D.D Dumbo out of Australia, who’s “Tropical Oceans” track from last fall we dug, drops today a new video for his languid molasses-dipped cover of Roy Orbison’s iconic ballad “Crying”. As if distilling the pace of the 1961 track and its time through the lens of today’s velocity and speed, performance footage in the clip of the great Mr. Orbison carries a tempo that is nearly unintelligible to a modern eye. The feeling of it is quite powerful.
D.D Dumbo 
(Purchase)
Rating 8.3
Sundara Karma are the latest UK buzz band win for Chess Club Records. SK on “Cold Haven” mix influences as diverse as The Smiths, surf pop & The Doors in a manner that is as engaging as it is unconventional. “Special”, “different”, “unique”, “about to blow up”; words in phrases throw around with high frequency in the music blogging game. Well, Sundara Karma are indeed “special”, “different” and “unique” and for those reasons and many more are “about to blow up”. Get in now. “Cold Haven” is out March 10th.
Sundara Karma 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
“Reins” is the brand new track from Bay Area R&B artist Tyler Coolidge. The Chloe Martini-produced, “Reins” strikes that quiet storm/88-bpm money groove right at its center. And while sonically the palette of influences on “Reins” is clearly of the early to mid 90’s (Jodeci!), there’s a realness and of-the-moment-urgency to the track that makes it infectious and not like a pastiche. Fresh out the gate.
Tyler Coolidge 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
“Concrete” is the debut single from 23 year old London-based songwriter Fred Page. “Concrete” is acoustic-driven UK pop of the highest degree of quality. Lyrically engaging & candid, melodically effortless; “Concrete” is supercharged w/ the type of Chris Martin or Fran Healey at their finest pop songwriting hooks and skill that gives the track an immediate accessibility and unlimited breakout potential. Check out the B3SCI Premiere of “Concrete” and the Matt Cocksedge (Delphic)-directed clip for the track below and look for a release of “Concrete” from Young & Lost Records in the coming months.
Fred Page
: (Official)
Rating: 8.4
Swedish producer Zebra Safari debuts a compelling piano-driven remix around Local Natives’ Hummingbird track “Bowery”. Built on ZS’s own great piano track and new breaks, the mix is equally notable for the new melodic turns and changes the Stockholm producer twists and bends out of the vocal track. Very good.
Zebra Safari 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
“The Falls” off Racing Glaciers’ new EP, Ahead Of You Forever, keeps with the groups’ paradigm of creating layered music that builds into a cascade of sound, yet it is a more danceable departure from their previous EP. With uptempo percussion, guitars and bass, rounded out with horns and keys, “The Falls” is a full track that will make your ear hairs happy to be moving. Reviewed By Desiree Autobee
Racing Glaciers (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Aussie musician and 1/4 of dance pop band Mitzi Charles Murdoch spins Elizabeth Rose’s B3 rec’d single “The Good Life” into nu-house euphoria. Elizabeth Rose’s s/t EP (from which “The Good Life” is taken from) is out now on Inertia Access.
Charles Murdoch
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Australian producer SBMRGE takes a vibed-down trap turn at on the precipice of blowing up in the mainstream (Hey, Bob Lefsetz is talking about them!) London Grammar’s “Hey Now”. We’re into it. (HD)
SBMRGE (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Fé s recent run of strong singles continues forward with the excellently atmospheric “Turn Your Light On”. On the track, the London-based band ably combine their penchant for singable souful melody and big mood-inhabiting spaces. (The way “Turn Your Light On”‘s tune abides within the track’s captivating groove is particularly special). “Turn Your Light On” is part of a AA-side release coming March 24th on Generator.
Fe (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Leeds UK trio White Royal debut the impressive indie balladry of “False Widow”. Perfectly paced and contained in a well-sculpted atmosphere of dreamy tones and subtle nods to R&B, the quality of “False Widow” is indicative of a new band w/ their arrow firmly pointed up.
White Royal (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Honey Trees vocalist Becky Filip’s full-bodied soothing standout tone is at the center of the band’s new single “Nightingale”. Dreamy with a folk pop tinge, “Nightingale” is previewed here from Honey Trees debut LP Bright Fire which will be available for purchase April 8th.
The Honey Trees (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Grand Rapids MI’s A-Team of emcee Willie The Kid & producer/rapper Bronze Nazareth link up for a 13-track collaborative album The Living Daylights due out Tuesday the 11th. The Roc Marciano-featuring “Avalon” interpolates the same David McCallum “The Edge” sample that Dr Dre used on “The Next Episode”.
Willie The Kid 
(Twitter)
Rating 8.9
