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* Upcoming Shows

Bastille Day!

July 14th Le Fits Bastille Day show at L'Etage

Thursday, April 8th
w/Red Heart The Ticker
KFN

Saturday, April 3rd
w/BC Camplight, The Swimmers
@ Johnny Brenda's

Thursday, February 25th
@ The Northstar Bar, Philadelphia
Le Fits with Jupiter One, and Smiles Everyone
8pm door $8 * * * Fits on @ 10:45

Friday, January 22nd
Le Fits @ The Khyber
Philadelphia, PA. 9pm, $8 Door.
With Bos Tarus and Jaguar Club opening.

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nearfits * Near Fits to be released on vinyl in 2010! We are terribly excited. Good tunes on your Hi Fi.

"Each of the dozen tunes is an endearing folksy pop gem with vocals that reminded us of J Mascis." - Aquarius Records
This album is so good it feels like Hawaiian Hula music even though it clearly isn't. Put the 12 tracks on repeat for awhile and while away the hours." - The Owl Mag

* Birds of America Released.
The indie film starring Matthew Perry, Hillary Swank, and Ginnifer Goodwin features the track "A Hole in One" off of Near Fits. You can rent it on Netflix. It has Here's a link to it.

Here's a free download of the song.

"Shot myself in the foot so many times that I can see through it to the floor. Well at least now I know where I'm walking and I can hang it on a door."

B of Am

* Ben compiles his String Arrangements - featuring strings for Bart Davenport, Greg Ashley, Indianna Hale, Le Fits, and others. Yo! String Sections for hire... See it here >

* We Are Building a New Studio in Philly.
2009 has been a busy year! We bought an amazing old building in Philadelphia and are rehabbing it to be the future site of UFI studios part II, a performance space, and we'll also have a few creative-minded tenants.

Check out our blog about the project: 5side.blogspot.com.

* Past News

* Le Fits appearing live on Daytrotter Friday, February 29th at 2pm PST. Tune in to a live webcast ~ Ben will be playing some songs solo for this wonderful website as they are in town broadcasting for the Noise Pop Festival.

* Indianna Hale's new record is done! Recorded entirely at UFI with Ben on strings andfaders. Check Indianna's website for release details.

Le Fits tracks included on 2 CD Compilations: Strong as Oak (The Glass) and also Digital Clouds (Sign Language)

* Past Performances

in August 07: Le Fits played some shows out on the East Coast:

August 16 New York City: The Cake Shop with Girl Friday
August 18 Philadelphia, PA at Johnny Brenda's with the Photon Band
August 20th Washington, CD, at The Black Cat with The Mantras
August 21st Brooklyn, NY at Pete's Candy Store with Roda Viva

Le Fits play Davis! Ben and Seth as a two-piece April 07 at Sophia's Thai Kitchen, Davis, CA

Fits @ Sophia's Thai Kitchen April 20th

Ben appearing live on KDVS Cool As Folk w/ Michael Leahy 4.20 April Twentieth

UFI Studio featured on KNOW Productions: View interview on Youtube:

Le Fits @ 12 Galaxies with Greg Ashley's Medecine Fuck Dream and Danava 3.6.07