Followers of the New Bands Panel will be familiar with Cornwall-based experimentalist Minko and her Songs Series. Her latest EP, Songs 5-8 (Creature), is out now and takes its name from this track. A little moodier and broodier than some…
For a while a decade or so ago it seemed that all indie pop worth listening to came from Scotland – and none was more worth listening to than that produced by Aberfeldy. ‘Love Is An Arrow’ was the song…
Back in 2010 when we first came across Mathew Gray, our New Bands Panel attempted gamely not to mention Bob Dylan too often as they described what they loved about the Lancashire singer-songwriter. Now Gray’s sound has been fleshed out…
“Even George Clooney gets lonely,” sing This Frontier Needs Heroes on their latest release, a sentiment which is either reassuring or desperately sad depending on your perspective. If it does seem a touch ambiguous, then the line: “All the money…
For Folk’s Sake favourites the Staves will move one step closer to world domination when they headline London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in November. The three Staveley-Taylor sisters will follow up their tour of America and a summer of appearing at…
So you know when your debut album is coming out and you wanna sell yourself to the world? You release a catchy single, right? Three minutues long, melody that sticks in your head, radio-friendly riffs – that’s the sort of…
Arcade Fire are never a band to choose the obvious route, and so it was again as they announced seemingly to one randomly-selected fan on Twitter that their new album will be released in October. Replying to a fan, @fifferwright, who…
Grey Reverend’s debut album Of The Days was one of the unexpected highlights of 2011, so it’s fair to say FFS is more than a little bit excited about the follow-up A Hero’s Lie, which is due out in September. ‘Everlasting’,…
It’s possible that when listening to ‘Keep You’ by GAPS, there’ll be moments when you think: “What’s this doing on a folk music website?” But then it’s also possible there’ll be moments when you think: “Wow, this is a beautiful…
Occupying that long-neglected territory between Eastern European folk knees-up and art rock, Genna Marabese’s single ‘Deal With The Devil’ certainly does not lack for drama. But given her debut EP The Birthday Party, which is out on August 5, shares…