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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The fertile Hudson River Valley in upstate New York is home to Woodstock, the Saugerties, and Columbia County where The Felice Brothers recorded Life In The Dark on their family farm. Using a do-it-yourself ethic they created a studio in…
Wild Beasts – Get My Bang Wild Beasts are back and sounding sexier than ever before. This lead single from upcoming fifth long player Boy King seems a substantial shift in sound. It starts with a confrontational synth that sounds…
It’s a rare musician these days that travels from Boston to the Delta and finds himself entranced by the jukebox joints of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Even rarer to then travel up to Chicago and become music minister at the south side…
A combination of ‘60s girl group tropes, sweet melodies, and gorgeous lyrics about the female condition fuel this triumphant self-titled debut from the collaboration of Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs. Tunes are sighed out, telling tales of seduction,…
Do you like being seduced? Of course you do. Well despite having an extraneously punctuated name that recalls some of the most repellent characters in Nathan Barley (Jonatton Yeah? – yeah?), the Ala.ni of You & I is seduction personified.…