“Let The World See The Light” is something special by budding songstress Mahalia. The young writer sings like it’s something she’s known more than anyone else her whole life. Preview the track below and check out the new Head Space EP.
Mahalia – Let The World See The LightMahalia 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
The 1975’s first official release is finally with us and serves to carefully weave together four tracks with a wealth of atmospherics, industrial beats and expansive choruses. Track two, “The City” is definitely the focal point of the EP and whilst everything around it does a great job of setting the scene and showing the band’s capacity for development, it feels like their slingshot is still pulling back. These four young guys from Manchester have set out with a mature approach to representing their hometowns rich musical landscape, past and present, and considering the quality of the demos heard last year I’m sure there’s still more big tracks to come. By Nathan Hetherington
The 1975 (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Bloc Party return with Four, which drops the week after next. It’s a long-awaited return, preceded by a few US shows including their storm-delayed Lollapalooza set last weekend. These Brits are used to playing for mud-caked fans in the UK, so this was nothing new for them. “Team A” throws us some of those unique rhythms we loved on their Silent Alarm debut. Bloc Party are already saying there may not be a fifth album, so let’s enjoy them while we can. By Bruce Rave
Bloc Party – Team ABloc Party (Facebook)
*Check out Bruce’s Moheak Radio “Go Deep” show on Sunday nights 7-9 pm Pacific, 10-12 am Eastern, 3-5 am GMT. Also listen to past shows at Bruce’s blog and follow Bruce on Twitter.
Our man Colin Monroe provides a smooth croon on the hook for “Enemy of the Great”, a new Christian Rich-produced track from VA rapper The Fieldz. The Virginia newcomer has a mixtape project Soar Loser in the works. If “Enemy of the Great” is any indication, SL is a tape we’ll definitely need some ears on.
The Fieldz – Enemy of the Great (Feat. Colin Munroe)The Fieldz 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Mysterious internet musician Youan comes through with his/her/its best track to date with the relaxed indie R&B of “Must Be Love”. Look out for a new seven-track mixtape from Youan by the end of the month. (KKS)
Youan (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Seattle soul-popstress Tess Henley’s “Daydreaming” grabbed us immediately with it’s insanely good Stevie-Wonder-school-of-songwriting brand of melody. The production on the track is little too A/C for our tastes but those melodies and Henley’s excellent vocal performance are enough for us to look past it. Great song.
Tess Henley – DaydreamingTess Henley 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.0
LA’s very own Capital Cities put a sweet summertime shine on the Prince-penned Sinead classic. Opting for a wall of lounging-by-the-pool synths, an easy feeling backbeat, and some neat leftfield Latin-styled horns, CC deliver another adeptly constructed cover version with “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Capital Cities 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Early 00’s buzzband Earlimart return with their first release in four years with new album System Preferences. First single “’97 Heart Attack” see the LA based duo adding heavier electronic textures to their inimitable brand of spry indie pop.
Earlimart (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Lower are a loud rock band from Copenhagen. We miss this music. The band’s Walk on Heads EP is really good and deserves your attention ASAP.
Lower 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
B3SCI land in SF on Friday to cover this weekend’s awesome Outside Lands festival. The lineup is stacked this year and includes b3sci all-time faves Stevie Wonder and Neil Young (seriously, how will we be able to handle so much greatness in one weekend?) as well as a great undercard of other favorites of the blog; including, Michael Kiwanuka, Futurebirds, Tennis, Tame Impala, Birdy, Metallica (jk), Sharon Van Etten and more! Check out some of our recommendations below for this weekend’s can’t miss sets and must see bands & artists; and stay tuned for more coverage live from and following the festival.
FRIDAY
Futurebirds 12:00-12:40 (Panhandle)
PAPA 12:45-1:30 (Twin Peaks)
Sharon Van Etten 1:15-2:05 (Sutro)
Fitz and the Tantrums 3:10-4:05 (Lands End)
The Walkmen 3:55-4:55 (Sutro)
Beck 4:30-5:15 (Lands End)
Washed Out 7:50-8:35 (Panhandle)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse 8:10-9:55 (Lands End)
SATURDAY
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons 12:00-12:45 (Sutro)
Tame Impala 1:50-2:40 (Lands End)
Father John Misty 2:55-3:35 (Panhandle)
Alabama Shakes 3:50-4:40 (Sutro)
Michael Kiwanuka 4:30-5:10 (Panhandle)
Big Boi 5:15-6:05 (Twin Peaks)
The Kills 6:10-7:10 (Lands End)
Sigur Ros 8:40-9:55 (Twin Peaks)
SUNDAY
Birdy 1:20-2:00 (Panhandle)
Caveman 2:50-3:30 (Panhandle)
City and Colour 3:45-4:35 (Sutro)
Santigold 5:10-6:00 (Twin Peaks)
Bloc Party 6:45-7:45 (Twin Peaks)
Stevie Wonder 7:20-9:30 (Lands End)
Jaar propels Chan into a completely different plane/dimension/universe on this beautifully cavernous remix of “Cherokee”. One of the best remixes of the year.
Nicolas Jaar 
(Facebook)
Rating 9.2
Tensnake celebrates 40k twitter followers with an islands-y bumper from the vault.
Tensnake 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.0
