsigned yet immensely talented 22-year-old Birmingham via London singer-songwriter Lawrence Taylor has a deeply affective poppy indie-rock sound which is a perfect amalgam of his incredibly soulful, bluesy slow-cadence vocals and lushly understated fundamentally-excellent accompanying classic instrumentals. Taylor’s infectious low-key style is wonderfully embodied on his new fast and furious guitar-driven stinger single “Bang Bang” that is the title track from his forthcoming EP, out in October 2015. To be sure Taylor who recently also released his very dreamy fired-up career debut track “Waiting For Your Love” has our attention with “Bang Bang”; we are totally into the sentimental and boldly expressive indie-pop vibe of this amazing young artist. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
LAwrence Taylor 
(Soundcloud)
Get into the catchy off-kilter lyrical sensibilities, blaringly cinematic western-guitar groove and delicate harmonic draw of lead singer Danielle Sullivan’s vocals on the new synth-touched single from indie pop band Wild Ones called “Dim The Lights” which is the debut track from the Portland-based 5 piece group’s upcoming “Heatwave” EP that is out on August 14th via Topshelf Records. Readers take note; if you are a fan of the Wild Ones (who we included on our B3SCI Best of 2013: Staff Top 20’s list) they are set to embark on a West Coast summer tour alongside Oregon alt-rock duo The Helio Sequence. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
6/19 – Adrift Hotel – Long Beach, WA
6/20 – Adrift Hotel – Long Beach, WA
7/9 – Venue – Vancouver, BC
7/11 – Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA
7/14 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
7/15 – The Roxy Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
7/16 – Sophia’s Thai Kitchen – Davis, CA
7/19 – Project Pabst – Portland, OR
9/17 – 9/20 – Rifflandia 2015 – Victoria, BC
Wild Ones 
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Talented young producer Sydney-based Australian, Basenji, who is best known for his breakout 2014 electro hits “Heirloom” and “Dawn” turns in his first track of 2015, the superbly lovely “Petals”; which is the first release off his upcoming yet-to-be-titled August-due EP. New stunner track “Petals” is another slightly-genre-elusive electro track from Basenji that is chock-full of bright lovely bell tones and choice, percolating beats amidst some very breathtaking dreamy-vibe vocals from Perth’s acid-tinged electro-pop group Scenic. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Basenji 
(Soundcloud)
Tora, a 5 peice band whose name is based on the Greek word ‘τώρα’ meaning now, just released a gorgeous new chillwave single called “High Enough” which according to group member Jo Lowenthal is about “missing somebody and feeling like the distance between you both is getting bigger”. With its subtle astoundingly-refined vocals and brightly-metered melodic charm “High Enough” highlights the unique, beautifully balanced sound of the unsigned New South Wales, Australia group who just began their European tour; that includes a June 28th gig at England’s Glastonbury Festival where they play along with a variety of new acts like the amazing Jack Garratt as well as some big names and classics like The Who, Pharrel Williams, and Glass Animals. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Tora (Soundcloud)
JUNE
15 – Sebright Arms (UK, London)
21 – Best Kept Secret Festival (The Netherlands, Hilvarenbeek)
24 – Fusion Festival (Germany, Lärz)
28 – Glastonbury Festival (UK, Pilton)
JULY
10 – Feel Festival (Germany, Berlin)
11 – Sacred Ground Festival (Germany, near Berlin)
13 – Hafenkneipe (Switzerland, Zurich)
21 – Boomtown Festival (Belgium, Gent)
24 – KOKO – Club NME (UK, London)
26 – Somersault Festival (UK, Devon)
AUGUST
01 – Sound of the Forest (Germany, Bad König)
07 – Boardmasters Festival ( UK, Cornwall)
14 – Haldern Pop Festival (Germany, Haldern)
15 – MS Artville Richtfest (Germany, Hamburg)
B3SCI’s Man in Los Angeles Russ Ramos caught Monday’s Lyric Theater show featuring L.A. via DMV band MISUN, UK upstarts Hidden Charms and Miami-bred songwriter Rachel Goodrich. Peep the rad photo set below.
