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Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out (Benny Benassi Remix)

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One of two big remixes (the other is from The Weeknd) on Florence’s upcoming “Shake It Out” remix EP. Big tune!

Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out (Benny Benassi Remix)

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Rating 8.3

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09-23-11

Florence + The Machine – What The Water Gave Me

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“What The Water Gave Me” is our first look at Florence + The Machine’s forthcoming sophomore LP expected this November. Florence and producer Paul Epworth waste no time going for the anthemic and empowering sound that suits Ms. Machine so well. “What The Water Gave Me” will be available for download tomorrow 8/23/2011. Get into it below:

Florence + The Machine – What The Water Gave Me

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Rating 8.3
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08-23-11

RAVE’S FAVES: Florence + The Machine – Not Fade Away

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It’s back to the “Rave On” album of Buddy Holly covers, due to drop June 28. It’s hard to go wrong with a Holly song, but Florence + the Machine outdid themselves on “Not Fade Away”. Gotta love the arrangement, which includes a wandering tuba. Florence is hot off of a reportedly huge Bonnaroo reaction, and I’ve got to believe that Buddy would be proud. Contributed by Bruce Rave

Florence + The Machine – Not Fade Away

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06-16-11

B3SCI GIVEAWAY: Florence + The Machine Vinyl!!

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Our girl Florence will be rolling through Los Angeles for a two show stand at The Greek Theatre this Monday and Tuesday (6/13 and 6/14). To celebrate the occasion, its truly an occasion as we’ve seen Florence live twice now and she ripped both performances, we are giving away Vinyl LP of Florence’s breakthrough debut Lungs to one lucky reader. Hit our mailbox with why you should win this tasty prize. We’ll select a winner after Midnight Pacific on Sunday.

You can pick up tickets to the LA shows or any other show on Flo’s tour HERE
And you can buy Lungs HERE or HERE

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Dates for Florence + the Machine’s Summer Tour:

6/10 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
6/12 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre*
6/13 – Los Angeles – Greek Theatre*
6/14 – Los Angeles – Greek Theatre*
6/17 – Minneapolis – Weesner Ampitheater ^
6/18 – Chicago – Aragon Ballroom ^
6/20 – Philadelphia – Festival Pier #
6/22 – Baltimore – M&T Bank Stadium w/ U2
6/23 – Boston – Bank of America Pavilion #
6/24 – New York City – Good Morning America @ Rumsey Playfield +
6/24 – New York City – Summerstage #
6/26 – East Lansing, MI – Spartan Stadium w/ U2
6/29 – Miami – Sun Life Stadium w/ U2
6/30 – Orlando – Hard Rock Live ^
7/01 – Atlanta – Fox Theater ^
7/02 – Nashville – Vanderbilt Stadium w/ U2
7/04 – Indianapolis – The Lawn at White River State Park ^
7/05 – St. Louis – The Pageant ^
7/06 – Milwaukee – Marcus Ampitheater w/ The Black Keys

* w/ Hanni El Khatib and Twin Shadow
^ w/ Hanni El Khatib
# w/ Twin Shadow

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06-10-11

Florence & the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (Jaggz Ibiza House Bootleg)

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Just when you thought “You’ve Got the Love” was done, that it couldn’t possibly be remixed again…. Enter this heater by 19-yr old Leeds UK producer Jaggz. We’re into it. Jaggz flips the mix souping it up with monstrous colossal synths and pulsing floor-filling beats. p.s. Most definitely check out Jaggz’ Soundcloud, wall-to-wall bangers.

Florence & the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (Jaggz Ibiza House Bootleg)

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Rating: 8.1

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02-08-11

Florence + the Machine, Live @ House of Blues, Boston 10/31/10

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The place was electric. It was Halloween. “This is the start of our American tour and I can’t think of a better way to start than in Boston.”, said Ms. Welch at the close of the opening set’s penultimate song. HOB roared. Florence was so over.

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Florence + the Machine are massive. If for only the sold out House of Blues crowd; but every face knew every word to everyone of those songs. It was an hour long reverie. For the set and encore’s approximate 60 minutes duration, Florence stood before the faithful, her gathered masses. She had the attention of the congregation.

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And from the vestments (The band wore skeleton suits. Florence, the dress of a flame-haired corpse girl.) of the assembled Machine, to the performance of Florence Welch (arms waved, arms reaching out, hands held high) to the set’s subject matter (as remarked by Florence herself) “hell. coffins. blindness. werewolves.” It felt almost religious, something between ritual and ceremony. And it was Halloween.

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“Dog Days Are Over” sounded enormous, “Cosmic Love” towered and soared, and “Kiss with a Fist” straight knocked us out.

