Give in to the alluring mildly-scratchy vocals, playful lyrical charm and expressive instrumental flow of “Goodnight Spirit” the recently-premiered single from Melbourne brother-sister duo, Voltaire Twins, who along with drummer Jack Stirling are set to go on a short Australian tour with their new dynamo-duo friend act GRRL PAL in mid-June. Reviewed by Erin Shay
Voltaire Twins 
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Lose yourself in the vibrant avant-garde vocals, dreamy atmospheric pop-melody and sparkling synth-fueled hyperbole of “You” the new impeccably streamlined 80’s-inspired track from Toronto-based synthpop trio For Esmé who (with the recent addition of producer James Bunton) are poised to release their debut EP, ‘Sugar’ later this year. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
For Esmé 
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Vancouver DJ/Producer go-getter Pat Lok (who we recently featured for his vivacious vocal edit of Alice on the Roof’s “Easy Come Easy Go”) comes in strong with another creative and potent new edit for the books; this time of The Knocks’ popular track “Classic” which features the light and breezy vocal ornamentation of new B3SCI Records-signees, the supremely talented bi-costal duo Powers. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Pat Lok (Soundcloud)
The new low-key under-the-radar hip-hop fusion producer Small Talk (not to be confused with two different North American bands of the same name) has recently turned out a string of short and sweet, beautifully loaded vocally-superb tracks. On their third and most-recent release Small Talk teams up with talented young Chicagoland songstresses Ava Lake and Maizy Lind on a gorgeous, wonderfully simple acoustic cover of Kid Cudi hit “Erase Me”. With such a fresh well-executed cover under their belt, Small Talk who first surfaced in March with the lovely-vocaled beat-centric debut track “Bitter Sweet”, has us enthusiastic to hear more outstanding beats and fresh collaborations to come. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Small Talk (Soundcloud)
Kwaidan Records will release on June 8th Opium, the 10th album from Swedish songwriter Jay-Jay Johanson. Stream the slow dance on a warm summer night sounds of “NDE” below.
Jay-Jay Johanson 
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Montreal outfit Seoul readies new I Become a Shade LP with stream of dreamily textured new single “Haunt a Light”.
Seoul
Get into the smooth vocal dreamscape of pop track “Caught Up On You” from UK trio Shy Luv which is the joint collaboration between Future Classic producer Karma Kid, Armeria beat maker Jake Norman and vocalist Ryan Ashley. According to Norman in the Fader, Shy Luv wrote the opulent hip-hop leaning track within the frame of the new trio’s heat-of-the-summer head space during their first studio encounter last summer. “Caught Up On You” is available on June 8th. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Shy Luv 
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“Right Now” is a newest exercise in melodic sorcery/running laps around the competition from Aussie act Hopium. The Melbourne duo’s third track online, including breakthrough “Dreamers” which went to #1 Hypem, “Right Now” traffics in a similar type of sticky staccato instrumentation and tunefulness as “Dreamers” that marks “Right Now”s success as a viral hit all but certain.
Hopium (Soundcloud
Surprise BBC Sound Poll winners Years & Years will release their debut Communion LP on Polydor July 10 and have a new single in tow in the form of the bouncy synth pop number “Shine”. Stream below.
Years and Years (Facebook)
Brighton-based new favorites Oslo Parks are releasing a new single on June 8th via X Novo Records. The first track to surface from the AA-side release is “Fiction”, a sunny synth-laden take on modern indie pop that in addition to being very very good takes cool risks in its arrangement (love those staccato piano stabs) and melodic choices.
Oslo Parks (Soundcloud)
Londoner Oscar announces new EP for Wichita Records with stream for title track “Beautiful Words”. The pop not pop sounds of “Beautiful Words” are highlighted by Oscar’s cool vaguely Morrisseyesque baritone and a very infectious chorus hook that will fixate in your brain nearly immediately. June 23rd is the date to know for “Beautiful Words”.
Oscar (Soundcloud)
“Put Me Down” is the second stream from Silverdale UK band AQUILO’s upcoming “Calling Me” EP out June 1st on our very own B3SCI Records.
Aquilo (Facebook) (Order “Calling Me”)
