Two of FFS’s writers Jonathan Wilson and Robbie Hayward present Super Strings Theory, a radio show on UCL’s student radio station Rare FM. The pair have brill taste in music and their blog is well worth a look. As well as…
Category: Blog
Blog: Nic Dawson Kelly stole Anthony Hegarty’s voice
Here is Nic Dawson Kelly’s Black Cab Session from rather a long time ago. Nic’s debut album Old Valentine is out now (and has been for a while, the shame, the shame). His song Musician is a wonderful diatribe about…
Blog: Watch Blood by The Middle East + free MP3
At FFS we’ve been gently hypnotised by the Middle East’s EP ‘The Recordings of the Middle East’. It’s out on Chess Club on 8th March and we recommend a trip to your local independent record shop to purchase it upon…
Blog: Darren Hayman sings Vic Chesnutt
The Hefner frontman posted his cover of the late Vic Chessnut’s Gravity of the Situation on his twitter. You can download the MP3 here.
Blog: New Eels album + video and free download
Here at FFS we’re very excited about the new EELS album that plopped into our inbox last week.
The album is released on January 19th.
You can watch the video for Younger Days here and download a free MP3 of penultimate track ‘Little Bird’.
Blog: Darren Hayman posts pictures of Wave Pictures recording session
Hefner frontman and creator of last year’s masterful folk opera Pram Town has posted photos of the Wave Pictures during a recording session at his house in December. According to Darren, the band were at Hayman Towers recording a song for…
Cover art for Laura Marling’s Goodbye England released
The single – the first to be released from Laura’s forthcoming second album – will be released on 14th December on Virgin. It’ll be available as a vinyl and download from the usual places. And it’s much, much better than…
Laura Marling live in Mull last month
Check out how relaxed she is. Brill [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDXpdV-PAq8]
Mumford and Sons @ St Martins in the Fields
FFS braved a chilly London night to see Mumford and Sons Winter Fair. An open air gig in the grounds of St Martins in the Fields at Trafalgar Square complete with hog roast, mulled wine and mince pies. The West-Londoners…
Laura Marling's Christmas song: Goodbye England
This song is beautiful. Some kind (and a bit illegal) person has yoinked the music, stuck it over a way old photo of Laura and put it up on YouTube. [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGot7yoKyg8]