Yes, you’ve read that correctly. B3SCI will be hooking up one lucky winner with a pair of tickets to attend this year’s FreeFest in Columbia, MD on October 6th! That is – if you can handle experiencing live sets from Skrillex, Nas, M83, Santigold, Jack White, ZZ Top and more all in one day!
To enter our contest just email us here and share how far you would go to get tickets if FreeFest was not free (or sold out of course)? The most creative and outrageous answer wins! Our winner will be picked by September 26. So get to it and good luck!
Stay tuned to B3SCI and Virgin Mobile Live for more exciting updates and news still to come on FreeFest 2012!
Here’s something for socal retro pop-ficeonados to be psyched about. LA super-trio Mini Mansions will headline Saturday night (9/8) at the Central SAPC with support from Harriet, Line & Circle, Jesse Kivel (Kisses/Princeton) DJ Set, and some very special guests! If you’re yet to get familiar with the brilliance in records like “Monk” then check out the track above. For those already in the mix, then mark this one on your calendars and grab your tickets here, or drop us a line and we’ll enter to you to win a FREE pair of tix to this show. Email us here and let us know that you want to see Mini Mansions to get entered in our random drawing taking place on 9/7/12. (day before the show). Good luck!
Music (and science) lovers man your turntable nerdaries because we’re giving away a collection of vinyl from San Francisco-based electronic production team Bachelors Of Science! With their unique as laid back as they are soulful electro tracks, the crew’s garnered a coveted Beatport award and performances alongside everyone from Pendulum to High Contrast to Elvis Costello (as well as doing official remixes for everyone from Groove Armada to Silver Swans.) We’re hooking up one lucky B3SCI reader with a copy of Bachelor Of Sciences’ new AA-side featuring the freshly minted originals “Beast (feat Emcee Child)” and “Morning Sun (feat Smote and Maria Remos)” (available on BOS’ new imprint Code Recordings) as well as a signed copy of their (epic) Warehouse Dayz LP!
Check out tracks “Beast” and “Morning Sun” below, and for a chance to win this vinyl package just email us and say that you’d like to win the Bachelors Of Science vinyl. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random the last week of August. Godspeed you mad scientists!
If you read B3SCI on the frequent then you know we bump to Regina SK’s (shouts to Jon H!) Rah Rah. And, if you’re like us and you can’t get enough of tracks like “Little Poems” – then friend you have just hit the jackpot. To celebrate the forthcoming release of the Rah Rah’s new Poets Dead full length (September 25th via Hidden Pony Records) we’re giving away a 7-inch of the band’s recent “Little Poems” single to one lucky reader. Bada-bing!
For a chance to win email us (U.S. entries only) and say that you’d like to win the Little Poets vinyl. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random the last week of August. Peep this rad live version of the song below, send us a message, and good luck!
Blues Traveler recently turned 25 years young and has celebrated with the release of a new album, their first original album in four years, Suzie Cracks The Whip. The LP showcases more contemporary elements in the band’s vision while maintaing a trueness to those beloved Blues Traveler signature sounds (yeah Popper we’re looking at you..)! Catch the band’s new single “You Don’t Have To Love Me” on a radio station near you and/or check out the music video below.
And while we’re on a roll, take a look at this sweet prize-pack of authentic BT swag that we’re hooking up for one lucky B3SCI reader! That’s right, you can get your paws on a T-shirt, some official stickers, and a John Popper signed harmonica! To enter it’s simple… just email us here for your chance to win. Let us know that you want the Blues Traveler prize pack and we will enter you in our contest drawing to take place later this month on August 24, 2012. Good luck!
Even more exciting for you 90s enthusiasts, Blues Traveler embark upon a massive 30-city “Last Summer on Earth” US tour with Barenaked Ladies, Cracker and Big Head Todd.
August 7 Minneapolis, MN—Weesner Amphitheatre
(w/o Big Head Todd & The Monsters)
August 9 Council Bluffs, IA—Harrah’s
August 10 West Allis, WI—State Fair
August 11 Detroit, MI—DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 12 Indianapolis IN—The Lawn at White River
August 14 Wantagh, NY—Jones Beach Amp
August 15 Philadelphia, PA—Penn’s Landing
August 17 Bethlehem, PA—Sands Bethlehem
August 18 Boston, MA—BOA Pavilion
August 19 Bangor, ME—Bangor Waterfront
Party with The Hood Internet as they continue to mash electronic frontiers @ Central SAPC this Friday (8/3) in west Los Angeles. ZOOS // ZOOS is presenting the mashtros show which will also see stellar support sets from rising talent Psalm One and Tanya Morgan. This gig is a can’t miss way to start your weekend off right!
