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Electric Wire Hustle – Brother Sun (Feat. Kimbra)

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Jam out to New Zealand psychedelic-soul duo Electric Wire Hustle on their ambient-expressive cumbersome-weighted new one “Brother Sun” which features an off-kilter-transverse hip-hop leaning vivid-opposite beat that meshes well with the dreamy soul-inspired emotion-stirring vocals of Kiwi B3 remix-darling Kimbra—a Grammy Award winner who we think makes the production. We enjoy the mellow disco-scratch-jazz hybrid sentiments driving the song and look forward to enjoying Electric Wire Hustle’s new upcoming “Aeons” EP out on August 28th. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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08-17-15

Electric Wire Hustle – By & Bye

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09-08-14

Electric Wire Hustle – Look In The Sky

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One of the best singers on the planet Mara TK and his Gaye-esque vocals return on Electric Wire Hustle’s brand new “Look In The Sky”. The New Zealand once trio now duo’s 2010 s/t debut LP is all-time B3SCI favorite. The bimodal “Look In The Sky” is previewed here from EWH’s now announced follow-up to Electric Wire Hustle, Love Can Prevail. “Look In The Sky” is constructed on a frame of visceral but restrained beats and synth voicings which forms the edifice for Mara TK’s wonderfully emotive croon.

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Rating 8.2

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07-30-14

SXSW Tuesday Night Highlights: Star Slinger, Electric Wire Hustle

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The opening sortee in this week’s official SXSW music showcases was last night’s Pitchfork showcase at Mohawk. Among those on the bill were b3sci faves like Shlohmo, Schoolboy Q & one of our biggest must-sees for the festival, UK beatsman Star Slinger. Hitting a stage already left nicely warmed up by True Panther duo Teengirl Fantasy, Star Slinger had the house on lock from the moment the first bit of space-bass bumped through the venue. Mixing tracks from Jessie Ware & Rihanna with original compositions and new shit (there were maybe 4-5 new beats and mixes dropped into the set), Star Slinger’s brand of interstellar electro booty rap totally wrecked live.

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We are HUGE fans of Electric Wire Hustle. Their debut LP (despite being nearly three years old) is still in constant rotation around b3sci. The chance to finally see the New Zealand-based trio live was an opportunity we could not pass up. An Andre 3000-esque styled Mara TK and his mates keyboardist keyboardist Taay Ninh and drummer Myele Manzanza ripped through uptempo joints like the b3sci #1 song of 2009, “They Don’t Want” and then easily dialed down into more smoothed out tracks like set closer “Perception”. The multi-talented mult-tasking Ninh and the crazy skilled drumming of Manzanza were a perfect frame to Mara TK’s mindblower Marvin Gaye-styled vocals. The mixing at Swan Dive, where EWH’s set took place, did leave a bit to be desired however. We definitely would love to hear the trio perform at a venue, less like a shoebox, and more suited to their sound but that aside, the performance the band turned in was class. A+

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03-14-12

Electric Wire Hustle – “They Don’t Want”

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“they don’t want” is new from wellington, new zealand-based act electric wire hustle. how RIDICULOUS is this track? how CRAZY are the vocal chops on singer Mara TK? how PERFECT is the melding of diverse yet complimentary influences? (Marvin, Dilla, Mingus, etc) how DOPE are the production choices and instrumentation? HOLY SHIT! THESE GUYS ARE THE REAL DEAL! OUR MINDS ARE STRAIGHT BLOWN!

Electric Wire Hustle – “They Don’t Want”

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rating: 9.2

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10-01-09

The Black Seeds – Pippy Pip

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So we’re big fans of New Zealand act The Black Seeds’ fellow Kiwi soulmen Electric Wire Hustle (one of our standouts from SXSW, most definitely); and while The Black Seeds maybe have not reached the acclaim in the States (except maybe former Seed Oscar-winning! Bret McKenzie, who’s probably best known for his work on Flight of the Conchords) that EWH has, the Wellington dub act is no doubt a force to be familiar with. New track “Pippy Pip” is a great islands-tinged halfstep tune that while heavy on the reggae feel is light on any weird works-against-the-song white dude reggae wanking (you know what we’re talking about). It’s a really soulful track that while powerful grabs at you subtly; the sort of track that seeps in slowly. Soul business.

