Website and promoters extraordinaire Rockfeedback are celebrating their anniversary with a London show “Rockfeedback X: Ten Years of Rockfeedback”, which featuring a stellar line up of gigs and an exhaustive list of DJs. On 17th September RFB will take over…
Author: Lynn Roberts
Lynn founded For Folk's Sake in 2008. Her favourite artists are Joni Mitchell, The Leisure Society and The Mountain Goats. She plays keyboards in Joe Innes & the Cavalcade.
Jay Jay Pistolet’s new band first track revealed
Jay Jay Pistolet’s “new direction”, much speculated about since he hung up his acoustic guitar last year, was revealed recently. He’s the singer with new London-based rock ‘n’ rollers The Vaccines. There’s not much info about the band to be…
Singles round-up: Clinic, Harper Simon, Sleepy Sun
Clinic – I’m Aware Clinic’s I’m Aware is evenly spread across its three minutes of running time. The band hints at its affinity for minor, slightly uncomfortable chords throw a wrench into the natural sense of how a song should…
Allotment returns with David Dondero
After a brief hiatus, FFS and Anika in London‘s Allotment night is back. On 28th August at The Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green (my favourite place in the world, ever) we’re bringing you US songwriter David Dondero, who has toured…
Laura Marling announced as Foxtrot’s secret headliner
The chaps at Brighton collective Willkommen have been keeping the identity of their Foxtrot headliner firmly underwraps, but have tonight revealed that it’s none other than Laura Marling. She joins an already exciting bill featuring Rozi Plain, The Mariner’s Children,…
Competition: Win tickets to see Pete Roe
Communion artist Pete Roe is giving away two free tickets to his London show tomorrow night (Wednesday 10th August). The Electroacoustic club show is being held at the Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell. Support is from London alt-folk band Endersby’s Room.…
Brian’s Mixtape #41: Pick of the Schmercuries 2010
This weekend we launched our Schmercury Poll – FFS’s best album award, in which we’re asking you to vote for your favourite of 12 albums released in the past year. While the FFS editors were tearing our hair out, trying…
Album: Feldberg – Don’t Be A Stranger
Iceland has been spoiling us with some glorious music in recent years. From the wonderfully gorgeous folk of Ólöf Arnalds to the breathtaking Sigur Ros (not to forget Jonsi‘s brilliant solo album earlier this year) and the unimitable output of…
Schmercury Awards 2010: Shortlist announced
Not one to be left out of all this Mercury spoofing, FFS is delighted to announce this year’s Schmercury Awards shortlist. We had such a hard time whittling all the fantastic albums released this year down to just 12 that…
Wears the Trousers announce Venus/No-Penis Awards
The uber-wonderful people at Wears the Trousers have announced their very own Mercury spoof the Venus/No-Penis Awards. Wears the Trousers is very close to FFS’s hearts for many reasons, not least that it seeks to redress the balance in the…