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Track Reviews

Rave’s Fave: Beady Eye – Flick of the Finger

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Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye is back, and “Flick Of the Finger” is our first taste. It’s got that Liam intensity, augmented with a consistently present and bold horn section along with some spoken word parts. It’s a winner for me, and hopefully for you as well. We’ll hopefully hear the entire album in June. Liam is saying it will be “pretty druggy”.  

Beady Eye – Flick of the Finger

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* Links and playlists from Rave’s weekly new music show can be found on his blog and be sure follow Bruce on Twitter too!

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04-07-13

Rave’s Fave: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito

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Here’s the title track from what just might turn out to be one of 2013’s landmark albums, which Karen O. calls YYYs most lighthearted yet. “Mosquito” is an intense, straight ahead rock song with a huge sound; a hooky, driving rhythm section that showcases guitarist Nick Zinner in fine form. The dark and dirty bassline of this track will get under your skin and who better to sing the line “He’ll suck your blood” than Karen O? The album drops April 16 and you can peep the band’s recent performance of “Sacrilege” on Letterman below. By Bruce Rave

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito

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* Links and playlists from Rave’s weekly new music show can be found on his blog and be sure follow Bruce on Twitter too!

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04-07-13

Joey Bada$$ – Day In The Life (Prod. Harry Fraud)

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La Musica da Hairy Frog. On the spectrum of (mostly brilliant) Harry Fraud beats, “Day In The Life” is that event horizon. The production is fire, young J.B. is one his A+ game, and the overall cinema of the track is of the high level variety; basically we really like it. Listen.

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Rating 8.4

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04-04-13

Valentina – Ladders

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Following up her first single “Wolves”, Valentina releases another noteworthy track called “Ladders”. Taken from her Wolves EP, set to be released April 29th, her vocals take center stage once again. Unlike the gradual build of the Kwes-produced “Wolves”, “Ladders” has a consistent dream-like trance feel with a soaring chorus. The Ben Esser-produced track is making its ways around the internet and for good reason. By Brian Litwin

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Rating 8.2

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04-04-13

MS MR – Fantasy (NICITA Remix)

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Sometimes, the best person to remix a track might be someone who deals with the band on a regular basis. For this MS MR “Fantasy” remix, the Brooklyn duo turned to their producer/drummer Zach Nicita aka NICITIA, who took the most recent single and made it better. Adding a wall of percussion and staying true to the original track, NICITA might be getting more requests to bring fresh ears on other tracks. Kudos to Phoebe Severin for bringing this to B3SCI’s attention. By Brian Litwin

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Rating 8.3

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04-04-13

Rich Boy – Pimp On (Feat. Doe B, Playboi Lo, and Smash)

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Six years in the making (Since his ’07 breakthrough with “Throw Some D’s”, Rich Boy a/k/a/ World’s Largest Forehead has found himself on the wrong end of label shelving for the better part of his career) and presented without further comment is “Pimp On”, the lead single from Rich Boy’s forthcoming sophomore LP.

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Rating 8.2

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04-03-13

Whistle Peak – Longrun

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Check out the skilled dark pop of Louisville, KY outfit Whistle Peak and their track for “Longrun”. And if the song sounds at all anachronistic (and we mean that in a very good way), it’s because it’s possible the track was recorded as far back as ten years ago. As Whistle Peak’s upcoming release Put To Flight, from which “Longrun” is excerpted, is a collection of tracks from their last decade of output.

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Rating 8.1

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04-03-13

Weekend – Mirror

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Bay Area post punk act Weekend preview new single “Mirror” from the band’s upcoming Jinx LP, due July 23rd on Slumberland.

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Rating 8.3

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04-03-13

Bondax – Gold (Amtrac Remix)

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Rising producer Amtrac dials up the mansion, the yacht and the Elmer J. Fudd millionaire on this “outer space luxury” version of the much remixed “Gold” track from Bondax. We promise this one is worth it.

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Rating 8.3

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04-02-13

Premiere: Big Black Delta – Side of the Road (Emperor Machine Special Extended Dub Remix)

Side Of The Road (Emperor Machine Special Extended Dub)

To excite a bit more fervor and zeal (if you’re cool like us and into BBD, you should already be brimming with excitement) for their upcoming debut record, Big Black Delta today released the official remix to the their recently P4K Best New Music’d “Side of the Road”. Courtesy of UK producer Emperor Machine, this dub remix grinds out the original, processes it down and then smooths it out into a thinly compressed groove-heavy gem. We’re doing a head bop and so should you as B3’s got your premiere waiting below just a Soundcloud player away. Bop to it with us.

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Rating 8.2

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04-02-13

Mayer Hawthorne – Designer Drug

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Welcome back, Mayer. After the disappointing How Do You Do, new track “Designer Drug” recaptures much of the energy, spontaneity, and tunefulness that made Mayer’s early records so much fun. The throwback touchstones are there; 70’s soul, 90’s hip hop, classic 80’s pop (& mostly accuratley Michael Jackson) but with “Designer Drug” Mr. Hawthorne doesn’t allow his influences and a bit of a self-consciousness about them shackle him to the safety of pastiche & trope.

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Rating 8.3

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04-01-13

Still Corners – All I Know

London band Still Corners announced second LP Strange Pleasures last month. First single “Berlin Lovers” indicated perhaps a more synth-laden, compact direction for LP #2. New track “All I Know”, while in structure follows on from that first indication, takes a even darker and decidedly more nocturnal direction. Built on the simple mechanic of a spare drum figure & hushed percussive guitar; “All I Know” is primed for car stereo listening; late night, streets of the empty city cruising. That we can definitely dig and we can definitely get into Still Corners new sound. Strange Pleasures is due May 7th on Sub Pop.

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Rating 8.2

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04-01-13