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Rating 8.4

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03-21-12

B3SCI’S SXSW PREVIEW 2012

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Hey family. It’s that special time of the year again when the glitterati of the music industry descend on ATX to slap each other fives, layer their forearms in VIP wrist bands, and hopefully catch some cool bands. Planning for SXSW can be a daunting ask. The sheer number of bands, shows, parties, etc is ginormous. SXSW planning fatigue is real but b3sci is here to help! We’re setting you up with all our picks for can’t miss sets (our Top 5 for each nighttime hour of the festival) and showcases (our 3 faves for each night). Lego!

TUESDAY

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Kendrick Lamar takes the 1100 Warehouse stage at 1 AM on Tuesday.

Showcases where you want to be:
1) Pitchfork @ Mohawk (& Patio): Schoolboy Q, Shlohmo, Star Slinger, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Tycho
2) Warner Bros. @ La Zona Rosa: Flux Pavilion, Santigold, Theophilus London, Neon Hitch
3) Stone’s Throw @ Swan Dive: The Stepkids, MED, Strong Arm Steady

Can’t miss sets:
8:00-8:59 PM:
1) Shlohmo @ Mohawk (Pitchfork) (8:30)
2) Neon Hitch @ La Zona Rosa (Warner)
3) Boy Friend @ Swan Dive (Yours Truly)

9:00-9:59 PM:
1) Star Slinger @ Mohawk Patio (Pitchfork)
2) Theophilus London @ La Zona Rosa (Warner) (9:30)
3) Capital Cities @ Buffalo Billiards

10:00-10:59 PM:
1) The Stepkids @ Elysium (Stone’s Throw) (10:30)
2) Santigold @ La Zona Rosa (Warner)
3) Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire (Pitchfork)

11:00-11:59 PM:
1) Electric Wire Hustle @ Swan Dive (Yours Truly)
2) Beach Fossils @ Club 606 (Root Music) (11:30)
3) Tycho @ Mohawk (Pitchfork) (11:30)

12:00-12:59 AM:
1) Schoolboy Q @ Mohawk Patio (Pitchfork)
2) Caveman @ Bat Bar (Campfire Trails)
3) Flux Pavilion @ La Zona Rosa (Warner)

1:00-1:59 AM:
1) Kendrick Lamar @ 1100 Warehouse (XXL Mag)
2) Saint Motel @ Treasure Island
3) Built to Spill @ The Belmont (Space Ducks)

WEDNESDAY

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NPR’s Wednesday night showcase features a 9 PM performance from Sharon Van Etten.

Showcases where you want to be:
1) NPR @ Stubb’s: Sharon Van Etten, Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes
2) Last Call w/ Carson Daly @ Red 7 Patio: Cults, Tennis, Lee Fields & The Expressions
3) Innovative Leisure @ 512: Hanni El Khatib, Nick Waterhouse, Allah-Las

Can’t miss sets:
7:00-7:59 PM:
1) Fiona Apple @ Stubb’s (NPR)
2) CFCF @ Barbarella (Dummy XO)

8:00-8:59 PM:
1) Fidlar @ The Main (Vans)
2) Mux Mool @ Club de Ville (Ghostly)
3) Anoraak @ Mohawk Patio (The Agency)

9:00-9:59 PM:
1) Sharon Van Etten @ Stubb’s (NPR)
2) Big K.R.I.T. @ Antone’s (Pandora)
3) Tristen @ Central Presbyterian
4) Ed Sheeran @ La Zona Rosa (Warner) (9:30)
5) Mansions on the Moon @ Velveeta Room

10:00-10:59 PM
1) Miguel @ The Belmont (SOB)
2) Kimbra @ La Zona Rosa (Warner)
3) Tennis @ Red 7 Patio (Carson Daly)
4) The Wedding Present @ Swan Dive (Suicide Squeeze)
5) Mannie Fresh @ Hotel Vegas Patio (10:30)

11:00-11:59 PM:
1) Alabama Shakes @ Stubb’s (NPR)
2) Lee Fields & The Expressions @ Red 7 Patio (Carson Daly)
3) Juvenile @ Hotel Vegas Patio
4) xxxy @ Barcelona (Halo Cyan)
5) Bahamas @ St. David’s Bethell Hall (Brushfire) (11:30)

