Wickerbird is the solo folk project of Washington native Blake Cowan. “The Fold” is an ample illustration of the soothing colorful nature and permeating melody of his songs. The track leads off his forthcoming The Crow Mother album release expected September 25th. Preview it, and the accompanying new music video below.
Wickerbird – The FoldWickerbird 
( Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Gifted and talented songwriter, Mike Higbee recently sent over his official video for “The Waltz of Dead Love.” Set in New York, delicate guitars and vocals take you on an awe-inspiring journey as you careen through the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan. This piece is part of Mike’s album, Secret Life, a beautiful and original album that exhibits an incredible range of songwriting ability and talent. We here at b3sci are huge Mike Higbee fans and cannot wait to hear more! Go ahead and give this a spin. By Trevor Meyer
Mike Higbee (Facebook) (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.2
Animal Parts is the eponymous indie rock floret of frontman Joshua Cockerill, of whom his band and he have been kicking up a storm on the Toronto music scene since 2009. The band’s new and self-titled sophomore LP has been been spinning on the frequent here at B3SCI HQ, and today we premiere the video for stand out track “King of Kings”. Complete with his signature green Gretsch guitar, Cockerill stars in the new video showing off a broad corpus of hats, alter egos, instrumentation and more (that vicious horse thing is totally our fave) all set to the catchy pop raucousness of “Kings of Kings”. Get into it below.
Animal Parts 
(Official)
Pale Seas link up with fellow Southamptonites, Tropics for a pleasant and cloudy seashore flip to their forthcoming single “Bodies”. It’s a melodic/musical wallow best spent like a vacation with eyes closed and relaxation top of mind. Check out b3sci’s premiere of this etherial experience below and take note that Pale Seas’ new double A-side single Bodies/My Own Mind drops on 7-inch via Communion Records on September 17th.
Pale Seas 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Party with The Hood Internet as they continue to mash electronic frontiers @ Central SAPC this Friday (8/3) in west Los Angeles. ZOOS // ZOOS is presenting the mashtros show which will also see stellar support sets from rising talent Psalm One and Tanya Morgan. This gig is a can’t miss way to start your weekend off right!
B3SCI has one pair of tickets to giveaway to the show! To enter it’s simple… just email us here for your chance to win. Let us know that you want to see The Hood Internet and we will enter you in our contest drawing for tickets to take place this Thursday (8/2). You can find additional details on the show at Central S.A.P.C. Good luck!
Artwork inspired by Girly Girl With Sunglasses
Something special is coming up next Tuesday for you mad scientists in Los Angeles! B3SCI will be presenting our first ever show on Tuesday, July 24th with a stellar bill of talent including Blondfire, In The Valley Below, Mystery Skulls, Omniflux & DJ Freshair at the Central S.A.P.C. in Santa Monica. This show will no doubt rock your blox but to make it even better it’s absolutely FREE! That’s right B3SCI is hooking you up again! So come hang out. Additional details on the show are here at Central S.A.P.C. Also, be sure to check out this new video from Mystery Skulls for “Paralyzed” below to get in the mood. See you all there!
The Central S.A.P.C. 
(Gig Info) (This Show on Facebook)
Thomas Barfod recently unveiled some rad visuals for “Came To Party” off his Salton Sea LP. The Lindsay MacKay directed video does well to showcase the track’s erratic accord and deep nature composition. You can also pick up the song on a new Came To Party EP which also includes a pretty hot Salva remix.
Thomas Barfod (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
New music from Blur is always cause to celebrate! Today the band released some lyric based visuals for two new tracks “The Puritan” and “Under the Westway”. Both tracks have had some much lauded over live performance exposure so they’re not TOTALLY NEW but today does mark our first taste of the full studio versions. Blur will be playing a few warm up dates (if you’re near where they’re performing, you already know) in the lead in to their anticipated Hyde Park gig on August 12th. Blur 21: The Box will be released on July 30, 2012.
Blur (Official)
Rating 8.4
The Step Into The Black concert series has been traveling the country throwing sick parties with some of the best talent on the radar. For a quick gander at what’s been happening just peep this blistering performance below from Thee Oh Sees in all of it’s rock and roll gloriousness. The collaboration between Captain Morgan and The FADER has also yielded a limited run of vinyl records featuring a select set of favorite live recordings from said exclusive parties.
We’ve got a copy of this record for giveaway to just one of our lucky readers. For a chance to win email us (U.S. entries only) and say that you’d like to win the Step Into The Black vinyl. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random next Wednesday. Check out more on Step Into The Black via FADER and you can get more information and details on the series here at FB.
SIDE A:
Poliça -Leading To Death (live in Pheonix)
Jhene Aiko – Stranger (live in Chicago)
SIDE B:
Thee Oh Sees – The Dream (live in San Francisco)
Dam Funk – Candy Dancin (live in Tampa)
Kala-OK recently released these new visuals for “Misbelieve Me”. Far out.
Kala-OK – Misbelieve MeKala-OK 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.11127
The 1975 have developed an identifiable and forward thinking cast of Manchester indie rock. The band, aka T H E S L O W D O W N and B I G S L E E P within the last year or so, will be releasing a debut EP Facedown under The 1975 guise. Rightfully, the crew have attracted some noteworthy love from the blogosphere and tastemaker radio, and their track “Sex” is easily one of our fave of 2011. Pick up a copy of their Facedown EP August 6th and preview “The City” from the forthcoming below.
The 1975 (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Georgia natives, Futurebirds are a reverb-heavy alt-country act that I’ve been spending time lots of time with. How can you not immediately fell in love with this song and live performance? Ski Chalet offers up a masterful introduction that primes the listener for five minutes of good ole rock & roll. The melodic transitions in this song are truly something else. Futurebirds have released one album Hampton’s Lullaby and two EP’s, Futurebirds and Via Flamina. Pick up one of their discs asap. By Trevor Meyer
Futurebirds 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
