Newcomers Honne (the Japanese word for “true feelings”; as in what someone feels as opposed to what they project) impress on the infinitely soulful and precise “Warm On a Cold Night”. Look for “Warm On a Cold Night” out Sept. 1 on Super Recordings (Bondax, AlunaGeorge).
Honne 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Out now on B3SCI Records is “Cry Baby”, the new Mike Crossey (The 1975, Foals)-produced single from our faves in Brighton, Fickle Friends. The track available now on limited 7″ pink vinyl was called “excellent indie pop” by Stereogum and a “pop jam” by Nylon. Further details on the release can be had at B3SCI Records. Added bonus(!) UK R&B heavy-hitters HONNE have remixed “Cry Baby” which is available for your streaming pleasure below.
B3SCI is pleased to announce that we’ve teamed up with the very awesome Disco Naivete to host and curate a showcase this year at Mazda + Hype Machine’s Hype Hotel. This year’s line-up features the esteemable Minnesotans Polica, R&B star in the making Gallant, faves Honne, and a pair of cool pop up and comers, Transviolet and Coast Modern, PLUS a DJ set from Louis The Child. The show opens up at 12 Noon on Friday March 18th at 1100 E. 5th St. in Austin. Many thanks to DN, HM, Mazda and all the other sponsors who helped make this showcase a reality. We are psyched! See you there.
Polica
Gallant
Honne
Transviolet
Coast Modern
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.
Troy
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
Mike
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
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
Erin
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
“Sunburnt Through the Glass” is the second single from new band out of London PREP. While the details thusfar around the band are scant, the focus of familiarity through this track (“Sunburn Through the Glass”) is well executed on. Right, the kernel of nearly every great pop song is the melodic/structural familiarity of its main hook(s) (maybe it’s my own listening bias but there’s definitely a bit of School of Noel in the particular turns of the verse’s main vocal melody). Couple that with a modern Jungle, Honne, Leisure-styled chorus and you have a very likely candidate for a buzz track. We dig it.
PREP (Soundcloud)
The spotless and sleek mod pop of “Belong” from UK act TENDER does ride with the current of trend of acts like Jungle, Honne, and even Glass Animals (three great bands) but no doubt sounds unique and new too. The “Wicked Game”-esque progression, the cinematic rhythm structures, it all feels very poignant (and excecuted/constructed in a way where it absolutely is).
TENDER (Soundcloud)
We’re very pleased to premiere “Velvet Ghetto”, a the title track from Swiss band Kamikaze’s forthcoming EP on Mouthwatering Records. Reminding of the progressive R&B and jazz-tinged pop of bands like HONNE and Jungle, “Velvet Ghetto” rides an expertly produced route of inventive polyrhythms and jazzy chord changes while maintaining a cool pop tunefulness and structure. We dig. Look for the “Velvet Ghetto” EP from Kamikaze on Friday (Sept. 25).
Kamikaze 
(Label)
Thanks for reading in 2014. See you in the new year.
40. Jack White – Lazaretto
39. FKA Twigs – Two Weeks
38. Temples – A Question Isn’t Answered
37. Misun – Eli Eli
36. Alvvays – Archie, Marry Me
35. George Maple – Talk Talk
34. The Orwells – Who Needs You
33. TĀLĀ – Serbia
32. Nick Hakim – Pour Another
31. Majid Jordan – A Place Like This
30. Hoodlem – Old Friend
29. Talos – Tethered Bones
28. Cathedrals – Want My Love
27. Yumi Zouma – The Brae
26. Saint Pepsi – Fiona Coyne
25. Kate Boy – Self Control
24. Zhu – Faded
23. Made In Heights – Murakami
22. Aquilo – I Gave It All
21. Jungle – Busy Earnin’
20. Sam Smith – Stay With Me
19. Hozier – Take Me To Church
18. Alt J – Hunger of the Pine
17. The War On Drugs – Red Eyes
16. Future Islands – Seasons
15. Ben Khan – Youth
14. Usher – Good Kisser
13. Miguel – Simplethings
12. Sia – Chandelier
11. Tei Shi – Bassically
10. Marian Hill – Got It
09. Beyonce – 7/11
08. Run The Jewels – Close Your Eyes
07. Katy Perry – Dark Horse
06. Tinashe – 2 On
05. Rae Sremmurd – No Flex Zone
04. Ariana Grande – Problem
03. Kiesza – Hideaway
02. Lana Del Rey – West Coast
01. Honne – Warm On A Cold Night
2014 was great. 2015 will be great? Here are our 20 favorite picks to excel in the new year.
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