Montreal QC band TOPS put on offer the beautifully effortless & restrained “Sleeptalker”, the b-side to the band’s upcoming “Change of Heart” 7″ with Arbutus Records.
TOPS 
: (Facebook)
Rating: 8.7
Montreal QC band TOPS put on offer the beautifully effortless & restrained “Sleeptalker”, the b-side to the band’s upcoming “Change of Heart” 7″ with Arbutus Records.
TOPS : (Facebook)
Rating: 8.7
Nobody beats Stimson. The stylistically adventurous Dallas-based singer latest confection is the synth-pop/soul hybrid “Sugar”. Heavy at the start but chewy and delectable in its R&B-driven chorus middle, “Sugar” finds Mr. Stimson unrelenting in his consistency of delivering the highest quality goods.
Johnny Stimson (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
We love the stunning and spare new one from Rebecca Clements, “Coma Boy”. Constructed around a simple figure of guitar riffing and minimal external instrumentation, “Coma Boy” is a showpiece for Rebecca Clements’ great melodic sensibility and considerable writing acumen. Do not miss.
Rebecca Clements 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2123
Team Bondax return today with the more early 90’s dance-leaning sound exhibited on recent singles on “All I See”. A well-executed modernized version of that Bush I-administration sound, we expect to hear “All I See” to bumping out our nearest H&M or Zara all summer long.
Bondax (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
“Say Yes To Ewans” is excerpted here from Bristol UK artist Oliver Wilde’s upcoming Red Tide Opal LP. An able blend of romantic shoegaze-y themes and space-zone guitar textures that sound freshly wrested from the 24th Century, “Say Yes To Ewans” is equally and expertly rhythmic and tuneful and unlike anything out right now. We absolutely love “Say Yes To Ewans”. Howling Owl Records is the label to know for the July 28th release of Red Tide Opal.
Oliver Wilde (Official)
Rating 8.2
Snakehips continues to produce tracks at a very high level with latest collaboration. On “Days With You”, the semi-anon UK producer duo is joined by the quickly rising Sinead Harnett who’s impressed recently on vocal features for Rudimental and Ryan Hemsworth. “Days” operates within a 2014 sweet spot zone of a hip-hop referencing rhythm track outfitted with warm house instrumental textures and a female-led R&B-styled vocal. “Days With You” is out on August 25th on new label Hoffman West.
Snakehips (Facebook)
Rating 8.2123
“Hunger of the Pine” is the return single from Alt-J, one of 2012 indie music’s biggest breakouts (winning the Mercury Prize, etc). The new track is of a similar plodding and obtuse ilk as much of debut LP An Awesome Wave but also like that record is buoyed by Alt-J’s penchant for tunefulness and strong writing. This Is All Yours Alt-J’s sophomore release for Canvasback Records is slated for a September 22nd release.
Alt-J (Official)
Rating: 8.8
New favorite Nao teams with A.K. Paul (yes, brother of Jai Paul) for the buzzblog wheelhouse (and quite strong) sound of “So Good”. Taste that Zeitgeist, mmmmmmm.
Nao 
: (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.5
