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HONNE – Top To Toe

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The unstoppable UK R&B act HONNE impress again with their new expansive, deeply thoughtful multidimensional track “Top to Toe” which features a unique-dynamic twisty mix of instrumentals artfully woven with the duo’s signature straightforward velvety vocals. HONNE, one of our very favorite new artists at B3, made it to the top of the B3SCI Best Tracks of 2014 list and also hit our Artists to Watch in 2015 compilation. Stay tuned for more from this rising-star-talent who recently released “Top To Toe” as a part of their new “Coastal Love” EP which is out on Tatemae Recordings. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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05-07-15

Zella Day – High

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Zella Day will release her debut Kicker LP on June 2 and is now streaming “High”, the LP’s latest preview. Kicker which will also feature favorites “Sweet Ophelia”, “Compass” & “East of Eden”. Stream the anthemic big sound of “High” below.

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05-07-15

Leisure – Got It Bad

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Get into the impeccable, melodic reverb-laced vocals and irresistible guitar groove of Auckland, NZ collective Leisure on their soulful organ-tinged track “Got It Bad” which the mysterious new artist created in a makeshift sun-room studio in a holiday house on the West Coast. Reviewed by Erin Shay

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05-06-15

Astronauts, etc. – No Justice

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Anthony Ferraro’s (Toro y Moi) Astronauts, Etc. releases the soulfully plaintive new track “No Justice”. On the track, a stunning set of double-tracked vocal melodies highlight “No Justice’s” twilight pop rhodes-aided feel. Give “No Justice” your attention below and look for an LP from Astronauts, Etc. this fall.

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Nocturnal Sunshine – Believe (Feat. Chelou)

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Maya Jane Coles’ Nocturnal Sunshine project, the author of the break from Nicki Minaj’s “Truffle Butter”, teams with band Chelou for an anxious new bit of grimy-edged dark pop on “Believe”. MJC’s debut LP as Nocturnal Sunshine is out May 25.

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05-06-15

Montgomery – Not Around (JackLNDN Remix)

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UK remix hot hand JackLNDN adds another star remix trophy to increasingly crowded case with a subtly dance-y and cooly soulful new mix for newcomer popstress Montgomery.

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05-05-15

Made In Heights – Slow Burn

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Lose yourself in the smooth poetic style and gorgeous vocals of B3 favorite artist male-female duo Made In Heights (who recently went viral with track “Panther”) on their new sultry, superbly animated track “Slow Burn” which is off “Without My Enemy What Would I Do” EP, out May 26th. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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05-05-15

Oh Wonder – Livewire

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Oh Wonder continue an incredible run of amazing soul-filled music with the May installation of their project to release one track a month for a year; which has so far been a dynamite introduction to the duo’s music under their new name (previously Wonder Wonder) and a solid lead in to their debut album which is out in September. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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05-04-15

Post Malone – White Iverson (The Knocks Bootleg)

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NYC’s versatile on-trend musical duo The Knocks (who last hit B3’s pages in 2014 with their superb dance friendly X-Ambassadors collaboration “Comfortable”) drop a transfixing bass-heavy extended house bootleg of melodic hip-hop gem “White Iverson” from Texan singer-rapper Post Malone which is off Part II of their Summer Bootleg Series. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Roosevelt – Night Moves

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The indomitable Greco-Roman announces new track from German artist Roosevelt. Roosevelt aka Marius Lauber released his “Elliot” EP back in 2013 too much blogosphere lauding; “Night Moves”, the Cologne resident’s first original material since then, is a euphoric melange of varying electronic styles (house) executed through a sharpened pop lens to “Elliot”‘s sound. Stream “Night Moves” below.

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Misun – Justice

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DMV natives MISUN share second stream from forthcoming “Feel Better” EP. “Justice” blends clean,
vaguely yacht rock-y guitar with an urgent, up-front-in-the-mix vocal from Misun Wojick. Sample “Justice” below and stream too previous “Feel Better” track “After Me” here.

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05-04-15