No, James Bay and Nathaniel Rateliff have not formed a band called Men With Hats. They were too busy celebrating Communion Records’ 10 year anniversary at London’s House of Vans on a bill with Mumford & Sons and Bears Den. Bay, Rateliff and his band The Night Sweats rocked out to the soul classic “In the Midnight Hour”; the grand finale was the whole lot of them belting out The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends.” The hat thing gave us an idea, and for our 30th anniversary we’ve ordered dunce caps for the entire staff.

No, James Bay and Nathaniel Rateliff have not formed a band called Men With Hats. They were too busy celebrating Communion Records’ 10 year anniversary at London’s House of Vans on a bill with Mumford & Sons and Bears Den. Bay, Rateliff and his band The Night Sweats rocked out to the soul classic “In the Midnight Hour”; the grand finale was the whole lot of them belting out The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends.” The hat thing gave us an idea, and for our 30th anniversary we’ve ordered dunce caps for the entire staff.