Dissonant and crunchy in all of the right ways “Basketball” hits an 8.5 on the power-chord scale of tuneful chorus fuck-yeahness. Speedy Ortiz is a new group worth checking out for all of you guitar crazed 90’s indie rock enthusiasts in the house. Sample a track below from the band’s new (and appropriately titled) Sports EP.
Speedy Ortiz 
(Official) (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.19234
Sending more laid-back electro vibes from B3SCI HQ tonight, this time from London based brothers Speakman Sound. “Survive This and Dance” is excerpted from the group’s forthcoming debut Make Days Make Brothers EP and it amply showcases the duo’s knack for crossover dance beats with a jazz and world music aptitude. Get familiar.
Speakman Sound – Survive This and DanceSpeakman Sound 
(Facebook)
Rating 8
Lovepark plenty up the sunniness hooks on their latest track “Shudder”. The song is part A of a new AA-single release produced by Charlie Andrew (Alt-J) and Sean Woodlock. You can pick up a copy on a limited press colored 7″ vinyl on July 2nd.
Lovepark – ShudderLovepark (Soundcloud)
Rating 8
Slowwwwin it down for a minute with PACES official flip on Parachute Youth’s CGBTT. It turns the chill way up.
Parachute Youth – Cant Get Better Than This (PACES Remix)Parachute Youth 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.104895
If your in the mood for a warm coastal evening in the form of a new house track then “Mamba Negra” deserves your ears for a few. This record is the debut release from The Sheakers of whom are comprised of Spanish producers Matt Sanchez and Dany Cohiba.
The Sheakers 
(Funktion Records on FB)
Rating 8.2
Supermarket Love pulls you in nice and close with a perfect mix of Kimbra’s sultry vocals, jazzy old-style beats and subtle lyrical stylings of rapper DDES. Lose yourself in its sweet persuasion. By Erin Feathers
Kimbra – Settle Down (Supermarket Love Remix ft DDES)[Stella Edit]Supermarket Love 
(Facebook)
Rating 8
After too many to count active passes through Leisure’s new album Plastic Soul it’s evident that the young Cambridge, Ma collective stand out from the crowd. The bands north-european rock appreciation is clearly there. Singer Jed Rouhana gracefully takes vocal cues from some of the post-punk greats while in his wake follows a witty and buoyant mix of classic British post-rock. The title and closing track “Plastic Soul” is a 6+ minute opus with a melting sax line. Another standout for your repeat button is the ballad “Goodnight Cairo” which manages some worthy U2 caliber weight. Kick back for this one.
Leisure – Goodnight Cairo Leisure – Plastic SoulLeisure (Facebook) (Purchase LP)
Rating 8.4
Georgia natives, Futurebirds are a reverb-heavy alt-country act that I’ve been spending time lots of time with. How can you not immediately fell in love with this song and live performance? Ski Chalet offers up a masterful introduction that primes the listener for five minutes of good ole rock & roll. The melodic transitions in this song are truly something else. Futurebirds have released one album Hampton’s Lullaby and two EP’s, Futurebirds and Via Flamina. Pick up one of their discs asap. By Trevor Meyer
Futurebirds 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
This new UNKLE remix of the title track off of Band of Skulls latest LP of the same name (Sweet Sour) is the product of a recent Hong Kong art exhibit collaboration between the two groups. The track fades in with a Sgt. Peppers feel before flowing into what UNKLE do best with loud and psychedelic structure rock.
UNKLE (Facebook)
Band of Skulls (Official)
Rating 8.3
treasureseason have just dropped this sparkle of a dreampop track. “Secrets”‘ trance holds steady on the backbone of one pretty wicked bass line. Peep it below.
treasureseason – Secretstreasureseason (Facebook)
Rating 8
Recorded mid-tour in a Boston hotel room, BFL covers a familiar tune in a familiar stripped-down fashion for this month’s MOJO magazine’s “Yellow Submarine Resurfaces” CD. His unique vocals and delicate guitar make for a great alternative take on the Beatles’ classic, of which is available for free download here. B3SCI readers in the UK should also check out this competition running alongside his busy summer festival season, whilst all else can sit tight until the first full-band EP lands later this year… By Nathan Hetherington
Benjamin Francis Leftwich (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Decksman by way of Ca. flips the 2011 J. Cole fave. Get ready to werk that moomba out down low. Like seriously down low.
OVERWERK 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.39835
