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Track Reviews

Shy Luv – Magnetise

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We’re totally into “Magnetize” the new sweetly-seductive dreamy-vocaled beauty track from B3-recent feature Shy Luv who we last discussed here for their neatly executed piece of bass-heavy A+ material “Where You At” as well as the trio’s previous track, the opulent hip-hop leaning pop wonder “Caught Up On You”. All three songs come off the trio’s recently-released debut four-track “Caught Up On You” EP which is excellent enough to firmly place the joint collaboration (between Future Classic producer Karma Kid, Armeria beat maker Jake Norman, and vocalist Ryan Ashley) on our 2015 new-acts-to-follow radar. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Sundara Karma – Flame (Roosevelt Remix)

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Last month B3 covered “Flame” the crossover-accessible anthemic-quality Sundara Karma single “Flame” and we gave the Reading-based indie rocker foursome an enthusiastic thumbs up on the track. This week bears witness to a cool-vibes tropical-beat-laced summer-driving fix of the song from UK house producer Roosevelt who B3 most recently showcased for his brightly-lit nu-disco-toned Greco Roman-released new tracks “Hold On”/”Night Moves” (out on July 10) which at the time was the first and second releases from Roosevelt in two years (which makes this remix of “Flame” his third). After hearing both Roosevelt tracks we are enthusiastic for more similarly excellent music to come. As for Sundara Karma be sure to check out a time-lapse variety of their tracks (spanning two years) here on the blog. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Leisure Suite – Sweet Gin

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New sophomore EP first single “Sweet Gin” is a quietly-simmering mesh of sparkling vocal undertones, deeply penetrating carbonated beats and softly calculated down-tempo instrumentals from Melbourne duo Leisure Suite (a.k.a. Mitchell Wood and vocalist Bridgette Le) who we last covered in September for their engaging beat-centric slow burner gem “Ease Away”. Really good track. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Flamingosis – OG Bobby Johnson

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We’re into the new scratchy-vocaled horn-accected jazzy-tropical-lounge-inspired hip-hop stunner remix of “OG Bobby Johnson” (by Atlanta rapper Que) from talented New Jersey artist (Aaron Valasquez) a.k.a. Flamingosis who we recently covered for his super-cool seductively summery melodic-vocaled funk-soul flip “Love Me in the Evening”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Sebastien Tellier – Comment revoir Oursinet (Darius Remix)

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Take yourself on an instrumentally radiant beat-centric sonic voyage with B3-blog featured-artist French producer Darius who we recently covered for his outstandingly warm Wayne Snow-vocaled mid-tempo original number “Helios”. On his newest track, a remix, Darius creates a deeply-saturated trippy-far-out moody-expansive prodigious-natured cosmic-vibe that we love, especially on a remix. Darius’ new deep house dance-leaning remix is an adaption of Sebastien Tellier’s mood-drenched atmospheric tapestry of sound “Comment Revoir Oursinet” From his 5th album L’Aventura. The outstandingly soulful track is one of Darius’ first remixes as of late, after his ethereal beauty snap-featured bright-synth take on Jessie Ware track “Champagne Kisses”. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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Transviolet – Girls Your Age

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We like the colorful-composition artistic weave of the lovely reverb’d main vocals, high-angelic-pitch accompanying background vocal melody and moody-sensational movingly-emotive melancholy undercurrent on “Girls Your Age” the new slow-mo-creative instrumentally-scenic debut track from NY-bred LA-based newcomer four-piece indie-pop band Transviolet; who say the track is about finding a balance between identity expectations and that free-spirited f-u artistic be-yourself vibe that is so important to foster in life (for young women especially). According to Transviolet regarding their vocals-led track, “It’s complicated- coming into your own. Especially for girls. The world wants you to fit a role- be smart OR be sexy OR be modest- they want you to fit into some tidy, little, one-size-fits-all box. The truth is, you are human, and you aren’t meant to be just one thing. You can be innocent, sexy, elegant, dirty, beautiful, and flawed all in the same instance, and you don’t have to let anyone flatten you out into some one dimensional caricature of yourself. Fuck that. You are multidimensional, and you are capable of being everything at once”. Empowering stuff. Transviolet plans to release more material this year so stay tuned! Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Promised Land Sound – She Takes Me There

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On their new deeply-rooted psychedelic-guitar-jangly second-EP debut-track “She Takes Me There” Nashville indie band Promised Land Sound dramatically linger amidst some dynamic-instrumentals, stylistically-interesting guitar-chord changes and divine turns of melody. “She Takes Me There” makes a great first-impression sample from the foursome’s psychedelic-expansed “For Use and Delight” EP that is out via Paradise of Bachelors on October 2nd. Curiously the group’s sophomore album features an expanded band which now includes new members from indie rocker groups, The Paperhead and (personal fave) Fly Golden Eagle. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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k-Os – Crucify

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It has been a long time since we have featured Toronto MC/singer-songwriter/guitarist K-OS who hit #25 on our top 40 tracks in 2009 list for “I Wish I knew Natalie Portman”. We are happy to be reacquainted to the creative talents of K-OS on his quite phenomenal catchy-hooked hip-hop-scratchy bold-versed Ella-sampling recent release “Crucify” off his forthcoming Can’t Fly Without Gravity LP that is out on August 28th via Dine Alone Records. A+ Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Sharon Van Etten – Words

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B3 showcased Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten in June for her dark and seductive, superbly melancholic, vocally stunning “I Don’t Want To Let You Down” EP second single “Just Like Blood” (the EP released June 11 on Jagjaguwar). This week the talented noir-vocals-leaning pop songstress released her thoughtfully-poetic trap-beat-loaded stunted-pace track “Words” which is cinematic and emotive enough in its scope to be featured on the new July 17-released Netflix documentary Tig (which is about the rise to fame of stand up comedian Tig Notaro). Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Mabel – Know Me Better

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Travel down the road of artistic possibility with brand-new London vocal talent and daughter of Neneh Cherry Mabel on her summer-soaked forward-female-vibe pop-inspired career-first-single “Know Me Better” which relishes in some very choice, subtly hot and bothered, sweet n’ romancey lyrics and a catchy and unexpected hook that we think places the singer-songwriter firmly on the new artist map. We hope to know your music better Mabel and look forward to seeing what direction you take to further unveil your artistic style as well as what collaborations come your way. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Ofelia K – As a Bell

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We dig the tension in the pauses, peppy animated percussion and sparkling acoustic guitar accents of new singer-songwriter down-tempo gem track “As A Bell” from LA-based songstress Ofelia K who also just released (in June) her very good nostalgic sentiment-laced career debut single “White T-Shirt”; both tracks come off Ofelia K’s “Heart” EP which is available August 2015 via South By Sea. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Andrea – Without You

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B3’s low-key consistently-cool long-time-favorite trap-influenced eclectic-electro producer Andrea (who we recently featured for the infinite heady-atmosphere-laden Vanessa Elisha-featured track “Down”) turns the pace up a notch with his deeply-rooted herculean-bass-line-textured experimental-beat-embellished soundscape called “Without You” which is off the French producer’s “Black Magic” EP that released July 10th via Jakarta Records. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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