If you’re anything like us, there’ll be certain tracks on your iPod which you reach for the moment the sun comes out. And if you’re really like us, one of those tracks is probably ‘The Only Place’ by Best Coast.…
#52 Best Coast – The Only Place
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#48 Field Report – I Am Not Waiting Anymore
For the first single of a debut album, ‘I Am Not Waiting Anymore’ sounds remarkably assured and controlled. But when you consider the background of the man behind Field Report – Chris Porterfield was member of DeYarmond Edison, the former…
EP | Tiny Ruins – Haunts
For many, Some Were Meant For Sea, the 2011 debut album by Tiny Ruins, arrived as a complete and perfect thing out of nowhere. Now, rather than ploughing on forwards, New Zealander Hollie Fullbrook is filling in the back story…
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#45 Tiny Ruins – Rolling Mill Blues
We at FFS bow to no one, except possibly Tom Ravenscroft, in our love for Tiny Ruins’ 2011 debut album Some Were Meant For Sea – so news of new material was just a little bit exciting. The fact that…
News | Mumford & Sons to headline Olympic Park show
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News | Cocker to release folk book thanks to Hawley
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News | Sparrow & The Workshop reveal new album ‘Murderopolis’
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News | Staves complete Cambridge line-up
The Staves headed the final wave of acts to be added to the Cambridge Folk Festival as the complete line-up was revealed today. The trio will play Main Stage 1 on the Sunday of the event which runs from July…
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