Laura Marling (Sophia, Jolene and album preview)

Fiction (Big Things)

Cinematic Orchestra (To Build A Home)

M83 (Intro feat. Zola Jesus)

Fitz and The Tantrums (Breakin’ The Chains Of Love)

James Vincent McMorrow (This Old Dark Machine)

Icarus Himself (On Your Side)

CSS (Red Alert feat. Ratatat)

Johnny Cash (God’s Gonna Cut You Down Remix)

James Blake & Bon Iver (Fall Creek Boys Choir)

Florence & The Machine (What The Water Gave Me)

The Vaccines (Last Friday Night Cover)

Mystery Jets (Two Doors Down and Young Love)

The Head and The Heart (Cats & Dogs)

The Weeknd (The Zone feat Drake and The Birds Part 1)

Theophilus London (Starry Eyed Penguin Prison Remix)

Bon Iver (Holocene video and Minnesota, WI)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Can’t Hold Us)

Emeli Sande (Heaven)

Theme Park (A Mountain We Love)

Matt & Kim (I’m A Goner feat. Soulja Boy and Andrew W. K, Remixes of Block after Block)

Clock Opera (Belongings: Live Session and Lesson No.7)

The Ridges (Album preview)

Wintersleep (Weighty Ghost)

Fortune Family (Young Hearts)

E-Dubble (My Last Dream feat. Kom)

Blitzen Trapper (Love The Way You Walk Away)

Conan O’Brien and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Creep Radiohead Cover)

RAC (Alex Winston Remix)

Kites With Lights (Cosmonaughts)

ANR (New Armour)

Red Eye Fugu (Night Runner)

Weezer (Pumped Up Kicks Cover)

Work Drugs (Rolling In The Deep Cover)

Air France (It Feels Good To Be Around You)

The Shins (Australia Peter Bjorn & John Remix)

Ya Boy (We Run LA feat. Dr. Hollywood)

Lunchbox Riot (Helena Beat Remix)

Beirut (East Harlem)

Yeasayer (O.N.E.)

The Belle Brigade (Shirt)

Bermuda Star (Tide Me Over) 

Washed Out (Amor Fati)

Alex Winston (The Cave cover)

Frank Ocean (Novacane)

The Morning Benders (Last Night cover)

Metronomy (The Bay)

Little Dragon (Little Man)

Team Me (Dear Sister)

Brother and sister duo, The Belle Brigade make seriously good sweet music. Shirt is no exception, sung from the perspective of a shirt it starts off slow and melodic and then erupts into this great pop rock song that you can’t help bob along to. 

The Belle Brigade- “Shirt”

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Its July, so we’ve just passed into the second half of the year, HIGH FIVES. And with that milestone, every blog seems to be coming out with a best of the year so far list, so we thought we’d do the same. This is based merely on what ITYLTS thinks has been great this year. The only requirements to be on the list is for the track to either be released this year or to have ‘emerged’ this year, and it’s one song per artist. This basically covers songs that have been around maybe since last year but only have been released this year all official like. So here it is and in no particular order: 

Let us know if we’ve missed any out…

Here’s what we had to say music wise in May.

Joshua McClain

Foster The People (debut album Torches out now)

Gypsy & The Cat

Chiddy Bang (new mixtape Peanut Butter & Swelly out now)

Adele

Baths

Hoodie Allen

Walter Meego

Bran Van 3000

Teen Daze (new album Surfaces available August 9th)

The Weeknd

The Belle Brigade

The Temper Trap (fantastic remix of Love Lost by Keljet)

jj

Macklemore

Death Cab For Cutie (new album Codes and Keys out now, check out You Are A Tourist)

Theme Park

The Hood Internet (great mash up of Ratatat and Michael Jackson)

Alcoholic Faith Mission

St. Lucia

Bon Iver (tracks from their sophomore album Bon Iver)

The Antlers (check out our Daytrotter Sessions double shot)

Atmosphere

1,2,3

Chet Faker (amazing cover of Blackstreet’s No Diggity)

Little Tybee

Airbird (awesome remix/cover of Surfer Girl by The Beach Boys)

Echo & The Bunnymen

Theophilus London

Clock Opera (video for our favourite Belongings has been released)

Adrian Lux

Tracey Thorn

Barbara (definitely check out their amazing cover of Kid Cudi)

The Rosebuds (Woods is a must have)

Malbec

The Phoenix Foundation

The Civil Wars (amazing duo, fantastic album + awesome Billie Jean cover)

E-Dubble (First single I Changed My Mind available to download)

The National (Fake Empire special)

Francis & The Lights

The Naked and Famous

Matt & Kim

Bear Hands (Crime Pays needs to be in your ears)

The Shins (Sleeping Lessons special)

James Vincent McMorrow

Hope you enjoyed May. 

We came across The Belle Brigade on a friends blog and because we’ve had pretty good recommendations before (Clock Opera) we gave The Belle Brigade the benefit of the doubt. Now we feel bad, cause The Belle Brigade are actually really very good. 

The duo made up of brother and sister Ethan and Barbara Gruska come from good music stock, their grandfather is legendary film composer John Williams. The comparison to Australian brother and sister duo Angus & Julia Stone is easy to make, and while listening to a few tracks on their website I did start to get that vibe, so if you like the Stones you’ll like The Belle Brigade. Though The Belle Brigade have a folk/rock/funk/pop sound that sets them apart from their Aussie peers.

The Belle Brigade- “Loser” (via Pitch Magazine)

Sweet Louise by The Belle Brigade (Free download available here)

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