Contributed by Trevor Meyer
Oxford’s Zulu Winter recently signed with Play It Again Sam. “Never Leave” is haunting and beautiful at the same time. The song has a climactic build up, almost like it’s fortifying to its apex, which then leads to a dreamy bridge transition. Zulu Winter has all of the qualities of a promising newer band. We are definitely psyched about them.
Zulu Winter – Never LeaveZulu Winter
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8
Contributed by Trevor Meyer
Music from the North! The 2011 album, To The Treetops from Norwegian group Team Me is a nice collection of songs that certainly brings to mind some well-known Canadian rockers such as Broken Social Scene and The Most Serene Republic. “With My Hands Covering Both of My Eyes I Am Too Scared to Have a Look At You Now” has a driving melody that keeps you grooving the whole time. This track features a powerful chorus by infusing choral chants, and choral harmonies. It’s pop with passion, direction, and vision. Very pretty.
Team Me – With My Hands Covering Both of My Eyes I Am Too Scared To Have a Look At You Now
Team Me 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
X-Factor wooden host dude’s (seriously Simon, we love you but you need to can this guy.) favourite rapper Tinie Tempah is readying a new mixtape entitled “Happy Birthday”. Wretch 32 and Jermaine Cole appeared on mixtape release one, the neat “Like It Or Love It”. This time its Big Sean’s turn on feature with the WizzyWow produced “Lucky C_nt”. Get into it.
Tinie Tempah – Lucky C_nt (Feat. Big Sean)Tinie Tempah 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
Jess Mills drops her brand new single for “Pixelated People”. Produced by UK electro artist Sam Frank (whom you may know from his collaborations with Skream), “People”‘s heart lies in the breaks of early aughts progressive house, that sound topped with some modern melodic refs and hooks. Ms. Mills on some definite UK chart material.
Jess Mills – Pixelated People (Prod. Sam Frank)Jess Mills (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
T’nT flips the script on one of b3sci’s consensus fav Beatles songs. With such an iconic song like “I Want You”, T’nT could’ve easily fucked up. Covering The Beatles and covering them well is one of the hardest things you can do as a band. The path to a shit Beatles cover is paved with the best intentions. Obviously, if this weren’t good we wouldn’t be posting it, so that much is for sure. But Tapes ‘n Tapes deliver here, it’s full fathom force from song start to finish. She’s so heavy.
Tapes ‘n Tapes – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (The Beatles)Tapes ‘n Tapes 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Check out NYC duo Ghost Beach and their excellent soulful synth pop jam, “First Time”.
Ghost Beach – First TimeGhost Beach 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
“Gonna Get My Name Back” new from Portland-based act Shy Girls is a most excellent slice of that classic 80s R&B pie. The Hall & Oates refs are def there (there’s even a little Sade mixed in too) but Shy Girls’ sound is no dusty throwback pastiche, nah, this shit is live. Great grooves, a great backbeat, great melodies, picture yourself on a boat, fruity drink in your hand, life washed in sunlight. That’s “Gonna Get My Name Back”
Shy Girls – Gonna Get My Name BackShy Girls 
(Official) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Yesssssss. Young Veggies and DMV Phil go in. The track tips up nice with a soulful drop and a dope as fuck ?flute sample. Put this one on repeat.
Phil Ade – P.O.P. Music (Feat. Casey Veggies)Rating 8.4
Artists that can dig deep and pull sounds straight from their soul are too few and far between. On the heels of his feature with Wretch 32 on the hit “Don’t Go”, Josh Kumra continues forward with the excellent ‘”Call Off The Search”. Powerful, honest, and tuneful in all the right ways, “COTS” is a can’t miss type track. Preview the track and get familiar with Josh Kumra below.
Josh Kumra – Call Off The SearchJosh Kumra (Facebook)
Rating 8.8
Here goes the new title track from internet meme Lana Del Rey’s “Born 2 Die” LP. How are we feeling about this?
Lana Del Rey – Born 2 DieLana Del Rey (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
L.A.-based duo Saint Le Roq go in on “Other I”, a nicely tipped mix of classic house, future garage, and 2011 R&B-ish pop. We are into it.
Saint Le Roq – Other ISaint Le Roq 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
“They Won’t See U”, an unreleased track from AraabMUZIK, comes nicely equipped with a sharp 1-2 and a killer use of choral samples in the instrumentation. The result is akin almost to a futuristic gospel choir. We can dig that. Jams.
araabMUZIK – They Won’t See UaraabMUZIK 
(Twitter) (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
