Come join B3SCI and 98.7-FM Close To Home as together we present Max and the Moon’s closing Monday night residency this October at the Bootleg Bar in LA. This Monday night (10/28) Max and The Moon will close out a stellar month of live performances in support of their new double-sided single ‘Crazy / All I Know’ for a special evening live set with a solid bill of on-the-rise local talent that includes Harper Blynn, El Sportivo & The Blooz, and Line & Circle. Entry for the residency night is FREE (21+) and you can get more information on the show HERE. Get in the spirit for the show by having a spin below at Max and the Moon’s new single “Crazy”. *Wear a holloween costume and get a B3SCI goodie at the venue…seriously. We’ll see you there!
Bootleg Theater 
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Reviewed By Brian Litwin
It seems that America’s youth is really starting to appreciate the true potential of a Sunday night. For example, whoever said that you must stay in early on a Sunday night to prepare for the dreaded Monday work day? As a packed Fonda Theater in Los Angeles this past Sunday night eagerly anticipated the electronic wonders of Holy Ghost! to take stage, not many seemed to mind any looming cases of ‘the Monday’s’ that would be theirs in only a few hours to come. Midnight Magic opened things that night quite nicely, the crowd was teeming and the band served a nice warm up to the synthpop dance party that was to follow.
Consisting of Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel, along with some friends to man the drums and machines behind them, Holy Ghost! provided a dance happy soundtrack to the Fonda’s vibrant atmosphere. The band sounded super tight throughout the evening, not skipping a single beat or cue. The crowd moved in rhythm, seemingly without a single person in the house resisting movement to the beat, and the band fed off that energy. Holy Ghost played fan favorites off of their self titled debut album and 2013 album Dynamics. The audience sang along most of the night, rolling through different fan faves like “Okay”, “Dumb Disco Ideas”, “Wait and See”, “It Must Be The Weather”, “It Gets Dark” and 2007 single “Hold On”. It was also bandmate Alex’s birthday… which made the night even a touch more special.
Holy Ghost! 
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Tour Dates
10-21 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
10-22 Tucscon, AZ – Club Congress
10-24 Austin, TX – Emo’s East
10-25 Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds
10-26 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
10-28 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
10-31 NYC – Terminal 5
11-04 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
11-05 Montreal, Quebec – Belmont
11-06 Toronto, Ontario – The Hoxton
11-07 Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot
11-08 Columbus, OH – The Basement
11-09 Chicago, IL – Metro
Rating 9
Champs are two British Brothers from the Isle of Wight: Michael and David Champion… thus the name Champs, which probably didn’t take long for them to come up with. Their first EP is now out in England with an American release likely early next year. In the meantime, we can enjoy “My Spirit is Broken”. It’s beautifully melancholy with a haunting melody, sweet harmonies, and a chorus that will stick to your bones. Review by Bruce Rave
Champs 
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Day Ravies is a new psychedelia soaked guitar band that’s conjured up a debut album of noteworthy material. Phonetically dyslexic bandname aside, the Australian foursome showcases a thing or two about the art of shoegaze rock and roll on their full-length release Tussle. Below you can have a stream at the album in all of it’s dreamy jangle-rock goodness, and if you like what you hear, be sure to pick up a copy via PopFrenzy.
Day Ravies 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Think about The Blues. Reminisce on The Blues for a minute. Now picture the most desolate far-off place you can imagine (and no not Saginaw, Michigan). Good. That’s the visual for Aussie newcomer D.D Dumbo and his very very deep track “Tropical Oceans”. D.D Dumbo’s self-titled debut EP is out November 12th on The Blue Rider label.
Tropical Oceans (Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
London-based producer Flecs makes his B3SCI debut w/ the wonderfully paced, high drama electronic track “Portmanteau”. We are loving it.
Flecs 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.0234
The second single from Kevin Morby’s upcoming debut Woodsist Records LP Harlem Nights is the soulful rainy day nostalgia pop of “Slow Train”. A (very) relaxing glide into a territory when underground pop-leaning music wasn’t afraid to have a little bit of soul to it (the use of organ and the track’s hushed drums are particularly nice). November 26th is the date you need to know for Kevin Morby’s Harlem Nights record.
Kevin Morby (@ Woodsist)
Rating 9
Botany, the project of Texas-based electronic artist Spencer Stephenson, grabs a high profile feature from Father John Misty principal Josh Tillman for the hypnotic after hours new one, “Laughtrack”. Botany’s Lava Diviner (Truestory) LP is out October 29th on Western Vinyl.
Botany 
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Rating 8.5
Fresh voiced Nicole Millar debuts the hazy warm beauty of new slow tempo-er “Fall”. Excerpted from a forthcoming (as of yet untitled) EP, “Fall” amounts to a really lovely and engaging bit of beats-driven vocal pop. Particularly special for the Australian Ms. Millar are those more ethereal breathy notes that seem to effortless breathe out of her (and with the track).
Nicole Millar (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Parquet Courts may be an unassuming band on stage that rarely breaks a smile, but their steady studio and live work is building a fan base that will likely be loyal to them for years. “The More It Works” is a fast, bluesy winner from their Tally All the Things you Broke EP. This band likes to stretch out a song when they play it on stage, and I’m keen to see what they do with “The More It Works”. By Bruce Rave
Parquet Courts – The More It WorksParquet Courts (Facebook)
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