New wave Chicago rapper Vic Mensa tries on “The Sound of Disclosure” for a dance-y new track that we love.
Vic Mensa 
(Twitter)
Rating 8.4
New wave Chicago rapper Vic Mensa tries on “The Sound of Disclosure” for a dance-y new track that we love.
Vic Mensa (Twitter)
Rating 8.4
The chameleon/journeyman of buzz track remixes Robotaki smooths out some 2014 R&B shine on Pat Lok’s originally more dance-inclined single “Needy”. Pat Lok’s “Needy” remixes EP is out now.
Robotaki 
: (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.7
Denver-based StéLouse (who authored one of our favorite remixes of the last six months with his rework of The Neighbourhood’s “Afraid” takes his genre-hopping superior production skills to new trap-infused track “Joyride”. “Joyride” is excerpted from StéLouse’s “The City” EP out May 19 on DIEHIGH Records.
StéLouse 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Jeremih, the velvet-voiced robo-tune dude with all the hooks, links up with Chicago rapper Tink for “Don’t Tell Anybody” a/k/a a track that should light up hip hop/r&b radio playlists all summer.
Tink (Twitter)
Rating 8.1
Montreal-based Seoul focus their folk-influenced melodic sensibilities through a bit more trend-relevant minimalist lens on the sunny “White Morning”.
Seoul
Seoul : (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.7
Indie buzz pop’s uncrowned king Lincoln Jesser knocks out another blog classic on the magnetic “Wicked Son”. A++
Lincoln Jesser 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
“In Your Bones” is the third release from Australian act Crooked Colours. Built around DNA of very “relevant” minimal soul, “In Your Bones” wins in where it diverges; (much in the way truly standout bands of the trend like Jungle and Hoodlem); it’s in the non-obvious but quite infectious and visceral melodic choices, it’s in the inventive swerves in instrumentation (much like Hilly Dilly, we’re too very into that deep/hollowed out kick drum on the ones).
Crooked Colours 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Grant Alexander a/k/a newcomer 4AM re-spins Zella Day’s “1965” into a cross-genre melange electro, nu-house and tech-house with standout results. You saw us spinning 4AM’s “1965” remix like its 2014.
4AM : (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.7
Lanks is the project of Australian musician Will Cuming. Sophomore single “Knife and Spear” succeeds on its half-time rhythmic/instrumental feel and it’s Bon/McMorrow-styled harmonic wanderings. We are spinning it.
Lanks (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Brooklyn’s AYER, the much-lauded project of vocalist Danny Schmittler, today releases the large and immense pop opus “Black Diamond”. While breakout tracks “Young” and “Circle Down” maneuvered within their R&B & electronic music-tinged pop frame with more subtle dynamics and ease of pace; “Black Diamond” aims at and 100% center-splits the target of big, well-constructed, infinitely catchy ambitious pop. From the track’s verses-so-strong they could be choruses to its even more giant refrains, “Black Diamond” is a clear starmaking moment for AYER. Sample the B3 premiere of “Black Diamond” below and look for the track available on iTunes now.
AYER 
(Soundcloud) (Twitter) (Instagram)
Rating: 8.3
“Went Wrong”, the new single from UK band As Elephants Are, is the Buckinghamshire four-piece’s best track to date. Constructed of the components of breakout melancholic UK rock; huge guitar atmospheres fomenting drama, instantly in your head soaring melodies, and just the right amount of incident in the lyric, “Went Wrong” is the caliber of track that given the correct push and exposure could just level and decimate Radio 1 and beyond. As Elephants Are’s “Hand Print”s EP is due May 5th.
As Elephants Are 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
As with any Flume-related project, the Aussie beatman’s new remix for Lorde‘s “Tennis Court” is fantastic. What’s more interesting maybe is the idea that is this remix exists or the notion that Lorde’s label (and Lorde who is easily a Top 10 biggest music star in the world right now) would turn to Flume first to add a boost to a lukewarmly performing single. The question then follows; has Flume arrived beyond blogland? Can Flume on the next record crossover/breakout on pop radio? This new remix is, if for visibility’s sake only, a step toward that reality.
Flume (Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
