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Giveaway: Dan Croll w/ Trails and Ways, Carousel @ The Bootleg in LA this Saturday, March 9th!

With only a handful of tunes released to date, and a debut LP in pipeline, UK act Dan Croll has been making a name for himself. The the young songwriter has been on the radar since his track “From Nowhere” first hit the interwebs, not to mention his receiving the Songwriter of the Year Award via the Liverpool institute of Performing Arts. This Saturday The Fold Silverlake will present a night of live music featuring Croll in the Bootleg Bar, along with support from blogosphere and Oakland rainmakers Trails and Ways, and Boston trio Carousel.

Be sure to catch this show before all three acts take SXSW 2013 by storm! B3SCI has got a pair of tickets to give away for one lucky reader. For your chance to win, email us here and say that you’d like to to be entered in the Dan Croll ticket giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random this Saturday morning (one entry per person). Get more information on the show and purchasing tickets here.

Bootleg Theater (Info and Tickets)
Dan Croll (Facebook)
Trails and Ways (Facebook)

reviewed by b3

03-07-13

Yuna – Live Your Life (Feat. Theophilus London) (TWINSMATIC Official Remix)

Electronic Track Reviews

French production duo (and yes, they’re actually twins) TWINSMATIC grab the official remix credit for Yuna’s breakout hit from last year “Live Your Life”. The two Parisians bring the vibe down a bit from the original, spacing it out, sublimating it; letting the track lift up and out of Yuna’s initial arrangement. The duo also do a superb job of blending an old Theophilus London freestyle of the track seamlessly into the new beat’s fabric. Well done.

TWINSMATIC (Twitter)

Rating 8.2

reviewed by b3

03-07-13

Eddie B – Marvelous (feat. Action Bronson)

Hip Hop Track Reviews

La Musica de Harry Fraud. Fraud cooks up that classic sound on Marvelous, the second single from BK emcee Eddie B’s forthcoming “Horsepower” project. Selecting for a gloomy ’70’s A.M. soul sample, Harry Fraud adeptly picks up Eddie B and assist man on the track Action Bronsonlini who could probably body a beat like this in his sleep.

Eddie B – Marvelous (feat. Action Bronson)

Eddie B (Twitter)

Rating 8.3

reviewed by b3

03-07-13

Different Sleep – Get Ahead

Electronic Track Reviews

It’s been a little while now since Rafa Alvarez, aka Different Sleep, released an original track. The lead single of Alvarez’s Infinite EP “Be My Center”, was received quite well by the music community and his reworking of California Wives’ “Tokyo” had the internet talking. “Get Ahead” keeps the same aesthetic as “Be My Center” using a simple, sampled-vocal line over what seems to be similar drums but this track is much more chilled and ambient compared to the large swells of synth in “Be My Center”. Different Sleep has shown just some of his talent and I personally can’t wait to see what else he has in store. By Brian Litwin

Different Sleep – Get Ahead

Different Sleep (Soundcloud)

Rating 8.2

reviewed by b3

03-07-13

Lana Del Rey -Summertime Sadness (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)

Electronic Track Reviews

A couple days ago, Ryan Hemsworth posted a preview of this track. The 30 seconds didn’t cut it.

Lana Del Rey has quickly gone from idol per se, to sort of a joke. Hemsworth, however makes everything he touches turn to gold, and that’s no different here. Clicks, and deep effects render the track from boring, really, to what feels like a weird daydream. Hemsworth has mastered the art of covering every detail. By Phoebe Anne Severin

Ryan Hemsworth (Facebook)

Rating 8.4

reviewed by b3

03-07-13

Baths – Miasma Sky

Electronic Track Reviews

Baths return with the particularly moving and equally pleasing sounds of ‘Miasma Sky’ as a first cut from the 2nd LP, due May 28 . Obsidian is set to take on a darker shade than 2010’s Cerulean – “The mood is shimmering and pitch-black, the lovely blood flow has turned into lava.” – and it has also been constructed with a little more emphasis on live shows, of which there are many to chose from this month and next. By Nathan Hetherington

Baths (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

reviewed by b3

03-06-13

Sanders Bohlke – Ghost Boy

Songwriter Track Reviews

Oxford MS songwriter Sanders Bohlke dials up a folk pop gem with the magnetic “Ghost Boy”, the title track from Bohlke’s just released LP. Spin it below and let us know what you think.

Sanders Bohlke (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

reviewed by b3

03-06-13

The ACBs – Television

Rock Track Reviews

We’re way into The ACBs. The Kansas City guitar band’s delicious and well executed mix of soul-as-inflected-through-an-anglo-lens indie rock and A-1 pop songwriting skill, as exampled here on “Television”, makes for great repeat listening material. The band’s sophomore LP Little Leaves (the follow-up to the excellent Stona Rosa) is out now.

The ACB’s – Record Store

The ACBs (Bandcamp)

The ACBs – Television from Brook Linder on Vimeo.

Rating 8.2

reviewed by b3

03-06-13

Andrea – Places (Feat. Rejjie Snow)

Electronic Track Reviews

Parisian producer Andrea links us up with the soundtrack to your next 3 A.M. tumblr creep session with new track “Places”. A collaboration with Irish rapper Rejjie Snow, “Places” sounds a bit of what a Tricky record might be like in 2013 if our man were more bummed out and more into drugs. “Places” is really really good and demands your attention below.

Andrea (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

reviewed by b3

03-05-13

Kat Dahlia – Gangsta

Pop Track Reviews

This is really real. We don’t actually know much about Kat Dahlia, other than that she’s from Miami and born of Cuban immigrant parents. She could be anyone really. Object #1 here is the strength of the writing, the conviction and power of the vocalist, and the refreshing quality of “Gangsta’s” sound. We expect comparison after comparison to Lana Del Rey or Santigold or hip hop or whoever/whatever to surface but none of that really matters either. Removed from the hype/the music journalism panopticon/black hole, we are witnessing the genesis of a real and singular star.

Kat Dahlia (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

reviewed by b3

03-05-13

Chrome Sparks – Sparks [EP]

Electronic Track Reviews

Chrome Sparks never ceases to impress, remixes and singles alike, the artist has yet to disappoint. The new Sparks EP has that same glow. Singles, “Send the Pain On” and “Marijuana” both make appearances but are far from the only standout tracks on this release. Sparks doesn’t miss a beat. The EP is replete with tracks that can both lull you to sleep and make you dance all night. Sparks is Springtime music and with the new season right around the corner, it’s just in time. By Phoebe Anne Severin

Chrome Sparks (Facebook)

Rating 8.3

reviewed by b3

03-05-13

Lucy Cait – Gabriel’s Wharf

Rock Track Reviews

Previewed below is the lead single and title track from UK singer/songwriter Lucy Cait’s debut EP for Folkroom Records. “Gabriel’s Wharf” is big, but big in terms of its weight and expansiveness. The “Gabriel’s Wharf”s background wash of delayed tremolo’d guitars create an interesting dynamic; while the guitars sounds both far off like their revolving out in some distant orbit; they feel ominous too, as if they could fall in and suffocate at the song at any moment. The effect makes for a compelling piece of cinema; that and the track is melodically excellent too. Give “Gabriel’s Wharf” your ears below.

Lucy Cait (Facebook)

Rating 8.2

reviewed by b3

03-05-13