We can’t front, we’re definitely curious about MGMT’s forthcoming self-titled album. Their last release Congratulations was as deep and true a test to any fan’s will. To a casual MGMT fan, Congratulations was like Clint Eastwood’s recent speech at the Republican National Convention, it was perceived as either ‘brilliant’ or ‘seriously… WTF was that?’
Los Angeles fans of the New York based psychedelic rockers MGMT will soon get their chance to indulge in a preview of the new album during an advance listening party at the Bootleg Theater this coming Wednesday night. Join in and you can experience the album along with a special display of visual imagery as handpicked by the band. We will see you there!
SoCal music aficionados know there is no better place than the ‘San Diego Music Thing’ conference taking place on September 13 and 14. This early weekend of non-stop jams (and events) is held in the heart of gorgeous San Diego, CA at venues like Casbah, Bar Pink, Soda Bar, The Birch North Park Theatre, The Griffin and The Irenic (to name a few). The conference will host a variety of critically acclaimed and emerging bands including Caveman, FIDLAR, Ra Ra Riot, Trails and Ways, Weekend, In the Vally Below and many more!
B3SCI is giving away one pair passes for this event to one lucky reader! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to go to the San Diego Music Thing conference, and we’ll enter you into our drawing to win! (one entry per person.) Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions on Wednesday 9/11, so keep an eye on your inbox. You can get additional details, full line-up, schedules, on the show as well as purchase passes at the San Diego Music Thing website. Good luck!
The young Blaenavon continue their spell of killer mood UK guitar rock with new track “Wunderkind”. The Hampshire wonder-kids “KOSO” EP is due soon.
Blaenavon 
(Facebook)
Rating 9.1
23 year old producer on the rapid rise Shlohmo links up w/ a bit of unlikely source material on his latest mix for Electric Guest. Morphing the EG indie pop track “The Bait” into a late late night haze of swirling beats and atmosphere that while within the Shlohmo sound is indicative of the CA-based producer reaching a new level in quality. A total knockout.
Shlohmo 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
L.A.-based producer Rambo Hollywood constructs his latest mix, a vibed-down mid-80’s-styled of Portugal. The Man’s “Purple Yellow Red & Blue”, around Spandau Ballet’s oft-sampled 1983 single “True”. And while the sample is more famously the instrumentation around P.M.’s 1991 Billboard #2 “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss” (“Christina Applegate you gotta put us on”), we can’t help but hear Andre 3 stacks’ Whole Foods-ref’ing masterwork verse on Lloyd’s “You” remix (not that this is a bad thing!) every time we spin this Rambo mix. So excuse while we get thee to the B3SCI Ableton control panel now, thx. Great mix.
Rambo Hollywood (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
If we’re to believe anybody in the rap game is playing “no games”, it has to be our bro Rick Ross. And while the Future feature for what is Ross’ new LP’s lead single is a bit predictable, Ross’ flow and rhyme scheme on “No Games” is not. Maybe nobody in hip hop works as hard as the MMG chief does, listen to “Hustlin” (remember this is the same dude who rhymes Atlantic w/ Atlantic) or any of the early pre-Port of Miami Ross features and compare it w/ “No Games”, the progression/the labor put in is undeniable. Mastermind is due later this year.
Rick Ross 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
We love love love these Gold Fields remixes. The Aussie band’s quite accomplished house-leaning takes on Empire of the Sun and Chela are two of our favorite remixes of the year thus far. Here, GF turn up the eerie and melancholy and beef up the bass drum & counter rhythms of Sir Sly’s “Gold” record with very strong results.
Gold Fields 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
“Hunting” is the third single from Canadian band The Darcys upcoming Warning LP on Arts & Crafts. An engaging mix of visceral, punch-you-in-the-guts rock and roll immediacy and more artful bits contained in the neat harmonic voicings across the tune and in the instrumentation. The anticipated Warning is due Sept. 17th on Arts & Crafts.
The Darcys 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
