The undefeated and undisputed champions of blues in L.A. The Record Company are readying a March 18th vinyl release of their excellent “Feels So Good” EP (with three new tracks). We’re stoked to premiere this live video of their song “Medicine Man” from the last EP, “Superdead”. You can preorder “Feels So Good” now at Kill/Hurt.com.
The Record Company 
(Facebook) (Official)
Rating 8.7
New York meets New York. Neon Gold trio Wet has been putting the internet on blast, with their smooth, refined sound. They recently tapped NY- based producer Branchez (who has also been putting the internet on blast) to remix their single “Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl”. Somehow, young-gun Branchez puts even more feels into this mix. Chopping up the borderline haunting/beautiful vocals and building a behemoth of a flip, this track makes for a near perfect mix. Reviewed By Brian Litwin
Branchez 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.0
Songwriters have the most infinite canvas to create art. Within that vast amount of space, most artists tend to pack as much sound as they can within 3 minutes or so. With his space, Oscar Key Sung from Melbourne has etched out a perfectly shaped R&B jam in “Holograms.” From the incredibly round and full bass hits, to the unbelievably smooth synth lines and vocal melodies, this track is an absolute thing of beauty. Even sneaking faint birds singing to each other in between the valleys of bass hits at 00:58, OKS could do no wrong. Reviewed by Brian Litwin
Oscar Key Sung 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Leeds UK five-piece Goodbye Chanel’s M.O. of dreamy, reverb-washed, indie pop buoyed by skilled hook-conscious songwriting reaches a new apex with “Foreva”. Taken from “Hot City Nights”, the band’s new EP, “Foreva” delivers on a quality and accessibility that should only bolster their profile. “Hot City Nights” is out Dead Young Records on April 21.
Goodbye Chanel
: (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.4
A recent addition to Glassnote Records impeccable roster are L.A.’s much-lauded synthpop exporters Holychild. “Every Time I Fall”, the band’s latest track for Glassnote, pushes HC’s already airtight pop songwriting considerably forward with it’s cleverly constructed choruses and next level inventive interplays between vocal, rhythm and instrumental tracks. The “Mindspeak” EP, from which “Every Time I Fall” is excerpted, is out March 4th.
Holy Child (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
The very good “Collar Up” is new from UK breakout candidate Kate Miller. “Collar Up” orbits about the axis of a dark, rumbling, hypnotic groove, rhythmic melodic lines and a highly singable chorus that is not difficult to envision a house of 1,000 or more shouting back at Ms. Miller. Occupying a similar nexus (vocally, stylistically, aesthetically) as to a number of singer that broke through in 2013 (Banks, Laura Welsh, Chloe Howl, etc); Kate’s alike talent-level and quality suggest a significant move forward this year.
Kate Miller: (Official)
Rating: 8.4
New and from our friends across the pond, Jungle has release their first XL Records single and it reminds us of why we fell in love with this London duo in the first place. “Busy Earnin'” drips of soul and groove from the very first notes struck via horn section. It fits immediately in their self carved formula of short, sweet, and exploding with electronic soul — and of course extremely catchy. Reviewed by Brian Litwin
Jungle 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Working Out is the highly anticipated upcoming debut LP from Arthur Beatrice. The rhythm-driven dark pop of “Late”, puts the female component of AB’s two vocalist setup to the fore, as singer Ella Girardot’s lovely alto is at the track’s center. “Late”‘s excellent use of mood is particularly standout with percussive delayed guitars flitting and weaving as a perfect mechanism about subtle changes and layers in the rhythm track. Working Out is released February 24 on Harvest.
Arthur Beatrice (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
New Harvest (Banks, Arthur Beatrice, Together Pangea, etc) signees Young & Sick debut the kinetic & soulful synthpop of “Glass”. Sophisticated without being self-important, idea-loaded and ambitious while still maintaining an ease and cohesion “Glass” is indie pop of the highest order and demands your attention ASAP. A++
Young & Sick (Tumblr)
Rating 8.0
Weeknd collaborator Illangelo links with the uber-talented Rochelle Jordan for the grimy R&B of new one “What The Fuss”. Melodically in lane somewhere between Ciara and the late Aaliyah, Ms. Jordan’s rhythmic and diction choices fit Illangelo’s creeper percussion matrix in a close to symbiotic manner. We NEED more!
Rochelle Jordan
: (Facebook)
Rating: 8.7
New favorite Bo Saris channels pre-“Blurred Lines” R. Thicke and mid-career Timberlake for the falsetto-y love paean “Tender”. Deriving its rhythmic rudder from more classic R&B (Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues” quickly comes to mind), Saris on “Tender” does an able job of merging the classic and contemporary to push his own sound.
Bo Saris 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.49389
The minimalist R&B-influence songwriter genre seems to be here to stay (or is at least a trend with some longevity). Its latest talented purveyor is 23 year old Nick Hakim, who’s sumptuous, soulful, vocal-harmony heavy “Pour Another” is simply stunning. You need “Pour Another” in your life right now.
Nick Hakim (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
