Awesome label and lovely chaps Trash Aesthetics have announced a split single release between Cardiff’s H.Hawkline and Londonites My Sad Captains. The 7″ features ‘You Say You Love Me’ by H. Hawkline and ‘Little Joanne’ by My Sad Captains. Each copy…
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News | Stream Summer Camp’s album
Product of folkie favourite Jeremy Warmsley and writer Elizabeth Sankey, Summer Camp will release their debut album Welcome to Condale on 31st October. It’s synthy and retro and full of great tunes. You can stream the album now on Soundcloud.…
Listen | New song by ‘classic line-up’ Guided By Voices
Robert Pollard’s Guided By Voices have announced a new double A-side single, ‘The Unsinkable Fats Domino’/’We Won’t Apologise’. It will be released on Matador on November 21st. It will be followed by an album, Let’s Go Eat the Factory, which…
News | Jeffrey Lewis on UK tour next week
After the release of this album “A Turn In the Dream-Songs” on Rough Trade a couple of weeks ago. New York pro-folk legend Jeffrey Lewis is heading out on tour across the UK. The album was recorded in the UK…
Christmas things: Emmy the Great, She & Him, Slow Club, Carole King
FFS is sorry, very sorry, to be bringing you Christmas news this early*. We don’t want you to think of us like Tesco, ringing out cynical jingle bells from mid-October, or Boots pushing their Christmas sandwiches when it’s still balmy…
News | Devon Sproule wins our best album poll
Devon Sproule has won our alternative Mercury best album poll The Schmercury Award for her record I Love You, Go Easy’. 1,524 of you chose the Virginian songwriter’s album who beat second place Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go by…
News | Portraits of Emmy the Great, Iron & Wine, Dan Mangan go on show
Portraits of Emmy the Great, Dan Mangan, Iron & Wine and Anna Calvi feature in London-based figurative painter Joe Simpson’s exhibition ‘Musician Portraits’ opening next month. The paintings will be on display from 14th – 30th October at a temporary…
Listen | Laura Marling in concert on Radio 2
Earlier this week, Laura Marling and her band were invited to BBC Radio 2 to perform a concert at Maida Vale Studios. The band played 15 songs. Most were from new record A Creature I Don’t Know, but the set…
News | Scarlett Mist closed down by fraudsters
Brilliant, ethical ticket resale website Scarlett Mist has been forced to close down by fraudsters selling fake tickets. The website matched ticket sellers with eager gig-goers and stipulated that tickets must be resold at face value. Website owners Richard and…
News | The Low Anthem announce hiatus
The Low Anthem sent this message to their mailing list subscribers today… Dear conspirators, lovers, friends, It was nearly 3 years ago when we first self-released “Oh My God, Charlie Darwin.” Since then we’ve been pretty lucky. We’ve been signed…