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IAMNOBODI – 008

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Germany-based producer Iamnobodi teams up with Street Dreams Magazine & Soulection on their Create and Explore project which is a rad cross-medium art project in which “beat makers are paired with photographers in order to create and explore the power of creative collaboration”. The multi-artist project, which took place over about a year, resulted in an incredible series of tracks and videos that are each an individual testament to a “collaboration in sight and sound”. New track “008”, the latest release and C & E series topper from Iamnobodi, is a jazzy, brightly lit R&B-tinged sound-scape that provides a lively beat-driven accompaniment to its respective video which (unlike the other videos from the series which were narrower in scope) is a recap of the impromptu North American multi-artist 15-city photo-walk tour for the project. We are impressed with the level of passion and collaboration between the artists involved in the process. Be sure to check out the videos of this star-studded producer/photographer series on the C & E website as they are quite cool! Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Premiere: Killing Moon’s New Moons Vol. IV

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UK label Killing Moon’s New Moons compilation is one of music’s best and most consistent sources for early music from about to breakout bands. Slaves, Fickle Friends, Laurel, Racing Glaciers and many more have made pivotal pre-breakthrough appearances on the compilation. New Volume IV which is out digitally on June 22 carries carefully constructed playlist that includes tracks from Magic Man, HUNTAR, Racing Glaciers and Moors. We’re very pleased to premiere the stream of Killing Moon’s New Moons Vol. IV compilation below.

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La Lenguas – Love You All The Time

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Say hi to new Burger Records band La Lenguas and their West Coast-leaning melodic guitar/bass/drums sound and single “Love You All The Time”. Burger Records released La Lenguas’ “Tears In My Milkshake” cassette a couple of weeks ago, go cop that tape.

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Sunflower Bean – I Hear Voices

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Get into the new fast-paced hazy-vocaled deeply gutiar-driven indie psych rock single “I Hear Voices” from Brooklyn-based psychedelic trio Sunflower Bean which is out on Fat Possum Records on July 24th. Sunflower Bean, who were named NME’s best band at Brighton’s 2015 Great Escape festival, foster a perfect combination of rock influences from garage-rock to punk on recent genre-bending gem track “I Hear Voices” which is out for release trailing the group’s very good 2014 self-released “Show Me Your Seven Secrets” EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Day Wave – We Try But We Don’t Fit In

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Oakland artist Jackson Phillips, who is one half of the electro-pop duo Carousel, is set to release his highly anticipated indie-pop solo album Headcase on July 17th under the name of his side project Day Wave. We’re into Headcase’s first several Hype Machine top-hit tracks “Nothing At All”, “Total Zombie” and “Drag” which we covered here on B3 pages starting in November 2014. Day Wave’s latest single “We Try But We Don’t Fit In” with its dreamy layered fuzz-pop vocal harmonies, cleverly subtle indie pop-anthem lyrics and simple yet expressive rock guitar fundamentals takes the cake for our favorite track off the album thus far. We look forward to more sublime indie-vibes from brilliant new act Day Wave. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Chiara Hunter – Strange Relationships

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London-based Australian Chiara Hunter is the pop-funk songstress who recently teamed up with the likes of producers Snakehips, The Dealer and Bearcubs to create new music. Chiara also just released her solo career debut track “Strange Relationships” which is a beautifully translated 80’s throwback Prince cover with a modern synthy future-funk backdrop and perfectly-sultry vintage pop vibe vocals that resonate and measure up to other current 80/90’s retro-leaning pop artists such as Blood Orange, Shura and Sky Ferreira. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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Daphni – Usha

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Caribou’s Dan Snaith streams new club blend as Daphni. The track, a mix of Usha Uthup’s “Main Gul Badan” and Alex Israel’s “Colugo”, has been a favorite in Snaith’s sets as Daphni and the Caribou man has released the mash as a free download.

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Katelyn Tarver – Nobody Like You

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Tune into the discernible poppy sugar-coated emotional angst lyrics and expressive heart-on-the-sleeve vocal prowess of LA-based Georgian-born indie pop songstress Katelyn Tarver on her excellent new guitar-driven track “Nobody Like You”; which is the second song from Miss Tarver’s upcoming debut album (out on Universal) that was produced with the expertise of producer Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino/Haim). “Nobody Like You” is a terrific attention grabber follow-up track to the album’s first-release pop hit “Weekend Millionaires” from earlier this year and a brightly lit indicator that we have more to look forward to from this stellar rising-star pop talent. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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TEK.LUN – G-Spot

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Get into the priceless groove of Baltimore producer Rashad Tek Williams also known as TEK.LUN on his fabulously whimsical new house/future bass dance-floor stomper “G Spot”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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BETS – Jenny (Feat. Kiddo)

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Bi-coastal, all-girl, indie pop band BETS recently made a name for themselves with their awesome 2014 album-debut track “Don’t Give A F#Ck” which is the first single off the group’s upcoming “Days Hours Nights” EP. On the EPm’s second release “Jenny”, BETS and Kiddo team up to create a gorgeous truly subtle track which stands out for its cheery melodic instrumentals, hazyily mumbled vocals and cheeky lyrics about a one night stand in Paris (which judging from the group’s new video looks like fun). Good stuff BETS, we’re listening.

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Vanessa Elisha – Down For This (Prod. B.Lewis)

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Get into the beautiful slow grind and languid simmering beats of new R&B electro track “Down For This” which features the sensational vocals of Australian singer Vanessa Elisha and the divinely robust fastidiously-arranged production accents of Northern Cali artist B.Lewis. Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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