[Listen] Ben Howard - "Figure 8" (Ellie Goulding Cover) in Radio One's Live Lounge

Today's guest in Radio One's Live Lounge was the talented Mr. Ben Howard who brought along his backing band to put in some spine tingling performances of his recent singles but he also put in a fantastic cover. After performing "Esmerelda", "Only Love", "Keep Your Head Up" and a personal favourite track of mine at the moment, "Oats in the Water", he opted to take on Ellie Goulding's current single "Figure 8". The results are quite simply magical from start to finish. You can check out his cover below. To listen to the entire set, head over to the official BBC website. 

[Watch] Ben Howard - "Only Love" Live on Kimmel

It's nice to see a UK artist going from strength to strength Stateside and last night Ben Howard had a good ol' workout with another visit to the late night TV circuit. We've already seen him perform on David Letterman and that was then followed by a nod from the UK media when he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. He was on Kimmel last night and laid down a great rendition of "Only Love" which features on his album Every Kingdom. Check out the performance courtesy of The Audio Perv. 

[News] Mercury Music Prize Nominations Announced

Last night the nominations for the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize were announced and it's full of some of our favourite albums from the past 12 months. In past years we've seen PJ Harvey, The xx and Arctic Monkeys take the honour and the £20000 cheque home but this time it'll be be between the list below. Let us know how you feel about the list and who you'd have win the prize.

Alt-J’s An Awesome Wave

Ben Howard’s Every Kingdom

Django Django’s Django Django

Field Music’s Plum

Jessie Ware’s Devotion

Lianne Le Havas’ Is Your Love Big Enough

Michael Kiwanuka’s Home Again

Plan B’s Ill Manners

Roller Trio’s Roller Trio

Richard Hawley’s Standing at the Sky’s Edge

Sam Lee’s Ground of Its Own

The Maccabees’ Given to the Wild

[Watch] Ben Howard - "Only Love" Live on Letterman

Well isn't this a nice treat to end the week on... Last night the talented Mr. Ben Howard made his US television debut with a visit to the Ed Sullivan Theatre and the Late Show with David Letterman. He performed his recent single "Only Love" and delivered a top notch rendition for the masses at home. Watch it again at the top courtesy of The Audio Perv. 

Ben's album, Every Kingdom, is out now.

[Watch] Ben Howard - "The Wolves" Live on Later... with Jools Holland

We got to see Hot Chip perform on last night's Later... with Jools Holland but also on the show for our enjoyment was the awesome talent known as Ben Howard. Performing his impeccable track "The Wolves", you can enjoy the performance again and again up at the top courtesy of the BBC themselves who've uploaded all of the performances from the show to their official Youtube channel. 

Ben's album Every Kingdom is out now.

[Watch] Ben Howard - "Call Me Maybe" in Radio One's Live Lounge

Ben Howard is a young talent that released his album Every Kingdom late last year to an ever growing fan base. Earlier this week he was the guest on Radio One for their weekly Live Lounge section. While there he played his single "Only Love" but as you may be aware of by now, the live lounge gives birth to some great covers and this week was no different. Ben covered Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call me Maybe". Yes. That highly catchy song that my work colleagues enjoy singing to me daily as they know I have a dislike of it. Still, this version I can listen to without wanting to stick a pen in my ears. Check it out at the top.

[Watch] Ben Howard - "Black Flies" Live for Radio One

Last week the talented Mr Ben Howard show paid a visit to Maida Vale studios to perform some of his tracks for Radio One's Zane Lowe and whilst their played the fantastic sounding track, "Black Flies". If you missed the session you can check out the entire thing over on the BBC website but up at the top you can watch the aforementioned "Black Flies".

Ben's album Every Kingdom is out now.

[Watch] Ben Howard - "The Fear" (Official Video)

Ben Howard has come into his own recently with a headline UK tour and an ever growing fanbase and to coincide with that he's offered up a new video which is for his latest single, "The Fear". The video is a snapshot of his life on the road and the crowds he's been playing to on a regular basis. If you like what you hear his new album Every Kingdom is out now.

If you missed his last video, it was a feel good water slide of epic proportions. Check it out here.