York UK beatmaker Handbook drops one of the coolest instrumentals we’ve heard in a minute. The track is one part space opera, one part jazz-inflected beats, and one part THE FUTURE. The future is now. Listen now.
Handbook 
(Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Rating 8.6
Ski Lodge sort of navigates a lane between the all too ubiquitous nu-surf rock genre and classic 80’s British rock (Cure, Smiths, those bands, etc). So while still sounding relevant Mr. Lodge a/k/a Andrew Marr manages to ground (class up) his sound by dipping his writer’s pen more toward those streams of great writing talent (from the 80’s). Without that influence would we (want to) listen? Prob not. But all that aside, Ski Lodge is two songs deep into an interesting, refreshing sound. (LB4YB)
Ski Lodge 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.0
TEETH’s new single for “Flowers” is out today on Moshi Moshi. Included with the single are three remixes, new spins from Brassica, CSS & our man Russ Chimes. Check out Russ’ fresh mix below and look out for TEETH’s Whatever LP, due Sep. 19.
Russ Chimes (Official) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
Givers offer up a free remix of their single “Meantime” done by none other than b3sci favs Bombay Bicycle Club. The BBC contribute a feel good dance flavor into the mix that’ll have your Labor Day toes tapping in no time. Lets see the track!
Bombay Bicycle Club : (Official) (Myspace)
Rating 8.2
Kimbra’s excellent “Settle Down” track gets a chilled new remix via Aussie producer M-Phazes. Awesome.
Kimbra – Settle Down (M-Phazes Remix)M-Phazes 
(Official) (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
“Medicine” is the newest drop from WWPJ’s anticipated In the Pit of The Stomach LP. “Medicine” is tight, compressed, focused. It’s a compact dense piece of the best of UK rock right now. We couldn’t be more psyched for the LP. Send us the LP!
We Were Promised Jetpacks – MedicineWe Were Promised Jetpacks 
(Twitter) (Facebook)
Rating 8.7
“Neverland” comes to us via the latest installment of Cole’s “Any Given Sunday” series. (A series of free Sunday content drops all leading up to the release of Jermaine’s debut LP Cole World on Sept. 27.) “Neverland” knocks pretty hard. I think most MCs would be pretty jazzed to have a track like this, so the fact that the song is an outtake….Awww naw! Cole World.
J. Cole – NeverlandRating 8.0
Check out this video from MTV’s 120 Minutes of lo-fi prodigy Dean Wareham and his band Luna playing “California (All The Way)” from the 1994 album, Bewitched. The show, which ran from 1986 until 2000 on MTV and until 2003 on MTV2, has been recently revived with Matt Pinfield as its host. Indie’s current preponderance on late night TV is nothing short of phenomenal given its marginal status even ten years ago. We simply wouldn’t have Fleet Foxes playing SNL if it weren’t for Dean Wareham fighting the good fight 20 years ago. Luna never really escaped from the shadow of Galaxie 500, Wareham’s previous band, but “California (All The Way)” is one of the sweetest songs in all of nerd rock. “And now I realize I’m livin’ like a trucker does, although I haven’t got the belly” = pure brilliance. Now let’s get James Franco to act, write and direct the biopic! Contributed by Christopher Gedos
LUNA – California (All The Way)LUNA (Official)
Rating: 8.75
Let me hear that thong.
The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love (A-Trak Remix)Rating 8.3
“Say Yeah”, new from “Down” hitmaker Jay Sean, sounds like an outtake from Usher’s Confessions record. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing (Confessions produced something like 15 #1 hits), the track definitely references/looks back to that era though. An era before electronica invaded into r&b, an era that was more about a lighthearted good time, an era before autotune. If anything, listening to “Say Yeah” will make you feel good. Hit the play button.
Jay Sean – Say Yeah (Feat. Lupe Fiasco)Rating 7.9
Maybe the toughest track we’ve heard from Kiss in a minute. The gritty “Grind” is the first drop from Jada’s upcoming Top 5 Dead or Alive mixtape. Pissed Jada is best. We don’t want Slow Jam Jada or Braggadocio Jada, we want Angry Focused Pissed Jada. A+ track from Pissed Jada.
Jadakiss – GrindRating 8.0
This week Troy kicked it at Feliz Hts in LA for a set featuring our choice picks from Virgin Mobile FreeFest acts performing live next weekend, September 10 in Columbia, Maryland. VM25ers will be there in full force… stay tuned. Tracklist is after the jump. GET INTO IT!
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