Daughter were one of our favorites at SXSW. The London-based trio’s performance inside St. David’s church in Austin was truly stunning. The cinematic “Smother”, the band’s latest, is right there with Daughter’s best. Do not miss it.
Rating 8.5
Daughter were one of our favorites at SXSW. The London-based trio’s performance inside St. David’s church in Austin was truly stunning. The cinematic “Smother”, the band’s latest, is right there with Daughter’s best. Do not miss it.
Rating 8.5
Liam Bailey, whom you may know from his collaborations with Chase & Status or Delilah or from reading B3SCI (Bailey is our man), puts on offer new single “Please Love Me”. The cooled-out almost doo-wop-y (the harmonies on the track are really nice) song has a neat half-time feel and some perfectly-replicated great classic soul warm guitar tones. If that sounds like something that might pique your interest, (if it’s not then maybe we should reconsider being friends) you’ll want to hit that play button right now.
Liam Bailey 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Canadian producer Stealth Mode dials up the feel good nu-disco vibes (and a really cool soul sample!) for his latest track “Everybody”. Try not and do what the song says.
Stealth Mode – EverybodyStealth Mode 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
New York songstress Alison Valentine comes up aces on new track “Peanut Butter”. The song earns it’s bread on a set of big time melodies (the sort of melodies and hooks that start the rise of a blogoverse star) that make the track must listen material.
Alison Valentine – Peanut ButterAlison Valentine (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Lupe’s latest from Food & Liquor II (which drops 25th September) sees the Chicago MC jump on a hypnotic-sounding jawn c/o rising producer Mr. Inkredible.
Lupe Fiasco 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
“From Nowhere” is the first official release by new Liverpool based artist Dan Croll, a name we’ll no question be hearing a lot more from in the near future. Having already supported the likes of Michael Kiwanuka, James Vincent McMorrow, Map & Atlases and Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Dan has gained noteworthy attention with the release of just a few stellar demo tracks. Dan describes his lively blend of timely indie pop, “Whatever is on around me makes it into my head. I always like to say it’s a balance between acoustic, folk and digital. I’m between two points. I don’t know what you’d call that, a genre that hasn’t got a name”.
One thing for sure, “From Nowhere” is hard to resist. Dan is currently at work recording his debut full length expected sometime in 2013.
Dan Croll (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
“Let The World See The Light” is something special by budding songstress Mahalia. The young writer sings like it’s something she’s known more than anyone else her whole life. Preview the track below and check out the new Head Space EP.
Mahalia – Let The World See The LightMahalia (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
Bloc Party return with Four, which drops the week after next. It’s a long-awaited return, preceded by a few US shows including their storm-delayed Lollapalooza set last weekend. These Brits are used to playing for mud-caked fans in the UK, so this was nothing new for them. “Team A” throws us some of those unique rhythms we loved on their Silent Alarm debut. Bloc Party are already saying there may not be a fifth album, so let’s enjoy them while we can. By Bruce Rave
Bloc Party – Team ABloc Party (Facebook)
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Our man Colin Monroe provides a smooth croon on the hook for “Enemy of the Great”, a new Christian Rich-produced track from VA rapper The Fieldz. The Virginia newcomer has a mixtape project Soar Loser in the works. If “Enemy of the Great” is any indication, SL is a tape we’ll definitely need some ears on.
The Fieldz – Enemy of the Great (Feat. Colin Munroe)The Fieldz 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Mysterious internet musician Youan comes through with his/her/its best track to date with the relaxed indie R&B of “Must Be Love”. Look out for a new seven-track mixtape from Youan by the end of the month. (KKS)
Youan (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Seattle soul-popstress Tess Henley’s “Daydreaming” grabbed us immediately with it’s insanely good Stevie-Wonder-school-of-songwriting brand of melody. The production on the track is little too A/C for our tastes but those melodies and Henley’s excellent vocal performance are enough for us to look past it. Great song.
Tess Henley – DaydreamingTess Henley 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.0
LA’s very own Capital Cities put a sweet summertime shine on the Prince-penned Sinead classic. Opting for a wall of lounging-by-the-pool synths, an easy feeling backbeat, and some neat leftfield Latin-styled horns, CC deliver another adeptly constructed cover version with “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Capital Cities 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
