Freeze-Tag out of our home hood of Cleveland delivers in “Fall in Love” a unique and expertly styled take on contemporary R&B, adding less-traveled in 2013 textured to create a transportative, cinematic, progressive push to the genre.
Freeze-Tag 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.0
Bahamas records a perfect cover (and we don’t say that lightly) of the great Bobby Womack’s “Please Forgive My Heart”. Keeping intact the track’s infinite soulfulness while managing to not do Bobby hokey or corny and bringing his own life and guts to the performance, Bahamas’ cover is one of the best of the year.
Bahamas 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
An interesting (yet unexpected) choice of remix source material from Flume, as the Australian producer give Rustie’s “Slasherr” the “Flume treatment”. The mix sounds (almost unbelievably exactly) like what you’d expect a Flume remix of Rustie would; the bombast, energy and get-up of Rustie’s original has been mostly retained supported by broad sound palette and visceral rap-informed beats.
Rustie – Slasherr (Flume Edit)Flume 
(Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Electro pop musician Johnny Stimson drops a dancefloor stomper with the new age disco funky “Human Man”. In juxtaposition to the song’s concept that Johnny himself describes as about ‘being human,’ “Human Man” itself is an EDM machine with it’s automated-like medly of sync syncopation and analogous flowing pop melody throughout. We’re dancing everytime we listen. Your turn next… press play.
Johnny Stimson (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
If you haven’t been jamming to these two tracks nonstop for the past few days… then we have to ask why not? In celebration of a brief stint of June tour dates together, and what’s no doubt the hottest ticket the States, The Neighbourhood (debut headline US tour) and The 1975 have teamed up to release a special edition 7″ vinyl to be sold exclusively at their shows.
Fans of The 1975 might recognize “Milk” as the secret and extended track from “You” off the band’s Sex EP, released in late 2012. The Neighbourhood follow-up their stellar debut full-length album I Love You with what else but another amazing new song titled “No Grey”. For those lucky enough to catch these two bands together on tour this month, be sure to get your paws on one of these vinyls. For those not so fortunate, sample both tracks below.
The 1975 
(Official)(Facebook)
The Neighbourhood 
(Tumblr) (Facebook)
Tour Dates
June 4th – Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard
June 5th – Dallas, TX @ Trees
June 7th – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
June 8th – Austin, TX @ Antones
June 11th – Orlando, FL @ The Social
June 12th – St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local 662
June 14th – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
June 15th – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
June 17th – Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
June 18th – Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend
June 19th – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
June 22nd – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory
June 23rd – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase
June 25th – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
June 26th – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Rating 8.1
Take a load off this weekend and listen to this ambient offering from Cosmo’s Midnight. Australian twins, Cosmo and Patrick, please the masses with their just released EP Surge off Yes Please Records. “Phantasm” feat. Nicole Millar is one to keep on the playlist for those cool summer nights. By Brian Litwin
Cosmo’s Midnight – Phantasm feat. Nicole MillarCosmo’s Midnight (Label)
Rating 8.7
The great Trails and Ways (one of our favorite bands in any genre or anywhere) return with new music. “Como Te Vas”, which is previewed below from T&W’s upcoming “Trilingual” EP due 6/11 on Non-Market Records, was inspired by bassist Emma Oppen’s travels in Spain and is informed by polyrhythmic chants and compound half-time beats characteristic of the folk music of that country. A+.
TRAILS AND WAYS (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.1
We love Juan Cristobal from Paris and his breathtaking dreamy three thousand miles away rework of How To Dress Well’s “& It Was You”
Juan Cristobal – & It Was YouJuan Cristobal 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Jamie Isaac, a producer out of the UK that we’ve been quite into recently, remixes CHVRCHES’s brand new “Gun” track (amazing to turn around such a compelling remix so quickly!) into a soft shoe waterdrops-on-the-petals-of-roses late night quiet storm affair; a nice piece of indie R&B for yr indie R&B shawty or shawtay.
Jamie Isaac (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
CFCF a/k/a Montreal artist Michael Silver offers up the beautiful sax-driven loop-heavy track “Camera”. “Camera” is excerpted from CFCF’s upcoming Music For Objects, due July 9 on Paper Bag.
CFCF (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
The prolific Amtrac tries on a bit of UK pop (in the form of TDCC’s “Handshake”) and manages a smanger. We’re definitely into Amtrac taking on more tracks of this type.
Amtrac 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
SPOILER ALERT: 90’s R&B influences. 90’s R&B influence, the many-edged sword of the current indie milieu. Our inbox/ the internet is littered with track after track of “’90’s R&B influence” of varying quality. “New Lows” from Brooklyn’s Doe Paoro IS very good; great even. What separates “New Lows” is the tune, the strong melodic writing; really that’s what separates (especially at climaxes of cultural trends) all great songs. The tune, the melody, the song. “New Lows” is a very great song.
Doe Paoro 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
