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Giveaway! Win Tix to Cate Le Bon @ Bootleg in LA this Saturday 12/14/13

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Welsh-born but now Angeleno like the rest of us songwriter Cate Le Bon performs live at the Bootleg in L.A. on Saturday Night (12/14). The show, which also features support performances from Woodsist artist Kevin Morby and folkie Hush Arbors, starts at 8 PM sharp. Tickets are $10.00 advance and $12.00 at the door. You can purchase tickets and get more info on the show here. *OR* you can spin the magic B3SCI wheel for a shot to win the pair of tickets to the show we’re giving away! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘Cate Le Bon Giveaway’ contest. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions by Saturday morning 12/14, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!

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Marika Hackman – Skin (Feat. Sivu)

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The beautifully plantive new tune from Marika Hackman “Skin” is the second A side to the also great “I Hold”; both tracks make up a combined 7″ from Marika and another B3 fave Sivu. On “Skin”, the duo trade captivating/somber/great melodic lines over a quietly strummed acoustic chords creating an atmosphere that is equally magnetic and moving.

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Rating 8.0234

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12-12-13

Bad Suns – Salt

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“Salt” is excerpted from SoCal band Bad Suns’ forthcoming “Transpose” EP. A neatly compact bit of rhythm-driven indie pop, “Salt” succeeds especially on its very hooky bridges and choruses (try not getting “I raaannn til’ I couldn’t, and I scceeeamed til my voice was gone” stuck in your head) and its very clever and effective use of harmony in at all the right turns in the track. “Transpose” is out Jan. 21st on Vagrant.

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Rating 8.1

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12-12-13

Rochelle Jordan – Follow Me

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The mega-talented Torontonian vocalist Rochelle Jordan releases her first new material in nearly a year w/ the vibed-down ambient R&B of “Follow Me”. Ms. Jordan casts here a more confident, melodically more sophisticated line on “Follow Me”. Her Pressure project, and particularly “Shotgun”, were great but the growth indicated on “Follow Me” suggests Rochelle is primed to breakout.

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Rating: 8.7

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12-12-13

Wake Owl – Candy

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“Candy” is the new one from Canadian band Wake Owl. An engaging mix of classic soul-leaning indie pop & the melodically sensibility of big acts like Portugal. The Man and Cage The Elephant, “Candy” is the caliber of track that can catapult bands. The Private World of Paradise is due on Vagrant, March 4th.

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Rating: 8.7

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12-11-13

Max Cooper – Adrift (Feat. Kathrin deBoer)

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For “Adrift”, the first single from electronic artist Max Cooper’s debut Human LP, the UK-based producer crafts a cinematic, heavy drama, near perfect piano and complex rhythm-driven instrumental (we can’t stress how strong that component of the track is on its own). On vocals is Belleruche’s Kathrin deBoer who’s astral, otherworldly vocal hits the twists, turns, and starts of Cooper’s instrumental at all the right points; resulting in a track is not only light years ahead of its genre and peers but world’s away too (as in not of this world but of one with superior electronic music).

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Rating 8.0234

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12-11-13

Ella Eyre – Love Me Like You

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Megaton-voiced Ella Eyre’s Two-Inch Punch produced “Deeper” is out in four days (Dec. 15th) and today the English singer drops another gem in the form of the UK bass/R&B-hybrid (think of her collaborations with Rudimental) of “Love Me Like You”.

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Rating 8.0

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12-11-13

Tara Carosielli – The Opposite Game

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“The Opposite Game” is new from UK R&B artist Tara Carosielli. Of a similar DNA to sweet-voiced/deeper-than-deep songstresses of the moment like Jhene Aiko and Tinashe, Tara’s great float on top the mix vocal juxtaposed against a slowed/throwed sample & the instrumental’s deceptively dark pulse “The Opposite Game”‘s sound demands the same attention as the aforementioned Jhene, Tinashe, SZA & a run of others. Don’t miss.

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Rating 8.0

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12-11-13

Disclosure – January (Kaytranada Edition)

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Pairing two of the hottest acts of 2013 is always smart, especially when its Canadian Kaytranada remixing London duo Disclosure’s “January”. To put it into a formula Disclosure + Kaytranada = Internet Explosion. Taking the original laid-back, deep house track, Kaytranada offers a soulful spin that’s both funky and slick. This and other remixes will be on the Settle Remixes album out December 17th. Reviewed by Brian Litwin

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Rating: 8.7

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