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.
We love this track ‘Rosie Ann’ from Green Rock River Band. With its blend of folk and bluegrass sounds backed by beats provided by DJ Walde it has something of the Carolina Chocolate Drops about it, and that’s no bad…
Following the release of his acclaimed debut EP, ‘The Breach‘, FFS are pleased to hear Dustin Tebbutt has delivered another beautiful track with his new single ‘Bones’ – out now. Dustin has recently returned from shooting the video for Bones (see below)…
There are one or two Game Of Thrones fans at FFS. And by fans, we mean borderline obsessives. Fellow, um, enthusiasts will know the significance of the song ‘The Rains Of Castamere’ – it features at some key moments in…
Some of the Felice Brothers most popular songs are the raucous numbers like ‘Run Chicken Run’, but there’s no more beautiful moment on their 2009 album Yonder Is The Clock than ‘Katie Dear’. Rather than tell you about it we’ll…
Last year, Manchester’s Laurie Hulme introduced Songs For Walter, an idea to tell tales of his late grandfather’s life through music. His Meet Me At The Empire EP was perfectly formed for the job, built around stories of his grandparents’…
Just when it seems that all the really catchy tunes have been written, a new artist comes along with an absolute beauty of an ear worm that dances around your head for days. Step forward Faith Taylor and ‘Foolish Age’…
Wilsen, aka London-via-New York singer Tamsin Wilson, is no stranger to the Song of the Day page, but this may be her best yet. The title track from the Wilsen’s upcoming new EP is simultaneously gutsy and gentle, rich and…
http://youtu.be/LpPUYGBw7l0 Space seems to be in fashion at the moment, what with Gravity and Paul Thomas Saunders and Kevin Spacey. Joining in the trend are Toronto’s Odonis Odonis, whose latest track ‘Highnote’ comes complete with its own retro sci-fi video.…
We love the Pains Of Being Pure Of Heart. And we love songs about Eurydice. So a song called ‘Eurydice’ by the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart should be right up our alley, right? Well it is. And we’re…
There’s a carefree joy to Allo Darlin’ that can be completely irresistible. ‘Dreaming’, the opening track from their 2010 self-titled debut album, is a perfect example of that. It’s the very best type of twee, the sort that puts a…