Pete Tong MBE dropped the exclusive brand new Chris Malinchak firebomb on his Radio 1 show tonight with “Stranger”. The song which features the MJ-esque melodic stylings of Mikky Ekko is a steady 3:42 of funky summertime pop sure to rudder dance floors for months to come on both sides of the Atlantic. We “Stranger” 100%.
Chris Malinchak 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.6
Team LD bring the blogosphere to attention with a big name remix of single “Klapp Klapp”. Piloted by space beats vet Nosaj Thing with the added attraction of a Future feature, the mix is all blinking electronics and vibed down textures and Future. Nabuma Rubberband is available now.
Little Dragon 
(Official)
Rating 8.4
Fresh off the debut of his iTunes UK Top 5 EP “Ghosts” earlier this week, Nottinghamshire indie mega-tracks merchant Saint Raymond announces new remix with Prince Jet Jam Star Slinger for single “Everything She Wants”. After touring Europe with heavyweights HAIM and releasing his also excellent “Young Blood” EP in the last run of months, the 19-year old songwriter’s arrow continues to point clearly up. Star Slinger’s outta space refix combines many of the trop-house elements and breezy but juiced up breaks that have seeped into Slinger’s latter days modern sound.
Saint Raymond 
(Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
Orlando FL duo SALES invoke the ghost of Broken Social Scene on the soulfully spare and excellent indie pop of “Vow”.
SALES 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Former Neighbourhood drummer Bryan Sammis makes his solo B3 debut as Olivver with single “Attica ’71”. Focused around a similar in quality and composition to first wave-NBHD rhythm track, “Attica ’71” is propelled forward by Sammis’ A+ melodic construction and early Phoenix-esque (“Everything Is Everything”, “Run Run Run”, etc) modern funk-injected sensibilities in song’s immediate web of catchiness and hooks.
Olivver 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
“Electric Baby” is the new one from Brit/Aus indie pop duo Solomon Grey. “Electric Baby” is buoyed by dark buzzing electronics and creatively wound and arranged vocal harmonies and then boosted up by clattering bits of 808 percussion. “EB” will be released as a single next month and is slated to appear Solomon Grey’s debut LP due later this year.
Solomon Grey 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
L.A.-based songstress Madi Diaz releases bright single “Stay Together”. Instantly catchy and super upbeat, the song has that special warm seasonality to surely be a fixture on many summer playlists. With big things forthcoming from her full length Phantoms (Nettwerk Music Group), Madi will hit the road with Wolf Gang and Fitz & The Tantrums this June. Reviewed by Brian Litwin
Madi Diaz 
(Official) (Twitter)
Rating 8.1
The esteemable Aussies Gold Fields outfit Zella Day’s “SO” with a breezy summertime house sheen custom-tailored for soaring temperatures.
Gold Fields (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
The latest stylistic iteration from Paul Dixon a/k/a FYFE is the more consciously urban in style “For You”. Contrasting w/ last year’s buzz singles “St. Tropez” and “Solace”, “For You”s hooks are immediate; the magnetism and infectiousness that was more subtle/obscured in those earlier tracks has with success been arranged much further to the track’s front. We’re digging it.
FYFE (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Swedish buzz twosome Say Lou Lou, who broke out on blogs last year with the great “Julian”, release today with “Peppermint” a spacious and cinematic synth-pop paean that is the b-side to current single “Everything We Touch”.
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New York bliss pop band The Landing who broke-out at the end of last year with the Hype Machine-topping “Anxieties” debut today the immediately infectious “Pale Blue”. Styled around a warm summery synth-driven instrumental, “Pale Blue” picks up straight away where “Anxieties” left off in terms of both caliber and accuracy of pop construction. Sample below the B3 Premiere of “Pale Blue” and look for the “We Are” EP out digitally on May 13th. P.S. If you’re in New York, The Landing play Littlefield in Brooklyn on the 22nd.
The Landing 
(Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Rating 8.8
The newest signee to Duly Noted Records (IYES, The Night IV) is Brighton UK’s J. Tropic and their sooth & b dance-y “Love Up”.
J. Tropic (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