Florence is a star. The UK knows. The US soon will. This larger venue North American tour (NY’s Terminal 5, LA’s Wiltern) should help.

Florence + the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (HaHaHa Remix)

Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over (Killabit DnB Remix)

Florence + the Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins (Demo)

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11-02-10

Florence + the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (Theophilus London xx Reflip) / Quadron – Baby Be Mine (Michael Jackson Cover) / James Blake – Limit to Your Love (Feist Cover)

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coming at you today with a killer smooth out mix c/o a couple killer covers and a dope you’ve got the love reflip.

Florence + the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (Theophilus London xx Reflip)

the ubiquitous mr london re-flips the jamie xx flo machine remix from last year. to quote the gospel according to blink 182, i’m feeling this

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Quadron – Baby Be Mine (Michael Jackson Cover)

quadron are so over w us at this juncture that it seems almost unfair to the rest of the game that they continue to drop ridiculous records like this. this cover of the off the wall ballad is capital a amazing.

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James Blake – Limit to Your Love (Feist Cover)

atmosphere muthafuckas! you can literally feel the heaviness of the air on the recording just bleed through headphones. yes!

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09-29-10

Florence and the Machine – “My Boy Builds Coffins”

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Florence and the Machine – “My Boy Builds Coffins”

a few weeks back we incorrectly assumed uk artist florence and the machine was a side project of the incomparable kate bush. we’ve since learned that assumption was a mistake. our regards to ms. bush and to ms. machine.

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rating: 7.4

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07-14-09

Florence and the Machine – “Cosmic Love”

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Florence and the Machine – Cosmic Love

when we first learned of uk artist florence and the machine, we though, oh yeah, this must be a cool new band or summat, right? WRONG FUCKERS! naw dude, florence and the machine is actually just one person. wild, right? and that one person is london, uk artist kate bush. so yeah, it’s pretty dope to have ms. bush back on the scene and we’re psyched on the upcoming release of her ninth LP “lungs”, due july 6 on island.

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rating: 8.3

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06-18-09

Beyonce – Countdown (Isabella Machine Remix)

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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)

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Rating 8.2

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11-26-11

Premiere: Dream Vacation – Red Water

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“Red Water”, the new track from L.A. band Dream Vacation, is excerpted here from the band’s new self-titled EP. Produced by John Rausch (engineer for Florence + The Machine, Foxes, and Taylor Swift), “Red Water” picks up palette-wise on a mix of Disintegration-era Cure mood and Unforgettable Fire U2 melodicism. A potent blend of anthemic ideas and the instrumental scale to support such ambitions, “Red Water” is a strong listen we recommend. Stream the B3 Premiere of “Red Water” from L.A.’s Dream Vacation below.

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01-22-16

B3SCI Best of 2015: Staff Favorite Songs

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Hello 2016. Goodbye 2015. 2015 was a year. We’ve elected at B3 this year that in lieu of arbitrarily ranking a list of top x-number tracks that we’d prefer to share lists of the favorite songs of the year of each main B3SCI writer. Following later this week will be B3’s choices for top artists of the year and our picks for artists to watch for 2016. Thanks for reading.

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1 Drake – Hotline Bling
2 Drake / Future – Jumpman
3 Kendrick Lamar – How Much A Dollar Cost
4 Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
5 Major Lazer / DJ Snake & MO – Lean On
6 SG Lewis – Warm
7 Kanye West – All Day
8 Florence + The Machine – What Kind of Man
9 Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight
10 NoMBe – California Girls

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1 Deerhunter – Breaker
2 Moses Sumney – Seeds
3 Gallant – Weight in gold
4 Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin
5 Midnight to Monaco – Suicide
6 Blur – Go Out
7 Green Buzzard – Zoo Fly
8 Spring King – City
9 Noel Gallagher – Ballad of the Might I
10 Sjowgren – Seventeen

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Bruce

1 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – S.O.B.
2 Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best
3 Alabama Shakes – Miss You
4 Death Cab For Cutie – Everything’s A Ceiling
5 FFS – Piss Off
6 The Struts – Could Have Been Me
7 The Maccabees – Marks To Prove It
8 Frank Turner – Mittens
9 The Libertines – Anthems For Doomed Youth
10 Hippo Campus – Suicide Saturday

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1 Kenton Slash Demon – Harpe
2 Darius & FKJ – O
3 Lettuce – Phyllis
4 Sango – Dias Melhores
5 J.Louis – Camarillo
6 Rick Ross – Amazing Grace
7 Superhumanoids – Anxious in Venice
8 Egyptian Art- She’s Lovely
9 NoMBe – California Girls
10 HONNE – No Place Like Home

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01-07-16