the new single and title track off the new album from Manchester singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy, “Is There Nothing We Can Do?” is inspired by and also taken from music for the british tv film The Fattest Man in Britain. the track is his first release since 2006, and it sees sweeping strings highlighting a nice melody with a melancholy tone.
Badly Drawn Boy – Is There Nothing We Can Do?
rating: 7.3
here at b3sci, christmas comes early! we’re on our santa claus shit (see photo) spreading good cheer, shouting “ho ho ho”, and today coming correct with a double dose of bangers. roots manuva goes in over the maccabees’ “no kind words”, a b3sci fav from earlier this year. and our bro-ham astronote remixes dabrye & doom’s “air” (another b3sci fav!). lets doooooooooooooo it!
The Maccabees – Empty Vessels (Feat. Roots Manuva)
Dabrye – Air (Feat. DOOM) (Astronote Remix)
rating: 8.5 / 8.2
a few tracks in heavy rotation at b3sci right now, cos we all know… pimpin’ ain’t easy.
Snoop Dogg – Pimpin’ Ain’t EZ Feat. R. Kelly / buy it / rating: 8.1
The Temptations VS Peter Bjorn and John – Get Ready (Controller 7 Mash Up) / purchase info / rating: 7.6
Nice Nice – See Waves / buy it / rating: 7.6
Quadron – Tone / buy it / rating: 7.5
Noel Gallagher covers Slade’s 1973 #1 hit “Merry Xmas Everybody” for the 2002 War Child charity NME compilation, 1 Love. the project echoed the 1995 War Child benefit album, Help, which featured a variety of cover songs recorded by major british acts in a single day, which were then released a week later. acts heard on the two compilations include Oasis, Blur, Suede, Radiohead, Elbow, Muse, Stereophonics, Sinead O’Connor, and Portishead to name a few. if this track doesn’t get you in the spirit, then we’re not sure what will!
rating: 10
oakland’s casamena puts just a crazy touch over sade’s killer “soldier of love” single. this edit is fuckin great. get into it.
Sade – Soldier of Love (Casamena Basement Edit)
buy “soldier of love”
casamena site
rating: 8.2
Numan remixes “Remedy” a Crookers collaboration with Miike Snow off the anticipated We Are Friends release due in March. Go ahead and freak the funk kids!
Crookers – Remedy Feat. Miike Snow (Numan Remix)
rating: 8.8
from their fifth studio LP Heligoland, to be released Feb. 8 2010, Massive Attack offer “Paradise Circus”. the track treads easy and confident featuring the sultry vox of former Mazzy Star and current The Warm Inventions frontlady, Hope Sandoval. in addition, “Paradise Circus” comes in tow with a naughty as hell music video. if you haven’t seen it yet, check it below (btw this video is NSFW in case you don’t want to/can’t watch!).
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Feat. Hope Sandoval)
rating: 9
shit’s been crazy here at b3sci HQ for a minute now, so sue us for being a touch late on this wale banger. “beautiful bliss” features the beautiful and talented melanie fiona and the north carolinian and talented j. cole. “beautiful bliss” rips. the beat is BUTTERY. ms. fiona’s hook is crazy. we are P.S.Y.C.H.E.D. so catch us (we’re prob tearing up your hood) wale-ing out on that victory lap shit. we’re worldwide. haters get at us. “attention deficit” is in stores now.
Wale – Beautiful Bliss (Feat. Melanie Fiona & J. Cole)
rating: 8.7
the happy hollows are a three piece rock and roll act from los angeles. judging from this press photo, we’re pretty sure babes is bring the PARTY! and we just KNOW dude on the right can party. so dudes! email us at the b3sci los angeles office, and let us know, (if you don’t tell us J.E. will) where’s the fucking party at?
rating: 8.3
“Diamonds” is from Robin Thick’s forthcoming LP, Sex Therapy, which sees production work from Polow da Don and Swizz Beatz. in addition to Game doing his thing on “Diamonds”, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg, Jazmine Sullivan, Nicki Minaj, and Estelle also get features on the album. this track’s just got the perfect mid-sunday soul to it..
Robin Thicke – Diamonds (Feat. Game)
rating: 8.3
