Lorine Chia, out of our hometown of Cleveland, releases maybe her best & most accessible track to date with the breezy new styler “Fly High”. Look out for a re-release of her Lorine mixtape from last year, refreshed with new tracks like “Fly High”.
Lorine Chia 
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Rating 8.3
Barcelona artist Alizzz realizes a fresh take on R&B-tipped electronic music on “Collapse”. Big, bombastic, almost M83-esque in its largeness, “Collapse” is the sort of track sizeable enough for a king & queen (& their crew) to roll to on Sat. night but still intimate and close-in enough to soundtrack your “pizza & chips” stay-in night. Alizzz’s new EP of the same name is available now on Beatport.
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UK artist Sivu releases “Bodies”, the follow-up single to his breakout track “Better Man Than He”. Produced by Charlie Andrew (Alt-J), “Bodies” is tight, compact & well-constructed but it’s certainly not constricted in its ability to emotional affect the listener. That, and the track manages to surprise at each turn; the chorus & bridge, etc are great but twist the track in ways that are really interesting and that only help to further raise the song’s power & quality. Very very nice.
Sivu 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Skanky’s soundcloud was quiet for quite a while. He’s finally returned and has altered his image, along with adding some new jams, for our enjoyment. “Ember” is indeed fire. The addicting bounce, alone, won me over. Still, observe the equally entertaining vocal sample. By Teddy Pendergrass
Skanky – EmberSkanky 
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Rating 8.2
Yep, we’re with this one. With “Trabajo”, East Atlanta rapper Bad Jamie spits three odd minutes of dope rhymes on top a fresh hypnotic beat, if that’s something you can get with too than hit those play buttons below.
Bad Jamie – Trabajo (ft. Willis) [Prod. by DSavage, Rellim, & DCbb]Bad Jamie 
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Rating 8.1
Atlanta singer Benny Love finds the perfect background/scene/setting for her beautifully ethereal vocal & melody in the slow-motion immersiveness of a Dream Koala beat. If you’re into Jhene Aiko or SZA or just really great singing & production then Ms. Love is an artist that you’d definitely benefit from familiarizing yourself with (ASAP).
Benny Love (Soundcloud)
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Rating 8.1
London Grammar singer Hannah Reid’s spotless & stunning vocal headline the UK trio’s latest single, the supremely beautiful paean “Wasting My Young Years”.
London Grammar (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
BON-BON, a/k/a UK singer-songwriter Sian King, delivers soul-tinged pop of the best order with new track “Lois Lane”. “Retro”, “reference”, “throwback”, “nostalgia”, these placeholder words that stand-in for actual unique thoughts/criticism, could be used (blankly) to describe “Lois Lane”. There are many references here to 60’s & 80’s pop in the track’s arrangement & feel (a la maybe Fitz & The Tantrums or Eliza Doolittle), but “Lois Lane” gets its bread on the back of its incredibly catchy, playful & well conceived chorus that has had us running to the replay button the entire day.
BON-BON (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
“Shut Us Down”, the debut track from London performer Freddie Dickson, is brim to brim loaded with all the moody high drama and cinema that will instantly remind of artists like The Neighborhood and Lana Del Rey (we mean this as a compliment, we promise.); while still maintaining (several) notes of originality. We are definitely in love.
Freddie Dickson – Shut Us DownFreddie Dickson (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Collector of UK critical nods & all out great songwriter and singer Laura Marling releases second single from upcoming Once I Was An Eagle LP. The twangy drop-D’d “Master Hunter” offers an adept refresh for the Marling sound, as it finds the Hampshire native exhibiting on record a greater than usual irreverence and activity. We’ll see you guys in December when Once I Was An Eagle assumes it’s usual for Ms. Marling position on most Best of 2013 Albums Lists.
Laura Marling : (Official)(Facebook)
Rating: 8.0
Reks drops off a buttery new jazz-inflected slow burning jawn with “Caged Bird” featuring EzDread.
Reks – Caged Bird (ft. EzDread) [Prod. by Introspective Minds]Reks 
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Rating 8.4
The sultan of spaced out booty rap remixes Star Slinger takes a pop turn via trendy early 90’s dance references with a smooth & soulful new house take on the E.G. single “Don’t Say a Word”.
Star Slinger (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
