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.
Yesterday we brought you Rachael Dadd’s new single ‘Make A Sentence’. On the flipside of that 7″ is a song from Rachael’s husband, Japanese experimentalist ICHI. ‘Go Gagambo’ is like few things you will have heard before, but with its…
Rachael Dadd has long had a fascination with all things Japanese since travelling around the country six years ago. It was perhaps then only a matter of time before she did something like this – ‘Make A Sentence’ is part…
It puts us in an awkward position when our writers start producing awesome folk music. We don’t want you to think we’re just recommending stuff because our friends made it, but at the same time we’d be neglecting our duty…
Toronto’s Gianna Lauren studied jazz, and there’s a sultry, dusky feel to the single ‘Anchor Down’ which wouldn’t feel out of place in some smoky basement club. The track is about what it means to settle down, as Lauren explains:…
Unsigned London band Kingfishers Catch Fire have released their new Double-A side single A Fear of Mirrors/Dahlia today, and we think it’s well worth checking out. They’re work to date has drawn comparisons with a wide array of artists from…
It’s a while since we’ve picked the Staves as Song of the Day: today we correct that. ‘Facing West’ is perhaps the simplest and most beautiful track from their debut album Dead & Born & Grown. It’s also heartbreakingly sad,…
Team FFS are delighted to hear that Matthew and the Atlas have announced details of their new single ‘Nowhere Now‘. Set for release on 5th May via Communion Records, ‘Nowhere Now’ is the latest track to be taken from the…
Every Grain of Sand sees Bob Dylan in pensive mode. It was released on his 1981 album Shot of Love after Bob had become a devout Christian so it’s littered with religious imagery, which make the lyrics feel timeless.
Having, mercifully, nothing in common with the 1995 classic of the same name, ‘I’m a Dreamer’ is a softly-moving vintage classic for 2014. Sidling through early 20th Century piano, heartfelt harmonica and shuffling snare, the title track off Josephine Foster’s…
From out of Belgium come Geppetto & The Whales who have just finished work on their debut album with producer Thom Monahan, a chap you might know from his previous work with the likes of Vetiver, Devendra Banhart and Jonathan…