Just a quick note to let everyone know I’ve added an option on the poll for anyone voting to write in votes for artists that aren’t listed. Bit easier than constantly updating the poll itself. And keep on voting! It’s currently a 4-way tie between White Lies, Bat For Lashes, La Roux and Phoenix.

Sort of like Little Boots fronting The Ting Tings? If Nina Person had founded Letters to Cleo? Agnetha Fältskog joining Veruca Salt? Ummm…I’ve exhausted my supply of ‘like X crossed with Y!’ comparisons. But hopefully you get the general idea here. It’s fun, poppy, and light-hearted. At first, I was worried it would be too [...]

Somehow, I’ve never quite connected with Orenda Fink. I always liked her, and in fact I have her first record. I even liked Azure Ray. But for some reason it’s never been a go-to record for me. Can someone explain the fickle fluctuations of my mysterious heart? Because now it’s most certainly fallen head over [...]

Many thanks to Sean for giving me a platform to write on his great blog! Earlier this week, I was introduced to Treetop Flyers. I’m already loving this debut e.p offering “To Bury The Past”. With the music press describing them as the Crosby Stills Nash & Young of 2009, they seem destined to make [...]

How many different shades of gorgeous is this? Both the video and the song. It sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack to ‘Legend’ or ‘Labyrinth’. Maps has been a favorite of mine ever since his 2007 debut, but I’d say this brings him up several spots on my personal ranking. We have to wait [...]

Things are shaking up around BIYL! For nearly a year now I’ve carried on solo, with the occasional guest post from my buddies at I Am The Crime or Future Rocket Soul. Lately, I’ve been thinking that it would be nice to have another voice on the site on a regular basis, and as fortune [...]