The Green Man promised magic and he didn’t disappoint. Once again the organisers pulled off the spectacular trick of attracting the friendliest festival crowd to the most laid-back festival there is, while enticing some of the weirdest and most wonderful…
Tag: Field Music
Brian’s Mixtape #41: Pick of the Schmercuries 2010
This weekend we launched our Schmercury Poll – FFS’s best album award, in which we’re asking you to vote for your favourite of 12 albums released in the past year. While the FFS editors were tearing our hair out, trying…
Schmercury Awards 2010: Shortlist announced
Not one to be left out of all this Mercury spoofing, FFS is delighted to announce this year’s Schmercury Awards shortlist. We had such a hard time whittling all the fantastic albums released this year down to just 12 that…
Great line-up for festival in sleepy Eastleigh next weekend
Well this is a bit of a surprise… some of FFS’s favourite bands seem to have been secretly lined-up to play Eastleigh Music Festival in our home county of Hampshire. Peggy Sue, Haunted Stereo, Field Music and Badly Drawn Boy…
For Folk’s Sake’s festival calendar
We’ve gone through the folkier end of the festival calender, and hereby bring you our picks. You won’t find any news on Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, mind. We’re here to tell you about the things you might not have…
Brian’s mixtape #24: Because We Want To
Readers, we’re a little worried. After his absence a couple of weeks ago, Brian’s been acting a bit strangely. He used to be such a lovely tidy, polite owl but now Brian’s stomping about like a petulant teenager, his roost…
Album: Field Music’s (Measure)
Field Music’s (Measure) is one of those releases at the start of a musical new year that come out quietly though deserve to erupt like foam does on a bathtub. Being such a kaleidoscope of textures and such a versatile…