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Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake Remix)

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Well, isn’t this just tops? Look for this remix to get its official release on November 25 c/o Permanent Vacation.

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Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake Remix)

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Rating 8.5

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reviewed by
11-04-11

Nero – Promises / Live Those Days Tonight (Friendly Fires), Live @ BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

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The Nero crew dropped into BBC Radio 1’s live lounge today and cut what can only be called an EPIC (all caps) session. The electronic act laid down blistering live instrument versions of single “Promises” and a cover of Friendly Fires “Live Those Days Tonight”. Courtesy of our buddy at Details of My Life (great blog you should check out ASAP) you can stream/dl both tracks below.

Nero – Promises Live @ BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge

Nero – Live Those Days Tonight (Friendly Fires Cover @ Radio 1’s Live Lounge)

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Rating 8.3 / 8.5

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reviewed by
08-03-11

Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air (TEED Remix)

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Aloha, hoaloha from some of our favorite Brits.

Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air (TEED Remix)

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Rating: 8

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07-05-11

Friendly Fires – Pala

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Pala is album of the year material. The cooled out title track of Friendly Fires new mindblower of a LP just might be our fav song off the record yet. All the best trappings of 80’s 90’s R&B (some of our favorite music) are here and mixed up with the best electronic music those genres influenced and then all tied together with the Fires’ stunning pop sensibility. Records like Pala are why we do this.

Friendly Fires – Pala

Friendly Fires: (Official) (Myspace)

Rating: 8.8

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reviewed by
05-09-11

Friendly Fires – Live Those Days Tonight (Lone Remix)

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So Fresh so clean. Lone on the remix for “Live Those Days Tonight”.

Friendly Fires – Live Those Days Tonight (Lone Remix)

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Rating: 8.4

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reviewed by
05-08-11

Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air

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The new Friendly Fires. You knew we had to do it for y’all. New jam called “Hawaiian Air”. Plays back silky smooth. Gimme an F! Pala is due 15 May via XL.

Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air

Friendly Fires: (Official) (Myspace)

Rating: 8.0

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reviewed by
05-05-11

Friendly Fires – Strange Love (Depeche Mode Cover)

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From “Paris” to “Jump in the Pool”, Friendly Fires always bring the heat on the choruses. And the out of this world choruses on the band’s cover of Depeche Mode’s “Strange Love” are no exception; a blend of atmospheric house-tinged synths and a falsetto that sounds ripped via satellite from the otherside of galaxy. You could put this cover on American pop radio right now and it’d be a Top 10 hit. It’s that good. It sounds totally fresh, new, and interesting but could still totally slice the charts apart.

Friendly Fires – Strange Love (Depeche Mode Cover) via Tastes Like Caramel

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Rating: 8.7

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reviewed by
12-13-10

Friendly Fires and Azari & III – Stay Here

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UK’s Friendly Fires have mixed the next Suck My Deck compilation expected September 27 via team Bugged Out. “Stay Here” will be featured on the compilation, and it showcases a collaboration with Friendly Fires and Canadian house collective Azari and III. here’s a pretty clean radio rip of the track, it’s pretty damn sick… GET YR DANCE ON!

[Download] Friendly Fires and Azari & III – Stay Here

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rating: 8.8
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reviewed by
08-16-10

Friendly Fires – Hold On (Holy Ghost! cover) and Holy Ghost! – On Board (Friendly Fires Cover)

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it’s true! after spending time on the road together, Friendly Fires and Holy Ghost! decided to cover their favorite songs from each other. the tracks will be issued via double A-side single in the near future. Fires cover “Hold On,” while Ghost! cover “On Board,” which also features The DFA Celestial Choir. tracks are straight redonkulous!! get into it.

Friendly Fires – Hold On (Holy Ghost! Cover)

Holy Ghost! – On Board (Friendly Fires Cover feat. The DFA Celestial Choir)

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Rating 8.2

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reviewed by
02-07-10

Phoenix – Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)

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another phoenix remix

Phoenix – Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)

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rating: 8.7
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reviewed by
10-25-09

White Kite – Swans

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East London newcomers White Kite impress in that Foals, Friendly Fires-inhabited nexus of cool guitar-driven melodics dashed off with a bit of electronic-aided razzmatazz. Spin “Swans” below.