12:00-12:59 AM:
1) Miike Snow @ Hype Hotel (Hype Machine)
2) Gary Clark Jr. @ La Zona Rosa (Warner) (12:30)
3) 2 Chainz @ The Belmont (SOB)
4) Nick Waterhouse @ 512 (Innovative Leisure)
5) The Pierces @ The Studio (HGTV)

1:00-1:59 AM:
1) Kasabian @ 1100 Warehouse (101x)
2) Purity Ring @ Chevrolet Sound Garage
3) We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Easy Tiger Patio (Scottish)
4) The Drums @ Stage on Sixth (Frenchkiss)
5) Hanni El Khatib @ 512 (Innovative Leisure)

THURSDAY

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The newly reunited Jesus and Mary Chain play The Belmont at midnight Thursday.

Showcases where you want to be:
1) Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans @ Mohawk (& Patio): Sharon Van Etten, The War on Drugs, Nite Jewel, Gardens & Villa, Bear in Heaven, Gauntlet Hair
2) Music Matters @ Stage on Sixth (& Patio): Nneka, Miguel, Marsha Ambrosius, Big Sean, Stalley, Kendrick Lamar, Machine Gun Kelly, Smoke DZA, Big K.R.I.T.
3) Pitchfork @ Central Presbyterian: Nicolas Jaar, Grimes, Purity Ring, Charli XCX, Fiona Apple

Can’t miss sets:
8:00-8:59 PM:
1) Body Language @ The Madison (Bond)
2) Shigeto @ Barcelona (Surefire)
3) Stalley @ Stage on Sixth Patio (Music Matters) (8:30)
4) Family of the Year @ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop (Chop Shop)
5) The Chevin @ Latitude 30 (The Agency)
Prev. Mentioned: Electric Wire Hustle @ Driskll Victorian Room (StyleX), Fiona Apple @ Central Presbyterian (Pitchfork)

9:00-9:59 PM
1) Benjamin Francis Leftwich @ Latitude 30 (The Agency)
2) Gardens & Villa @ Mohawk Patio (Secretly Canadian) (9:30)
3) Charli XCX @ Central Presbyterian (Pitchfork) (9:30)
4) White Arrows @ Stubb’s (Spinner) (9:30)
5) Penguin Prison @ Lustre Pearl (Dickies)
Prev. Mentioned: Kendrick Lamar @ Stage on Sixth Patio (Music Matters)

10:00-10:59 PM:
1) Nneka @ Stage on Sixth (Music Matters)
2) Howler @ Bar 96 (Converse)
3) Girls @ Stubb’s (Spinner)
4) Robert Glasper @ Elephant Room
5) Curren$y @ La Zona Rosa (Warner)
Prev. Mentioned: Lee Fields @ ND (Windish), Purity Ring @ Central Presbyterian (Pitchfork) (10:30), Saint Motel @ Stubb’s (Spinner) (10:30)

11:00-11:59 PM:
1) The War on Drugs @ Mohawk Patio (Secretly Canadian) (11:30)
2) Meek Mill, Stalley & Wale @ La Zona Rosa (Warner)
3) Colleen Green @ Hotel Vegas (Hardly Art)
4) Class Actress @ 512 Rooftop (Carpark)
5) Grimes @ Central Presbyterian (Pitchfork) (11:30)
Prev. Mentioned: Big K.R.I.T. @ Stage on Sixth Patio (Music Matters), CFCF @ The Madison (Bond), Miguel @ Stage on Sixth (Music Matters), Mux Mool @ Barcelona (Surefire), Nick Waterhouse @ ND (Windish), Schoolboy Q @ Clive Bar (S.O. Terik), Tennis @ Club de Ville (Paradigm)

12:00-12:59 AM:
1) The Jesus and Mary Chain @ The Belmont
2) Nicolas Jaar @ Central Presbyterian (Pitchfork) (12:30)
3) The Temper Trap @ Stubb’s (Spinner)
4) Dev @ Chevrolet Sound Garage (12:30)
5) Seapony @ Hotel Vegas (Hardly Art)
Prev. Mentioned: Hanni El Khatib @ ND (Windish), Miike Snow @ Lustre Pearl (Dickies), Sharon Van Etten @ Mohawk Patio (Secretly Canadian) (12:30)

