Old friends The 1975 check in with dreamy re-styling of HTX artist Travis Scott’s “Drive” single. The ’75 select for a warm mix of chopped up vocal looping and glitch-y textured percussion with singer Matt Healy setting off the hook using lush and melodic lines.
Rating 8.1
Nobody beats BASECAMP. The Nashville trio wow’d us last year with tracks like “Emmanuel” and “Rydia” and took the upper reaches of the Hypem charts with their recent remix for Sia’s “Chandelier”. Here, Chinese producer Howie Lee outfits BASECAMP’s latest hit track “Shudder” with a modern electronic instrumental textured with hints of house. Enjoy the B3SCI premiere of Howie Lee’s remix for BASECAMP’s “Shudder” below and look for a new EP from the band later this year.
BASECAMP 
(Official)
Howie Lee 
(Soundcloud)
The anthemic yet restrained (a very potent combination) “Something to Give” is the second half of COMPNY’s debut AA-side single with “Begging Me to Come Back”. The melodic quality and high-level caliber of arrangement mark of “Something to Give” again mark COMPNY as a band with considerable talent and promise. “Begging Me To Come Back/Something Had To Give” sees a release September 15th on 203 Recordings/Believe Recordings.
COMPNY 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
The new Future Classic single for the month, and possibly one of their best releases to date, comes from a familiar face in Aussie songstress George Maple. “Talk Talk” is everything you’d want from this newest Future Classic signing. With what sounds like a little help from label-mate Flume (unconfirmed) on the beat, the pulsing bass over mesmerizing synths of “Talk Talk” really catches the ear. George Maple’s EP “Vacant Space” is due out in October. Reviewed by Brian Litwin
George Maple 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.8
Icelandic band Rökkurró strike a majestic and cinematic-styled bit of dark orchestral pop on brand new single “Blue Skies”. Taken from the band’s forthcoming album – the follow-up to 2010’s Í Annan Heim which spent over 100 weeks in the Top 30 of Iceland’s album charts, the wistful and emotionally precise “Blue Skies” was recently explained thematically by singer Hildur Kristín Stefánsdóttir, “The lyrics talk about fulfilling your dreams and the fact that these dreams can die, if you don’t nurture them. I was having a bad day and had this feeling of when things are slipping out of your hands. I noticed that the dress I was wearing had a blue skies pattern on it and it straight away inspired me to write this line: “Blue skies, all your dreams are dying, blue skies, come and bring them back to life.” It was an instant reminder of how you sometimes just need to snap out of it and remember that blue skies are always there.” We’re very pleased to premiere “Blue Skies” below.
Rökkurró 
(Official)
Pre-order “Blue Skies” HERE
Rating 8.3
“Radiance” is single #2 from She Keeps Bees (following-up the great Sharon Van Etten-featuring “Is What It Is”) upcoming Eight Houses LP for Future Gods Records. Vocalist Jessica Larrabee’s many-textured alto is again standout; as each melodic ache and twist on “Radiance” is believably and dynamically phrased. September 16th is the street date for Eight Houses.
She Keeps Bees 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
The modern ‘gaze of “Ivy” is the single from Delaware band Fiance’s aptly-titled debut EP “EP1”. The EP is out October 7th on SQE Music and you can stream the very good “Ivy” below.
Fiance (Facebook)
The excellent Laura Welsh teams up with equally excellent Brooklyn artist artist Ang Low for “Lifeline”, an infectious and soulful collaboration that we love.
Laura Welsh (Soundcloud)
Ang Low (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
“Lift Me Up” is the latest example of Nick Hakim’s stunning D’Angelo-influenced indie pop. Taken from Hakim’s just announced second EP of 2014 “Where Will We Go Pt. 2” (pt. 1 is one of our favorite debuts of the year), “Lift Me Up” is outfitted excellently within the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s vast and varied palette.
Nick Hakim (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Phlo Deli from High Point, NC speaks through an A+ set of complex bars on top of production smoothed down from Carmack and Kaytranada for new one “B.Y.O.U.”. Like it.
Phlo Deli 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
“Illume” is the second track to originate from UK newcomers Osca. The follow-up to the Zane Lowe-approved “Blood”, “Illume” is a rather huge song; blending anthemic melodic hooks with artful arranging, poignant lyricism and that je nai se quoi of British-styled yearning that on which major chart crossover success is constructed. Stream our U.S. premiere of “Illume” below and if you’re in London look for the band supporting Walking on Cars at Electrowerkz on September 10.
Osca (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.8
“Seraphese” which we’re guessing, especially by judging from the quality and feel of this track, is some sort of angelic lingua franca. The artist is MORLY, an unknown musician from the Twin Cities and “Seraphese” is her stellar introduction to the world/blogosphere.
MORLY 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.5
