Brooklyn dance duo Chordashian drop another house-tinged floor filler w/ the uptempo feel-good joint “Keep On”. For the love of Yeezus, listen.
Chordashian 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Brooklyn dance duo Chordashian drop another house-tinged floor filler w/ the uptempo feel-good joint “Keep On”. For the love of Yeezus, listen.
Chordashian (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
The smooth and buttery (and Game-sampling) “Eat” is new from Chicago MC Kami De Chukwu. His anticipated SMOKE LP is due next year.
Kami de Chukwu 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Bondax, the blogger-favorite (we love them too) R&B-leaning production duo, release new track “Fires”. Tapping the rising UK singer Josh Record for the vocal hook (who’s melodic stylings are 100% perfect here and for Bondax in general), the oceansized slow jam “Fires” is yet another new (and experly pulled off) sound for Bondax, who seem to have little trouble w/ any genre or style they attempt to work in. Look for Bondax’s LP next year.
Bondax 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Team B3 is very proud to present our label B3SCI Records’s second release, “Drifter” the very much anticipated return of Sunik Kim a/k/a Beat Culture. Kim’s first release in nearly two years, following up his great debut Tokyo Dreamer, “Drifter” is track one of a double-A sided single (the other track being “Shibuya”) that we’ll be releasing in parternship with Kaya Kaya on January 21st. Featuring the breezy lush vocals of Brooklyn artist Psychic Twin, “Drifter” is awashed in the familiar (but updated) well-arranged scattering toms and chopped up vocal bits that made Tokyo Dreamer so great; added to that a set of pop vocal hooks in the track’s latter half that maybe hint at the next iterations of Beat Culture’s sound.
Beat Culture 
(Soundcloud) (Purchase 7-inch)
Rating: 8.3
A full-bodied wave of mind-blowing musical talent readies to take over the Echoplex in LA tomorrow night, Thursday (12/5). Lauded producer/performer Thundercat will perform live that night with support performances from local stars Moses Sumney and Jonwayne. The show starts at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15.00 advance and $17.00 at the door. You can purchase tickets and get more info on the show here. *OR* you can try your luck with B3SCI because we are giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘Thundercat Giveaway’ contest. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions by Thursday 12/5, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!
The Echo 
(Event Info)
We like the wispy ethereal guitar pop of Italian band Be Forest. Sample below “Colours”, the lead track from the Pesaro-based (a city of 95,000 on the Adriatic Coast, east of Florence) band’s sophomore LP Earthbeat .
Be Forest 
(Purchase)
Rating: 8.3
“Savage” is the latest genrebender from rising UK-based artist Ben Khan. Marrying the feel of late night soul and the punchier rhythm structures of golden era hip hop with his own highly skilled melodic sensibility, Khan’s sound is totally his own and perhaps (so far) best realized on “Savage”.
Ben Khan (Tumblr)
Rating 8.3
Mansions on the Moon turn in a wistful update to the iconic Mazzy Star ballad with this freshly recorded cover. The band do well to keep intact the soul and romantic quality of the original while still (putting on our Blake Shelton voice) “making it their own”. Enjoy a free download of “Fade Into You” below.
Mansions On The Moon (Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
