Welsh harpist Georgia Ruth this week releases her highly-anticipated debut album Week of Pines and we’re delighted to be able to offer a full stream of the record right here. The Aberystwyth artist has developed a distinctive picking style which…
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EP | Patch & The Giant – The Boatswain’s Refuge
If you’re already familiar with Patch & The Giant you’ll have been expecting their debut EP to be named after a boat or a boatman. And so it is. Drawn from all four corners of our little Island – and…
Album | The Baptist Generals – Jackleg Devotional To The Heart
The Baptist Generals’ sophomore album begins like a schizophrenic soundtrack to an Atari computer game, beeping and buzzing as a guitar tries to make up its mind which key to play in. ‘Machine En Prolepis’ does settle down after a…
#78 Natalie Evans – Library Days
Kent songwriter Natalie Evans has just released her second EP Houses, which shows off a style so dreamy that she manages to make a day spent at the library seem like a spiritual pastime. The six-track EP focuses lyrically on…
News | Howie Payne to headline Leeds event
Howie Payne, former front man of The Stands, will unveil his latest solo work as he begins a short UK tour by appearing in Leeds as part of a show put on by Ellen Smith of FFS favourites Ellen &…
Album | John Murry – The Graceless Age
John Murry, previously a collaborator with Bob Frank on their album of murder ballads World Without End, spent four years recording his remarkable solo debut album The Graceless Age, but it was a lifetime in the making. The musical telling…
Album | Luke Winslow-King – The Coming Tide
New Orleans is a city that teems with music. It rings out on every street corner, from the French quarter to the Garden district, through Treme to the battered and bruised Ninth Ward. There’s a musician on every street corner…
Pictures | Joe Innes & The Cavalcade Single Launch @ The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon (Plus a Free Download)
Joe Innes & The Cavalcade launched their new single ‘Fables‘ with a big bash in Farringdon, inviting FFS favourites Dave Gerard, the Worry Dolls and comedian Malcolm Head along for the party. And of course, given that our editor Lynn…
#73 Caitlin Park – Baby Teeth
Sydney’s Caitlin Park is in the UK this week to introduce us to her delightful record Milk Annual, which she released back home in 2011. Her engaging folktronica is given extra life by an array of samples and abstract sounds…
#71 Joe Innes & The Cavalcade – Fables
Any FFS review, mention or even hint of Joe Innes & the Cavalcade will need to come with something of a disclaimer. You see, our editor, Lynn Roberts, is IN THE BAND. So we’re not going to editorialise, we’d just…