Dope x3000 is Kaytranada’s latest mix; this time for Common’s ’07 sleeper heater “I Want You”. Kaytranada, who’s rise in the R&B space has been massive in 2013, selects for a space funk symphony treatment for Com’s track that is brilliant/perfect. Do not miss.
KAYTRANADA
: (Facebook)
Rating: 8.7
A few years ago Brooklyn duo Easy Lover were just a couple of kids (vocalist Kali Holloway ex-The Affair and Day for Night and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Wimmer) tryna start a new band on Craigslist. The two met through an ad Holloway placed on the social classifieds/sociological Fourier series. Fast forward to October 2013 and the BK band are dropping new EPs, showering in profile web coverage, drinking champagne and getting B3SCI premieres. Here, Easy Lover team up w/ remixer HTIMSETAN for the B3 premiere of this lighter-than-air, sunrise on the space shuttle refashion (word to all our NASA stans in the audience) of “All We Want”.
Easy Lover 
(Facebook)
HTIMSETAN (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.8
“Moon Circles” is new from London-based beats-tronica duo Maribou State. The low-footprint heavy-impact jazz-inflected tones of “Moon Circles” serves as a neat counterpoint to the now crowded trend of R&B/house-influenced music coming out of the UK right now. 100% fresh. Maribou State’s “Truths” EP is out now.
Maribou State 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Burger Records’ latest A+ find is Tel Aviv-located band Vaadat Charigim. The Israeli trio will release their debut The World Is Well Lost LP on Nov. 12 and the beautiful well-executed melange of distorted guitar and deep-in-the-mix vocals of “Odisea” is the LP’s new single.
Vaadat Charigim (Facebook)
Rating: 8.6
Team Salvat rings up another very strong addition to his (as of now) excellent three single discography. Unique in sound to previous singles anthemic “This Life” and moody leveling “Hustler”, “Every Night” is more consciously pop, more American almost country-western in its use of guitar and melody. We like this. We like a new artist w/ the palette, skill, adventurousness to keep things not only fresh stylistically as it relates to their own sound but as their sound relates to everything else out there. We love great and we love different; nothing in music (or really anything creative or otherwise) comes from outside an intersection of both things. “Every Night” will be released on Fingers & Thumbs on December 9th as part of a double A-side single.
Josef Salvat (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
“I Like You” is the very good b-side to R&B-leaning dance artist Katy B’s upcoming “5 AM” single. And while Disclosure and AlunaGeorge and Bondax have taken many of the headlines during 2013’s revival of (good) dance music w/ soul in the UK, Katy B’s been with that sound (and writing and performing it at a very high level) for several years now. Stream “I Like You” below.
Katy B (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
L.A. live music goes next level this Wednesday (10/30) as KPFK, theLIFT and The Fold present an evening of incredible performances at the beautiful Ahmanson Ballroom in the iconic Skirball Cultural Center. An A++ line-up of both established up and coming buzzworthy talent that night will include a headlining set from Hiatus Kaiyote with support slots filled by Moses Sumney, Oscar Key Sung, JEREMY SOLE, and Wiseacre. Doors for the event are 7:00 pm with the show starting at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $20.00 – $40.00 and you can purchase and get more info on the show here. *OR* you can try your luck with B3SCI because we are giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘Hiatus Kaiyote at Skirball’ contest. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions by Tuesday 10/29, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!
Fold Silverlake @ Skirball 
(Event Info)
Jams, jams, more jams, yes – so many noteworthy jams this week! Here’s a round up mix of more tracks that were spinning the hard drives at b3sci these past few days. So get into a few more tunes that you may, or not, have missed below:
Southern – Shout It
Amatorski – Needle in the Hay (Elliott Smith cover)
Night Terrors of 1927 – Young and Vicious
Wayward – Love Jones
Justin Bieber – Hold Tight (Adam Snow Late Night Edit)
Turtle – Who Knows
Elephant – Snowday
Sasha Keable – Careless Over You
Chelsea Lankes – Ghost
Le Trouble – Real Talk (Part 2)
Criminal Hygiene – Rearrange
Kilter – Hold Me (feat. YOUTH)
Avriel – Failed Messiah
Francis and the Lights – If They Don’t Come Tomorrow
Backbone – Blank Field
Run DMT – Starlight ft. Betty (Kodak To Graph Remix)
The Heartbreaks – ¡No Pasarán!
It’s hard to resist a song that opens with lines like “can’t you see, she is lonely / leave her alone”. Sung ever so sweetly by Ken Boothe and originally released on the FAB label in 1968, “Can’t You See” is a killer gem of rocksteady splendor written by Mr. Rock Steady himself, a name and reputation that Boothe garnered from his days with Studio One. The short-lived genre of rocksteady – defined as something slower than ska and more ballad-oriented than reggae – may not get as much attention nowadays, but its influence is surprisingly far-reaching, across genres as well as generations. “Can’t You See” still sounds fresh to the ears for that very reason, in addition to being insanely catchy on its own. Reviewed By Joanne Lam
Ken Boothe – Can’t You SeeKen Boothe 
(Official)
Rating 8.0
Photos and Words by Russ Ramos
Swedish indie rock band The Sounds made their way to Los Angeles last night for a soldout show at the historic Belasco Theater, in the heart of Downtown. I go to a abundance of venues and shows, and shoot a plethora of bands, sometimes you’re not guaranteed a good show — The Sounds put on a great show. Lead singer Maja Ivarsson came out with a blazing cigarette, high heels, and a drop dead sexy dress, and like always, her attire had absolutely no effect on her performance. Paired up with bandmates Félix Rodríguez, Johan Bengtsson, Jesper Anderberg, and Fredrik Blond, The Sounds put on a real rock show that night. Lets just say you could hear them play from a couple of blocks away. It doesn’t look like The Sounds will be back in the States till later next year, if that. Dont miss your next chance to see them and be sure to check out their fifth studio album, Weekend due October 29.
The Sounds 
(Official)
Rating 8.4
In January this year Brighton trio Tigercub released their debut single “Little Rope”, a particularly satisfying alt guitar-pop piece with lashings of bite. Things have been grunged up somewhat with new track “Mother” and it couldn’t be better. The EP is out on Monday 28th October so in the meantime give this video a whirl and sink back into ’92. Reviewed by Nathan Hetherington
Tigercub (Facebook)
Rating 8.0234