1:00-1:59 AM:
1) T.I. @ La Zona Rosa (Warner)
2) The Peach Kings @ Club 606 (The Roxy)
3) Oneohtrix Point Never @ Red 7 (Mexican Summer)
4) Niki & The Dove @ Driskill Victorian Room (StyleX)
5) Nite Jewel @ Mohawk (Secretly Canadian)

FRIDAY

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Michael Kiwanuka will perform a set at St. David’s Sanctuary at Midnight on Friday night.

Showcases where you want to be:
1) KCRW @ The Parish: The Temper Trap, Crystal Fighters, Clock Opera, Alice Russell & Quantic
2) NME @ Latitude 30: Howler, Big Deal, Kindness, Chad Valley, Tashaki Miyaki
3) Biz 3 @ 1100 Warehouse: Skrillex, El-P, Hanni El Khatib, Nick Waterhouse

Can’t miss sets:
8:00-8:59 PM:
1) Alice Russell & Quantic @ The Parish (KCRW) (8:30)
2) 1,2,3 @ ND (Windish)
3) Tashaki Miyaki @ Latitude 30 (NME)
Prev. Mentioned: Ed Sheeran @ Stubb’s (Time Out), Nick Waterhouse @ 1100 Warehouse (Biz 3) (8:30), Tycho @ Clive Bar (S.O. Terik) (8:30)

9:00-9:59 PM:
1) AraabMUZIK @ Mohawk Patio (AM Only)
2) JMSN @ Club 606 (IAMSOUND)
3) Clock Opera @ The Parish (KCRW)
4) D/R/U/G/S @ The Madison
5) The Mynabirds @ Lamberts (Saddle Creek)
Prev. Mentioned: Hanni El Khatib @ 1100 Warehouse (Biz 3)

10:00-10:59 PM:
1) El-P @ 1100 Warehouse (Biz 3) (10:30)
2) Crystal Fighters @ The Parish (KCRW) (10:30)
3) Kindness @ Latitude 30 (NME)
4) The Big Pink @ Lustre Pearl (Dickies)
5) Karen Elson @ Stage on Sixth (Third Man)
Prev. Mentioned: Caveman @ Hype Hotel (IGIF), Nite Jewel @ Barbarella Patio (Wax Poetics), Star Slinger @ MACC (Pan Americana)

11:00-11:59 PM:
1) Thundercat @ Beauty Bar Backyard (Madison House)
2) St. Lucia @ Karma Lounge (Neon Gold)
3) Jack White @ Stage on Sixth (Third Man) (11:30)
4) Talib Kweli @ La Zona Rosa (Blacksmith) (11:30)
5) White Rabbits @ Hype Hotel (IGIF)
Prev Mentioned: Saint Motel @ Empire Automotive, Grimes @ Clive Bar (S.O. Terik)

12:00-12:59 AM:
1) Michael Kiwanuka @ St. David’s Sanctuary (Communion) (12:30)
2) Sepalcure @ The Madison
3) Cults @ ND (Windish)
4) YACHT @ Clive Bar (S.O. Terik) (12:30)
5) Daedelus @ Barbarella (Ninja Tune)
Prev Mentioned: Alabama Shakes @ Easy Tiger Patio (Girls Rock Camp), The Drums @ Stubb’s (Time Out), Howler @ Latitude 30 (NME), The Temper Trap @ The Parish (KCRW), The Pierces @ Stubb’s (Time Out)

1:00-1:59 AM:
1) Skrillex @ 1100 Warehouse (Biz 3)
2) Cloud Nothings @ ND (Windish)
3) PAPA @ Club 606 (IAMSOUND)
4) Girl in a Coma @ Easy Tiger Patio (Girls Rock Camp)
5) Laidback Luke @ Mohawk Patio (AM Only)
Prev. Mentioned: Alice Russell & Quantic @ Barbarella Patio (Wax Poetics), Dev @ Haven (Moodswing 360), xxxy @ Barcelona (Surefire)

SATURDAY

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UK producer SBTRKT closes out the SBTURKS showcase at the Madison at 1 AM on Saturday night.

