What we have here is a proper heater. “Compton” is without doubt one of the best hip hop tracks of the year. Rap game, start taking notes. good kid m.A.A.d city, October 22nd.
Kendrick Lamar – Compton (Feat. Dr. Dre) (Prod. Just Blaze)Kendrick Lamar 
(Facebook)
Rating 9.3
Big Boi lets loose the goods tonight on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 radio show. Bouncy new single “Mama Told Me” glides into b3sci Int’l with a full complement of 80’s bass and groove. Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors is due Nov. 13.
Big Boi – Mama Told Me (Feat. Kelly Rowland)Big Boi 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
“Weekend America” is both raw and infectious with it’s eagerness and full-bodied jangle. The catchy track is excerpted here from Netherlands collective Go Back To The Zoo’s recent debut release, Shake A Wave. If you’re like us, and the 2:30 punch of this track just isn’t enough, then don’t be shy and let that replay button demand a little more of your love below.
Also, if you’re in Los Angeles then you can catch the four-piece performing this weekend at FILTER Magazine’s Culture Collide Festival. Set times below:
Thursday, October 4 – Oragami Vinyl – 7pm
Saturday, October 6 – Echoplex – 8pm
Sunday, October 7 – Taix – 11:30 pm
Go Back To The Zoo 
(Official)
Rating 8
Indie-alt-rockers Y LUV have just released their new It Doesn’t Have To Make Sense EP. Jam to the three new tracks on this release, which pair up quite nicely with the band’s radio ready, and most recent, blogo-hit “Driftin”. Give the EP a sample below and grab a free download of it over at the band’s Facebook.
Y LUV (Facebook)
Rating 8
“Lie4” from Danny Brown’s XXX mixtape from last year gets an eastern-tinged remix by Montreal producer Kaytradamus. That income tax swag.
Danny Brown – Lie4 (Kaytradamus Remix)Kaytradamus 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
The feel good “You Were the One”, new from Diamond Messages, has a guitar hook so good, you’re prob going to need to change your pants afterwards; that or your shorts or jogging pants (if you’re bout that life).
Diamond Messages – You Were the OneDiamond Messages (Soundcloud(/a>)
Rating 8.3
Montreal-based quartet Tops is modern day AM gold. In “Easy Friends”, from the UK/EU release of their debut album Tender Opposites, vocalist Jane Penny cuts through a hazy, synthed-out dream calling back to the disco of the 70’s as she slowly builds from a gentle buoyancy to what you would have to call – and affectionately so – an almost shrill climax and then dexterously drops back into a balmy bossa nova to ease you out of the track. Tops has an uncommon way of blending accessible pop and the avant-garde into a seamless coupling. The unadorned, pastoral attitude of the band is what I find most attractive; it doesn’t make you like it, it lets you like it. By Aaron Meyer
TOPS (Soundcloud)
* Get more tunes and rad events from Aaron Meyer (aka Honeybear) at the Los Angeles based MOUSER.
Rating 8.7
Sydney twin brother duo Cosmo & Paat put on offer an inspired early 90’s dance-infused mix of Flying Lotus’ latest with Erykah Badu. We’ve not really heard FlyLo remixed quite in this way before but we’re digging the juxtaposition and dynamic of the two disparate styles. Check it.
Flying Lotus – See Thru To U (Cosmo & Paat Remix)Cosmo & Paat 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Andrea is a French electronic musician in the lane of the recent trend of 3 AM pitched down versions of R&B tracks a la Cyril Hahn. “Pictures” which remixes Kodak to Graph is another standout in the genre. Look out for the track’s ending synth bit that features a sort of 2012ified resemblance to Kool & The Gang’s “Summer Madness”. (wooo, Kool & The Gang reference!)
Andrea x Kodak to Graph – PicturesAndrea 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
“Plaster” by Brooklyn band Beast Patrol is really good. Built on top a sprawl of distorted reverb-y guitars and a steady 80’s-esque rhythm section 1-2, “Plaster” features great melodic hooks and a simply fantastic chorus; that and some really cool subtle (tasteful) synth washes in the verses. The band has a great four-song EP streaming on their Soundcloud that features further gems you should check out. We’re definitely psyched to hear more.
Beast Patrol – PlasterBeast Patrol 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
It’s pretty incredible to think that the dreamy imagery conjured up while listening to Pony Trash is actually exported from these Midwestern United States. Then again, being Midwest natives ourselves, we relate to the value of only dreaming for the warmth and breeze of sunnier shores. The debut and sef-titled EP by Pony Trash sees release on November 27th in form of limited edition 12-inch. The group seems to have a knack for building Neil Young meets Mazzy Star-esque tracks from dawn-like atmospheres to weepy sun drenched swells of indie rock lushness. Preview the closing (and our favorite) track from the EP below and get familiar with Pony Trash.
Pony Trash 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.5
Athens, GA duo Dream Boat dial up that b3sci dream rock sweet spot with “Sea to Sky”. P.S. That horn hook totally reminds us of Usher’s “You Remind Me” too.
Dream Boat – Sea to SkyDream Boat (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
