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Premiere: Shapes in Calgary – Home

Photo: Ariana Ciorciari

Shapes in Calgary is the Brooklyn-based project of singer Alyssa Ciorciari and collaborators, producer/engineer Gary Atturio (Savoir Adore, Ski Lodge), drummer Tim McCoy (Darwin Deez, Field Mouse) and guitarist Billy Libby. The BK outfit on new track “Home” operate within a wide well of melodic empathy (try not feeling at least a tiny bit more emotionally empowered after listening to “Home”) and strong songcraft (“Home” features a cool blend of sounds and styles, 80’s pop/modern indie/songwriter, cooked up in a unique way). We dig “Home” and we’re very pleased to B3 Premiere the song below.

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08-15-16

Seeing Hands – I Knew You

The reverb-laced/atmosphere-y/melodically awesome “I Knew You” is the debut single from Newcastle UK band Seeing Hands.

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08-08-16

Kid Bloom – Lately It Feels Alright

We like “Lately It Feels Alright”, the latest from L.A. band Kid Bloom. Rooted in the melodic context of the mid 90’s and conveying elements of 70’s pop-psych especially in it’s guitar tracks, “Lately It Feels Alright” plays both accomplished in terms of its quality and refreshing in its eschewing of a lot of current blog rock norms. “Lately It Feels Alright” is excerpted from Kid Bloom’s forthcoming “Different State Of Mind” EP.

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08-04-16

Premiere: COTE – London

We’re very pleased to premiere “London”, the debut track from NY-based artist COTE. Highlighted by a potent, intimate lead vocal (we really love the tone and timbre of COTE’s voice particularly) and punctuated by strong, convincing sparely-produced instrumentation (again, we really like the restraint and precision of London’s instrumental tracks), “London” is a formidable debut from what we think is a very talented new artist that deserves your attention. Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “London” from COTE below.

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08-03-16

Hoops – Gemini

The exciting/refreshing new Fat Possum band Hoops crank out a further stream from their August 26th-due s/t EP. Set in far-off reverb and ruddered by 1-2 acoustic guitar strums, “Gemini” whirls about it’s 4:23 steadied by an excellent melodic sense. The “Hoops” EP is out August 26th on Fat Possum.

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08-01-16

Jay Som – Peach Boy

NorCal songwriter Jay Som announces signing to Polyvinyl with fresh stream “Peach Boy”. A part of Polyvinyl-helmed re-release of Jay Som’s 2015 Bandcamp outing Turn Into, “Peach Boy” conveys more of JS’s cool psychedlic groove buoyed by strong melodies sound that we love at B3.

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07-27-16

Palm Honey – Bones

Reading UK quartet Palm Honey blend neo-psychedelia and 60’s West Coast pop with great singable melodies on new one “Bones”, the follow-up to last month’s “You Stole My Blackout”.

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07-25-16

Lucia Fontaine – Lose My Mind

Glaswegian Lucia Fontaine debuts online with the strong grunge-y big beat toe-tapper “Lose My Mind”. “Lose My Mind” is a component part of Lucia Fontaine’s “Best Boy” EP out this fall on Dead Beet Records.

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07-20-16