B3SCI has one pair of tickets to giveaway to the show! To enter it’s simple… just email us here for your chance to win. Let us know that you want to see The Hood Internet and we will enter you in our contest drawing for tickets to take place this Thursday (8/2). You can find additional details on the show at Central S.A.P.C. Good luck!
Yyyeah mon!!! For those of you Reggae fans in the B3 fam SoCal we’ve some exciting news for you! Annual Reggae Night at The Hollywood Bowl in LA is sneaking up fast on us. The concert is part of KCRW’s World Festival and it takes place this Sunday, July 15th with the very best roots reggae artists from the mecca of Jamaica and beyond! Catch Toots and the Maytals, Ziggy Marley, Maxi Priest, Freddie McGregor, Bob Andy, and host KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole for a chilled-out summer night to remember.
B3SCI is giving away a pair of tickets to the show for one lucky reader. To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to go… and we’ll enter you to win! Our winner are picked at random from the pool of submissions on Friday morning, so keep an eye on your inbox. You can get additional details on the show as well as purchase tickets at the Hollywood Bowl website. Good luck!
There’s no debate that chilltronic producer Chris Dexter aka oOoOO knows his way up, down, and all around a slow jam or two. Having racked up official remix credits for the likes The Big Pink, Salem, and Marina and the Diamonds, the Bay Area producer has been consistantly one of our favorites to keep an eye on.
oOoOO rolls through town Friday the 13th (ooooo spooky) with support from a stellar bill of talent including Sahy Uhns, Datsyuk, and BlackS. We’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway for the event. To win just email us here and we’ll enter you to win! Winners are picked at random by next Friday morning. You can get additional details on the show at Central S.A.P.C. Good luck!
The Step Into The Black concert series has been traveling the country throwing sick parties with some of the best talent on the radar. For a quick gander at what’s been happening just peep this blistering performance below from Thee Oh Sees in all of it’s rock and roll gloriousness. The collaboration between Captain Morgan and The FADER has also yielded a limited run of vinyl records featuring a select set of favorite live recordings from said exclusive parties.
We’ve got a copy of this record for giveaway to just one of our lucky readers. For a chance to win email us (U.S. entries only) and say that you’d like to win the Step Into The Black vinyl. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random next Wednesday. Check out more on Step Into The Black via FADER and you can get more information and details on the series here at FB.
SIDE A: Poliça -Leading To Death (live in Pheonix)
Jhene Aiko – Stranger (live in Chicago)
SIDE B: Thee Oh Sees – The Dream (live in San Francisco)
Dam Funk – Candy Dancin (live in Tampa)
NY based four-piece Here We Go Magic will headline a set at The Echo in LA this Friday night (6/15) in support of their recent A Different Ship album release. The new, Nigel Godrich produced LP hones in on capturing the band’s entrancing live presence and it’s found some heavy rotation at B3SCI HQ this past month.
We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the set to one lucky reader! For a chance to win just email us and say that you want to see Here We Go Magic this Friday night. We’ll be picking our winner at random on Friday morning. Check out A Different Ship via Secretly Canadian and get more information and details on the show at The Echo.
Kitsuné recently put out a new aptly titled America compilation. The release is their first mix dedicated solely to Stateside talent on-the-up and includes fresh independent electro-based tracks from the likes of DWNTWN, Giraffage, Emil & Friends, XXXChange and more!
To celebrate America‘s release, Kitsuné is hosting select events, with performances from some of the compilation’s artists, taking place in NYC, Chicago and (now) LA. The caravan rolls through the City of Angeles this week with release parties at Smoke and Mirrors (tonight) and Echoplex this Saturday (6/9), and we’ve got some free tickets for a few lucky readers to check it out. Get psyched!
To win just email us here and let us know that you’d like to be entered to win tickets to see the Kitsuné America release show at Echoplex this Saturday. We’ll be picking our winners at random at the end of the week. You can get additional details on the show at the event page.
Bay Area MC, K. Flay will be rolling through Santa Monica this Friday night for a special set at Central S.A.P.C. Her current national tour, of which includes sets at Bonnaroo and Summerfest, and press from the likes of Elle, Rolling Stone and Billboard, plus her native mid-west work ethic, have all culminated to a bit of a buzz around the lady indie/electronic rapper/producer. As if that’s not exciting enough, b3sci fave Colin Monroe will also be performing on the bill that night. In fact, the two recently colloaborated on a track together called “Your Eyes” (check it out below) which has been pumping out our stereo for the last week now.
We’ve got some free tix to the show for a few of our lucky SoCal readers. To win just email us here and let us know that you want the K. Flay hook up! We will pick our winner at random on Friday, day of the gig. You can get additional details on the show at Central S.A.P.C. Good luck!
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