Sessions Archive

Jill Andrews, Live Session #73

June 17, 2010

When The Everybodyfields shared a pedal steel laced full-band arrangement of‚ “The Only King” during their HearYa Live Session nearly two years ago, they made big fans out of us.‚ More impressive than the band and the new song arrangements, was the power, control, and purity that I heard in Jill Andrew’s voice on that [...]

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Megafaun, Live Session #72

June 4, 2010

As Shirk and I sat around waiting for Megafaun to arrive to the studio, I thought back to a comment made when we booked the session. What exactly did they mean by “trying an acoustic session.” That question was answered when we met the North Carolina based band outside and offered to help carry up [...]

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Dinosaur Feathers, Live Session #71

June 2, 2010

At SxSW, I had the pleasure of catching one of Brooklyn’s up and coming bands at my favorite Austin venue, Homeslice Pizza. Since discovering Dinosaur Feathers earlier this year, the trio has been getting love from Paste, The New York Times and many a blogger. When I started listening to them, a friend of mine [...]

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Surfer Blood, Live Session #70

April 27, 2010

Crashing a party at The White House would have been easier than catching a set by Surfer Blood at SxSW 2010. We made valiant attempts to see them, but their rapid ascent to buzz band status made lines intolerable and entry unlikely. I suppose that makes our live session that much more special. Surfer Blood [...]

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John Butler Trio, Live Session #68

April 6, 2010

If you’re from Australia, you know John Butler and his trio, now consisting of Byron Luiters on bass and Nicky Bomba on percussion. If you’re in the States, you may have heard of JBT, but not followed by words like “gold” or “platinum.”‚ In their native Australia, past albums have achieved those statuses along with [...]

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Foreign Born, Live Session #67

March 16, 2010

The winters in Chicago can be brutal. They seem to go on forever and the constant gray skies can really take their toll on your well-being. But as the calendar turns to March, excitement kicks in and the end of another brutal winter is near. On this particular Friday in March, everything seemed to be [...]

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Dawn Landes, Live Session #66

February 25, 2010

Dawn Landes was requested by a HearYa reader named Tom when we posted a track that featured her with Justin Townes Earle. A few email exchanges later and the session was booked. Customer service. That’s what we’re all about at HearYa World Headquarters. Smiles come free. Dawn was raised in the music stomping grounds of [...]

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Skybox, Live Session #65

February 9, 2010

Skybox are a local Chicago indie pop outfit comprised of Tim Ellis and Christian Fields, Mike Holtz and Dan Ingenthron. They’ve made a name for themselves with outlandish live shows and toured in support of artists like Ben Folds, Tilly and The Wall, Tally Hall and The Figurines. Most of our sessions (and content) are [...]

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The Mother Hips, Live Session #63

January 12, 2010

I reviewed The Mother Hips’ latest release Pacific Dust and declared them the most underrated band of the last 20 years. I have been a fan of these guys since 95′s Part-Timer Goes Full, so when I heard Oz booked the session, I rearranged (i.e. blew off) a meeting in the real world and was [...]

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Lissie, Live Session #62

December 17, 2009

In case you weren’t paying attention, Lissie (her last name is Maurus) just ended up at #2 on our best EP’s of 2009 list yesterday. To say that she has that “something” would be an understatement. She started‚ shopping her EP to labels last August and by November, the album was released on Fat Possum [...]

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