“Betwixt”, new from UK 18 year-old (1) OMN (Ollie McKendrick-Ness), reminds a bit (to us at least) of great Icelandic bands like Sigur Ros and Mum while morphing the sonorousness of those sounds with more modern beats, programming, and atmospheres. We are into it.
OMN – BetwixtOMN 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Newcomer Jaymes Young delivers a sharp blend of disparate yet complementary influences and highly skilled melodic phrasing with his piano-driven track for “Wondering”.
James Young 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
FYFE, a/k/a former David’s Lyre frontman Paul Dixon, is name on the lips, tweeters, spotify playlists of seemingly all the world’s music bloggers/tastemakers/rigmarole, on the strength no less of just two (VERY VERY GOOD) tracks. “Conversations” is FYFE’s latest and is neither a departure in quality nor progression for the UK-based artist; as both “Solace” and “St. Tropez” have been uniquely engaging in sound, such is the slightly more hip-hop/beats-tinged “Conversations”.
FYFE (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
New vibes from Thelonious Martin and the fresh subterranean sounds of instrumental track “Mirage”.
Thelonious Martin 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8
Check out the well-heeled and globally-influenced deep house sound of German artist Ferdinand Weber and his track “Told You”.
Ferdinand Weber – Told YouFerdinand Weber 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.10785
New York rapper Blitz The Ambassador pays tribute to one of the greatest shot-blockers (& index finger wavers) in NBA history with this heatin’ up send up to Dikembe Mutombo. DIKEMBE! Blitz’s Afropolitan Dreams LP is due later this year.
Blitz The Ambassador 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
You already know what this is. Listening to Joey Bad rhyming about Metatron, fuck yo couch, & George Pataki over a top of his class jazz piano-inflected Statik Selektah is something akin to flying or teleporting or something else equally bangin. “Summer Knights” drops June 12.
Joey Bada$$ (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
The girl Ellie shows out for all the Alt-J fanboys and fangirls on the interwebs with this 100% spotless vibed-out sax-featuring cover of “Tessellate”.
Ellie Goulding (Official) (Purchase Halcyon on iTunes)
Rating: 8.8
We just got smooth and sophisticated w/ Knxwledge and his sax positive waterbed-wave spin on N.E.R.D.’s (& Kanye & Lupe & Pusha T) “Everybody Nose”. We’re riding those waves.
Knxwledge (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.5
It’s somewhat disappointing that (according to the bands biography at least) there is nowhere else to go from here, as Febueder “squeeze that last succulent drop out of drum, bass and guitar” music. They may well be right, who knows, but at least we can take comfort from the fact that they are doing their utmost to make that last drop an interesting one. “Alligator” draws from so many genres & sounds and genuinely succeeds in producing something deep and pleasing. It’s taken from their forthcoming EP Soap Carv and if their predictions are correct then surely it would be wise to listen up, just in case? Review By Nathan Hetherington
Febueder (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Leeds UK producer Debian impresses again with soulful space garage of his new remix for Mt. Wolf. The original track for “Shapeshifter”, a slow-grooved alt-R&B-ref’ing bit of indie pop, is nice enough for sure; here, though Debian completely flips the total complexion and feel of the song switching in a unique & slightly vibed interpreation of the current UK garage sound without turning the track into some sort of cliche. Very well done.
Debian Blak (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Temples debuted with their fine single “Shelter Song”, which led people to wonder whether the UK “neo-psych” band would be able to follow-it up. The answer is a firm yes with “Colours to Life”, their new single which offers a haunting and melodic retro feel. Temples dazzled audiences during a couple of unannounced gigs at last weekend’s Great Escape festival in Brighton, UK. They play great live. It doesn’t hurt that they all look like stars, with lead singer James Bagshaw featuring a perfect Tommy Bolan hairstyle. They’ve got some more stellar songs as well, so Temples have a serious shot. By Bruce Rave
Temples — Colours to LifeTemples 
(Facebook)
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