Showcases where you want to be:
1) Flowerbooking & FatCat @ Red 7 (& Patio): The Velvet Teen, Odonis Odonis, Ceremony, Breton, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Star Slinger
2) Warp Records & Brainfeeder @ Empire Automotive & Club 606: Starkey, TOKiMONSTA, Daedelus, Hudson Mohawke & Lunice (TNGHT)
3) Huw Stephens @ Latitude 30: Toddla T, Slow Club, Maverick Sabre, Django Django, Clock Opera

Can’t miss sets:
8:00 PM – 8:59 PM:
1) Ceremony @ Red 7 Patio (FatCat)
2) Odonis Odonis @ Red 7 (FatCat) (8:30)
3) Savoir Adore @ Swan Dive (Red Ryder)
Prev Mentioned: Michael Kiwanuka @ Stubb’s

9:00-9:59 PM:
1) A$AP Rocky @ The Madison (SBTURKS)
2) The Velvet Teen @ Red 7 (FatCat) (9:30)
3) Blouse @ Frank (The Great Escape)
4) Charlene Soraia @ Frank (The Great Escape)
5) Madi Diaz @ St. David’s Bethell Hall (Hotel Cafe) (9:30)
Prev. Mentioned: Alice Russel & Quantic @ Stage on Sixth Patio (Nat Geo), Clock Opera @ Latitude 30 (Huw Stephens)

10:00-10:59 PM:
1) Breton @ Red 7 (FatCat)
2) Fanfarlo @ Hype Hotel (Hype Machine)
3) The Belle Brigade @ Clive Bar
4) Blackbird Blackbird @ Malverde (Bond)
5) Starkey @ Empire Automotive (Brainfeeder)

11:00-11:59 PM:
1) Maverick Sabre @ Latitude 30 (Huw Stephens)
2) TOKiMONSTA @ Empire Automotive (Brainfeeder)
3) Best Coast @ Hype Hotel (Hype Machine)
4) White Denim @ Jacked Stage (Doritos)
5) Gemini @ Beauty Bar (UKF) (11:30)
Prev. Mentioned: Nneka @ Stage on Sixth (Nat Geo)

12:00-12:59 AM:
1) The Heavy @ Stage on Sixth (Nat Geo) (12:30)
2) Dom Kennedy @ Scoot Inn (Thrasher) (12:30)
3) Jacques Greene @ Barcelona (XLR8R) (12:30)
4) Jimmy Cliff @ Stage on Sixth (Nat Geo) (12:30)
5) Hatcham Social @ 512 Rooftop
Prev. Mentioned: Anoraak @ Malverde (Bond), Daedelus @ Empire Automotive (Brainfeeder), We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Red 7 (FatCat)

1:00-1:59 AM:
1) SBTRKT @ The Madison (SBTURKS)
2) Slim Thug @ Barbarella Patio (Texas Showdown) (1:30)
3) Braid @ Dirty Dog
4) Hudson Mohawke & Lunice @ Empire Automotive (Brainfeeder)
5) XV @ Hype Hotel (Hype Machine)
Prev. Mentioned: Beach Fossils @ The Parish (Captured Tracks), Star Slinger @ Red 7 (FatCat)

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03-10-12

Lucky Paul – Elephant Island (Feat. Mara TK)

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New Zealand-born electronic newcomer Lucky Paul hooks up with one of our favorite singers on the planet, Mara TK of Electric Wire Hustle. The result of the collaboration, “Elephant Island”, is a far-off, exotic-sounding paean to distant lands. Listen below.

