Author: Ali Mason

#198 Atlanter – Tree Song

There’s a glorious swell of influences which goes into making Norwegian four-piece Atlanter sound somehow unlike other bands. Tune in your ear and you might pick out some psychadelia here, some spaghetti western guitar there, maybe a touch of classic…

#195 Dutch Uncles – Nometo

These are exciting times for Dutch Uncles. Perhaps most exciting is the prospect of a set of expanded shows with a string ensemble in November and December (check out the band’s website for full details). Before that, this weekend in…

#192 Kiran Leonard – Port-Ainé

You might have heard of the quite ridiculously talented teenager Kiran Leonard before thanks to his previous track, the enjoyably spiky ‘Dear Lincoln‘. Well, this is nothing like that. ‘Port-Ainé’ is a delightful, meandering tune with more than a touch of Andrew Bird…

#191 Arcade Fire – Reflektor

Yes, we know you’ve probably heard it already. And no, it might not be folk music in the way you think of folk music. But if this isn’t the song of the day, what is? Arcade Fire are back. Give…

#190 Laura Groves – Pale Shadows

You will find some of the world’s biggest Blue Roses fans at FFS, so there is more than a little excitement about new music from Laura Groves. Groves has had a rebranding, dropping her floral moniker, so it’s no surprise…

#189 Still Parade – Health

We wouldn’t normally bring you two tracks by the same artist in such quick succession, but we’re more than a little bit intrigued by Still Parade. We’ve still got nothing much to tell you about them, other than the fact…

#188 Songdog – St Lucy’s Day

Bloody unrequited love, eh? It’s a bugger and no mistake. It’s also responsible for a sizeable proportion of popular music, so we can’t be too down on it. To the canon now is added ‘St Lucy’s Day’ by Songdog, a…

#186 Killing Fields Of Ontario – Cloud

With an album from Killing Fields Of Ontario out next month, ‘Cloud’ makes a welcome reappearance with a striking video which may make you see the song in a new light. While the track itself sounds as urgent as ever,…

#184 Reuben Hollebon – Faces

Charlie Hugall, who worked on both of Florence + the Machine’s albums, gets a producing credit on this new track from Reuben Hollebon and it’s a link that makes sense. It’s a song that starts small, foregrounds some striking percussion…

#180 The Provincial Archive – Common Cards

There’s a whole lot of Elliott Smith to the Provincial Archive, and that is no bad thing at all. The Canadian four-piece are poised to make a splash on this side of the Atlantic with a single in ‘Common Cards’…