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Premiere: Hoodlem – Old Friend

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Hoodlem, the Melbourne AU-based synth-hop act that inscrutably swept unto the blogosphere last year with heavily-lauded singles “Firing Line” and “Through”, release a strong return with “Old Friend”. Minimalist and soulful and melodically precise in all the best, most viscerally grabbing ways, “Old Friend” is the repeat salvo of a band that, on it’s current exponential trajectory, can only continue to command larger and larger platforms and audiences. With Hoodlem, we are party to the genesis of a twosome of true and real stars. Sample our premiere of “Old Friend” below.

Hoodlem australia (Soundcloud)

Rating 9.0

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03-04-14

Barnaby – Things We Could Do

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The UK alt-R&B train kept rollin’ w/ its latest arbiter Southampton-based Barnaby. Sound-wise in a lane between the more abstract melancholy of James Blake and the more direct plaintive melancholy of Raleigh Ritchie, Barnaby makes a standout strong first foray into an otherwise crowded genre with “Things We Could Do”. A++

Barnaby england: (Soundcloud)

Rating: 8.6

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03-03-14

Big K.R.I.T. – New Agenda (Feat. Rick Ross)

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The Big King Remembered In Time grabs the BIGGEST executive Def Jam’s ever seen, noted character actor Rick Ross for the silky smooth low-ridin of “New Agenda”. The first entry in K.R.I.T.’s “Week of K.R.I.T.” which will feature seven days of new and unreleased material from the Mississippi rapper. Boss Ross could body a mid-tempo beat like that on “New Agenda” in his (we’re imagining very expensive) sleep and he does well to play laid-back foil to KRIT’s more methodical on-the-1 flow.

Big K.R.I.T. (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

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03-03-14

B3SCI Presents: SXSW Day Party w/ Wind-Up Records, My Old Kentucky Blog and Unrecorded @ La Barbecue, Austin TX 03/13/14

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The next entry in B3SCI x SXSW 2014 is next Thursday 03/13 where we’ll be co-presenting at La Barbecue (1200 East 6th Street) an A+ day party with the very esteemed Windup Records and our bloggerati buds My Old Kentucky Blog and Unrecorded.

The positively loaded line-up includes B3SCI Records artists MISUN, Zella Day & Rare Monk as well as OZ alt-pop champs The Griswolds & Strange Talk, old B3 friends Blondfire and Little Daylight, and the mystery-shrouded but still much lauded Great Good Fine OK.

Also, there’s FREE BARBECUE (c/o of Applauze), FREE BEER (thx Pabst & Lone Star)! Additional thanks are in order to our other sponsors Mailchimp, Moniker Guitars, and Vitacoco. Thanks!

You can be there for this rad FREE party but you’ve got to RSVP, which you can do here. Be early or be square as we can’t guarantee entry once the venue is at capacity.

Line-up:
Jillette Johnson
Wakey! Wakey!
Crobot
The Revivalists
Zella Day
Strange Talk
Great Good Fine OK
Little Daylight
Blondfire
The Griswolds
French Horn Rebellion
MISUN
Stamps
Rare Monk

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03-03-14

B3SCI Presents: SXSW Day Party @ Red Eyed Fly. Austin, TX. on Wednesday 3/12/14

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Team B3 is very pleased to announce the 2014 edition of our B3SCI PRESENTS: SXSW Day Party in Austin, TX. Join us as we kick off SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 12th at Red Eyed Fly (located at Red River & 7th St) with a full day of live sets from the best/coolest/need to know emerging talent right now, great food & drinks (of course), and excellent art from NYC-based rising music/media star Young & Sick.

We’re inviting you to THE Wednesday SXSW day party! Entry for the event will be granted to SXSW badge holders as well as guest list via RSVP (below). Be sure to arrive early because we can’t guarantee entry once we’re at capacity.

Can’t make it to Austin? We’ve got you; tune into our live HD Audio Streaming powered by Spacebar and IROCKE for select live sets from the show.

RSVP NOW CLOSED (limited space will be available at the door). Details and more info on the event below and check it out on Facebook here.

Wednesday March 12, 2014

Red Eyed Fly
715 Red River St
Austin‎ TX‎ 78701

Doors @ 11:45 am
Ages 18+
Food Cart at Venue

INDOOR STAGE

12:05 – 12:35 Beat Culture
12:55 – 1:20 Moses Sumney
1:40 – 2:10 Zella Day
2:30 – 3:00 Avid Dancer
3:15 – 3:45 Sivu
4:05 – 4:35 Tove Lo
4:55 – 5:25 GEMS

OUTDOOR STAGE

12:00 – 12:30 High Highs
12:50 – 1:20 Rare Monk
1:40 – 2:10 MISUN
2:30 – 3:00 Wolf Alice
3:20 – 3:50 Arthur Beatrice
4:10 – 4:40 Jungle
5:00 – 5:30 Tokyo Police Club

See you in Austin!

B3SCI PRESENTS @ SXSW 2014 Mixtape

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03-03-14