As Suede become the latest Britpop band to hit the road on the reunion trail – sporting, it should be said, a creditable comeback album – it is slowly dawning on those of us who were there to enjoy the…
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Album | Jenny Hval – Innocence is Kinky
With 2011 album, Viscera, Jenny Hval achieved a surprising hit, garnering generally favourable – if slightly perplexed – reviews, and a spot in Uncut’s ‘Top 50 Albums Of 2011’. ‘Surprising’(particularly for boys club, Uncut) because Viscera was an experimental, part-spoken…
Listen now | New EP from Fleetwood Mac
THE MAC ARE BACK! FFS are super excited about the return of Fleetwood Mac. Up til recently we thought our only interaction with the band would be singing along to Sara at the top of our lungs and defending them…
Album | Tom McRae – From The Lowlands
Tom McRae’s fifth album, The Alphabet Of Hurricanes, received a decidedly lukewarm critical response upon its release in 2010, making the decision to release a follow-up billed as a second part of the project, and containing a song of that…
Album | William Tyler – Impossible Truth
William Tyler will be familiar to fans of Lambchop and Silver Jews, having toured with both of those bands as a guitarist. He’s also a well-respected solo artist in his own right, creating soothing instrumental music with his guitars. His…
Album | Paper Aeroplanes – Little Letters
There’s a great moment in the tenth episode of 30 Rock in which someone asks Alec Baldwin’s character if he likes Phil Collins. Baldwin’s response is a droll and perfectly timed “I have two ears and a heart, don’t I?”…
EP | Julie Hawk – Julie Hawk EP
There are certain clichés that go hand in hand in the contemporary folk revival. Press shots taken on fallen trees. Bunting. Oh, Christ, so much bloody bunting. And, of course, birds. Hell, FFS understands the bird element so much we’ve…
Artist blog | Boat to Row – Loyal Light
The brilliant Boat to Row featured on our charity Christmas album For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2012 and their EP Loyal Light is out now. We asked them to give us the low down on the record and here’s what they…
Album | Junip – Junip
You could hardly accuse Junip of being a prolific band. It’s been a long three years since the release of Fields, without much from the solo projects of individual members in between. Thankfully, when the Swedish trio do take the…
Record Store Day | The FFS Shopping Guide 2013 (part 3)
If you’ve got any budget left from reading parts one and two of the shopping guide, we can help you find a few more ways to spend it in part three. Tift Merritt – Markings | Merritt revisits the title…