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Giveaway: FILTER Culture Collide Festival 4-7th w/ Of Montreal, The Wombats, Zola Jesus, DIIV, Icona Pop and more!

Good music will indeed prevail for FILTER Magazine’s third annual Culture Collide Festival, taking place in Los Angeles on October 4-7th. It’s the time of year when Indian summer resides in and talent from around the globe diverge to the eastside Echo Park neighborhood for four days of nonstop music showcasing. The sun baked urban hills will also host a new Creative Summit, and Comedy showcase, in addition to this year’s ace linup which includes Of Montreal, The Wombats, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Big Pink, Zola Jesus, DIIV, Patrick Wolf, Icona Pop, Mr. little Jeans, Nikki and The Dove, Tribes, Class Actress, School of Seven Bells, Moss, American Royalty, Blood Red Shoes, of Verona, The Moog, Magic Wands, Gold Fields, Young Buffalo and more!

Even more exciting, B3SCI is hosting a pair of wristbands giveaways to the entire Fest! Enter to win by hitting our inbox and letting us know that youwant to be entered in the drawing. We are picking our winners at random early this week by Wednesday morning, so keep an eye on your inbox! Also if you don’t win… don’t fret, for full access to the festival wristbands are just $20. Get more details on tix and check out our new playlist for the fest below.

Culture Collide california (About) (BUY TICKETS)
FILTER Magazine california (Official)

*Shouts to the rad dudes at Before The Bigs for putting a mix together!

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09-29-12

Throwback: Giampiero Boneschi – Intimate

Throwing it back to 1972 for a minute now with this romantic piece by Italian jazz composer Giampiero Boneschi, appropriately titled “Intimate.” This song is the perfect something to sooth your way into a relaxing weekend. The legato strings and sultry vocals are enough alone to wisk anyone away from their humble (or not) abodes with its uber luxurious allure. The track is excerpted here from a new Suzanne Kraft mixtape collaboration for San Francisco based Azalea Boutique. You can hear the mixtape in it’s chic-y entirety via the new THREADMIX series here. Indulge below.

Giampiero Boneschi – Intimate

Giampiero Boneschi italy (Official)

Rating 8.7

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09-29-12

Tops – Easy Friend

Montreal-based quartet Tops is modern day AM gold. In “Easy Friends”, from the UK/EU release of their debut album Tender Opposites, vocalist Jane Penny cuts through a hazy, synthed-out dream calling back to the disco of the 70’s as she slowly builds from a gentle buoyancy to what you would have to call – and affectionately so – an almost shrill climax and then dexterously drops back into a balmy bossa nova to ease you out of the track. Tops has an uncommon way of blending accessible pop and the avant-garde into a seamless coupling. The unadorned, pastoral attitude of the band is what I find most attractive; it doesn’t make you like it, it lets you like it. By Aaron Meyer

TOPS (Soundcloud)

* Get more tunes and rad events from Aaron Meyer (aka Honeybear) at the Los Angeles based MOUSER.

Rating 8.7

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09-29-12

Flying Lotus – See Thru To U (Cosmo & Paat Remix)

Sydney twin brother duo Cosmo & Paat put on offer an inspired early 90’s dance-infused mix of Flying Lotus’ latest with Erykah Badu. We’ve not really heard FlyLo remixed quite in this way before but we’re digging the juxtaposition and dynamic of the two disparate styles. Check it.

Flying Lotus – See Thru To U (Cosmo & Paat Remix)

Cosmo & Paat (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

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09-28-12

Andrea x Kodak to Graph – Pictures

Andrea is a French electronic musician in the lane of the recent trend of 3 AM pitched down versions of R&B tracks a la Cyril Hahn. “Pictures” which remixes Kodak to Graph is another standout in the genre. Look out for the track’s ending synth bit that features a sort of 2012ified resemblance to Kool & The Gang’s “Summer Madness”. (wooo, Kool & The Gang reference!)

