Attention Los Angeles music fans, journey to The Echo this Tuesday night for a can’t miss mix of next wave synthscapes and chilled out electronic pop. The critically praised contemporary producer/performers, both, Deptford Goth and SOHN will be performing live sets and heaps of material from their newest releases to a packed house! Doors for the event are at 8:30 pm and tickets are $13 in-advance and $15 at-door. Purchase tickets and get more info on the show here. *OR* you can try your luck with B3SCI because we are giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘Depford x SOHN giveaway’ contest. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions by Tuesday morning 11/19, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!
The Echo 
(Event Info)
Art/Post-punk band WIRE will grace the Echoplex stage this Sunday night to rip through their iconic catalogue as well as new songs from Change Becomes Us, their most recent and thirteenth studio album. They will be joined that night with a blistering set by Seattle based, critically acclaimed, and self-proclaimed ‘Vagina Rock‘ collective, Chastity Belt. This show is a don’t miss!
Doors for the event are 8:00 pm. Tickets are $22.00 advance and $24.00 at the door. Purchase and get more info on the show here. *OR* you can try your luck with B3SCI because we are giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘WIRE tix giveaway’. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions on Sunday morning 11/17, day of show, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!
The Echo (Event Info)
Come join B3SCI and Amazing Radio as together we present Lovelife for the third stint of their Monday night residency this November 18th at the Bootleg Bar in LA. The beloved UK/NY based collective will perform alongside a stellar line-up of support from Wunder Wunder, Monogem, and Professor Possessor. Entry for the residency night is FREE (21+) and you can get more information on the show HERE. You can get in the spirit for the show by having a spin below at Lovelife’s excellent new Stateless EP below!
Bootleg Theater (Info)
Brighton kids Lion Bark (all members of the band are between ages 20-23) make their B3 debut w/ the very nice “Longhorns”. Featuring a neat mix of UK/post-punk-styled guitar and rhythm and frontman Guy Bangham’s (which is a breathtaking rock and roll name) subtle but affecting croon, “Longhorns” is a standout and is firmly indicative of band on the definite up.
Lion Bark 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.1
“Try It Over”, new from Melbourne-based Yujen, features a fresh mix of spaced-out electronics, deep water depth-charge beats and the pillowy croon of B3 fave Chet Faker on vocals. “Try It Over” is the title track from Yujen’s upcoming debut EP on Mr. Faker’s Detail Co. label.
Yujen 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Method Records lets loose a crazy collab/line-up in the form of the infinitely cool & funky “Together” featuring of the moment vocalist Sam Smith, UK dance it boys Disclosure and the legendary Nile Rodgers (and some dude called Jimmy Naples whom we even googled but came up with no identity for). “Together” (besides sounding awesome) sounds just about what you might expect a Disclosure, Sam Smith, Nile Rodgers collaboration sound like, dope a f.
Method Records (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.1
The skillfully-constructed bliss pop w/ hooks of the GEMS “Ephemera” is the D.C.-based duo’s best track to date (which after the near perfect “Medusa” is quite a take). The band’s new “Medusa” EP dropped on Tuesday and if you haven’t secured yourself a copy you should sort that out ASAP/immediately.
GEMS 
(Official)
Rating 8.4
L.A. via Chicago production duo Blended Babies have been knocking out soulful instrumentals on the reg for hip hop’s brightest (incl. King Chip, Chance the Rapper and Freddie Gibbs) for years. Here, the duo grab favorite collaborators Asher Roth & Chuck Inglish for the dreary R&B-lean of “See the World”.
Blended Babies 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
R&B newcomer King Avriel impresses with the fresh infusion (into an already stacked genre) of sounds & ideas on “Prelude”. The track, which as Pigeons and Planes reports, was inspired by and created as a response to Kendrick Lamar’s “Keisha’s Song”; with Avriel commenting the following on the song:
““I was inspired by the story Kendrick told in Keisha’s Song. I wanted to create a prelude to his story by using my own experiences, because I felt so connected to Keisha’s struggle. I hoped the song would shed light on the cycle of abuse and neglect of black women, and how it negatively affects everyone in our community on some level — even our men.”
King Avriel (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Previewed below is the excellent gritty latest track from Jagjaguwar artist Angel Olsen “Forgiven/Forgotten”. Built on a relentless guitar snarl, crashing drums and Ms. Olsen’s taking y’all to task vocal “Forgiven” is another standout song from the Chicago artist. Angel Olsen’s Burn Your Fire for No Witness LP is out February 18th on the aforementioned Jagjaguwar.
Angel Olsen (Purchase)
Rating 8.1
