Pale Seas link up with fellow Southamptonites, Tropics for a pleasant and cloudy seashore flip to their forthcoming single “Bodies”. It’s a melodic/musical wallow best spent like a vacation with eyes closed and relaxation top of mind. Check out b3sci’s premiere of this etherial experience below and take note that Pale Seas’ new double A-side single Bodies/My Own Mind drops on 7-inch via Communion Records on September 17th.
Pale Seas 
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Rating 8.3
Australia’s Presets will soon embark on a US tour. This is an awesome live band that always creates a party. “Ghosts” is lower key than some of their dancier songs, and but it’s got a great melody that sticks in my head. The song has sort of an English pub feel to it. Check it out and if you’re in the US, hope it’s a great holiday weekend for you.
The Presets – GhostsThe Presets 
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Case & Point keep the banger streak alive taking aim this time at “Angels”. Sample the duos latest bootleg of The XX hit below.
Case & Point 
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Rating 8.
Everyone’s fave Danish duo ring in a decade of hauntingly sweet records with their forthcoming and impressively solid seventh studio album Observator. The album of which was recorded in an incredible seven days with producer Richard Gottehrer (credits include Blondie, Go-Gos, Richard Hell), holds true to The Raveonettes signature sound and prolific pop song appetite. New single “The Enemy” previewed here, particularly showcases the bands affinity for those glittery guitar songs, harkening bands from The Smiths to The Beatles, and those between (plus we’re sure some NME puns intended).
The Raveonettes – The EnemyThe Raveonettes 
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Rating 8.4
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!
The Central S.A.P.C. 
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Mini Mansions: (Official)
Zak Waters (the featured vocalist on the original track) re-spins the pretty much perfect melody on Madeon’s “The City” into a really neat piano ballad. Waters’ vocals are especially powerful/visceral/emotionally-laid-wide-open here; he pulled us in immediately with his tone, emotive quality & vulnerability – almost too good. Do yourself the favor and give this really really good take on Madeon’s “The City” a spin below.
Zak Waters – The City (Acoustic) (Madeon)Zak Waters (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
The UK garage/R&B/future house train rolls on with the latest from Fat! Records artist Wolf Cub. “Desverre” goes full fathom from push to go, transitioning in instrumentation and feel several times throughout.
Wolf Cub – DesverreWolf Cub (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
Houston gospel rapper Lecrae’s got a new album in the offing Gravity due Sept. 4. “Mayday”, which features K.R.I.T. & American Idol-alum Ashthon Jones, is the latest leak from the project. Ashthon’s powerhouse vocals turn what’s an otherwise ok-to-good rap track to a great rap track. We knew Ashthon could sing; but, girl, we need more! A K.R.I.T.-produced Ashthon Jones album, make it happen!
Lecrae – Mayday (Feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Ashthon Jones)Lecrae 
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Rating 8.4
Bay Area maniac Ty Segall grabs his broham-in-arms Mikal Cronin for new guitar bruiser “Pop Song”. Thx R&G
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – Pop SongTy Segall & Mikal Cronin (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
UK act Peace are one of our favorite new bands. The Brit four-piece’s sound exists at that exactly perfect vertex where melody, heaviness & soul meet to create the best rock and roll. New track “California Daze” should make you a believer if you’re not already. Get into it below.
Peace (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Had enough Bon Iver remixes yet? Ready for another one? Well we’ve uncovered one (with a tip to our friends at DoML) that clearly stands out amongst its peers and deserves your attention. C/o Manchester UK producer Stop the Car, this new remix of “Towers” packs some really neat/interesting/different melodic & rhythmic changes. Get a sample below.
Stop the Car (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
The irrepressible Tiombe Lockhart delivers a sweet refashion of Jacob Miller’s classic reggae track “Baby I Love You So” over a King Tubby instrumental. If you’re cool, you know that you’ve just hit the reggae covers jackpot; and Ms. Lockhart does not disappoint. Tiombe’s “Augustus and Me” EP is available now.
Tiombe Lockhart – BabyTiombe Lockhart 
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Rating 8.4
