Fe stakes out a standout from the rest dark pop lane with majestic and cinematic new one “Daffodils of Paris”. A sweeping ebb/flow of slowly pulsed electronics and live instruments, “Daffodils of Paris” succeeds on its electric instrumental and Fe’s evocative vocal and narrative.
Fe 
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Melbourne AU inventively soulful duo Slum Sociable reveal first track “All Night” from debut EP “TQ”. “All Night” cruises a a magnetic groove galvanized by well-placed loops of rhythm and shimmery backing vocals. A definite A+.
Slum Sociable 
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Buzzing LA-based 4-piece Transviolet gets a strong remix from Twin Shadow on “Girls Your Age”. TS’s added guitar riffs alone make this remix a stand out but the new groove and the drums take it over the top. Feel the head-bob inducing flip below. Reviewed by Tony Perkis.
Transviolet 
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Casey Veggies just surprised us with a new song from his forthcoming album Live & Grow. Producer Sap tees up an interesting beat for Veggies that alone deserves repeated listens. Look out for Veggies Live & Grow album when it drops on September 25th. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.
Casey Veggies (Facebook)
Chicago producer Different Sleep takes on an emotional flip of Rihanna in the newly posted “So Afraid 2 Cry”. Production on all Different Sleep tracks is consistently great, but “So Afraid 2 Cry” may take the cake. Major feelz below. Reviewed by Tony Perkis.
Different Sleep 
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“Harpe” is new from freshly minted Future Classic artist Kenton Slash Demon and is one of the best tracks of the year.
Kenton Slash Demon 
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Barcelona electro duo Audiofly spin it inter-stellar-style with a brightly-turbulent multi-dimensional synth-embellished sound-scape called “Chiaroscuro” from their newly released EP (of the same name) which is out now via Supernature. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Audiofly 
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We’re into the robust and soulful, scratchy-turbulent synth-bemused perspective and carefully laid muffled pace of “Tidal Wave of Love” a slow-moving new demo track from Ben Khan, a B3-fave ultra-talent who recently released his “1000” EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
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Lil’ Dicky just dropped his debut album Professional Rapper and it’s incredible. Dicky has amazingly in two years grown from Youtube rapper with one mixtape to sold-out touring across the entire U.S. Just check out the features on Lil’ Dicky’s album(incl. Fetty Wap, T-Pain, and the Snoop-assisted title track showcased here on B3) and you will know immediately he is legit. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.
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Fresh off of a joint mixtape with Lil B and Surf, Chance has not let us go long without some new music. Slow and jazzy beat “Israel” perfectly compliments the lyrical topic and theme Chance aims to portray in the song. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.
Chance the Rapper (Soundcloud)
Mike Stud has been cranking out some great songs recently, and slow rap jam “These Days” with Louis Bell on production is no exception. If you have not already, check out Mike Stud’s most recent mixtape It’s Spring Break, Homie!. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.
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Favorites GEMS announce debut LP for Carpark Records Kill the One You Love with MBV guitar-referencing single “Living as a Ghost”. The new song ably blends GEMS’ penchant for interesting rhythmic architecture based writing with avant instrumentation and vocal mixing and is a very strong return. Welcome back, GEMS. Kill the One You Love is out October 30.
GEMS 
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