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Premiere: Drinker – Which Way Is South

“Which Way Is South” is the debut track online for the LA/NYC duo of Aaron Mendelssohn and Ariel Loh a/k/a Drinker. The minimal, transportative “Which Way Is South” (as well as a forthcoming EP) is the result of a two month collaboration between composer Loh (who recently scored Sundance film The Eyes Of My Mother) and songwriter Mendelssohn (formerly of Brooklyn band The Yes Way). “Which Way Is South” is the first stream from Drinker’s “Happy Accident” EP which is coming soon from Dollar Slice Records. Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “Which Way Is South” below and if you’re in L.A. you can catch Drinker at Hotel Cafe on May 10th.

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04-27-17

Premiere: Von Grey – Poison in the Water

We’re very pleased to premiere the excellent “Poison in the Water”, the new track from Atlanta-based sister trio Von Grey. The track which rides a tough-edged ominous (but no less very catchy) groove and a cleverly-arranged set of instrumentals brimming with menace and potency has it’s origin in VG’s love for brooding compositions, “We’ve always been attracted to dark soundscapes, and have spent our recent months & years reconstructing our sense of experimental musicality. “Poison In The Water” is our most recent attempt at marrying our musical sensibility with our collective personal and social state of mind.” Continuing the band says about “Poison in the Water”, “(it’s) is a song that’s simultaneously introverted and focused on external observations/disillusions. We’re living in a time ripe with suspicion and suspense, yet lacking in privacy. And somehow, through it all, so many are able to live in a bubble of complacency.” “Poison in the Water” is a formidable bit of dark pop with a strength to it that is particularly electric. Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “Poison in the Water” from Von Grey below.

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04-26-17

Saib – Miss Me

A+

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04-24-17

Dauwd – Leitmotiv

Dauwd readies debut Theory of Colours LP (out June 2nd) for Ninja Tune label Technicolour Records with stream of excellent “Leitmotiv”.

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04-24-17

Dama Scout – Paper Boy

We’re into the fresh blend of big gaze-y aesthetics and more straight forward riff-driven melodics on “Paper Boy” from London via Glasgow band Dama Scout. Dama Scout play The Dome in Tufnell Park in North London on April 28th with Happyness.

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04-19-17

GAPS – Shatter

“Shatter”, the latest from Brighton band GAPS, is set to a minimal (almost hymnal) aesthetic ruddered around hypnotic whirl of repeated synth stabs and arpeggios. We’re very into “Shatter’s” fresh, trend-agnostic sound.

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04-19-17

Bastien Keb – Pick Up

The rhodes-driven (and awesome) “Pick Up” is the lead stream for Warwickshire producer Bastien Keb’s sophomore LP for First Word Records, 22.02.85 (which is available now).

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04-19-17

Low Chimes – Sleepwalking

Gloucestershire four piece Low Chimes (f/k/a Hot Feet) stream impressive debut, the meandering, transportive, groove-stuck “Sleepwalking”. The “Sleepwalking” single, which is sampled below from Low Chimes forthcoming debut LP Illuminate , is available now.

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04-17-17

Hazel English – More Like You

Marathon will release a new double EP on May 12 from Aussie in Oakland, CA Hazel English. The 2x EP will feature a new set of songs in the “Just Give In” EP (from which the sunny and cool “More Like You” is excerpted) and her debut EP from last year “Never Going Home”. Stream B3-approved “More Like You” below

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04-17-17

Gotts Street Park – This World (Feat. Benny Mails)

Leeds UK collective (and Mabel collaborators) Gotts Street Park debut with RJD2-esque (even a little DJ Premier-esque) “This World”, a potent bit of hip hop particularly suited for late night hours.

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04-12-17