The 1930s cite the likes of Johnny Flynn and Mumford and Sons as influences, but as our panel found, there is a punkier edge to their folky sound that make this Antrim band a very intriguing proposition indeed. Ben Sunderland:…
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FFS New Bands Panel: Charles Mansfield
New York singer-songwriter Charles Mansfield cites a wide range of big-name influences and claims the results come out somewhere between George Harrison, Neil Young and PJ Harvey. Our panel set out to see if they agree. Tom White: Frank Sinatra…
FFS New Bands Panel: Jay Stansfield
Jay Stansfield grew up near Burnley, where he tells us he was raised on dub, psychedelia, acid-rock, alternative folk, new wave and punk. That sounds like a real hot pot to us, so the panel gave the results a taste…
FFS New Bands Panel: Thiago Pethit
Thiago Pethit has racked up some pretty impressive gigs in his homeland of Brazil, opening for the likes of Will Oldham, Beirut and Nouvelle Vague, but can the singer-songwriter’s quirky folk, with his eclectic range of influences, catch on in…
EP: Fuzzystar – Late Night Radio
Listening to Fuzzystar will have you scratching your head trying to identify the many influences you hear. There’s all sorts mixed in, from scratchy Lou Barlow all the way to the smoother sounds of Belle & Sebastian. And while we’re…
FFS New Bands Panel: Gibson Bull
London singer-songwriter Gibson Bull has produced a polished debut album that bears the trademark sounds of a string of top-class influences. Our panel came away suitably impressed. Alice Sage: Gibson Bull has a fairly world-weary sound from a quite young…
FFS New Bands Panel: Takeda
Three folks from just outside of Norfolk have fused together a variety of sounds to create what they call ‘raga rock’. With an EP just around the corner in September, it was time for the panel to give it a…
FFS New Bands Panel: Adam Parker
Adam Parker first came onto the scene two years ago, but it was the dance scene. DJ Sasha had heard some of his songs and ended up featuring remixes on his Invol2ver album. Two years on, it’s finally time for…
Album: The Mynabirds – What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood
Before there was a Buffalo Springfield or a Crazy Horse (though after there had been The Squires), Neil Young was briefly in a band called the Mynah Birds, who were signed to soul label Motown. Only a handful tracks were…
Album: Treecreeper – Juniper
Treecreepers are incredibly active birds native to the Northern Hemisphere and Sub-Saharan Africa. Treecreeper are not an incredibly active band. The slacker folk-rockers from Wendover have just issued their second album, a mere three years after the first, and it’s…