Scorching blues rock here by way of Sydney duo Tom and Oli aka The Faults. These dudes serve up plenty of hiss with their pop throwback to those classic days of the White Stripes. Be sure to check out The Faults new sophomore EP Patients.
The Faults – Leather JacketThe Faults 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
“Population Density” is the new single from Breton, which comes complete with the bands signature attack and one seriously epic bridge. The UK collective from London will release the track, along with “Governing Correctly” plus Heavy P remix, on November 5th via FatCat Records. The band also recently dropped a new video for the track which you can check out below. One thing for sure, fresh off their successful stint in the States, “Population Density” is one way to keep the momentum going. Keep your radars tuned for more to come from the prolific Breton Labs crew.
Breton – Population DensityRating 8.4
One of the more anticipated good kid, m.A.A.d city has emerged, the (awesome) Janet Jackson-sampling “Poetic Justice” featuring Drake. The smoothest sounds in the cut. Cooler than cool.
Kendrick Lamar – Poetic Justice (Feat. Drake)Kendrick Lamar 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
New genre: Political Trap. Binders full of women, Mitt Romney has them. Cheers to our dude Scott Melker for the absolutely brilliant mix.
Mitt Romney – Binders Full of Women (Scott Melker Mix)Scott Melker 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.8
“Run” is the b-side to Daughter’s new single for “Smother” (which is equally mindblowing).
Daughter – RunRating 8.5
We’ve been fans of L.A. singer Steffaloo for a while now (mostly through her collaborations with other artists). Here she takes the lead on beautiful new single “Can’t You See”, which will be on her Would You Stay LP (due next week). Steffaloo is a really special singer with an outstanding capacity to focus intense bodies of emotion into spare and simple melodies and phrasing.
Steffaloo – Can’t You SeeSteffaloo (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
The Family Rain manage to condense many things great about classic British rock in the jangly guitar-driven track “Trust Me…I’m a Genius”. These Bath based rockers render it rowdy and they do it with all the rising star attitude one might expect from a trio of brothers. You can check out this excellent group at the SWN festival in Cardiff, Wales on October 20th and the song will also be released as the bands debut single November 19th via bigger SPLASH. By Erin Feathers
The Family Rain – Trust Me…I’m a GeniusThe Family Rain 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2357
“White Night” comes to us via Stockholm collective Thus:Owls. We haven’t been able to stop listening to this. The song’s pop sensibilities and pensive strings serenade us in a way not reminiscent of much anything we’ve heard since a release like Elysium by The Velvet Teen. It’s a pretty undeniable night-cap for any music fan capable of becoming entrenched in a well crafted melancholy. Thus:Owls sophomore new album Harbours is available now via Avalanche/Hoob Records.
Thus:Owls – White NightThus:Owls 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.7
The Notorious E.P. delivers his latest, the big soulful “Everyday”. You’ll want to turn this one up.
Eric Prydz – Everyday (Preview)Eric Prydz (Facebook)
Rating 8.6
Star Shards, the latest single from Aussie band Hunting Grounds, packs a wallop. The track, which is excerpted here from the band’s debut LP In Hindsight, is full force forward from second to start. Punchy melodic bass, reverbed guitar atmospheres, dreamy synths, basically all the b3sci boxes ticked for this sort of style; that and the song, which is really really good too. Give Hunting Grounds your attention in the play box.
Hunting Grounds – Star ShardsHunting Grounds (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
This near-perfect garage pop tune stormed Australia last year and wound up #7 for 2011 on the highly-watched Triple J Hottest 100. San Cisco are uber-young and come from the Aussie town of Freemantle. If you are hooked on hooks, you will probably love the clean guitar intro as well as the boy/girl interchange on the vocals. Awkward is the title of their EP, which drops in the US October 23. They will be at CMJ this week and then will celebrate their record release next Tuesday at The Echo in Los Angeles. By Bruce Rave
San Cisco – AwkwardSan Cisco (Facebook)
*Check out Bruce’s Moheak Radio “Go Deep” show on Sunday nights 7-9 pm Pacific, 10-12 am Eastern, 3-5 am GMT. Also, for the benefit of you Europeans the show will now be replayed Wednesday mornings 2-4a Pacific/5 -7a Eastern, so they too can hear it at a civilized time. Listen to past shows at Bruce’s blog and follow Bruce on Twitter.
New York singer Gallant and producer Felix Snow link up for an absolute must hear collaboration. The two restyle Ke$ha’s lukewarm-performing “Die Young” single into an after hours R&B slow burner. Felix Snow’s production choices are especially top class here; the selections in the drum tones and harmonics in the support chord voicings are really special. This cover is BEAUTIFUL. Do not miss it.
Gallant – Die Young (Ke$ha Cover)Gallant (Soundcloud(/a>)
Rating 8.7
