Get lost in the sensational Sam Smith-caliber bluesy singer-songwriter rising-star potential of LA-based twin duo Oliver Riot (Ben and Alex Moore) on their very soulful feel-good, melody-driven, stunning guitar-tickled gem “Ivory Black” which is track #2 off of the pair’s debut “Hallucinate” EP. We particularly dig the dreamy-ambient guitar-led acoustic ending and the track’s superbly poetic lyrics. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Oliver Riot (Soundcloud)
Prepare yourself for a positively dynamic first impression from new-to-B3 artist Foreign Air (US-based), a mysterious new act who we like for their slick and tremendously catchy memorable-hooked radio-ready career debut tune “Free Animal” which is a cross between some pretty solid classic nineties alt-rock vibes and a more modern Alt-J-esque sound. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Foreign Air (Soundcloud)
Gallant track “Weight in Gold’ is likely to make it into our year-end lists (in some fashion) for a number of reasons; one being it’s sheer ubiquity (leading ostensibly to it being one of the most heavily remixed tracks of the year. ) To our pleasant surprise B3-lauded Brooklyn musician/producer duo and electronic-brass-hybrid style mavericks Brasstracks busted out a pretty sweet remix of the song; which is (obv) adorned with the duo’s signature brassy accents (as well as some golden acoustic guitar touches). We highly recommend “Weight In Gold” which (even with the glut of remixes out of it this year) is among the best! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Brasstracks (Soundcloud)
We’re digging “As I Am” (or Oldugum Gibi in Turkish) the latest track from rising-star London artist TĀLĀ; which is also the last single to release off her excellent “Malika” project (that includes B3 covered 100% fire Banks joint collaboration “Wolfpack”). With a touch of some calming cosmic mid-tempo atmospherics, “As I Am” is perhaps a bit more mellow and straightforward than the other tracks from the EP, yet it still features TĀLĀ’s signature otherworldly artistic ferocity and complexly-intwined exquisitely composed meld of beautiful asymmetrical world beats. We totally adore Atiye’s fiesty mantra-based lyrics as well! Great collaboration. “As I Am” is a superb way for TĀLĀ to top off one of the year’s best EPs (one that may make it to our best of 2015 list). Reviewed by Erin Shay.
For about a year we have followed (and been enchanted by) the ethereal vocal musings of talented NY-based songstress-producer Mothica, a new artist who has collaborated with some big names in 2015 (check out her wonderful joint collab “Know You Well” with Beshken and Mayo). We also like her anthemic-pop-vibe new one “No One”, a brilliantly simple beat-driven melody-infused vocals-led tune which (as you could judge from the title) sports a bit of a bad attitude towards love and possession (as evidenced in the sublimely-subtle cooly-delivered adamantly stand-offish lyrics). “No One” is Mothica’s first (solo) Soundcloud single and we think it makes a flawless debut. We love it. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Mothica (Soundcloud)
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