Intergalactic super collective of rock veterans Chris Holmes and Brian Liesegang team up with the one and only Alex Ebert for a stellar collaboration. Folky, anthemic, Ziggy Stardust and commercial are just few words to describe the record which talks the masses.
Ashtar Command – Save Me (feat. Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)Ashtar Command 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8
Swedish producer Adrian Lux teams up with “it” group The Good Natured for the new single “Alive”. The track gets us moving, give it a go for yourself.
Adrian Lux – Alive (Feat. The Good Natured)Adrian Lux 
(Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Patience is a virtue and “Common Burn” is a shimmering example. Below is the new single from Mazzy Star. Get familiar. (WAWSTSF)
Mazzy Star (Official)
Rating 8.5
New single “Thieves and Kings” is yet another cruisin friendly, gypsiedelic banger from LA based duo The Peach Kings. The band play tonight at Bootleg Theater in Silverlake, don’t miss it. Peep the new Paul Trillo video for the track below.
The Peach Kings (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Brooklyn based project Fantasmas comes in part from Peruvian-born Kam Tambini’s childhood in Lima/Bogota and teenage years in Washington DC’s punk scene. There’s no wave, there’s shoegaze, there’s rock and roll.
Fantasmas – Blind Children (Shake)Fantasmas 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
“Now” just sounds like an edgier pop recurrent you could have heard on alternative radio over the past 15 years yet it would still feel right at home after a new track by The Vaccines. With an LP in the works the Swedish 5 piece is something on the radar.
The Alcoves – NowThe Alcoves (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.1
Roof Light helps insomniacs everywhere with this, his latest and post nightstep jam “When You Sleep, I Turn To Rust”. It’s the perfect bed for bed… straight outtaspace type shit. Let the dreams takeover. #B3SCIAFTERDARK
Roof Light 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
According to his bandcamp page, Pinebocks is the still nascent project of Cory Clifford, “an indie pop obsessed 21 year old idiot living in Texas.” His first release, Flee / My Unfunny Valentine, is quite simplistic but is held together by strong songwriting. There’s no trying to razzle dazzle with gimmickry and layers of synths, just a man with words, a guitar and some feelings to share. “Flee” is very Magnetic Fields with a pinch of Van Dyke Parks. “My Unfunny Valentine” has a traditional, almost Leadbelly bent. These songs are unfinished, but they don’t need a band propping them up. They have enough panache on their own. Peep this and propose a toast to all the precocious youths writing songs throughout the Heartland. Contributed by Chris Gedos
Pinebocks – Flee Pinebocks – My Unfunny ValentinePinebocks 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 7.95
New Brooklyn artist Walrus Ghost delivers the stunning ambient piece “Bent”. While your mind is held captive by symphonic layers of subtle acoustic guitar, sax, clarinet, trombone, and trumpet, all of your sonar senses will indulge. A track worthy of closing your eyes.
Walrus Ghost – BentWalrus Ghost (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.7
We don’t know who “James” is, but whoever he is… E I R I has taken very kindly. The dark electro artist out of NYC drops some nice horn sampling over a lush trip-hop bed. Press play. #B3SCIAFTERDARK
E I R I – JamesE I R I (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
The trance inducing “Following” is new via NYC cult-lective The Phenomenal Handclap Band. But seriously how can you not get down to this? It’s Poptronic we tell you. Just try getting this one out of your head after a few spins. “Come and join us”!
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – FollowingThe Phenomenal Handclap Band (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
