In some ways similar to old-school country, folk, or bluegrass, hip-hop has often excelled when at its most sincere, depicting the realities behind artists whose grit in their stories open the door to actual revolution. For better or for worse,…
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New Bands Panel | Light Falls Forward – Songs and Shadows EP
This week three of our writers have eyed up London-based two-piece Light Falls Forward, who met at a house party and immediately bonded over Derren Brown and biscuits. They moved in with each other, decided to write music together and…
New Bands Panel | Lilliput
Lilliput may already be well known to those of you that hail from the musically-fertile ground of the North East, but, like Newkie Brown, a parmo or Newcastle FC’s transfer policy, the band is now starting to pick up admirers…
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…
New Bands Panel | Eliza Shaddad – January March EP
Eliza Shaddad is a Scottish and Sudanese singer-songwriter with influences that range from childhood days spent at English folk festivals, the underground hip-hop scene during her teens and to more recent postgraduate jazz studies at the Guildhall School of Music…
New Bands Panel | The Slow Show – Brother EP
Named after a National song? Only been together a year and already supported Elbow? Seems like Manchester band The Slow Show have got it all worked out already, doesn’t it? But before they hit the big time, the FFS New…
New Bands Panel | Randolph’s Leap – The Curse of the Haunted Headphones
The Irn-Bru drinkers amongst you may be familiar with this lot- it’s lo-fi Glasgow based 8-piece Randolph’s Leap. A tartan background adorns their bandcamp. They have a song called ‘Cassie O’Tone’. Playing devil’s advocate here, I’m going to say they…
New Bands Panel | Hella Better Dancer – Living Room EP
This is the section of FFS dedicated to new music, where the New Bands Panel judge the merits of an up and coming band. See it as a kind of parent’s evening for emerging talent. Hopefully, just like a stranger…
News | Ellen & The Escapades announce debut album details
Ellen & The Escapades will release their debut album All The Crooked Scenes on April 16. The album is the result of a hugely successful Pledge campaign that saw the band reach their initial fundraising target within eight days and…