We love the soft edged instrumental subtlety and authentically grounded old-style new wave vocals on new track “Dress For That” from Brighton-based indie duo Oslo Parks. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Oslo Parks 
(Soundcloud)
We love the soft edged instrumental subtlety and authentically grounded old-style new wave vocals on new track “Dress For That” from Brighton-based indie duo Oslo Parks. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Oslo Parks (Soundcloud)
Get into the Raekwon-esque chill-zone of new track “Destiny” the smooth and vocally gorgeous, melodic hip-hop track by seventeen year-old beat smith Rkwhy, who we recently featured on the B3 blog for his lush 8-song mixed-tape collaboration “Shrine” which he created with Atlanta artist .&.
Rkwhy (Soundcloud)
World conquering hero of buzzpop Seinabo Sey performs June 9 at the El Rey Theater in L.A. The Swedish Ms. Sey’s high drama dynamic pop has been the arch-favorite of music blogs and journos for the better part of a year with songs like “Pistols at Dawn” and “Younger” placing Seinabo at the top of Hypem, Spotify, etc charts. We’re stoked to offer two sets of two free passes (each accompanied with a CD copy of current release “For Madelein”) to two very fortunate readers. To win email our inbox here“>. We’ll draw the two winners on June 9. Details and ticket info for the Seinabo Sey El Rey show can be found here.
Seinabo Sey 
(Facebook)
Trans-Atlantic alt-pop label Cascine release the deeply emotive melodic stunner “Something Left To Die For” from Swedish pop act Legends; who plan to release their newest (5th) EP “It’s Love” on June 30th. This will be the first time in about 6 years that Legends founder Johann Angergård has put out an album under the Legends name. Great track! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
The Legends (Facebook)
London band Flyte is back today with brand new “Closer Together” single. The single which is due July 31st on Island Records finds Flyte on a confident chord adeptly blending the band’s penchant for clear hooky songwriting with a cultivated taste in big guitar-driven cacophony. Stream “Closer Together” below.
Flyte (Soundcloud)
LA producer and Soulection feature-artist esta. joins up with trap/house/jazz aficionado Masego (who contributed trap scats and sax on the track) to create a super catchy jazzy-instrumental-infused jam which is based on a clever meld of samples from Childish Gambino and Phony Ppl; hence the name, “Childish People”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Esta 
(Soundcloud)
Chicago’s wordsmith rapper-MC Alexander Ross, better known as A-Cross, impresses with his magnetically-wise angsty verse and impeccable melange of grounding Screwaholic-produced beats on hip-hop standout track “I Know”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
A-Cross 
(Soundcloud)
London’s under-the-radar producer Gus Pirelli garners our full attention with his amazing disco-fringed remix of Disclosure’s new release “Holding On” which features the strong and soulful signature vocals of jazz singer Gregory Porter. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Gus Pirelli (Soundcloud)
The gloomy (beautiful) rhythm pop of “Fill Your Brains” is the excellent debut single from Harrison Brome.
Harrison Brome (Soundcloud)
Get into the fresh synthy pop effervescence and hazy shoegaze vibrations of new track “Saw the Light” from Seattle-based indie-pop band Seapony who’s new album A Vision is out on July 31st. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Seapony 
(Soundcloud)
We are loving the new Felix Snow-produced track from L.A.-based singer Allison Taylor as featured on the (!)Entourage soundtrack. Snow’s melodic R&B-friendly production choices are a great foil for Ms. Taylor’s cool alto on “Bells”. A+.
Allison Taylor (Soundcloud)
