Way back in 2002, Conor Oberst released A Christmas Album as Bright Eyes. What was then an online-only release brought together Oberst’s take on 11 standards but it was never designed to soundtrack a Christmas party. The New York Times…
The Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club are unleashing a veritable feast of sounds for fans of a quality Christmas song, with four (snow white, of course) 7″s hitting the shelves of fine record shops everywhere this week to celebrate the festive…
For the next 24 days, Song of the Day is going to mean Christmas Song of the Day as our daily tune is turned over to festive themes. It’s our Advent Calendar, just another little celebration of our love of…
Joel Thibodeau’s neo-folk group Death Vessel will return early next year with their new album Island Intervals! Among the eight songs to be contained therein is ‘Ilsa Drown’, which features vocals from and a co-writing credit for Jonsi of Sigur…
Emily & The Woods will be back with a new EP in the new year, and they’re previewing it with the release of ‘Helios’ as a single next month. Emily says the band have been away listening to the likes…
There is a lot more than just 5,300 miles separating York from Los Angeles, but Ned Roberts has bridged the gap in an extraordinarily quick time. When he used to play the pubs and clubs inside York’s ancient city walls…
Winter Lullaby – Single by Lily Mae Seventeen-year-old songwriter Lily Mae has already wowed the FFS New Bands Panel and now she’s back to melt our frozen winter hearts with this beautiful song of the season. Mae’s classic stylings have…
From Gold by Novo Amor Ali Lacey records under the name Novo Amor, which is Galician for New Love. Listen to this song, and his music might just be yours. ‘From Gold’ is a song from a recent indie film…
German psych-folksters Okta Logue are preparing to drop their second LP Tales of Transit City, which promises to combine all the best bits of a host of influences from the 60s and 70s – while being good enough to earn…
It is well known that we at FFS are suckers for a good Christmas record. Which is why we’re excited to see that Micah P. Hinson has teamed up with the Yellow Bird Project to release a charity EP this…