Jamie Telford from My Glass World has had an interesting musical life, having recorded with The Jam and The Style Council, composed for television and radio and dipped his toes into contemporary classical music. Luckily, things are only getting more…
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Interview | Introducing…Native Roses
Native Roses were formed from the remnants of Modern Fighting Vehicles and counted Birdy among their ranks for a while (although her burgeoning solo career cut short a future with them). Hailing from Brighton, the band play country-infused Americana, dislike…
Live | Gabby Young and Other Animals
Roll up! Roll up! For London’s Scala is decked out like a tawdry tart, complete with multi-coloured bunting, lanterns, balloons and a ‘Gabberdashery’ of clothes, cake and curios. There’s even a town mayor and vicar to preside over a raffle,…
‘Driven by fire’ – FFS talks to Karima Francis
There are some interviews that feel more like conversations, where the artist is so candid and engaging that you can’t help feeling drawn to them. Karima Francis is one such artist – unflinchingly honest, self-deprecating, direct, and sweet, but also…
Interview | Introducing…Ninette and the Goldfish
With beautiful EP, Words From the Deep Down, released earlier this year, we thought it was high time to take a peek into the goldfish bowl…. Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. We’re Nina Thomas and…
Festivals | The FFS guide to Field Day
Say it quietly but it looks like summer is finally here, and London is gearing up for its hippest festival of the season, Field Day – and what a stonking line-up it has. Here are FFS’s recommendations to negotiate your…
Interview | Introducing…Maz Totterdell
Maz Totterdell is like a ray of sunshine in your record collection. Rather than choosing the route of teenage angst, this precocious 15 year old reminds us that it wasn’t ALL rubbish being young, and her gentle reflections on the bumpy road…
Interview | Introducing…Paul Thomas Saunders
With recent EP Descartes Highlands, Paul Thomas Saunders has revealed a gift for transmuting melancholia into a kind of subdued euphoria. Named after an area on the nearside of the moon, the EP is a collection of sonic lunarscapes to…
Live | We Came, We Saw, We Got Lost – 36 hours at The Great Escape
It’s an uncharacteristically beautiful Friday evening as we hot foot it down the A23 to Brighton for the most exciting new music festival of the year, The Great Escape. We may have missed a cracking first couple of days, but…
Interview | Strong, confident woman – Laura Gibson finds her voice
We first became enamoured by Laura Gibson with debut album If You Come To Greet Me, and again with 2009 follow-up, Beasts of Seasons. Elegiac and gentle, both showcased a remarkable voice that seemed to echo from a 1930’s gramophone.…