Beacon + Blondes + Natasha Kmeto

In the vein of contemporaries like How To Dress Well and Autre Ne Veut, local duo Beacon transfigures traditional markers of R&B music into darkly melodic electronic fare—their particular brand involves bouying singer Thomas Mullarney III's sensuous vocals with breakbeats, rattling bass and liquidy synth production. Another Brooklyn twosome, Blondes, opens with woozy, cluttered techno beats.