Fresh west coastin’ sounds here from Venice Beach collective Terraplane Sun. The song “Ya Never Know” is previewed from the band’s forthcoming new Friends EP (10/16). The crew has been riding high off the heels of their July residency stint at LA’s influential venue The Satellite. Turn up this keen soul-strut of a cut and keep these dudes on your radar as ones to watch.
Terraplane Sun – Ya Never KnowTerraplane Sun 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Turn this one up and you can almost already hear the afternoon summer festival masses singing along. “Fishin’ With John” is the new single from Tennessee rock collective Sol Cat. The song is apparently inspired from the early 90’s MTV series “Fishing with John” which featured John Lurie taking celebrities fishing all over the world. Pretty sweet stuff. Expect a new album from these Sol Cat(s) coming 2013.
Sol Cat – Fishin’ With JohnSol Cat 
(Facebook)
Rating 8
London UK act Peter and Kerry deliver a pop tune of the finest quality in “Lay Me Down”. The song’s sweet & breezy dual-sung melodies (both of them sing! and sing well!) are a really nice complement to the more complicated (awesome) business afoot in the rhythm tracks. Give “Lay Me Down” your attention below.
Peter and Kerry 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
Oxford UK producer Theo Bass spins a clattering acoustic-driven groove-ode to Slovenian law enforcement.
Theo Bass – Slovenia PoliceTheo Bass (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
L.A. producer Flinch lands a high profile feature from current pop princess of the moment Ellie Goulding. Get it, girl.
Flinch – You Don’t Know (Feat. Ellie Goulding)Flinch (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
“Mind Waltz” indeed. Australian primetime familiar talent Jacob Butler has unleashed a beast of a track for the AAA airwaves. Previewed here from his forthcoming 2013 Reason LP, the international songwriting award winner (Unsigned Only w/ judges including Cyndi Lauper, Robert Smith, Manchester Orchestra, Kelly Clarkson…) does an upfront job of combining his passions for the music of Elliot Smith, ‘Gallaghers’, and Angus Stone with an undeniable chorus melody. Get familiar with “Mind Waltz” and Jacob Butler below.
Jacob Butler – Mind WaltzJacob Butler 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Anytime Aeroplane get behind the “Remixing Curtain” the resulting track ends up always a must listen. Add in a melody as a good as Kimbra’s “Two Way Street” and you have the makings of a certifiable TRACKZILLA. Tokyo will never be the same.
Kimbra – Two Way Street (Aeroplane Remix)Aeroplane 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Indie-alt-rockers Y LUV have just released their new It Doesn’t Have To Make Sense EP. Jam to the three new tracks on this release, which pair up quite nicely with the band’s radio ready, and most recent, blogo-hit “Driftin”. Give the EP a sample below and grab a free download of it over at the band’s Facebook.
Y LUV (Facebook)
Rating 8
We recently caught up with the young and talented songstress Zella Day for an exclusive look at a some of her newest creations. Check out this scenic portrait of the artist below as she hints at exciting things yet to come with sunkissed performances of new tracks, “Slow Me Down” and “Undertow”.
Zella Day 
(Facebook)
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
Rhye returns with the brilliant orchestral pop of “The Fall”. Look out for an EP of the same name due on the great Innovative Leisure.
Rhye – The FallRhye (Official)
Rating 8.3
The second single from Philly collective Sun Airway’s forthcoming Soft Fall LP has just hit the interwebs. “Black Noise” is a catchy upbeat popper complete with the crew’s signature psychedelic’ish flare. Get the track on Sun Airways’s new LP dropping October 2nd via Dead Oceans, and be sure to catch the group on tour with M83 this fall.
Sun Airway 
(Official)
Rating 8.4
