Liverpool’s China Rats turn up the punk for “Deadbeat”, the newest offering from their upcoming ‘Don’t Play with Fire‘ EP. Besides being an incredibly awesome suite of google-able words… china, rats, dead, beat (again we warn, proceed at your own risk), “Deadbeat” refreshes a stale amalgam of too oft try-hard indie rock trends with what else but the timeless blare of guitars and a quality tune.
China Rats 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Rock duo Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards a/k/a Deap Vally will soon gig through their hometown of Los Angeles in support of their new debut album Sistrionix. The way we like to put it, their sound traverses a familiar territory of high intensity vocals and riffs that at times sounds like “The Female White Stripes” and at others like all hell is breaking loose. These ladies have been making noise touring recently with the likes of Queens of the Stone Age and have also been catching ears at major festivals like Glastonbury and Lollapalooza to name a few. This homecoming gig at the world famous Troubadour next Tuesday, August 13th is not to be missed.
B3SCI will be giving away a pair of tickets to this coveted show to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the Deap Vally ticket drawing. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions by Sunday 8/11, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). You can get additional details for the show, as well as purchase tickets for the show here. Good luck!
The Troubadour 
(Tickets and Info)
Deap Vally (Facebook)
We’re digging the gritty minor-keyed rock and roll of Brooklyn band Raccoon Fighter (incredible band name). The Papercup Music band will be releasing their debut Z/L LP October 1st of which lead single “Santa Tereza” is a part.
Raccoon Fighter 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
An OG of our NE Ohio hood (now exiled to California, just like us!) Gap Dream a/k/a Gabe Fulvimar announces sophomore LP Shine Your Light and releases first single, the cool dude dustily melodic “Fantastic Sam”. Dig it, bro.
Gap Dream 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.5
Aussie newcomers & freshly minted B3 faves The Preatures score another very sharp track with the latest “Is This How You Feel” EP release “Manic Baby”. One of The Preatures’ biggest assets is their soulfulness and most particularly how that soulfulness informs the band’s writing. Immediately, “Manic Baby”‘s minor-keyed 70’s R&B styled groove grabs at you and pulls you full body into the track’s coolly constructed melodies. The “Is This How You Feel” EP is due August 9th.
The Preatures 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
