Manchester band Spring King deliver a jolting return on “Who Are You?”. From the jump, “Who Are You” is all go/all energy as a disto wall of guitar propels the track in a kugelblitz-esque fashion. The hook is quite strong and memorable too as evidenced by my tapping involuntary tapping of my keyboard to the chant-y bit “WHO ARE YOU?!”. Excellent track.
Spring King (Soundcloud)
Were taken with quiet-thriller “Place of Peace” an exquisitely-composed jazz-tinged experimental-beats-punctuated wonder from young L.A. MelodySoul beatmaker TheeReal in joint collaboration between B3-covered French producer CYGN. “Place of Peace” comes off of CYGN’s BLVNT Records rep’d The Gold Tape. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
TheeReal (Soundcloud)
Alaskan-bred Oregonite Electric Mantis soothes our romantic sentiments with a dreamy-whispery amazing-sublime bellowing-synth-fixed jam named “The One” which is nicely layered with a quintessential-Mantis melange of sparkling vibe-y beats, lovely-simplistic atmospheric vocals and vibrant wash of melodic piano-laced instrumentals. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Electric Mantis (Soundcloud)
Immerse your senses in the warm and vivacious XLR8R-premiered dynamo called “Coco” which relishes in a beautiful meld of cheerfully-glum piano-led instrumental elements and an amazing (sweet n’ romance-y) vintage-dance-vibe cinematic-scope which we dig immensely. “Coco” comes off the four-track “Places of Colour” EP from Japanese producer Takuya Matsumoto that is out now on FINA Records. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Takuya Matsumoto (Soundcloud)
Back in September we covered London producer Saytek (a.k.a. Joseph Keevill) for his superbly mesmerizing tech-house track “Realisation”, which we liked for its juicy shimmery metallic accents and subtle murmuring high-drama haunting-reverby chant-vibe vocals. We’re fully enjoying his latest vibrantly-textured luminous-sensual (deep and spacey) quirky-vocaled house track called “Reintroduce” that comes off the Lapsus Music Talents Vol. 10 compilation. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Saytek 
(Soundcloud)
B3 deep-house go-to JackLNDN cultivates another beautifully-smooth mellow-expansive lush and sunny golden-vibe synth-spun late-night dance floor stunner called “Hit Refresh”. Incredible track. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
JackLNDN (Soundcloud)
Strangers Candy will release Marathon, the new LP from Swedish band Francis, on February 5. The warm “Follow Me Home” is excerpted here from Marathon and it succeeds on its subtly precise arranging and hook writing (the track grabs at you and pulls you to it nearly immediately but without any overt quality or hokey-ness) and it’s A+ lead vocal from singer Petra Mases. Listen below.
Francis (Francis)
B3SCI Records alums Aquilo stream cinematic new ballad-y track “Never Seen You Get So Low” from forthcoming TBA album. The starry-eyed introspective song is as equally evocative of its subject matter/lyrical content (the guitar harmonics lilt, the slide work yearns) as it is just plainly beautiful. Look for Aquilo’s debut LP in 2016.
Aquilo (Soundcloud)
We dig the easy pace of the new tumbleweed pop track “Welcome To Your Life”, the debut song online from Alohaha aka producer Jake Sinclair and poet Lyndsay Thornton. A neat blend of country and western sounds, Wilco-esque fidelity, and touch of eclectic quality (into those Waikiki-ready bits of slide guitar), “Welcome To Your New Life” is a quite strong debut.
ALOHAHA (Soundcloud)
We like the uniquely-fashioned brightly-geared emotionally-uplifting far-out trance-y expansive deep house sentiments of Danish producer Torsten Lindsø Andersen, a.k.a. Round, on his beautifully-mellow voluptuously-stylish synth-heavy slow-burner fix of “Syko” from B3 favorite artist Copenhagen-based duo Kenton Slash Demon (a.k.a. Silas Moldenhawer and Jonas Kenton). Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Kenton Slash Demon (Soundcloud)
G-Eazy’s forthcoming album When It’s Dark Out is set to drop December 4th. The Bay Area artist has dropped several singles from the project in the lead up to its release and not a one thusfar has missed. The latest, “Random”, is an anthemic track dedicated to Gerald’s hard work and devotion toward his art; proclaiming “none of this is happening by accident”. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.
G-Eazy (Youtube)
This summer we featured LA-based producer J. Roosevelt for “When I Run Don’t Chase Me” a deeply seductive lightly-simmering jazz-tinged electro-instrumental track. We’re into J. Roosevelt’s latest collaboration with Cali singer-songwriter Lea Beiley called “Subtract & Divide” which caught our ears immediately with its profoundly vibrant synth-driven accents, drippy slow-cadence percussion and divine sweetly-uplifting moody-sentiment vocals. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Lea Bailey (Soundcloud)
