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Giveaway: Digitalism @ The Highline Ballroom, New York City this Tuesday, May 14th

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Pioneering the indie dance movement, German electro-duo, Digitalism has a sound that crosses the boundaries of today’s breaking electro, rock and indie music. With two great albums and a reserve’s worth of stellar remixes, Digitalism invade New York City this coming Tuesday night, May 14th for a performance at The Highline Ballroom. We’ve got one pair of tickets to the show for give away to one lucky reader. For your chance to win the tickets, simply drop us an email here and say that you’d like to be entered in the Digitalism ticket giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random this coming Tuesday morning (one entry per person). You can get more information on the show and tickets here. Good luck!

Digitalism (Facebook)(Show Info)

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Mixtape: Philly Gems [Hip-Hop]

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Growing up in Philadelphia spoiled me with rap. Hip-Hop is such a competitive industry and supremely versatile. The current, friendly, mainstream hip-hop scene is lame and produces too much lackluster stuff which would never fly in my hometown. “Local” mediocrity doesn’t apply to Philly’s lyricism. In fact, many new trends and sounds were played out in Illy Philly quite a while ago; the city is often ahead of its time. This tape is comprised of 8 gems from 8 different camps with 8 different styles. Notice many “notable” names are not included. This is the underground stuff, the good stuff. Review and Mixtape by Teddy Pendergrass

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B3SCI Session: Thomas Dybdahl Performs “This Love Is Here To Stay”

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Back in Austin, during SXSW, we caught up with Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl to chat for a bit about his forthcoming What’s Left is Forever release. Check out this exclusive performance of his new track, “This Love Is Here To Stay” from the album.

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Katy B – What Love Is Made Of

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Straight from the soundboard of Annie Mac’s Radio 1 show to yr B3 earphones; it’s the new Katy B, the 90’s house-ref’ing “What Love Is Made Of” and it is amazing.

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Rating 8.4

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05-10-13

NONONO – Down Under

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Perfect indie pop (or whatever iteration you want to call it) is a very popular phrase in the music blogosphere. That much we know. But really, truly, and actually, Swedish band NONONO’s “Down Under” is that perfect indie pop record and certainly one of the best tracks of the year.

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Rating 8.7

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Harriet Brown – Growing

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“Growing” is the beautifully-conceived reverb-washed new track from Oakland band Harriet Brown. There’s something about “Growing”, perhaps its sauntering tempo or its smooth as silk melodies, that strikes a majestic, cinematic quality for us. We are loving it.

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Rating 8.3

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Sivu – Bodies (Cloud Boat’s Let the Bodies Hit the Floor Remix)

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Two of our favorite newcomers in the soulful space beats scene connect here on Cloud Boat’s creeper rework of Sivu’s “Bodies”. You will probably want to put the kids to bed, keep the lights on and TRY NOT TO FALL ASLEEP when you spin this one. #Creeper.

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Rating 8.1

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Monophona – Give Up

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“Give Up” is a nicely textured piece from Luxembourg trio Monophona. Listeners with eclectic palettes are sure to appreciate their mix of melodic, psychedelic and post-dub music. Monophona has gigged with the likes of Fink, Daughter, Polica and Sun Glitters, and they will be playing their first UK shows at The Great Escape festival next weekend. Be there.

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Rating 8.2

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Rave’s Fave: Beady Eye – Second Bite of the Apple

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This second emerging track from Beady Eye’s June album is arguably better than the first strong song, “Flick of the Finger”. This song also has horns, with an interesting groove underneath. Meanwhile Liam Gallagher is doing his best to fan the flames, stating he’ll retire if this album doesn’t do well. Based on these first two tracks, I don’t think that will be a concern. He also remarked on a photo of brother Noel hugging Blur’s Damon Albarn, saying that pic marks “the end of Britpop.” By Bruce Rave

Beady Eye – Second Bite of the Apple

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* Links and playlists from Rave’s weekly new music show can be found on his blog and be sure follow Bruce on Twitter too!

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B3SCI Presents: Rainbow Jackson w/ LEVELS, Burning Jet Black, Act As If + DJ sets by Immigre! THIS TUESDAY 5/14/13

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Join us in Santa Monica this Tuesday night as B3SCI Presents team up with the Central S.A.P.C. for a great night of local music with this month’s artist in residence, L.A. based rock band Rainbow Jackson. And just like the band’s single “Flamingo Starr” suggests, their live show is gonna ‘take you over for a supernova.’ Trust us! Rainbow Jackson will joined that night by a stellar bill of buzzing talent that includes LEVELS, Burning Jet Black, Act As If and DJ sets by Immigre. Entry for the residency night is FREE (21+) and you can get additional details on the show here. We’ll see y’all there!

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Giveaway: The Neighbourhood Autographed Prize Pack

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The Neighbourhood’s debut album I Love You has already landed a spot on our top albums list for 2013. For a band that came from nowhere in mid-2012, this quintet from Los Angeles have done a sufficient job of kicking up noise all around the world with their sing-along lush pop-scapes and reverb drenched rock. We had the chance to speak with the band back in November about this rise to fame and what the future might hold (listen to our interview here).

For one lucky reader out there, we are giving away an exclusive prize pack of autographed swag by the band. For your chance to win a signed I Love You CD and poster email us here and say that you’d like to to be entered in The Neighbourhood prize pack giveaway. Include with your submission an answer to one of the following questions. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random next Friday morning (5/17). One entry per person please. Also, be sure to pick up your copy of the new album here.

Questions:

Who in the band looks the coolest in a pair of shades?

What famous LA street sign is featured in The Neighbourhood’s new music video for “Sweater Weather?”

In what city will you be seeing the band perform on tour this summer?

Stream the I Love You LP:

The Neighbourhood california (Tumblr) (Facebook) (Purchase ‘I Love You’ LP)

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