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Giveaway: Deap Vally @ The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA. this Tuesday 8/13/13

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Rock duo Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards a/k/a Deap Vally will soon gig through their hometown of Los Angeles in support of their new debut album Sistrionix. The way we like to put it, their sound traverses a familiar territory of high intensity vocals and riffs that at times sounds like “The Female White Stripes” and at others like all hell is breaking loose. These ladies have been making noise touring recently with the likes of Queens of the Stone Age and have also been catching ears at major festivals like Glastonbury and Lollapalooza to name a few. This homecoming gig at the world famous Troubadour next Tuesday, August 13th is not to be missed.

B3SCI will be giving away a pair of tickets to this coveted show to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the Deap Vally ticket drawing. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions by Sunday 8/11, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). You can get additional details for the show, as well as purchase tickets for the show here. Good luck!

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08-07-13

Raccoon Fighter – Santa Tereza

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We’re digging the gritty minor-keyed rock and roll of Brooklyn band Raccoon Fighter (incredible band name). The Papercup Music band will be releasing their debut Z/L LP October 1st of which lead single “Santa Tereza” is a part.

Raccoon Fighter (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

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08-07-13

Gap Dream – Fantastic Sam

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An OG of our NE Ohio hood (now exiled to California, just like us!) Gap Dream a/k/a Gabe Fulvimar announces sophomore LP Shine Your Light and releases first single, the cool dude dustily melodic “Fantastic Sam”. Dig it, bro.

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Rating 8.5

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08-07-13

The Preatures – Manic Baby

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Aussie newcomers & freshly minted B3 faves The Preatures score another very sharp track with the latest “Is This How You Feel” EP release “Manic Baby”. One of The Preatures’ biggest assets is their soulfulness and most particularly how that soulfulness informs the band’s writing. Immediately, “Manic Baby”‘s minor-keyed 70’s R&B styled groove grabs at you and pulls you full body into the track’s coolly constructed melodies. The “Is This How You Feel” EP is due August 9th.

The Preatures australia (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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08-06-13

Premiere: Cloud Control – Dojo Rising (Wise Blood Wildwood Remix)

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We LOVE Cloud Control and we LOVE Wise Blood so premiering this hot-off-the-press new remix of “Dojo Rising” is a clear B3 no brainer. On the track, US-based Wise Blood selects for a hypnotic melange of warm psyched-out synths and deep reverberates-out-your-chest drums that are circadian in their repetition. Londoners Cloud Control, who are currently in America right now playing a small slate of mainly West Coast dates, are readying the release of their upcoming Dream Cave LP which is due September 17th via Votiv. You can sample Wise Blood’s remix of “Dojo Rising” below.

TOUR DATES

August 4th – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
August 5th – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
August 8th – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
August 10th – Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Bar
August 12th – Los Angeles, CA – Bardot / School Night
August 14th – Portland, WA – Mississippi Studios
August 16th – Seattle, WA – Barboza

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Rating 8.3

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08-06-13

Rave’s Fave: MGMT – Your Life Is A Lie

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Here’s the second song and first official single to drop from MGMT’s self-titled September album. This is huge for the band. While they like to march to their own beat, their commercial momentum will depend heavily on how this album does for them. “Your Life Is A Lie” is definitely more straight forward than what we’re used to from them, and it also is less of a tune you can dance to. My calling this a “fave” might be a bit of a stretch after a couple of listens, but the song is definitely catchy and deserves to be heard. Tell us what you think of it?

MGMT – Your Life Is A Lie

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* Links and playlists from Rave’s weekly new music show can be found on his blog and be sure follow Bruce on Twitter too!

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08-06-13

Rose Elinor Dougall – Strange Warnings

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“Strange Warnings” is new from UK-based artist Rose Elinor Dougall. Her first proper single since the release of 2010’s well lauded Without Why (Dougall’s debut). The excellent layered pop of “Strange Warnings” is adeptly buoyed by it’s strong tunefulness and compact and inventive arrangement. Great track.

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Rating 8.5

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08-05-13