Belleruche's Best Of - 'OUT TODAY'

Belleruche's ‘Best Of’ is a double CD collection bringing together 28 tracks from across the London trio’s four acclaimed albums, as well as carefully selected remixes and B-sides. On the eve of this milestone release, Belleruche have announced that they are saying farewell, or at least, “see you in a bit”; the close-knit trio have decided to pursue individual creative and personal avenues after eight hardworking, exhilarating and globetrotting years of Belleruche.

Anyone unfamiliar with Belleruche's sound is certain to pick up on their distinctive and innovative style from this compilation. From party rocking, dusty turntable soul anthems such as “Minor Swing” that predated and predicted electro-swing fever, and the laid back hip hop jazz of “Northern Girls” (which has had over 1 million YouTube hits); through distorted bluesy guitar pop outings like BBC 6Muisic Rebel Playlist winner “Fuzz Face”, to latter day forays into delicate and dark, intricately crafted electronica; the twin constants at the heart of Belleruche’s music are irresistibly catchy melodies and genuine raw soul.

Belleruche haven't just been popular with their fans, they've been a firm favorite of many sync agencies with their track Northern Girls being picked for Mercedes 125th year worldwide anniversary advert, which can be seen below.

You can grab it from iTunes, Juno or direct from Etch Shop

Alice Russell scores second sync on NBC's The Blacklist

Last night viewers in the US will have been able to hear Alice Russell's second sync to the new NBC series The Blacklist. The show, which has broken viewing figure records, already used Alice Russell's Citizens in the second episode and has now included Breakdown in the fourth episode. The fourth episode will air in the UK on October 25th at 9pm on Sky Living.

Both of these syncs have used tracks from Alice Russell's stunning new album 'To Dust'. Full Thought publish the album, so please get in touch if you're interested in using any of the tracks: mail@fullthought.co.uk

Harleighblu debut album 'Forget Me Not' - OUT TODAY

‘Forget Me Not’ is the debut album from Harleighblu, a truly distinctive 21-year-old singer who is attracting a mass of tastemaker love, and a spiralling fanbase, for her deep and edgy hip hop-infused soul music - The album is out today on Tru Thoughts Records.

The album is a collection of songs about love and life through the eyes of a young artist with, in her own words, an “old soul”. The incredible tonal range and depth in Harleighblu’s voice is out there from the spine-tingling groove of opener “Enough Now”; shades of Amy Winehouse’s influence show through in the bitter-sweet vocal tone of “Casanova”. The wide-eyed youthful idealism of “I Believe” could melt the most cynical old heart; while a cover of Eurythmics’ “Who’s That Girl” – which recently received its first airplay on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show - highlights the maturity and class in Harleighblu’s armoury, as she flips this classic into a loping and funky, dub-tinged cut, galvanizing the emotional suspense of the original in a truly singular vocal turn.

Her album launch is this Thursday 17th at the Queen Of Hoxton, be quick if you want tickets and head to the Soundcrash Website for more info.

Buy it from your local record shop or head to iTunes, Amazon or direct from Etch Shop

Alice Russell's Citizens on 'The Blacklist'

Alice Russell's stunning track Citizens soundtracks a two minute montage on the second episode of hit US TV drama The Blacklist. The episode, which aired on Monday in the US, features Citizens in the closing scene. The new US Crime drama, which opened to a record breaking 4.362 million viewers in America, stars James Spader and revolves around a fugitive who starts working with the FBI to help catch dangerous criminals and terrorists. The program airs on NBC in America on Mondays and is airing in the UK tonight on Sky Living at 9pm.

This isn't the first sync to come from Alice Russell's acclaimed new album 'To Dust', her new material has also appeared in shows such as The Client List, Mixology and Ray Donovan.

Full Thought publish the new Alice material so do get in touch if you're interested in using any of it: mail@fullthought.co.uk

Watch Alice Russell perform Citizens for KEXP below: