The tear jerking and raw account of former Orange Juice front man Edwyn Collins’ recovery from a debilitating stroke and the struggles he faced when attempting to recover his playing abilities are the subjects of a new movie from directors…
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News | More Record Store Day releases announced
Belle & Sebastian, Richard Hawley and The Civil Wars will all release limited edition vinyl, along with The Flaming Lips, David Bowie, T-Rex and almost 200 other artists, as part of this year’s Record Store Day (RSD). An unprecedented 192…
Festival Preview: Truck
The 14th Truck Festival (22nd-24th July) will, unfortunately for FFS, be our first. We had a rough idea that something good was going on in a field in Oxford all these years, but we’ve only just been informed of the…
Brian’s Mixtape #45: Brian’s Album Round-up 2010
It’s hardly news to FFS’s regular readers that Brian’s a pretty inconsistent character. He flits about, willy-nilly, with little concern for the wellbeing of his mixtape devotees. You might be relieved to hear that he’s turning over a new Horse…
Blog: Helen’s Album Round-up 2010
When I was an undergraduate we would sometimes play the ‘would you rather…’ game. Andy and Maggie play it in Extras (‘Would you rather be a penguin who’s a bird but can’t fly or a flying fish that’s a fish…