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Rating: 7.7
If you like Scandinavian synth pop with moody rhythmic verses, huge epic choruses, and more hooks than Jimmy Houston’s tackle box, (we totally just took it there) then you, friend, have hit some sort of song jackpot cause “Never Be the Same” is all those things, and really really well executed, an exemplar for the genre.
Little Majorette – Never Be the SameLittle Majorette 
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Rating: 8.2
Rather than take someone else’s melody and recycle it, (looking at you, Rihanna and the Rapture) Bjork has recycled herself. “Crystalline” exists between the crunchy prescient remixes on Telegram and the delicate echoes of Vespertine. Taking her own sound and twisting it, you feel nostalgia for those previous records without the hangover.
Contributed by Erin Routson
Bjork – CrystallineBjork 
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Rating: 8.0
Gotta admit this one of our fav hip hop tracks in a minute. Ski stretches the beat on “Parachute” to its limit, makes it taught til its paper thin, and what amounts is a super dense, compact, slim track. The perfect rudder to Tabi’s more talk-y conversational flow.
Tabi Bonney – Parachutes (Prod. Ski Beatz)Tabi Bonney 
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Rating: 8.4
b3sci fav Jesse Boykins III returns w a new Gold Panda produced track. We’re defniitely feeling this electro-tinged change of pace for JBIII. And while the track maybe heavily synthesized/processed, colder, Boykins’ smooth tenor keeps the tune up on a steady slow burn.
Jesse Boykins III – Back Home (Mermaids & Dragons) (Prod. Gold Panda)Jesse Boykins III 
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Rating: 8.3
“Trance Sisters” is what you’d want Memory Tapes second LP to sound like; jagged rhythms, percussive melodies, and enough syncopation to get your next Bard College rave party poppin’. Lets go to the track!
Memory Tapes – Trance SistersMemory Tapes 
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Rating: 7.9
Yeah, we fuck with Grimes. We also fuck with BANGS too. Take U to the Movies.
Grimes – My Sister Says the Saddest ThingsGrimes 
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Rating: 7.9
“A Creature I Don’t Know” is the lead single from Ms. Marling’s upcoming third LP of the same name due in September. “A Creature I Don’t Know” represents a realization and maturity in Marling’s writing and vocal stylings. She’s confident, she’s on top the tune, she’s bleeding out the track. It’s great.
Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t KnowLaura Marling 
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Rating: 8.0
Prize Pack??? Sweeeeeeet! Japanese Popstars are one of our favorite new acts. Their Controlling Your Allegiance LP is phenomenal. So phenomenal, in fact, we wanted you to get hooked up with a copy, a VINYL copy of The Japanese Popstars: The Remixes, for free. That’s how much we love you. Oh, and wait, that’s just the start, fam! Add a FREE T-SHIRT to the vinyl and how about A PAIR OF FREE TICKETS to the band’s July 1st gig at the Avalon in Los Angeles. Whoa! That’s some serious “Price Is Right” “Showcase Showdown” shit right there. All those sweet prizes can be yours, all you gotta do is email us with why you want this SUPER AWESOME Japanese Popstars prize pack and we’ll select our favorite response as the winner.
Japanese Popstars – Shells of Silver (Feat. James Vincent McMorrow)Japanese Popstars U.S. Dates (Tickets)
06/30 – San Diego – Voyeur
07/01 – Los Angeles – Avalon
07/02 – Baltimore – Summer Massive
07/03 – New York – Dance Here Now Festival
070/3 – New York – Pacha
07/08 – Chicago – The MID
07/09 – Mariaville, NY – Camp Bisco Festival
We close up shop for the week on this heatrock of a Breton remix by London production smith Girl Unit. Feel the fresh Friday vibes. We out!
Breton – RDI (Girl Unit Remix)Girl Unit : (Myspace) (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Rating: 8.2
The Eversons are New Zealand’s answer to Pavement, 90’s rock radio, and liberals (fuck those flaking liberal dicks).
The Eversons – I’m a ConservativeThe Eversons 
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Rating: 8.1
If only I lived in a universe where every time Bruno Mars’ “The Lazy Song” (maybe the worst top 10 song EVER) came on the radio something by fellow Hawaiian Anuhea would play instead. Here, the soulful Maui native does her take on Estelle’s “Come Over Love” adding acoustic guitar and a smoothed out island feel.
Anuhea – Come Over Love (Estelle Cover)Anuhea 
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Rating: 8.1
