For a project that wants to remain anonymous, Rhye sure is trying to make waves with its music. So, in support of the fantastically beautiful song " Open ," the project has seen fit to release a video performing the song. A video, yes, but it doesn't exactly feature the identities of those involved in Rhye. Rather, it seems to be shot from behind the musicians as an audience of one quietly listens with great intent.
Back in October of last year we met with Emil Svanängen whilst he was on a brief solo trip to London. In town to perform a low-key show to road test songs from his latest record Hall Music , Emil treated us to a stirring version of recent single 'My Heart' which left all present in the room collectively open mouthed. Not stopping there, we left the cameras rolling for a second song - 'Violent', taken off the 2009 album Dear John . The original is one of Loney Dear's finest moments to date - the [...]
Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains have had an incredibly busy start to the year. Their long awaited album, E Volo Love was released through Domino at the latter end of January and, since then, the band have dazzled audiences throughout the UK playing sold out headline shows and supporting the likes of King Creosote and Jon Hopkins . We caught up with the band in London, where they conjured up this beautiful version of album opener 'Slow Love' - a delicate and playful love song, accompanied by coy smiles, glorious harmonies and some [...]
The first TV performance of Lianne La Havas - on Jools Holland's Later , back in the autumn of last year) was something akin to a musical deus ex machina . The soothing, controlled and note-perfect delivery of the 22 year old London-born singer and guitarist was revelatory - the stuff goosebumps are made of. She brings a truly unique aspect to her chosen sound: a voice that resonates with a smokey husk one minute and a honeyed lilt the next combined with guitar skills that make us weak at the knees. [...]
Richard Buckner 's Our Blood was an under-the-radar highlight of last year - a record that achieves the rare feat of drawing in the listener further and further on every listen; as demanding as it is rewarding. Little wonder that Pitchfork ranked him among "the most intriguing songwriters" working right now. We caught up with him in a North London chapel late last year for this sublime rendition of 'Ed's Song'. Buckner tours with Richmond Fontaine this May. May 1 - The Railway - Winchester [...]

Track Listing 1. The Light 2. Fold Out City Download

If you follow me or my other blog, Brewery Sessions , on twitter you've surely heard enough of this by now. But we're so excited to be putting this show and tap takeover tonight. Mike and I are learning fast about what it takes to get a brewery's beers and a band in a venue on the same date. But now here I am, watching the clock and counting down the hours until this actually happens. It's only been 3 months since we launched our site and we're feeling incredibly lucky to be doing what [...]
It's the way that they seamlessly mix heady, spritely pop with sultry, striking sobriety. It's how their boisterous and playful nature is harmonised by their softer, more tender side. And it's the way that every performance of each of their songs transports this French-Finnish duo to a place and space to which only they have the key, ensuring that each melody guards a sense of secrecy and intricacy. Those are just a few of the reasons why The Dø have become so admired back in their home country of France, where their debut [...]
It's the way that they seamlessly mix heady, spritely pop with sultry, striking sobriety. It's how their boisterous and playful nature is harmonised by their softer, more tender side. And it's the way that every performance of each of their songs transports this French-Finnish duo to a place and space to which only they have the key, ensuring that each melody guards a sense of secrecy and intricacy. Those are just a few of the reasons why The Dø have become so admired back in their home country of France, where their debut [...]
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Even if you don't recognize their name, odds are that you've heard of Michigan's The American Secrets before. And that's because they're the freecreditscore.com band and their faces are all over TV and internet video ads. Every member of The American Secrets has had their share of influence on Detroit's music scene. The band is actually a supergroup with members from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. , The Great Fiction , Daniel Zott , Manna and Quail , [...]
The charming lo-fi miserabilism of Benjamin Shaw 's recent There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet was one of the unsung highlights of last year. It's a record that's both wonderful and confusing in equal measures - but embrace the chaos and you'll be swept away by its magnificence. We picked (on purpose, of course) one of the most beautiful Saturdays in Autumn for a bit of film-making with Shaw. In the stunning London Fields - a jewel of East London's suburban parks - we set up shop on a bench and Shaw delivered a [...]
Things are starting to get a little hectic. Between the trying to get everything prepared for a cross-country move and the fact that I work in a bar in a city that's about to host the Super Bowl causing me to have one day off in the next two weeks has me more than a [...]
Things are starting to get a little hectic. Between the trying to get everything prepared for a cross-country move and the fact that I work in a bar in a city that's about to host the Super Bowl causing me to have one day off in the next two weeks has me more than a [...]

Beginning today with "Shiny Things," heralded indie pop darlings (and Ruckus faves) Fanfarlo are unveiling a handful of outstanding new live sessions in the weeks leading up to the February 28 release of their sophomore album, Rooms Filled With Light . Check out the video for "Shiny Things" here: Fanfarlo On Tour: Mar 05 Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club Mar 06 New York, NY, Webster Hall Mar 07 Washington, DC, U St. Music Hall Mar 08 Philadelphia, PA, Union Transfer Mar 09 [...]
Future-pop outfit Zebra and Snake recently caught up with the Best Fit Sessions team to perform a sterling version of forthcoming single 'Sweetest Treasure', due for release on February 27. With the Zebra and Snake sound being a highly taught, multi-layered affair, the rendition here sees the group on a looser tip - still, none the less impressive.

CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO If you have a second generation iPad, and are a producer or producer want to be, here's something fresh from AKAi's headquarters....part of the new 2012 AKAI MPC lineup. I am not a producer but seriously considering buying this. What a dope idea! MPC Fly merges unmatched Akai Professional technology with the power of your iPad 2, embodying legendary capabilities that have made the MPC an industry standard like real MPC pads, MPC Note Repeat and MPC Swing. Its multifunctional, double-hinged design gives you the [...]
Saturday night jam session kinda of a slow satch style,sorta! all inprov,just found a trak i like.
The Lion's Roar is the second record from First Aid Kit and trades their more folksome leanings of their debut for a confident take on 21st Century Americana. Of course, it's to the girls' credit that they can take such a foreign sound, mesh it through their own lilting Scandinavian filter and still make it sound amazing. We spent some time with siblings Johanna and Klara back in December, before they hit the stage for a breathtaking show at Bush Hall in West London. They gave us the bitter-sweet 'Blue', one [...]
Treating us to a wonderfully hypnotic version of the previously unreleased 'My Vacant Home', Copenhagen based experimental collective Pinkunoizu create sublime soundscapes for the broken hearted. Prepare to be bewitched by this beautifully filmed performance.
One of the gloomiest singer-songwrters to drop an album last year, Chelsea Wolfe , is the focus of this new Room 205 session performance. Wolfe and her band pull off a tense and dark performance of the track "Movie Screen." I love that these guys sound as haunting in person as they do on record.