I might be the wrong guy to review this record. If you were figuring out the target audience for Israel Nash Gripka’s third record, you’d probably find me sitting on the bullseye, waiting to be picked off with ludicrous ease.…
A new record from Los Campesinos! is always an event, so get November 4th marked in your diaries because the Welsh pop masters are back with their fifth LP No Blues. As its name should tell you, this is the…
The Silver Gymnasium is a misty look back in time to singer Will Sheff’s childhood growing up in the small New Hampshire town of Meriden, circa 1986. The album cover is rather wonderful in its own right, coming complete with…
The Honey Ants exist to play songs written by Scott Mathieson and John Grimsey, although John doesn’t let Scott anywhere near the recordings. We’re sure it’s nothing personal, it’s just that in Rececca Hamer he’s found the perfect voice to…
We’ve been waiting for the debut EP from Toliesel ever since getting to know them this time last year through the release of their first single. And Contours does not disappoint as the Oxford group deliver four tracks of Americana-tinged…
What they lack in numbers, Honeyblood make up for in depth and atmosphere. Glasgow pair Stina Tweeddale and Shona McViccar combine to make songs that cross somewhere in between Jenny Lewis and PJ Harvey, melodic and charming but full of…
Futur Primitif, the current project of former Low Anthem member Daniel Lefkowitz, are back with a third single from their celebrated album Machineteeth. ‘Time’ will instantly appeal to fans of his former band and should steer any of them who,…
We’re not ready to call time on 2013 yet, but we’ve already got something to look forward to next year with news that January will see the UK release on Samantha Crain’s debut album Kid Face after she signed to…
It’s easy to get the blues on a Monday, to go back to work from a weekend away, and wonder what’s the point. And so it seems like the right time to throw this one at you. Ohlenbusch is the…
Ryan Keen releases debut album Room For Light this week, so FFS caught up with the South Devon singer to find out more. Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. I’m a singer/songwriter from Devon, currently living…