From out of Manila come Library Kids, a two-piece formed by Ridge Tan and Ifrit Rivera. Raised on the likes of Simon & Garfunkel and Nick Drake, and influenced by the Fleet Foxes and Sigur Ros, their rustic music is…
#323 Library Kids – Us
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#322 Matthew & The Atlas – Pale Sun Rose
Matthew & The Atlas are gearing up to release their debut album in 2014 and have begun the process of getting everyone’s mouth watering with new single ‘Pale Sun Rose’, which will be released on February 24th. Charlie Cox (Boardwalk…
#321 Withered Hand – Black Tambourine
Withered Hand, the project of Edinburgh’s Dan Willson are returning with second LP New Gods, (not far from being an inversion of the title of debut Good News). The record was produced by Tony Doogan (Mountain Goats, Belle & Sebastian)…
Watch | Gibson Bull’s new video
FFS favourite Gibson Bull has opened the new year by releasing his debut EP Skin and Bones, a collection which shows off his songwriting talent. The title track shows how far Gibson has developed his sound since he first came…
#320 Peggy Sue – Longest Day of the Year Blues
The name ‘Longest Day of the Year Blues’ suggests the second taster from Peggy Sue’s forthcoming album Choir of Echoes might be a bit of a drag. But while it’s a break-up song, maybe not the happiest of topics, the…
#318 Benjamin Clementine – Cornerstone
Benjamin Clementine has been causing a stir since his surprise appearance on Jools Holland last year, and this week delivered his first record, the Cornerstone EP. The Paris-based London export will be following up the release with a show at…
#305 Anthony D’Amato – Ludlow
In reviewing Anthony D’Amato’s last two records on FFS, we used lots of phrases about him remaining a secret no longer, about his inevitably winning over a legion of fans any day now. That day is still to come, but…
#302 | Ane Brun – Daring To Love
Ane Brun wrote ‘Daring To Love’, included on her recent Rarities collection, for the upcoming film A Thousand Times Goodnight – winner of the Special Grand Prix at the Montreal Film Festival – which will be released in 2014. And…
#301 | Straw Bear – The Land Witch
If Santa has been and gone for another year, Halloween must be a distant memory, but you wouldn’t know it from the latest record by Straw Bear, who transport us back to the eery feeling of late October with ‘The…
#300 Nicole Atkins – Girl You Look Amazing
If Nicole Atkins’ new track sounds a little poppier than you remember from her bluesy 2011 record Mondo Amore, then maybe the story of its creation will help explain. “This song actually came to me in a dream,” Atkins said.…