Astronauts, Etc. wow us again with soulful new indie pop track “Eye To Eye”. Warm rhodes, hi-hat sync-d rhythms, and singer Anthony Ferraro’s excellent melodic choices frame “Eye To Eye”‘s potency. A+++
Astronauts, Etc. 
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Astronauts, Etc. wow us again with soulful new indie pop track “Eye To Eye”. Warm rhodes, hi-hat sync-d rhythms, and singer Anthony Ferraro’s excellent melodic choices frame “Eye To Eye”‘s potency. A+++
Astronauts, Etc. (Facebook)
The sunset soul of “Ashes” is the latest track from London producer and songwriter Joe Hertz. Featuring the summer-kissed vocal of Liv, “Ashes” traffics in the breezy beats vaguely R&B house that is right now at peak trend. We do love “Ashes”.
Joe Hertz 
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Leo Kalyan is the London-based organic beatmaker and singer-songwriter who we featured on B3 last November for his SHIFt K3Y co-written 90’s vibe R&B stunner track “Stranger”. Kalyan just released his awesome new track “Fingertips” which is a gorgeous vocaled subtle-beat tinged R&B track from the talented new artist’s forthcoming July-release, “Silver Linings” EP. Check out Kalyan on tour with Jess Glynne this summer and get familiar with his excellent body of work including his very stellar, 2015 released “Stranger Mixtape”. Kalyan plans to launch his new EP with a performance at London’s Waiting Room on July 29th. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Leo Kalyan 
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Germany-based producer Iamnobodi teams up with Street Dreams Magazine & Soulection on their Create and Explore project which is a rad cross-medium art project in which “beat makers are paired with photographers in order to create and explore the power of creative collaboration”. The multi-artist project, which took place over about a year, resulted in an incredible series of tracks and videos that are each an individual testament to a “collaboration in sight and sound”. New track “008”, the latest release and C & E series topper from Iamnobodi, is a jazzy, brightly lit R&B-tinged sound-scape that provides a lively beat-driven accompaniment to its respective video which (unlike the other videos from the series which were narrower in scope) is a recap of the impromptu North American multi-artist 15-city photo-walk tour for the project. We are impressed with the level of passion and collaboration between the artists involved in the process. Be sure to check out the videos of this star-studded producer/photographer series on the C & E website as they are quite cool! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
IAMNOBODI 
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LEISURE’s debut track “Got It Bad” became a bit of thing on blogs back in April, ringing up 180k plays Soundcloud and topping the Hype Machine Popular Chart. Today, the Auckland NZ collective follow up “Got It Bad” with the equally strong and no less funky “Hot Love”. LEISURE hit that ideal nexus between accessibility and progressive arty arrangement and for us the most immediate comparison has to be the soul-driven electro of Jungle. Well done.
Leisure 
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Is there anyone on a modern stage among newer artists that sings with more soul than Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes? That would be hard to imagine. Check out “Miss You”, a deeper track from the band’s sophomore Sound and Color album. It starts out quietly but sure doesn’t stay that way. While you’re at it, check out video from their Coachella sets, or their recent Jimmy Fallon appearance. Reviewed by Bruce Rave
Hear Bruce’s “Go Deep With Bruce Rave” weekly new music show on Indie1031/Los Angeles, KX 93.5-FM/Laguna Beach, and WSUM-FM/Madison. Details and archived shows can be found on his blog and be sure to follow Bruce on Twitter too!
Alabama Shakes 
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Toronto-based beatmaker-producer and Bevstmode artist-collective member E.DOZA excels on his bright and lively percussion-laden trap-beat-enhanced “house-hop” bootleg of “Special Affair” from LA-based group The Internet. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
E.DOZA 
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LA producer and Soulection feature-artist esta. joins up with trap/house/jazz aficionado Masego (who contributed trap scats and sax on the track) to create a super catchy jazzy-instrumental-infused jam which is based on a clever meld of samples from Childish Gambino and Phony Ppl; hence the name, “Childish People”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Esta (Soundcloud)
London’s under-the-radar producer Gus Pirelli garners our full attention with his amazing disco-fringed remix of Disclosure’s new release “Holding On” which features the strong and soulful signature vocals of jazz singer Gregory Porter. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Gus Pirelli (Soundcloud)
The gloomy (beautiful) rhythm pop of “Fill Your Brains” is the excellent debut single from Harrison Brome.
Harrison Brome (Soundcloud)
Lose yourself in the dreamy melodic center of “Pacing” the new brightly hazy indie pop-rock track from Toronto Canada artist/producer Tep No. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Tep No (Soundcloud)
