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…
Nestled in an oft-forgotten corner of Kings Cross, St Pancras Old Church houses some of the more intimate and spellbinding concerts of London’s independent acoustic scene, and tonight’s show was no exception. The evening, marking the launch of ‘Burial’, the…
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…
Hot on the heels of Lucinda’s early 2016 tour for recent double album (yes, another) The Ghosts of Highway 20 comes this pared-down version of the songs, performed at the Apostel Paulus Kirche in Berlin with half the band missing,…
Much is made of Hurray For The Riff Raff frontwoman Alyssa Lee Segarra’s unusual coming of age story. Leaving her Bronx home at 17, she freight-hopped her way to California and travelled around the USA playing music for several years…
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…