Irish band Cloud Castle Lake (word to Vladimir Nabokov) do an excellent space soul cover of one of our favorite tracks from 2011. It’s Jacques Greene’s “Another Girl”
Cloud Castle Lake – Another Girl (Jacques Greene)Cloud Castle Lake 
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Rating 8.2
By Chris Gedos
O.k. so this one’s slightly obvious given its sporadic rotation on OBG / Sirius 60’s radio, but The Reflections’ one hit wonder, “(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet”, occupies a unique place in Detroit music history. Originally released by Golden World Records, the song climbed to #6 during the week of May 30th, 1964, one of the greatest in the history of pop music (the top three that week included “Love Me Do”, “Chapel of Love”, and “My Guy”). “(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet” was one of Golden World’s centerpieces when they were acquired by Motown in 1966 and became the “Studio 2” to Hitsville’s “Studio 1”. Had it not been released during such a contentious week, The Reflections’ would’ve been a top three wonder. Only the thin production keeps it from approaching perfection. #allrightnowimspeculating
The Reflections – (Just Like) Romeo and JulietThe Reflections 
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Rating 9.37
The title track from APTBS’ new EP, which is due out tomorrow, is a compact piece of dark (loud) pop. “Onwards To the Wall” sees the Strangers at a place in their progression as a band where the hooks are a bit more plentiful and up in the mix and the rhythms are a bit more syncopated. The band is still loud as hell (Early in their career, APTBS were sometimes touted as “The Loudest Band in New York”) but there’s more of a tune in this new track then in some of the band’s previous material. We’re definitely psyched to dig into the rest of the EP (which you can do on hypem).
A Place to Bury Strangers – Onwards To the WallA Place To Bury Strangers 
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Rating 8.2
By Jon Herriot
Whenever I listen to Teen Daze I always find myself grooving out a little bit. “Brooklyn Sunburn” starts out nice and slow, and builds into something funky. There is one continuous underlying beat but TD keeps us captured throughout the entire track with subtle changes and twists around every corner, including some haunting backing vocals from LA artist Steph Thompson. The new Teen Daze LP All of Us comes out on May 22nd, make sure you check it out!
Teen Daze – Brooklyn SunburnTeen Daze 
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Rating 8.1
Like whatever a blackwitchmoth is or what that name might even mean, we’re sure that once “Lovecraft” locks you into its simple and straightforward diy groove, you will be hooked. “Blackwitchmoth” style.
BLACKWITCHMOTH – LovecraftBLACKWITCHMOTH (Soundcloud)
Rating 8
Tango In The Attic embody much of the great pop songwriting quality of some b3sci’s favorite post-90s Modern Rock bands (from both sides of the pond). Check out this live preview of their song “Swimming Pool” below and keep an eye out for a new LP from the band expected mid-April.
Tango In The Attic – Swimming Pool (live)Tango In The Attic 
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Rating 8
By Jon Herriot
22 year-old LA producer d’Anconia has dropped an EPIC electro-house remix of Capital Cities’ “Safe and Sound”. Already a fun track, this remix takes it the next level. Definitely makes me want to d’ance. The original version of this track was one of my jams of 2011, and I’m convinced Capital Cities is going to have another huge year.
Capital Cities 
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Rating 7.9
By Chris Gedos
Wild Nothing follows up “Golden Haze” (and its glorious fade-in) with “Nowhere”, which constitutes Jack Tatum’s first official live instrumentation studio recording! For this reason I can forgive the somewhat heavy, baroque jangle-jam production. Tatum guides “Nowhere” home to safety with an unconventional lyric and effective yet truncated bridge. The 7” is set to drop on February 21st, but I would expect an LP before the summer solstice.
Wild Nothing – NowhereWild Nothing 
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Rating 7.85
Heems, of Das Racist fame, dropped a mixtape project last week Nehru Jackets. That was cool. Now Heems lets go “Mr India” a fresh (and as the title indicates) Indian-inflected big beat loose track. Thanks Heems!
Heems – Mr. IndiaHeems (Facebook)
Rating 7.9
Shades (coolest band/artist name ever) is the latest entry out of indie hotbed Boise, Idaho. “Run Up” from Shades’ Clear Motions release is a neat little mix of more vibed out textures and synth pop rhythms. Listen.
Shades – Run UpShades 
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Rating 8.2
Sydney DJ Alison Wonderland re-fashions the reggae-tinged “Boys Like You” from fellow Australians 360 with an electrostep heater. Get into it below.
360 – Boys Like You (Alison Wonderland Remix)Alison Wonderland 
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Rating 8.1
