by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #152 The Lunchtime Sardine Club – Rumours
What’s in a name? Well, ask Oliver Newton. He’s named his band The Lunchtime Sardine Club, his album Icecapades and one of the tracks on it ‘I’m… Jesuschristmaam’. There’s an impressive scope to the album, from the dirty, grungy brand…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #150 Richard Walters – The Letter
Having a bad day? Then put your headphones on, zone out for a few minutes and let the sheer loveliness of ‘The Letter’ wash over you. Just one warning – it may be best not to listen to the lyrics too…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #149 Helene Greenwood – In The Sunshine
We’re delighted to bring you an exclusive first play of this video for ‘In The Sunshine’, the new single from London-based singer Helene Greenwood’s upcoming debut album Collectable You. With a haunting vocal and a surprising melody, ‘In The Sunshine’…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on Exclusive | Helene Greenwood – In The Sunshine
Today’s Song of the Day is an exclusive first look at the video for ‘In The Sunshine’, the new single from London singer Helene Greenwood’s. The dreamy summer offering is taken from Greenwood’s upcoming debut album Collectable You, which is out on…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #147 Jack Cheshire – Gyroscope
“I am the gyroscope that keeps spinning round and round,” sings Jack Cheshire on his single ‘Gyroscope’, which is apt because it will go round and round in your head too. BOOM. *Pauses for applause, is met with deafening silence,…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #146 Emmy The Great – Gabriel
For an artist who has essentially released only two albums of solo material, there’s an incredible amount of Emmy The Great music out there by treasured. Anybody who only came to Emmy through her debut album First Love may be…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #144 Ravens & Chimes – Division St
Music fans are, one suspects, split into two camps: those who feel it is okay to name a song after an early 90s teen sitcom, and those who don’t. If you’re in the former group – and surely most FFS…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on News | Keston Cobblers’ Club release new single – and play live on Routemaster bus
Keston Cobblers’ Club have announced ‘A Scene Of Plenty’ as their new single. The Bromley four-piece will unleash the track on August 5 as a follow-up to Beam, a former FFS Song of the Day. ‘A Scene Of Plenty’ is…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #143 Boho Dancer – Bohemian Child
If you closed your eyes, thought hard and imagined what a song called Bohemian Child might might sound like, you might come up with something not entirely dissimilar to ‘Bohemian Child’ by Boho Dancer. You might not imagine something quite…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on News | Mumford & Sons to put out Edward Sharpe record
Mumford & Sons are to release the new Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros album on their own record label. Alex Ebert’s collective will switch to the Gentlemen of the Road imprint for the UK and European release of their…