Sample the slow-paced harmonically-tailored beach pop vocal ease, lo-fi electric guitar fueled instrumental style and catchy hook-laden songwriting charms of Bay Area newcomer trio Sjowgren on their beautifully buoyant and centered new indie pop track called “Seventeen”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Sjowgren 
(Soundcloud)
The latest iteration of Ryan Hemsworth’s long running Secret Songs series is a collaboration between Toronto producer Swim Good and vocalist Anna Horvath a/k/a Merival. Set on a looping piano figure and a sweeping cinematic whirl, “Since U Asked” is a neat bit of shimmery electronic chamber pop that deserves your tension.
Swim Good 
(Soundcloud)
The sunset soul of “Ashes” is the latest track from London producer and songwriter Joe Hertz. Featuring the summer-kissed vocal of Liv, “Ashes” traffics in the breezy beats vaguely R&B house that is right now at peak trend. We do love “Ashes”.
Joe Hertz 
(Soundcloud)
New Foals! The UK fivesome took to Annie Mac’s R1 show last night to debut the steady rocking title track from their forthcoming James Ford-produced LP What Went Down. WWD is in stores August 28.
Foals (Official)
Electro producer and Noir Sound founder Krs. teams up with TX producer pal Romby and songstress/guitarist Tierra Wilson on a beautifully understated beat-enhanced acoustic-vibe fix of hip-hop track of the moment “Cha Cha” from VA indie artist D.R.A.M.. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Krs. (Soundcloud)
Get into the multi-faceted talents and all-encompassing genreless musical range of young Atlanta bred singer-songwriter and B3 favorite artist Raury who is best known for his hit lead single “Gods Whisper” off his heavily-buzzed-about debut 2014 Indigo Child mixed tape. Raury, who we featured on our B3SCI Best of 2014: Artists to Watch in 2015 list, recently landed an appearance on Annie Mac’s much-lauded Hottest Record In the World segment for his new darkly-jubilant explosively thought-provoking “techno spiked gospel rock” track “Devils Whisper”; which according to Raury exemplifies the devils advocate dark-side polar-opposite of his gorgeous folksy career-opener track “God’s Whisper”. After a recent personal awakening, Raury currently embodies a new depth of purpose on “Devil’s Whisper”, which like “God’s Whisper”, straddles several genres from folk to gospel to rock with a touch of hip-hop in the midst (on the new track he excels by adding a brilliant techno tinge). “Devil’s Whisper” with its beautifully intoxicating cinematic depth, looped gospel chants, philosophical waxing-poetic word-to-the-wise lyrics and a spicy rap vocal interlude gives listeners a distinct and unifying message for anyone and everyone to seek enlightenment, take action against injustice and buck the establishment in order to change the world. Raury, who boldy exemplifies the devil at the beginning of the track, truly inspires the listener to also join up with their own demons in awareness and begin to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Raury, who is launching a mid to late july European festival tour (with an opening performance at the Village Underground on July 13th) is also about to take part in his own creation, the second annual Raurfest; which is a one day music festival in Raury’s native town Atlanta where he will preform with other “like-mided” artists on the indigo path including Big K.R.I.T. and Trinidad Jame$. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
13/7 Village Underground, London
15/7 Melkweg, Amsterdam
16/7 Dour Festival, Belgium
17/7 Melt Festival, Germany
18/7 Lovebox Festival, UK
19/7 Longitude Festival, Ireland
Raury 
(YouTube)
We’re into the sublimely cheery summer vibes, amazing uniquely-warm deeply-sustaining vocals and funky percussion-led instrumentals of new track “Sunshine” from the prodigious 19-year old SE London producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician Tom Misch who we recently featured on the blog for his stunningly soulful, guitar-groove enhanced tropical track “Dawson Hights”. We look forward to hearing more of Misch’s seamless blend of electronica, hip-hop and acoustic instrumentals on his new upcoming host-of-collaborations-featuring “Beat Tape 2” which is slated for release this summer. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Tom Misch (Soundcloud)
Fresh summer vibes are shining on us and a new disco track from Ryan Derobertis aka Skylar Spence (FKA Saint Pepsi) has been revealed in the form of “Can’t You See”. Featured on Spence’s first full length album Prom King via Carpark Records (9/18), the single “Can’t You See” is everything you could hope for in a summertime jam; potently mixing down pop/dance/funk into the perfect pool party track. Reviewed by Tony Perkis.
Skylar Spence (Soundcloud)
This Sunday (6/21) the legendary Underworld and rising UK phenoms, electronic soul duo Jungle will take to the stage and co-headline the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles to kick off 2015’s KCRW Summer Concert Series. This show is surely one of the hottest tickets of the summer and we’ve got one pair of tickets to giveaway to this special summer evening for one lucky reader!
For your chance to win the pair of tickets, just email us here and let us know you’d like to go in the title of the email… and we’ll enter you to win in our drawing to take place this Thursday morning! Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions (one entry per person), so keep an eye on your inbox. You can get additional details on the show, as well as purchase tickets for the show at the Hollywood Bowl website. Good luck!
Hollywood Bowl (Tickets and Info)
Photo credit: Koury Angelo – Red Bull Sound Select – Content Pool
Little Wolves are the L.A.-based project of longtime collaborators Samuel Jacob and Ronnie Watson. For new track “Home” the band have team with super producer Andre Anjos a/k/a the prime mover of the indie hitmakers RAC. “Home”, which will be released as a single as part of Red Bull Sound Select’s Listen Up! series (also featuring tracks from AWOLNATION x Steve Aoki, Baby Baby and Gemini Club), is an excellent neatly-tipped synth-pop number fitted with pinpoint hooks and RAC’s signature production shine. Stream the B3 Premiere of Little Wolves’ RAC-produced new track “Home” below.
Little Wolves (Facebook)
