A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.
Today is the 500th song of the day, which is definitely a thing – but it’s also our live editor Helen’s birthday, which is definitely a bigger a thing. So while we toyed with picking ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’…
Summer’s not for everyone. If you’re the type of person who cowers inside when the temperature rises for fear of being burnt by the sun and stung by wasps, this new track from Emily Barker’s Vena Portae could be the…
https://soundcloud.com/andras-pokorny/sun-fill-me-up Chaotic, tuneful and very, very catchy – this is ‘Sun, Fill Me Up’ by Andras Pokorny, the first single from his debut album High July. If you think you can hear an ambulance siren in somewhere, that’s because you…
There’s a touch of Kings Of Convenience about this, the second track from new London two-piece Winter In Toronto. That is a very good thing thing, of course. We love the almost casual guitar playing and the languid harmonies. If…
Travelers by Joseph Marlowe We’re all for bands inventing their own genres to describe their music. We’re a broad church here at FFS – ‘why not?’ we say. And that’s why we’re throwing our weight behind Joseph Marlowe, who have…
You know Jennifer Left, right? Well, if you don’t, why not take four minutes and seven seconds out of your day to get acquainted with her. This track ‘Hushabye’ is the title track from her forthcoming debut album, which is…
The Phoenix Foundation are back, and we reckon they’re sounding better than ever. This track ‘Race Day’ is taken from their upcoming EP Tom’s Lunch (a meal which we assume was purchased at Tom’s Diner), which is due out next…
When the bleepy into to this song is playing, you might think it doesn’t sound very FFS. When the crunching guitar kicks in, you may feel your suspicions have been confirmed. But when the vocals melt over the top of…
Who wants to hear some music about decaying plants? Well, you do, although you might not realise it. This track Cambridge-based dream-popper Alicia Catling is beautiful in a hypnotic, off-kilter way. You can download the track for free, but she’s…
Football fans will no doubt be missing all things Chilean after the nation’s heroic efforts at the World Cup came to nought. As ever, music is here to help – this time in the form of Soledad Velez, another distinctive…