Andrea x Kodak to Graph – Pictures

Andrea (Facebook)

Rating 8.1

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09-28-12

Beast Patrol – Plaster

“Plaster” by Brooklyn band Beast Patrol is really good. Built on top a sprawl of distorted reverb-y guitars and a steady 80’s-esque rhythm section 1-2, “Plaster” features great melodic hooks and a simply fantastic chorus; that and some really cool subtle (tasteful) synth washes in the verses. The band has a great four-song EP streaming on their Soundcloud that features further gems you should check out. We’re definitely psyched to hear more.

Beast Patrol – Plaster

Beast Patrol (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

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09-28-12

Pony Trash – Dry Your Eyes

It’s pretty incredible to think that the dreamy imagery conjured up while listening to Pony Trash is actually exported from these Midwestern United States. Then again, being Midwest natives ourselves, we relate to the value of only dreaming for the warmth and breeze of sunnier shores. The debut and sef-titled EP by Pony Trash sees release on November 27th in form of limited edition 12-inch. The group seems to have a knack for building Neil Young meets Mazzy Star-esque tracks from dawn-like atmospheres to weepy sun drenched swells of indie rock lushness. Preview the closing (and our favorite) track from the EP below and get familiar with Pony Trash.

Pony Trash minnesota (Bandcamp)

Rating 8.5

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09-28-12

Dream Boat – Sea to Sky

Athens, GA duo Dream Boat dial up that b3sci dream rock sweet spot with “Sea to Sky”. P.S. That horn hook totally reminds us of Usher’s “You Remind Me” too.

Dream Boat – Sea to Sky

Dream Boat (Facebook)

Rating 8.4

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09-28-12

Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (RAC Mix)

The remix big dogs RAC get their 80’s-inspired mitts on Mayer Hawthorne’s “No Strings” proceed to “make it funky”. #FunkyFridays.

Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (RAC Mix)

RAC (Facebook)

Rating 8.4

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09-28-12

IGGY AZALEA – Bac 2 Tha Future (My Time)

Aussie rap impressario Iggy Azalea delivers perhaps her best track to date with “Bac 2 Tha Future (My Time)”. Excerpted here from her upcoming TRAPGOLD mixtape (due October), “Bac 2 Tha Future” wins on a breakneck all-go beat that ably picks up and transports Azalea’s flow to high level quality.

IGGY AZALEA – Bac 2 Tha Future (My Time)

Iggy Azalea (Twitter)

Rating 8.3

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09-28-12

Giveaway: East Side Story in LA this Sunday w/ Mayer Hawthorne, Coco O from Quadron, Bilal and more!

Still looking for something amazing to do this weekend? Well, if you’re an avid music fan like us (and we know you are), then East Side Story taking place at The Mayan Theater in Los Angeles this Sunday needs to be at the top of your list. Host Abraham Beltran will be curating an evening of entertainment paying homage to the roots and glory of popular soul music, bridging the generation gaps and celebrating the knowledge and awareness that ‘music does last forever.’ Join as the Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble and a stellar cast of special guests including Mayer Hawthorne, Coco O. of Quadron, Bilal, James Gadson, Myron & E and Joey Dosik as they celebrate the timeless music of Etta James, James Brown, Brenton Wood, The Chi-Lites, The Delfonics, The Temptations, Billy Stewart, Mary Wells, The Flamingos, Barbara Lewis, Smokey Robinson, and many more!

Tickets for the show are $15 presale / $25 at the door, and you can get more info on purchasing tickets here. OR you can drop us a line and we’ll enter to you to win a FREE pair of tickets to this special event. To try your luck, just email us here and let us know that you want to catch East Side Story on sunday night to enter your name in our random drawing on Saturday evening (day before the show). Good luck!

Art Don’t Sleep california (Info)

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09-28-12

Angel Haze x Jamie xx & Gil Scott-Heron – New York (The 83rd Mashup)

The 83rd spins a gem marrying Angel Haze’s “New York” track with Jamie & the late Gil’s “NY is Killing Me”.

Angel Haze x Jamie xx & Gil Scott-Heron – New York (The 83rd Mashup)

Rating 8.3

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09-27-12