True story: when “Bad” from MMG f.b. Wale comes on the radio Immma usually changing the station as quickly as possible. Tel Aviv DJ Yarin Lidor manages not only to make that original “Bad” source material listenable but completely transforms the composition into something that not only you can bounce to but is also unique, interesting & engaging. Give it up for Y. Lidor.
Rating: 8.3
Toronto producer Deebs links up with soulful songstress Mars for new track “Lady Killer”. R&B focused through a post-modern mechanical haze, the sound and feel of “Lady Killer” especially succeeds on the strength of Mars’ great melodic lines. Grab a sample below.
Deebs 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Today we’ve got some new folk rock from everyones favorite contemporary bohemian songwriting collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Expect to hear “Better Days” a lot more throughout the summer, and be sure to check out the group’s self-titled third studio album out July 23rd. Full track listing for the album is below.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros tracklisting:
1. Better Days
2. Let’s Get High
3. Two
4. Please!
5. Life is Hard
6. If I Were Free
7. In The Lion
8. Country Calling
9. They Were Wrong
10. In The Summer
11. Remember To Remember
12. This Life
Ed Sharpe 
(Official)
Rating 8.5
B3 fave A.Skillz gets tapped for the official remix to N.A.S.A.’s brand new track “Hide”. If that weren’t wild enough, the track will be part of N.A.S.A.’s new documentary film for their 2009 album The Spirit of Apollo, which chronicles the making of the landmark release, and is also available today. Beam yourself up by hitting play below.
N.A.S.A. (Soundcloud) (Spirit of Apollo DVD link)
A.Skillz 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
The 1975 crew showcase some of their appreciation for R&B on “So Far (It’s Alright)”. Add the bands seducing knack for ethereal pop and you have yourself one fantastic tune. Check out the new song, “So Far (It’s Alright)” previewed from the bands forthcoming debut album, and grab the band’s new IV EP release available now.
Rating 8.1
90’s Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo hooks up with Krizzle and K-So for this soulful ride-out jam from her new It’s Game Involved mixtape. We’re headnoddin.
Gangsta Boo 
(Twitter)
Rating 8.0
A remix so nice Snakehips named it twice. The fast-on-the-rise UK producer revisits his smash track for “On & On” with this brand new space funkified VIP.
Snakehips (Facebook)
Rating 8.2123
Sounding more like 2392 than ’92, “1992” the new track from collaborators Nekochan & Hubwar a/k/a WAAN, walks a neat line of jazzy tones (piano & chord structures) and glitchy complex rhythms all outfitted with an exotic-sounding female vocal. WAAN’s debut “BIRTH” LP is out electronically next Tuesday May 28.
WAAN 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
Great songwriting. Case Studies a/k/a Jesse Lortz formerly of The Dutchess and The Duke’s “Everything” is a tremendous song. Soulful, thoughtful, expressed with purpose; “Everything” marries the sound of traditional American folk with it’s Southern Soul branches. I can picture crossing the bridge into Memphis with those guitar leads in the last bit sort of gliding with each shimmer of the sun on the Mississippi. “Everything” is excerpted from Case Studies’ sophomore LP This Is Another Life due June 11th on Sacred Bones.
Case Studies 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
So what do we have here? Just another mysterious/anonymous/spooky Soundcloud DJ? Well, not quite. Yes on the mysterious part but our man Unknown is actually quite good. So good that music website Pitchfork Media debuted his/her/its new Paris 3 A.M. as if it were underwater track “I Cry” today. You can give “I Cry” a spin below.
Unknown Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Zoey and M. Ward are back with another Volume, this their III album is a little more chill than I would have hoped for. Then comes this Blondie cover, which more than does justice to the original. By Bruce Rave
She & Him – Sunday Girl (Official)
* Links and playlists from Rave’s weekly new music show can be found on his blog and be sure follow Bruce on Twitter too!
NYC’s The Chainsmokers crank out what might be their best work to date with this flip on the latest from everyones fave new girl duo Say Lou Lou. Sample and download the track below.
The Chainsmokers 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
