Our Cleveland brother Jason Burns turns his latest on this new remix for London UK band Maribou State. JB works down a bit of 2011 R&B, neo-garage, and a smattering tropical-y marimbas into mix. Anything Jason Burns puts out has become pretty much a must listen around b3sci HQ. Get hip below.
Maribou State – Got Me Down (Jason Burns Remix)Jason Burns 
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Rating 8.3
Our man ANT from Oz puts a sweet spin on Madeon’s excellent track for “Icarus”. That Madeon shit is pretty mint on its own. It takes a truly top shelf mixman to go in on a Madeon track and survive it. ANT survives, thrives, and knocks that shit straight out. Result.
Madeon – Icarus (ANT Remix)ANT 
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Rating 8.1
Contributed by Chris Gedos
It would be an understatement to say that the genre of grown up twee folk is oversaturated these days. From nihiti to Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, the niche is ablaze with artists of various levels of acclaim, which is what makes the song “People” by SF artist Tree all the more impressive. Something about the rambling lyrics and piercing wurlitzer makes me imagine some cat on a guitar outside City Lights with a tin can and a tattered copy of Naked Lunch on the pavement. This is a rare song of great feeling which doesn’t get caught up in a pretentiously grandiose statement. I dare you to only listen once.
Tree 
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Rating 8.2
Isabella Summers a/k/a Isabella Machine and her bandmate, one Florence Welch sat in for Annie Mac last night on BBC Radio 1. Isa and Flo dropped jams from Switch, Azealia Banks, Joy Orbison and this Beyonce remix, cooked down by Isabella herself. It’s “Countdown”.
Beyonce – Countdown (Isabella Machine Remix)Isabella Summers 
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Rating 8.2
Swiss Lips are a new project out of Manchester that has the power! A driving pop track that’s sure to get you moving… and asking who’s Swiss Lips?
Swiss Lips – U Got the PowerSwiss Lips (Official)
Rating 8.3
For those of you serving up the peyote this Thanksgiving, we recommend some “Higher Palms” to help wash it down. Palms is new from the NY psychedelic five piece My Best Fiend and the song will take charge of your musical tastebuds with it’s near five minutes of acid rock bliss. The band have just signed with Warp Records, and if “Higher Palms” is any indication of what’s to come, we could not be more psyched.
My Best Fiend – Higher PalmsMy Best Fiend 
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Rating 8.5
Contributed by Chris Gedos
Check out the new single “Do you remember the first time?” by Chilean band We Are The Grand. It’s very catchy with a nice breakdown and the entire thing pays a gentle South American homage to Rivers Cuomo, somewhat of a departure from their previous EP which is more ensconced in the English tradition. These cats are playing Lollapalooza Chile in Santiago if you happen to be in that fantastic city (I’ve had the pleasure, albeit brief) this upcoming March 31st. Say Chile and I can’t stop thinking about Roberto Bolaño, their most recent patron saint of letters, author of Los Detectives Salvages and 2666 , monster novels of a certain type of literary fiction, call it quasi-magical global realism! Much of his earlier works discuss Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and the aftermath of the coup, events Bolano may or may not have witnessed firsthand.
We Are The Grand – Do you remember the first time?WATG 
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Rating 8
The Stepkids have just let loose on a new video for their track “Suburban Dream” off their self-titled debut LP. James Brown would have totally partied with these guys. Heavy.
The Stepkids 
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Rating: 8.3
“OVERdue” tells it like it is. Angry, soulful and overdue. Previewed from ZZ Ward’s forthcoming Eleven Roses mixtape. Get into it!
ZZ Ward – OVERdueZZ Ward (Tumblr)
Rating 8.2
Contributed by Bruce Rave
Last decade, Chantal gave us “Jetsetter” and “Nth Degree” as lead singer of Morningwood. She’s baaaaack, now on her own and having as much fun as ever. Chantal has always loved the 60’s and that’s the feel of her upcoming album. “Bite Your Tongue” is a tasty appetizer, and those horn parts are spot on.
Chantal Claret – Bite Your TongueChantal Claret (Facebook)
Check out Bruce’s “Go Deep” show on Fridays 1-3 pm Pacific, 4-6 pm Eastern, 9-11pm GMT. Also listen to past shows at Bruce’s blog and follow Bruce on Twitter.
When we caught word a few days ago that Madlib(!) & Freddie Gibbs(!!) 1) had collaborated together (wow) 2) have an EP coming out (awesome) 3) that it’s out now (it debuted at a Madlib SF show on Friday(?)), we (for lack of a better explanatory phrase) freaked the fuck out. Gibbs, one of our favorite rappers anywhere right now, and Madlib, in the conversation of best hip hop producers ever, working together? Wow. So does the “Thuggin” EP measure up to expectations??? YES. Spin “Deep” below.
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – DeepFreddie Gibbs & Madlib (Details)
Rating 9.2
What was that you tried to say?
Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place (Tensnake Remix)Tensnake 
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Rating 8.5
