London band Torches bring the doom, the menace & the hooks on latest track “Someone Needs a Ritual”. Built on a driving rhythm track wall and angular guitar and melody, the song is gloomy & broody (all that stuff) but it’s also immensely catchy. See what you think below.
Torches – Someone Needs a RitualTorches 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Detroit producer Husky Beats gives one of our Mariah favorites a 2012-styled makeover.
Husky Beats – You Don’t WannaHusky Beats 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
14kt is a great producer. (Digga’s a great MC too but you already knew that.) 14’s Nowalataz LP from ’09 is still revered around b3sci parts as a classic. Here, Digga’s fire at the one emphatic flow fits 14kt’s punchy production style to a T. “Add Another One” is one you don’t want to miss.
Rah Digga – Add Another One (Feat. Rapsody)Rah Digga 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Snakehips’ edit of Wild Belle really knocked us out. So we started digging. One of our favorite Snakehips discoveries is the sunnyside up good feeling of “We’re Thru”. Catch that wave below.
Snakehips – We’re ThruSnakehips (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
The uber-lovely and talented Alex Hepburn is a new singer-songwriter that we just can’t take our ears off of. The London based artist takes a page straight out the Janis Joplin Gospel of blues rock and soul with her new track “Pain Is”. A vocal finesse both controlled and capable, Hepburn can dig out the type of husky sounds only ever possible from a handful of gifted singers. You can near hear the lifelong search for home in Hepburn’s song. Take note to “Pain Is” below and keep an eye out for Alex’s debut album expected to see release spring 2013.
Alex Hepbun – Pain IsAlex Hepburn (Facebook)
Rating 8.6
Oxford UK producer Theo Bass spins a clattering acoustic-driven groove-ode to Slovenian law enforcement.
Theo Bass – Slovenia PoliceTheo Bass (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Ta-ku, a producer from Australia that we’ve been into for a little bit now, spins a sublime refix of fellow Aussie Sid Pattni’s “Got to Learn Sometimes”. One of the great things about this mix (one of many) is that it feels both very modern (the rhythms and overall sound to the track are quite current/quite October, 2012) and classic (there’s an aura of that great gloomy-sounding 70’s soul balladry here, something like The Dramatics’ “In the Rain”.)
Sid Pattni – Got to Learn Sometimes (Ta-ku Remix)Ta-ku 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
How to Dress Well a/k/a Tom Krell very nice Total Loss LP features a bonus 7″ that contains this stunning quiet cover of Robbie Basho’s “Blue Crystal Fire”. Built on a spare acoustic strum and Krell’s floats-in-and-out-of-the-mix croon, this cover is a definite must listen.
How to Dress Well – Blue Crystal Fire (Robbie Basho)How to Dress Well 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
L.A. producer Flinch lands a high profile feature from current pop princess of the moment Ellie Goulding. Get it, girl.
Flinch – You Don’t Know (Feat. Ellie Goulding)Flinch 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Y’all tired of trap yet? Well, if the answer to that is “Yes”. Baauer’s remix of should be enough to flip that and possibly even recall the heady days of Summer 2012 when Trap was king and the world existed in the right order. If you answered “No”, then you’re a weirdo degenerate and we’re cool with that.
Nero – Won’t You (Baauer Remix) (Preview)Baauer (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
If you have any sort of affinity towards the brilliance of rock music in the early-mid 90s then you can’t deny “Penny Arcade” by new London collective Victor Talking Machine. These young lads certainly know their way around the last great guitar rock era, and most importantly know so with a great tune. We’re especially loving the Smashing Pumpkins style arrangements and Oasis’ Definitely Maybe tinged vocals. The psychedelic indie rock group have genuienly found themselves a recipe that’s been known to rule charts. Be sure to keep Victor Talking Machine on your radar of bands to watch for and check out the band’s debut EP Had Enough which drops this November.
Victor Talking Machine – Penny ArcadeVictor Talking Machine (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
“Mind Waltz” indeed. Australian primetime familiar talent Jacob Butler has unleashed a beast of a track for the AAA airwaves. Previewed here from his forthcoming 2013 Reason LP, the international songwriting award winner (Unsigned Only w/ judges including Cyndi Lauper, Robert Smith, Manchester Orchestra, Kelly Clarkson…) does an upfront job of combining his passions for the music of Elliot Smith, ‘Gallaghers’, and Angus Stone with an undeniable chorus melody. Get familiar with “Mind Waltz” and Jacob Butler below.
Jacob Butler – Mind WaltzJacob Butler (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
