Category: Records

Album | Bess Atwell – Hold Your Mind

Bess Atwell is just 21, yet her first album, Hold Your Mind, is the work of a mature artist. Written over the space of three years, these songs, these arrangements stay with you long after the disc has ended. Initially…

Album | Michael Kiwanuka – Love and Hate

Singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, whose 2012 debut Home Again drew comparisons to the greats of soul music, has joined forces with producer Danger Mouse for his second album, Love and Hate: a wonderfully intriguing pair of unique, talented artists whose music…

Album | Woodkid and Nils Frahm – Ellis

This release couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time. With anti-immigration and scapegoat antics ruling Western politics, French folk favorite Woodkid (aka Yoann Lemoine) and ambient pianist Nils Frahm have teamed up to create an emotional and haunting soundtrack…

Album | Michael Dause – The Sound of Self-Destruction

Since his self-titled first full-length release in 2012, Novi’s Michael Dause has exemplified himself as a tour-de-force, capable of completely self-producing a competent release from top-to-bottom. From a contemplative, versatile lyric and vocal delivery paired with complex multi-instrumental backing courtesy…

Album | Rosin Murphy – Take Her Up To Monto

Roisin Murphy is the kind artist record companies hate. She doesn’t follow traditional paths, instead working at her own speed and following her own agenda. The seven year gap between her second and third CDs is proof of that. Stemming…

Album | The Amazing Devil – Love Run

Love Run is the debut release from Soho-based The Amazing Devil. I had never heard of this band before their release announcement email arrived in the FFS mailbox, but one song was enough to get my attention and one play-through…

Album | Holly Henry: ‘King Paten’

TV reality singing competitions have a way of producing fans reluctant to see their favorite idols change. Take the case of 22 year old American singer-songwriter Holly Henry, who has just released her third independently produced album. The eleven tracks of ‘King…

Album | Caroline Glaser – ‘Caroline Glaser’

American folk singer-songwriter Caroline Glaser has released her first full-length album, the self-titled Caroline Glaser. A successful PledgeMusic campaign funded production of this album. It was her third successful fundraiser in a row, a tribute to the strength of her…

Album | Margaret Glaspy – Emotions and Math

Glaspy is a breath of fresh air. Something about this record sounds like she is closer to the mic and more inside your speaker than normal, and she possesses a deeply accessible charm. Her voice is confrontational and has wide…

Album | Barry Hyde – Malody

The Futureheads have fallen asleep and who knows if they will ever wake up again. Barry Hyde was the front man of that group, well, of sorts, given all four men shared singing duties in a band that certainly echoed…