Cornwall artist Matt Woods follows up breakthrough track “Ain’t No Use” with strong “Nothing Less”. A visceral R&B-tinged melody sits at “Nothing Less”s centered further enhanced by Woods’ powerful sense of emotive dynamics in the vocal; pushing for just the right level of acceleration/restraint at nearly every turn of the track. Listen below.
The Golden Vessel collaborators impress with debut starring track. The Australian duo of Kate Gurren and Sally Latter known as OKBADLANDS spin a stunning set of alto melodies around over equally stunning production on radiant track “Dust & Gold”. Spin “Dust & Gold” below.
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“What a Week” is the breezy new track from the L.A.-based duo of Michael Nicastro and Matthew Lieberman a/k/a Magic Bronson. The follow-up to the twosome’s self-titled EP from earlier this year which garnered praise from KCRW and Buzzbands.la, “What a Week” knocked us out initially for its refreshing and unpredictable sound (it feels refreshing even typing the phrase, “refreshing and unpredictable sound”!). Built on a vaguely house-y rhythm and synth template and backed by pan-genre multi-regional splashes of influence and sound (that cuica-sounding hook thing in the chorus is particularly cool), “What a Week” finds Magic Bronson continuing to push things forward sonically while keeping it all very listenable in the process. Stream the B3SCI Premiere of “What a Week” from Magic Bronson below.
COYOTE (a tight as hell band name btw), a new rock band out of L.A., make a strong online debut with a kinetic jammer we dig called “A Lil Bit”. Stream “A Lil Bit” below and get pumped for this exciting new band.
Melbourne AU artist BATTS puts down a dreamy warm alto vocal over a neatly constructed downtempo instrumental (produced by Birmingham artist Ficci) to potent effect on new “Lie To Me” single. What a stunner of a track.
Rambo V is an LA based producer who fuses genres from all eras to create a timeless, beautiful electronic sound. Soul, house, latin, jazz, and more are all fused into the producer’s latest track, Rincón. Rambo V has performed at HARD summer and Slash h House and opened for flight facilities, Gorgon City, and Toro y Moi just to name a few. Watch out for this guy, he’s gonna be big. Reviewed by Selena Shaw.
One of the most exciting artists in emerging pop right now Grace Mitchell will perform at Silver Lake’s Tenants of the Trees this Wednesday 10/19. A component part of Grace’s 4 gig “Plays Herself” series of shows throughout Los Angeles, Wednesday’s show will feature supporting DJ sets from Morly and DJ Skeet. Grace Mitchell goes on at 11 PM for this B3SCI Presents show so be square or be there.
Out today on B3SCI is “Futures” the debut EP from London quartet PREP. Rolling Stone calls PREP’s Steely Dan and Bobby Caldwell-influenced sound “”butter-smooth yacht-pop.” and Best Fit calls it “a much-needed funk-fueled trip to a sun-filled beach.” The “Futures” EP is available now digitally and in limited 12″ vinyl from our B3SCI Records store.
B3SCI is very proud to present hitmakers Oyster Kids (“Creepy”, “Lips”, etc.) alongside B3SCI Records very own NVDES THIS MONDAY 10/17 at The Echo in L.A. Part of a month-long residency for Oyster Kids at the Echo, the show will also include supporting sets from The Lonely Wild and Fakers in addition to NVDES. We’re stoked for Monday night’s show and you should be too! Further details about the gig can be found here at the Echo’s website.
Freshly signed to Good Years (BANKS, Francis and the Lights) is talented newcomer Yellow Days. Singing in an gritty earthen timbre reminding a bit of Eric Burdon, Yellow Days “Your Hand Holding Mine”‘s adept blend of modern “spacey” production cues and it’s gutty magnetic vocal is a refreshing new music entry. Listen.