Lucky Paul – Elephant Island (Feat. Mara TK)

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Rating 8.0

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01-31-12

b3sci MIXTAPES: This is How We Chill

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b3sci MIXTAPES – this is how we chill: b3sci, back again, offering up a selection of a few fav choice tracks to smooth out to. enjoy!

download the full tape here

01. Suff Daddy – Deep Shit (Feat. Mar)
02. The xx – Do You Mind (Kyla Cover)
03. Vlooper – Divini
04. Ben Westbeech – Hang Around
05. Melo-x – Just Me
06. People Under the Stairs – Schooled in the Trade (Instrumental)
07. Linn and Freddie – Live 4 Love
08. Electric Wire Hustle – Chaser
09. Kuhn – We’re Gonna Make It
10. Starkey – Stars (Feat. Anneka)

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04-29-10

b3science top 40 tracks of 2009

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b3science counts down our choice top 40 tracks of 2009! have a happy new year, and we’ll see you suckas in 2010! check the original posts for a synopsis on the track as well as artist and purchaseinfo.

1. Electric Wire Hustle – They Don’t Want
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2. Raheem DeVaughn – Bulletproof (Feat. Ludacris)
(original post)

3. Colin Munroe – I’m Fine (Feat. Young Buck)
(original post)  

4. The Maccabees – No Kind Words
(original post)

5. Jay Electronica – Exhibit C
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6. Jack Penate – Pull My Heart Away
(original post)

7. The Temper Trap – Love Lost
(original post)  

8. Trailer Trash Tracys – Candy Girl
(original post)

9. Bat for Lashes – Daniel
(original post)  

10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
(original post)

11. Lee Fields & the Expressions – My World is Empty Without You
(original post)

12. Gliss – Morning Light
(original post)

13. Rich Boy – Drop
(original post)

14. The Raveonettes – Heart of Stone
(original post)

15. Delphic – This Momentary
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16. Maino – All the Above (Feat. T-Pain)
(original post)

17. Ian Brown – Stellify
(original post)  

18. Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Feat. Hope Sandoval)
(original post)

19. Groove Armada – I Won’t Kneel
(original post)  

20. Young Buck – Lord Have Mercy (Feat. The Outlawz)
(original post)

21. Phoenix – Lisztomania
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22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life
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23. David Dallas – Big Time 
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24. Kleerup – Until We Bleed (Feat. Lykke Li) via International Release
(original post)

25. K-os – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
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26. Wye Oak – Take It In
(original post)

27. The Veils – The Letter
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28. Sidwho? – Millionaire
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29. The Hickey Underworld – Blonde Fire
(original post)

30. Brittany Bosco – Blues for Blue
(original post)

31. Aime – Summertime Mood
(original post) 

32. Florence and the Machine – Cosmic Love
(original post)

33. Kasabian – Fire (Radio Edit)
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34. Chris Brown – I Can Transform Ya (Feat. Lil’ Wayne & Swizz Beatz)
(original post)

35. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
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36. The Maccabees – Love You Better
(original post)

37. Nouvelle Vague – All My Colours (Feat. Ian McCulloch)
(original post)  

38. Sade – Soldier of Love (Casamena Basement Edit)
(original post)

39. The Roots – How I Got Over
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40. People Under the Stairs – Hit the Top
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honorable mentions:

Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Which Way To Go
The Dead Weather – Are friends Electric
Bombay Bicycle Club – Magnet
The Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightening
The Horrors – Whole New Way
Diving With Andy – Sugar Sugar
Winston Audio – Hey Anne
Fanfarlo – I’m A Pilot
The Vicounts – Broken Britain
Wale – Beautiful Bliss (Feat. Melanie Fiona and J. Cole)
Birdman – Money to Blow (Feat. Drake and Lil’ Wayne)
Magistrates – Make This Work
Little Black Dress – Robin
The Ruling Class – Marian Shine
Reigning Sound – Call Me
The Cribs – We Share the Same Skies
Lyrebirds – Closer
Basement Jaxx – A Possibility (Feat. Amp Fiddler)
White Rose Movement – Cigarette Machine
Mos Def – History (Feat. Talib Kweli)
Nas – Film
Print – Reserved for the Cool Kids
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Ships with Holes Will Sink
De La Soul – La La La
Airship – Kids
She Keeps Bees – Gimmie
Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson – Relator
O. Children – Dead Disco Dancer
Brakes – Don’t Take Me To Space (Man)
Fenech-Soler – Lies
Asaf Avidan – weak
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians – Feelin Good
Reigning Sound – Call Me
Depeche Mode – Wrong
White Rabbits – Percussion Gun
Sergeant – K-OK
Machine Gun Kelly – Cleveland State of Mind (Feat. Bravo & Ashley Simpson)
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – 40 Day dream
Doves – Kingdom of Rust
Justin Towns Earle- Midnight At The Movies
Cornershop – Who Fingered Rock ‘n’ Roll
Alberta Cross – Rise From the Shadows
Holly Miranda – Waves
Kev Brown – Hennessy Rap Pt. 3 (Feat. Kenn Star and Raheem DeVaughn)
Kings of Conveniece – Renegade
DJ Deckstream – Life is Good (Feat. Mos Def)
AFTA-1 -Love Suite 2 (Sit Still)
Omarion – I Get It In (Feat. Gucci Mane)
The Kid Daytona – The Engine
The Phenomenal Handclap Baby – Baby
if you want more, then you should read our blog