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06-03-16

B3SCI TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2011

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Although we’ve come to the end of the road, still Adele we can’t let you go. We’ve reached 2011’s closing hour and now it is time: b3sci presents it’s Top 50 Albums of 2011. No one’s even come close to having the year Adele’s had. The most albums sold in a single year since 2004, two of the biggest singles of the year, etc, a truly international breakthrough both commercially and critically on a level we haven’t seen in a long time. Adele, our girl, the crown is yours. 21 is b3sci’s Album of the year.

So where the fuck is Adele on many of these respected-indie-press-dude best of lists? That period between Nov 2010 when “Rolling in the Deep” first broke and the lead up to the album’s release in late January, Adele ruled the blogosphere, the fold was united. Then “RITD” got overplayed to the point of absurdity, your mom bought the record, probably your grandma bought it too; those bros that listen to Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 started bumping “Someone Like You” out their trunk. Soon, the “wrong people” liked 21 and Adele’s brief moment atop the indiesphere was over. Right.

Thanks for reading this year, y’all. We’ve got some big plans for 2012. Stay tuned. Much love.

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01. Adele – 21 (Buy It) (Read)

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02. The Weeknd – House of Balloons (Buy It) (Read)

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03. Drake – Take Care (Buy It) (Read)

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04. James Blake – James Blake (Buy It) (Read)

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05. Kendrick Lamar – Section.80 (Buy It) (Read)

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06. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – We’re New Here (Buy It) (Read)

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07. WU LYF – Go Tell Fire on the Mountain (Buy It) (Read)

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08. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne (Buy It) (Read)

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09. The Horrors – Skying (Buy It) (Read)

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10. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Buy It) (Read)

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11. Wye Oak – Civilian (Buy It) (Read)

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12. Girls – Father Son, Holy Ghost (Buy It) (Read)

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13. Real Estate – Days (Buy It) (Read)

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14. A$AP Rocky – Live Love A$AP (Buy It) (Read)

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15. Sepalcure – Sepalcure (Buy It) (Read)

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16. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Buy It) (Read)

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17. The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient (Buy It) (Read)

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18. Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming (Buy It) (Read)

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19. Metronomy – The English Riviera (Buy It) (Read)

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20. SBTRKT – SBTRKT (Buy It) (Read)

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21. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica (Buy It) (Read)

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22. The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From the Vaccines (Buy It) (Read)

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23. Destroyer – Kaputt (Buy It) (Read)

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24. The Antlers – Burst Apart (Buy It) (Read)

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25. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l (Buy It) (Read)

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26. Beyonce – 4 (Buy It) (Read)

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27. Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Buy It) (Read)

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28. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Buy It) (Read)

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29. Big K.R.I.T. – Return of 4eva (Buy It) (Read)

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30. Clams Casino – Instrumentals (Buy It) (Read)

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31. Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest (Buy It) (Read)

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32. Low Roar – Low Roar (Buy It) (Read)

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33. AraabMUZIK – Electronic Dream (Buy It) (Read)

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34. Active Child – You Are All I See (Buy It) (Read)

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35. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Buy It) (Read)

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36. Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’ (Buy It) (Read)

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37. Cults – Cults (Buy It) (Read)

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38. Radiohead – The King of Limbs (Buy It) (Read)

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39. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials (Buy It) (Read)

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40. Alex Clare – The Lateness of the Hour (Buy It) (Read)

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41. Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise (Buy It) (Read)

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42. Jhene Aiko – Sailing Soul(s) (Buy It) (Read)

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43. The Stepkids – The Stepkids (Buy It) (Read)

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44. Freddie Gibbs – Cold Day in Hell (Buy It) (Read)

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45. Gardens & Villa – Gardens & Villa (Buy It) (Read)

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46. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know (Buy It) (Read)

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47. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo (Buy It) (Read)

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48. Foster the People – Torches (Buy It) (Read)

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49. Explosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (Buy It) (Read)

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50. Friendly Fires – Pala (Buy It) (Read)

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12-27-11