After spending months working away as Mutley, Raphael Verrion has returned with a full band and an even funkier name – Dan Leno & The Limehouse Golems. The panel went in to see if they could live up to their…
Author: Ian Parker
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FFS New Bands Panel: HT Heartache
Okay, if you’re in a good mood, and you don’t want it spoilt, back away now. This one is not for you, at least not today. California may be a land of sunshine, but not much of it seems to…
FFS New Bands Panel – Kashmere Hakim
Dutch singer-songwriter Kashmere Hakim started the summer by releasing his debut EP, The Hillsinger, and is following it up with a handful of festival appearances around Europe. The panel took a listen to see what all the fuss is about.…
FFS New Bands Panel – Glaciers
Leeds’ Nicolas Burrows is working under the name Glaciers, but would the panel give him a warm embrace or the cold shoulder? Let’s find out… Jono Ganz: “Glaciers”. The word brings bands such as Sigur Rós or God is an…
FFS New Bands Panel – Tiny Birds
Tiny Birds get their name from a study in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology that found that while bigger birds are louder, it is the smaller birds who sing the more complex songs. We’re not sure what they were doing…
FFS New Bands Panel: Songs For Dead Sailors
Chris Anderson, the man behind Songs for Dead Sailors, is keeping us guessing. He’s posted several tracks on his myspace page, but calls all of them demos, saying he plans to create a bigger sound down the road. Maybe he…
FFS New Bands Panel: Common Tongues
To many people, country music has a bad name. Folks don’t like to admit to liking it most of the time. But it has a strong influence in the folk revival that has cheered us all in recent times, so…
FFS New Bands Panel: Little Man Lost
Little Man Lost is, he claims, waiting to meet a penguin so he can form a band. In the meantime, he records in his bedroom in Erfurt, Germany, using all manner of fancy toys to produce a sound which is…
FFS New Bands Panel: Just Handshakes (We’re British)
Right off the bat, we can say about this Leeds four-piece that they have the best name of any act the New Bands Panel has yet listened to. But do they have the tunes to match? The panel dives in……
FFS New Bands Panel: Bitter Ruin
Brighton’s Bitter Ruin are made up of vocalist Georgia Train and guitarist Ben Richards, a pair whose apparently turbulent friendship drives the band’s music. They’ve already recorded their second album and are started to garner some more serious attention, so…