Get into the lavish instrumentals, melodic piano interlude and well-executed Latin-flavor horn flourishes of “Sometime” the new disco-leaning house track from Portland producer/DJ Dallas Cotton; who teams up with Brooklyn musician/producer duo Brasstracks on the song for a touch of their signature bold and upbeat instrumental barrage of brassy sound. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
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UK indie vets Everything Everything latest single “Regret” is the recipient of a wildly dynamic and vast palette remix by Belgian in Manchester Oceaán. The juxtaposition of textures used by Oceaán is on another level; clanky minimal drums, whirling looped-up vocals, synths careening in every which way. Listen.
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Montreal beat-smith producer Rivver captures a sensational electronic aesthetic with the help of fellow Canadian artists electric-pop duo Milk & Bone on new track “Am I Ok”; which aside from its raw display of emotion and tender expressive vocal beauty excels for its really cool psychedelic vibe dark-side-of-the-moon sonic divide towards the end of the song. Great track! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Rivver 
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Freedom Fry the team of Marie Sayet and Bruce Driscoll, fresh from their month-long residency at L.A.’s Echo (elements of this recording were made during the shows!), channel the irreverence and hopeful optimism of young adulthood on expertly crafted new one “21”.
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Faves MISUN have a new EP out now titled “Feel Better”. You’ve heard “After Me” and “Justice” from the five song release already on B3, now stream summery piano-driven “Nobody Knows” available below for your listening pleasure.
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Soak in the melodic tones and slightly-mumbled emotive vocal atmosphere of “Left Behind” the vibrant-synth heavy beauty from new Brisbane artist/beatmaker cln.. “Left Behind” is the second track to release after cln.’s lyrically-charged album-debut stunner Hold Me. Both tracks are from the singer-songwriter/producer’s upcoming not-yet-titled EP that is out in July. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
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B3SCI recently premiered the career debut original track “Fast Lane” from talented new London-based producer Rationale which has since hit 475,000 plays on Soundcloud in about a month. The newcomer vocalist and producer Rationale just dropped a fresh lyrically expressive female-vocal-infused track “Re.Up” which features Rationale’s grounding and passionate vocal touches amidst a melodic brightly-lulling backdrop of electro style. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Rationale 
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Check out the dark-pop sensibilities and straightforward star-potential vocals of NY-born LA-based indie-pop songstress Ryder who’s new career debut single “Pretty Little Gangster” is a great introduction to her fresh potential as an unsigned talent. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
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After a slew of excellent impeccably-produced new releases as of late Vancouver DJ/producer Pat Lok, who is rapidly becoming one of B3SCI’s new favorite 2015 artists, turns in another brilliant new topped-out instrumental-heavy remix. His new ‘Yukon Soul’ edit of “Mystery” (from London-based band Boxed In) is a dynamic mesh of expansive beats, percussive-accents and a buoyant hand drum vibe that are all carefully constructed to make a really rad dance-friendly track. If you are Stateside and into the Pat Lok sound, ge stoked! He is on a short US tour (through the end of July) starting with a performance May 30th in Denver. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
5.30 || Denver || Club Vinyl w/ Hotel Garuda
6.12 || Los Angeles || V Lounge w/ Cherokee
6.13-14 || Palm Springs || Splash House
6.19 || Kansas City || Riot Room
7.22 || Washington DC || U Street Music Hall w/ Darius
7/25 || San Francisco || TBD w/
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21-year old UK singer Samm Henshaw is maybe the best vocalist to emerge in indie music so far this year. Gifted with a D’Angelo-esque falsetto and John Legend-level sense of melody, ballad-y track “Better” is indicative of an artist that has very little between him and stardom. Samm Henshaw will release his debut EP “The Sound Experiment” on July 17.
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UK band Kins return on July 6 with a new EP “Cyclical” on East City Records. “Young” is a clattering, inventive, urgent bit of well-constructed guitar rock centered thematically on an immediate real quality that is very refreshing in the context of current independent music.
Kins (Soundcloud)
Johnny Delaware is sort of modern troubadour. The South Dakota-bred now South Carolina-based songwriter crafts organic, uniquely arranged songwriter pop, full of gumption and broad emotive quality as exampled on brand new track “Truth”. As part of a split 7″ for Hearts and Plugs Records with alt-country artist Susto, “Truth” explores soaring instrumentation and subtle electronic elements within the songwriter idiom packaged up in a sweeping tune that we love. Sample the B3 Premiere of Johnny Delaware’s “Truth” below and head to Hearts and Plugs’ website here to pre-order the new split 7″.
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