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12-31-09

b3science top 20 albums of 2009

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b3science counts down our choice top 20 albums of 2009! the top 40 tracks of the year drop tomorrow. dr. oz is straight PSYCHED!!

1. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Mos Def – History (Feat. Talib Kweli)
Mos Def on b3sci
buy the The Ecstatic LP

2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
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buy the It’s Blitz! LP

3. Electric Wire Hustle – Every Waking Hour
Electric Wire Hustle – Chaser
Electric Wire Hustle on b3sci
buy the Every Waking Hour LP

4. A Place to Bury Strangers – Exploding Head
A Place to Bury Strangers – In Your Heart
A Place to Bury Strangers on b3sci
buy the Exploding Head LP

5. The Raveonettes – In and Out of Control
The Raveonettes – Gone Forever
The Raveonettes on b3sci
buy the In and Out of Control LP

6. Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Kasabian – Vlad The Impaler
Kasabian on b3sci
buy the West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum LP

7. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Kid Cudi – Hyyerr (Feat. Chip Tha Ripper)
Kid Cudi on b3sci
buy the Man on the Moon: The End of Day LP

8. Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Florence and the Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins (demo)
Florence and the Machine on b3sci
buy the Lungs LP

9. The xx – The xx
The xx – Night Time
buy the The xx LP

10. The Temper Trap – Conditions
The Temper Trap – Fader
The Temper Trap on b3sci
buy the Conditions LP

11. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II
Raekwon – Ason Jones
Raekwon on b3sci
buy the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II LP

12. Moby – Wait for Me
Moby – A Seated Night
Moby on b3sci
buy the Wait for Me LP

13. Jack Penate – Everything is New
Jack Penate – Everything is New
Jack Penate on b3sci
buy the Everything is New LP

14. Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe
Depeche Mode – In Sympathy
Depeche Mode on b3sci
buy the Sounds of the Universe LP

15. The Obits – I Blame You
The Obits – Pine On
The Obits on b3sci
buy the I Blame You LP

16. The Cribs – Ignore the Ignorant
The Cribs – We Share the Same Skies
The Cribs on b3sci
buy the Ignore the Ignorant EP

17. Gliss – Devotion Implosion
Gliss – Beauty
Gliss on b3sci
buy the Devotion Implosion

18. Mayer Hawthorne – A Strange Arrangment
Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’
Mayer Hawthorne on b3sci
buy the A Strange Arrangement LP

19. The Maccabees – Wall of Arms
The Maccabees – Love You Better
The Maccabees on bsci
buy the Wall of Arms LP

20. The Kid Daytona – Come Fly With Me
The Kid Daytona – The Engine
The Kid Daytona on b3sci
download the Come Fly With Me LP for free

honorable mentions:

Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
K-os – Yes!
J Dilla – Jay Stay Paid
Reigning Sound – Love and Curses
Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
14kt – Nowalataz
Muse – The Resistance
Brittany Bosco – Spectrum
Gucci Mane – The State vs. Radric Davis
Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
U2 – No Line On The Horizon
Horrors – Primary Colours
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians – Life and Death
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Ashes Grammar

reviewed by
12-30-09

Wayvee – Baloo

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Get into the superb mosh of exotic-vibe big-dub sound, brightly demure guitar-riffing rockabilly-sensibilities and sultry-boiling trap-beat-infused underlying temperatures on new track “Baloo” from Auckland, NZ band Wayvee. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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reviewed by
08-26-15