B3SCI radar makers Spector have returned with their second offering “What You Wanted”. The new single has proved worth the wait and is a solid follow-up to the irresistible qualities of “Never Fade Away”. More to come from this five-piece out of London…
Spector – What You WantedSpector 
(Facebook)
Rating: 8.28
“What The Water Gave Me” is our first look at Florence + The Machine’s forthcoming sophomore LP expected this November. Florence and producer Paul Epworth waste no time going for the anthemic and empowering sound that suits Ms. Machine so well. “What The Water Gave Me” will be available for download tomorrow 8/23/2011. Get into it below:
Florence + The Machine – What The Water Gave MeFlorence + The Machine (Official and Purchase)
Rating 8.3
“Naomi” is a great slice of dreamy beats via Belgian producer Vuurwerk (Flemish for fireworks). Check out this excellent nighttime jam below.
Vuurwerk – NaomiVuurwerk 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.0
“St. Croix” by LA band Family of the Year could be the “Pumped Up Kicks” of Fall 2011. The track (not unlike most successful pop songs) has that right blend of ingredients “PUK” had/has, several great/memorable hooks, a great chorus, mainstream indie pop accessibility, a much hyped about band on the verge of breaking. We might not hear “St. Croix” on the Wild 94.9 or Kiss 96.5 playlist but expect the song to make a ton of noise for the band. Church. (SKOA)
Family of the Year 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
The ubiquitous Brazilians grab Ratatat for this soft groove bit of 2011 pop. “Red Alert” is included on CSS’ new La Liberacion LP, which is out TODAY! (MJF)
CSS – Red Alert (Feat. Ratatat)CSS 
(Official)
Rating 7.7
So, an interesting turn here from Ms. Marina. The Stargate-produced (Katy Perry, Beyonce, Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow”) “Radioactive” is a big dance pop song. Like worldwide #1 big. Very interesting. Marina’s turn here reminds a bit of Jewel’s 2003 record “Intuition” which although was parody of that era’s pop music sound/visual affectations, behind that parody-front though “Intuition” was, at its heart, still the attempt of an artist to maintain relevance. (This was essentially Jewel’s last pop record). “Radioactive” seems to play that way. Marina doesn’t need “Radioactive” to have a career but she does need “Radioactive” if she wants to be a star. America, the West, the world’s relationship to pop music/culture/relationships in 2011 is kinetic, its changeable (“When you’re around me, I’m radioactive”). Girl can wink wink nod nod all she wants (the song is a parody of American Top 40/American culture/whatever), this is still her track, she owns it. And now she owns a potential worldwide smash. (“Love is all that I fear.”)
Marina and the Diamonds – RadioactiveMarina and the Diamonds (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 7.6
New Manhattan are a band I think we’ll be hearing a lot more from in the not so distant future. The London four-piece (at least from the looks of that photo) sort of walk that transatlantic line of post-millennial guitar rock, it’s a little bit Strokes, it’s a little bit Arctic Monkeys or maybe Maccabees or about a billion other UK bands; but the mix of sounds that New Manhattan have pieced together on a track like “Come On” (excerpted from the band’s three track Bandcamp demo) definitely have us interested and wanting to hear more. Three songs is not enough, dudes! We need more! Send us more!
New Manhattan – Come OnNew Manhattan (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.1
David Guetta continues his streak of world stopping jams, this time with Jennifer Hudson on “Night of Your Life”. She couldn’t have been a better choice. How many other vocalists can tackle that vocal with the conviction? (DoML)
David Guetta – Night of Your Life feat. Jennifer HudsonDavid Guetta 
(Official) (Twitter)
Rating 8.5
“Something Or Nothing” comes courtesy of new London based band Netherlands. The group’s pleasant well-crafted Dream Folk is already in rotation at b3sci HQ and will no doubt make it’s way in our next road trip mix. The band recently recorded their debut EP with respected production team Jimmy Robertson and Demien Castellanos whose credits include Florence & The Machine, Anna Calvi, and Exlovers to name a few. Hear more tunes from their forthcoming EP at the bands homepage HERE.
Netherlands – Something Or NothingNetherlands (Official)
Rating 8.4
In fine ambient fashion, the BretonLABS collective deliver “The Commission”. It’s our first glance at their fourthcoming debut Other People’s Problems LP expected February 2012.
Breton – the Commission by bretonlabs
Rating 8.2
Rolling Stone unveiled on Wednesday a new track from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s fourth full-length, Tape Club, set for release on October 18th via Polyvinyl. The promo trailer bills the LP as a double album of rarities and unreleased tracks, including “Let’s Get Tired” and “Song W and Song L”, eternal bangers originally released on the 2004 Gwyn and Grace EP.
“Yellow Missing Signs” is both a great introduction to the band’s sound and a reminder of synchronicity to their most zealous supporters. This is SSLYBY at their best, a return to Broom’s mastery, autochthonous music married to its place of creation, Springfield, MO. The opening lyric “somebody in this town knows where you’ve been,” captures so perfectly what it means to be young and disaffected and from the Midwest. There is a pathos that was somewhat missing on Let It Sway, as “Yellow Missing Signs” has that ‘proper purgation of emotion’ highlighted by Aristotle as essential to any great art. It reminds me of how much I idolized them when I first saw them play in front of 20 other people at Detroit’s Lager House in February, 2006. – Chris Gedos
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Yellow Missing SignsSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 
(Official) (Bandcamp)
RATING: 8.35
“2 Roadrunners” comes from Fruit Bats frontman Eric D. Johnson’s recent work on the Our Idiot Brother soundtrack. The folk-inspired good nature of the track suits the film’s free spirit vibe as well as its recurring Willie Nelson theme. Check it out:
Eric D. Johnson – 2 RoadrunnersEric D. Johnson
(Fruit Bats Official) (Soundtrack)
Rating 8.1
