If there is one thing that The Decemberists are bad at (and there might only be one thing), it’s keeping a low profile. For most of the time since releasing their last studio album – the US Billboard charts’ number…
Avi Zahner-Isenberg loves music. He really loves music. The man behind Avi Buffalo – he is a man now, not the bouncy, boyish 19-year-old who released the band’s self-titled debut album four years ago – experiences it in every way…
For a man already on album number four and with a support slot with Billy Bragg on tour in his pocket you would think that Kim Churchill is heading into a happy middle age. The fact that he’s still in…
After the resounding success of one of the past year’s stand out tracks ‘Riptide’ and a successful performance at Glastonbury, Vance Joy has returned to the UK this week, bringing debut full length album Dream Your Life Away along for…
Earlier this summer SixToes delivered their new record The Morning After to much delight from all at FFS towers. Joseph Merriman led the cheerleading with his review, and then caught up with the band to learn about the record in…
London songwriter Annie Eve has been winning plenty of plaudits in recent months, and this summer earned a first appearance at Glastonbory. To make the release of her debut album Sunday 91 Joseph Merriman caught up with Annie to find…
It’s almost midnight at the Oval Space in London’s trendy East End. Austra have just completed a mesmerising set to a crowd of devoted fans and the large, semi-industrial space is buzzing. In contrast to the band’s previous tour which…
Canadian-Swedish duo Thus Owls have just released ‘Bloody War’, the third single from their Turning Rocks record which has received plenty of acclaim since its release in April. FFS’ Joseph Merriman caught up with Erika and Simon Angell, as well…
For Folk’s Sake’s Joseph Merriman talks to Sophie Jamieson about deep-pocketed European audiences, assembling a band and her love for Polica. Have you found your aspirations in life changing as interest in your music has increased? Yes. My attitude to…
If that ‘difficult second album’ is all about attempting to sustain the success of the first, then the third album should really be called ‘the existential crisis record’ – the one where artists question if this is really what they…